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CTAN update: xwatermark
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xwatermark Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Puts user-defined text and graphic watermarks on select document pages. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Some package options are now disabled just before egin{document} to avoid being set by users within the document body, since resetting some options within the document body can give wrong outcome. Attempting to (re) set those options will flag errors. 2. The configuration file for the user guide and example files is now included in the bundle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xwatermark (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: pst-thick
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-thick Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-thick Summary description: drawing very thick lines ansd curves License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-thick is a PSTricks related package, which supports drawing of very thick lines and curves with a special filling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-thick . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-thick (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 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

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: biblatex-apa Version number: 0.6 Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa/ Summary description: Biblatex style for APA (American Psychological Association) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.6 (bugfix release) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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CTAN has a new package: pst-mirror
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

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-mirror Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-mirror Summary description: 3D objects on a spherical mirror License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new package pst-mirror can show three dimensional objects like lines, polygons, cubes, dies, circles, pyramides, cylinders and spheres, ... on a spherical mirror. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-mirror . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-mirror (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: pst-am
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-am Version number: 1.01 Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-am Summary description: Modulation and demodulation of signals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new package pst-am allows the modulation and demodulation of radio waves. The output can be drawn in the same ways as an oscilloscope will shown such curves. For more information read the documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-am . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-am (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: tex-label
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

This package should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tex-label Version number: 0.1.1 Author's name: Balagopal Komarath Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Label parts of your Latex document. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package can be used to label pages of a document just like labelling e-mail to classify them. This is useful when you are preparing notes and you want to sort through pages quickly looking for keywords. Currently, the labels are displayed at the bottom-right corner of pages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tex-label . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tex-label (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: ccicons
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

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: ccicons Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Michael Ummels Location on CTAN: /fonts/ccicons Summary description: LaTeX support for Creative Commons icons License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package offers authors who want to publish their documents under a Creative Commons license an easy way to include the relevant icons in their documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ccicons . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ccicons (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: dashundergaps
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

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: dashundergaps Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Merciadri Luca Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dashundergaps Summary description: Underline with dotted or dashed lines License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a minor update. Thanks to Donald Arseneau for his info on ulem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dashundergaps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dashundergaps (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: minutes
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

This should be at your local mirror within the day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: minutes Version number: 1.8d Author's name: Knut Lickert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/minutes Summary description: Package for writing (collection of) minutes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.8d: *Add Polish texts *Correction French texts *Correction in example file Protokol.tex (after error message in d.c.t.t.) *Extend samples with attachments with label. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minutes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/minutes (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: flashmovie
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: flashmovie Version number: 0.0 Author's name: Timo Hartmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/flashmovie Summary description: This package allows direct embedding of flash movies into PDF files. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows direct embedding of flash movies into PDF files. It is designed for use with pdflatex. Basically it uses the fact that the Adobe Reader 9 contains an embedded Adobe Flash player which can be invoked with the rich media annotation feature which is described in Adobe Supplement to the ISO 32000 BaseVersion: 1.7 ExtensionLevel: 3. advantages: - You can directly embed videos into the pdf (external window is optimal and not necessary). - You can play back videos without worrying about platform dependencies. disadvantages: - You can only play back embedded videos with Adobe Reader 9 and upwards.\n---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/flashmovie . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/flashmovie (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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Re: CTAN has a new package: jablantine
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

I apologize; the prior announcement had a typo. Thank you for the correction. The correct name is jablantile. The corrected announcement is below. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: jablantile Version number: 3dec09 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/jablantile Summary description: Metafont tiles a la Slavik Jablan, from Don Knuth License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a small Metafont font created by Don Knuth to implement the modular tiles described by Slavik Jablan. See the dearjablan.tex file for a description from DEK, and jablantile.mf for the sources. jablantile.pdf is the formatted version of dearjablan.tex. Karl Berry (merely the uploader on behalf of DEK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/jablantile . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/jablantile (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: jablantine
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

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: jablantine Version number: 3dec09 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/jablantile Summary description: Metafont tiles a la Slavik Jablan, from Don Knuth License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a small Metafont font created by Don Knuth to implement the modular tiles described by Slavik Jablan. See the dearjablan.tex file for a description from DEK, and jablantile.mf for the sources. jablantile.pdf is the formatted version of dearjablan.tex. Karl Berry (merely the uploader on behalf of DEK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/jablantile . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/jablantine (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: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

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: latexmk Version number: 4.11 Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine V. 4.11 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Corrects a long-standing bug that when the main file uses bibtex, and uses include for subdocuments, changes in bibliography citations did not always trigger a rerun of bibtex. 2. Fixed a problem that latexmk did not detect changed aux files etc on a small document when the run of (pdf)latex was within the 1-second granularity of filetimes. 3. Improved start-up times on some large documents by avoiding unnecessary recalculations of md5 checksums. 4. Deals better with eps-to-pdf conversions reported by epstopdf package. 5. Minor fixes and improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: pnas2009
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 Russell Standish submitted the new pnas2009.bst to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/pnas2009.bst License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to PNAS bibliograohy style to include journal article title, as per new requirements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/pnas2009.bst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pnas2009 (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 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ Summary description: Support files for SoftMaker free fonts available at www.freefont.de License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting font for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting. As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the LaTeX world, i decided to create support files for this beautiful font. Therefore, Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the softmaker-freefont bundle. Other fonts will be included in future. Supported fonts at the moment: Congress (regular + bold + italic), Delano-Caps, Flagstaff, Henderson, Iceberg (regular + bold), Old Blackletter, Stone Handwriting License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) New in v1.6: - added support for the blackletter font Old Blackletter (This font offers additional ligatures for ch, ck, ft, tz!) Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (December 2009) and can be downloaded for free (at least this month) at: http://www.freefont.de Later you can buy it from Softmaker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luaotfload Version number: 1.06 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix: last update broke compatibility with LuaTeX version 0.40.6. This version is compatible with version 0.40 and more recent versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: tablor
by CTAN Announcements 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

This package 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: tablor Version number: 4.06-c Author's name: Guillaume Connan Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablor Summary description: Create tables of signs and of variations. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New tablor.cfg which allows to set giac's epsilon (1e-100 by default) and fix a minor bug. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablor . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablor (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: pstdoc
by CTAN Announcements 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

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: pstdoc Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Michael Sharpe Location on CTAN: /info/pstdoc/ Summary description: pstricks help system License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds an updated pstricks help database plus a web interface to that database. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/pstdoc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pstdoc (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: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the pdfcomment package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to PDF annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least for the writer of LaTeX code, the package offers a convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports: LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. License: LPPL Changes in v1.5b: - new option deadline -> new list styles with deadline feature request by: Michael Niedermair ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '09

29 Nov '09

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: autolatex Version number: 8.0 Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: / Summary description: GXL support for AutoLaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AutoLaTeX 8.0 is able to automatically convert GXL files (Graph eXtended Language) into PDF or PNG pictures. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (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: inconsolata
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '09

29 Nov '09

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: inconsolata Version number: 2009/11/28 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/inconsolata Summary description: Fix spacing font dimensions. License type: ofl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update of the Inconsolata monospaced support corrects the spacing-related fontdimen values so that there is no stretch and shrink, and end-of-sentence extraspace is equal to the word space. (Same as in cmtt.) Thanks to Enrico Gregorio and Eddie Kohler. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/inconsolata . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/inconsolata (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: luainputenc
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

and again, the daemon says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: luainputenc > Author's name: Elie Roux > Author's email: elie.roux(a)telecom-bretagne.eu > Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/ > Summary description: Replacing inputenc for use in LuaTeX. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > fixing a bug with endlinechar introduced with recent versions of LuaTeX. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for this also; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luainputenc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/ the web catalogue entry will change minutely, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Version number: 0.15 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds support for the amsthm package, and fixes a subtle bug that could occasionally cause page numbers to be reset. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: xetex.def 0.94
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xetex.def 0.94 > Author's name: Karl Berry > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xetex-def > Summary description: merge big-point and eps changes > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This xetex.def 0.94 combines the two different 0.93 releases: > big-point incompatibility (from Ross Moore) and EPS support from > dvipdfmx.def (from Jonathan Kew). It does not include any additional > changes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xetex.def 0.94.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xetex-def as always, the catalogue will change, in a small way, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: mfpic
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Daniel Luecking submitted an update to the mfpic package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/mfpic/ Summary description: A package for creating pictures in TeX with the aid of MetaPost or Metafont. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mfpic version 1.03. Bugs fixed since 1.00: -- Polar vector fields extending past picture boundaries. -- Problem with handling of verbatimtex. -- Color handling broken for MetaPost version < 0.900 -- Flawed detection of amstex format. -- Corrupted PDF files in documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mfpic (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: CircuiTikZ
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Massimo Redaelli submitted an update to the circuitikz package. The package provides a set of macros for naturally typesetting electrical and (somewhat less naturally, perhaps) electronic networks. It is designed as a tool that is easy to use, with a lean syntax, native to LaTeX, and directly supporting PDF output format. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/circuitikz/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Quite an update. Many bugs fixed, but probably just as many new ones introduced: feedback welcome! * Version 0.2.3 - fixed compatibility problem with label option from tikz - Fixed resizing problem for shape ground - Variable capacitor - polarized capacitor - ConTeXt support (read the manual!) - nfet, nigfete, nigfetd, pfet, pigfete, pigfetd (contribution of Clemens Helfmeier and Theodor Borsche) - njfet, pjfet (contribution of Danilo Piazzalunga) - pigbt, nigbt - *backward incompatibility* potentiometer is now the standard resistor-with-arrow-in-the-middle; the old potentiometer is now known as variable resistor (or vR), similarly to variable inductor and variable capacitor - triac, thyristor, memristor - new property name for bipoles - fixed voltage problem for batteries in american voltage mode - european logic gates - *backward incompatibility* new american standard inductor. Old american inductor now called cute inductor - *backward incompatibility* transformer now linked with the chosen type of inductor, and version with core, too. Similarly for variable inductor - *backward incompatibility* styles for selecting shape variants now end are in the plural to avoid conflict with paths - new placing option for some tripoles (mostly transistors) - mirror path style ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/circuitikz/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/circuitikz (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: cam.ctan.org upload: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20091125-085946/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: LaTeX team > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > Summary description: High-Level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The xpackages bundle: high-level LaTeX3 concepts > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They > are designed to provide a link between the programming system > (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different > area, for example creating document commands (xparse), > producing flexible formatting functions (template), etc. > > At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{xparse} > usepackage{xtemplate} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package > available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which > the xpackages are built. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1750) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release adds the new package xtemplate to the release. > xtemplate is a complete re-working of the template code, to > improce the interface and internals. Crucially, templates are > nmow much better self-documenting: a designer should be able > to read a template to see the nature of the keys it defines. > The team have also constucted a number of automated tests for > the xtemplate code, so that problems will show up before > breaking the released version. > > The current template package is slowly being retired from use > in the other xpackages (currently SVN only). New packages > should use the xtemplate approach only: at a suitable stage in > the future, template will be removed from the xpackages. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Looking forward > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > There are some outstanding questions about the xtemplate code, > which have been discussed on the LaTeX-L list. These will be > addressed, although it may take some time as the answers depend > on testing xtemplate in the real world. > > The team is currently examining the galley2 and xfmgalley > modules, and expect that the next xpackage to be revised to a > usable position will be a galley system built on these existing > packages. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > _______________________________________________ > Ctan mailing list > Ctan(a)dante.de > https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan

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CTAN update: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

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: PerlTeX Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. Version 2.0 (not a major release, just the version after 1.9) of PerlTeX fixes two bugs. First, user code can now safely change the current directory. Second, multi-paragraph error output is now reported correctly. Thanks to Przemyslaw Wesolek for providing a bug report and minimal example that triggered both bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 François Charette submitted an update to the polyglossia package. The package provides a complete Babel replacement for users of XeLaTeX. The initial version includes support for 54 different language Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ Summary description: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix for version 1.1.0 Only the language modules for french, breton, turkish and sanskrit are affected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: sparklines
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 Andreas Löffler submitted an update to the sparklines package. Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics (so named by Edward Tufte). Location on CTAN: /graphics/sparklines License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- removed errors from previous version added color support for drawing sparklines ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/sparklines . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=sparklines (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: datetime
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

back on the 17th, the daemon piped up and wittered about an upload... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datetime > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datetime > Summary description: Change format of oday with commands for displaying the time > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2.56: > * Added formattime. (Specific times can now be displayed in > the same format as currenttime) > * Added new date format yyyymmdd > * Added new time format hhmmss > * Added new package option iso > * datetime package options now override babel's date format > * Moved definition of ewdateformat and ewtimeformat before > configuration file is loaded. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- and that same day i installed the new version, but was not able to update the catalogue repository (mechanism failure at the server). so i forgot to send this mail ... even when the catalogue repository was mended. so, 4 days late ... thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datetime.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datetime needless to say, the catalogue entry has now done all the changing it's going to do, from this update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

just as massenet prepares werther to kill himself (on the radio), up pops the daemon and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX Team > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX > programmers with special syntax conventions, completely > separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands > provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for > use in describing design layouts in document class files. > > This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel > and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been > taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as > regular packages. > > The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according > to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the > primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules > define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language. > > At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{expl3} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1733) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Since SVN 1550, internal changes have been made to switch from > cs_new:Nn to cs_new:npn (and of forth) for performance > reasons. Some numerical code has switched from using num to > int storage. > > The messaging system (l3msg) now allows messages to use up to > four arguments. At the same time, the recovery code concept > has been removed from l3msg, which now focusses purely on > messages. These changes may therefore require changes to other code. > Kernel messages are now divided up into groups, so that they can > be named more freely. More details of these changes are included > in l3obsolete.txt > > In the l3keys module, there have been some improvements to > choices. An error is now issued if .generate_choices:n is given > before .choice_code:n has defined the necessary code. The value > l_keys_choice_int is now indexed from 0, rather than from 1, > so that it is more easily used with if_case:w and so on. > > New functions chk_if_free_cs:c and seq_if_in:NV(TF) have > been added. The exp_args:x function has been removed from the > core of expl3, as it is only of significant benefit when using > LuaTeX. > > Documentation has been improved at various places. Some changes > have been made the font loading system, so that the use of > lmodern is documented, and details of using l3doc.cfg to change the > behaviour are provided. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3 the catalogue entry will change overnight (though the difference will hardly be noticeable). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, submitted an update to the polyglossia package. Summary description: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a rather substantial bugfix release. See the accompanying README file for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: memoir
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

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: The Memoir class Version number: v1.61803398c Author's name: Lars Madsen (memoir maintainer) Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Recent bug fixes for memoir License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >From the README: -- fixed typo that broke flushbottom. Please note that this fix WILL change existing documents, potentially changing page breaks. -- fixed a problem that might cause the addition of trimmarks to shift the output box a bit downward. Thanks to Heiko Oberdiek for the analysis and fix -- fixed a typo in an example in the manual -- changed markml, markmr, marktm and markbm to place markers for the middle parts of the text. Earlier they did nothing and had to be defined by the user. Now the user can simply define them to do nothing if needed. -- added visual example to the manual showing the four trim mark types -- changed the madsen chapter style such that it now have a better unnumbered look ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

just as i was relaxing before a strenuous afternoon's sleep, the daemon popped up its head and cried: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.03: > * Added facility to clear or delete a database. > > * Fixed bug in DTLsavedb that prints duplicate information to file. > > * DTLreplaceentryforrow expands the replacement value > > * DTLappendtorow expands the new value > > * DTLnewdbentry : user can choose between expanding or not > expanding value before adding to database. > > * Renamed dtl@columnindex to dtlcolumnindex so that it can be > used in the document. > > * Spaces may now occur after commas (but not before) in the > assignment part of DTLforeach > > * Fixed missing backslashes in example in manual (pounds->pounds) > > * Fixed type in datapie documentation: non-colour option is > gray not monochrome. > > * Added package person.sty thanks for that; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue entry (noting the new package). > 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 as always, the catalogue entry will change overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace > the files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > This update has new macro psGetDistance and some more > internal changes. For examples see documentation > > pstricks-add.tex ----------- > v 3.36 2009-11-14 - fix bug with missing defpst@par in objects > - add pstGetDistance > pst-fp.tex ----------- > v 0.03 2009-11-14 add pstFPmul Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks-add.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

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: prerex Version number: 5.4 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: Macros for prerequisite charts, with associated editor and viewer applications. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The prerex package now includes source code for a previewer application, a lightweight Qt-4 and poppler-based prerex-enabled PDF viewer. Patching kdegraphics and re-building kpdf/okular is no longer necessary. Minor bug fixes and code cleanup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/prerex (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-knot
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

This should soon 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-knot Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-knot Summary description: A PSTricks for drawing knots License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-knot is a PSTricks package for drawing knots. This new version has a better color handling to support xcolor and a new macro pxBorromean for drawinf the borromean rings. For more information see the documentation of the package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-knot . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-knot (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: dashundergaps
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

This should appear at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dashundergaps Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Merciadri Luca Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib Summary description: Aims at helping the LaTeX user at underlining a given set of words License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Briefly, this package aims at helping the LaTeX user at underlining a given set of words by either a line (using underline{text}), dots (using dotuline{text}) or even a dashed line (using dashuline{text}). Various options were implemented for this. This can be used in conjunction with the phantomtext option, which allows the user to write a text with gaps, e.g. for a completion by students. These gaps can be completed with the real input using the teachernotes option. Please note that this is a really basic package. For more info on it, please look at the manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dashundergaps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dashundergaps (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: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

This should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ijmart Version number: 1.4 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart Summary description: LaTeX Class for The Israel Journal of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.4: Fixed the bug inherited from amsart: now appendices do not cause large indentations in table of content ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ijmart . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: dvisvgm 0.8.7 has been released License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest version 0.8.7 is a maintenance release that fixes a couple of bugs and improves the collaboration with Asymptote. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: pauldoc
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 Paul Ebermann submitted an update to the pauldoc package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pauldoc Summary description: German LaTeX package documentation. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pauldoc package provides helpers for German language package documentation. Version 0.5 adds an option for UTF-8-encoding (and one for Latin-1) and fixes the coding of Ä in the package file (now A). And the documentation is a bit better now. This version is needed to product the documentation for dateiliste 0.5 and will be needed for coming versions of other packages from me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pauldoc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=LaTeX package pauldoc (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: comprehensive
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

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: The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List Version number: 11.0 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /info/symbols/comprehensive Summary description: Symbols accessible from LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List is an organized list of over 5900 symbols commonly available to LaTeX users. Some of these symbols are guaranteed to be available in every TeX distribution. Others require font files that come with some, but not all, TeX distributions. The rest require font files that must be downloaded explicitly from CTAN (http://www.ctan.org/) and installed. The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List currently showcases symbols from 130 separate typefaces. This new release of the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List (version 11.0) is a particularly exciting one. At long last the document has been fully hyperlinked! (This was not a simple manner of including a usepackage{hyperref}; the document was filled with constructs that confused hyperref.) The list contain almost a thousand more symbols than before (a 20% increase), new how to prose in the Additional Information section, an expanded index with more see... entries, and other features designed to help the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List live up to its name. Enjoy! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/comprehensive (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: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

This should within a day reach your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: microtype Version number: 2.3e Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update includes settings for the Cyrillic T2A encoding, as well as minor bug and compatibility fixes (most notably for TeXlive 2009's luatex). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/microtype (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

just as i get to the end of cataloguing all the tex live 09 changes, the daemon thumbs his nose and cries: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.04: > * Improved support for multiple lists of acronyms. > > * Fixed bug that caused glsadd to ignore counter option > > * Fixed bug that causes babel to override translator's definition > of glossaryname. > > * Added user1, ... , user6 keys. > > * Added polyglossia support > > glossaries-accsupp v0.2: > * Added access keys. > > * Added support for acronyms. > > mfirstuc v1.04: > * fixed bug occurring when initial control sequence > in the argument of makefirstuc has more than one > argument. thank you for the upload; i've installed it, and updated all three packages' catalogue entries. > Users may view the package catalogue entries at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries-accsupp.… > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mfirstuc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries the catalogue entries will, of course, change overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

This should reach your local mirror in the next day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 1.89 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: / Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The draw, fill, and clip commands now pass raw SVG code directly to dvisvgm (version 0.8.6 required); zero-length paths are output as circles. Unsupported SVG elements are converted to PNG images; unimplemented SVG features such as Gouraud and tensor-patch shading can be (partially) emulated as vector elements using the -svgemulation option. The control point normalization of rational NURBS surfaces was fixed; 3D NURBS curves are now implemented. A problem with inlinemovie3 was fixed. The linetype pattern is now a real array: for backwards compatibility, a string is still accepted, but the return type of linetype(pen) is now real[] instead of string (backwards incompatible). The split routine was changed so that an empty delimiter splits on spaces, discarding duplicates. The palette routines are now guaranteed to generate at least the specified number of colours. PNG output produces a transparent background. Surface and path3 garbage collection was fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: background
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

This should within a day 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: The background package Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Gonzalo Medina Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Offers the placement of background material on the pages of a document. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The `background' package v1.0 offers the placement of background material on the pages of a document. The user can control many aspects (i.e., contents, position, color, opacity) of the background material that will be displayed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/background . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/background (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: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

just as i was going to bed last night, that daemon tried to distract me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso > Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society journals > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.3d: > - Fix for altaffiliation macro > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for that; i've installed the new version and updated its catalogue entry. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso and of course, the catalogue entry will change in an itsy-bitsy way overnight, tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pst-knot
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

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-knot Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-knot/ Summary description: pst-knot is a PSTricks related package for knots License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-knot is a new PSTricks package for drawing knots. For more information see the documentation of the package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-knot/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-knot (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: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the pdfcomment package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to PDF annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least for the writer of LaTeX code, the package offers a convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports: LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. License: LPPL Changes in v1.5a: - added options liststyle and heading to command listofpdfcomments -> setliststyle, defineliststyle - added checks for undefined avatars, styles and liststyles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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