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CTAN Update: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Name of contribution: dvisvgm Version number: 0.8.3 Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. It is licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 (or later). Version 0.8.3 is primarily a maintenance release. PostScript prologue files referenced at the beginning of the first DVI page are now always loaded. Thus, PS specials should work correctly on all A basic evaluation of the PostScript operator show enables dvisvgm to convert the PSTricks Type 3 fonts properly. 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 has a new package: listings-ext
by CTAN Announcements 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

This package should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: listings-ext Version number: v39 Author's name: J. Hoffmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext Summary description: a package to support automated input of source code into a document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package listings-ext.dtx contains some macros and a supporting Bash script, which can be used to automatically input parts of source code programs into a documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/listings-ext (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-math
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-math.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/ > > pst-math is a collection of PostScript subroutines for > special mathematical functions like sin hyperbolic > Gamma function , a.s.o. > > The version 0.23 of pst-math.tex has a pstPi# > The version 0.5 of pst-math.pro has a modified version > of SINC=sin(x)/x for SINC(0)=1 i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-math.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/ the catalogue entry will change, in a minuscule way, overnight Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace all > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > > pst-barcode is a PSTricks related package for drawing > barcodes for all important modes. > > This new version 0.07 comes with support for: > > ean13 -- ean8 -- upca -- > upce -- ean5 -- ean2 -- onecode -- isbn -- > code39 -- code128 -- rationalizedCodabar -- interleaved2of5 -- > code2of5 -- postnet -- royalmail -- kix -- auspost -- > japanpost -- onecode -- symbol -- msi -- plessey -- > rss14 -- rsslimited -- rssexpanded -- pharmacode -- > pdf417 -- datamatrix -- maxicode -- qrcode 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/pst-barcode.html or browse the package directory at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ (the catalogue entry will change overnight to reflect the new list of bar code formats.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace all > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for drawing > 3-D objects in parallel projection. > > This version 1.85 has a new optional argument > for psCylinder for the vertical increment of the grid thanks for the update; i have installed the update, and updated the catalogue. users may view the package's cataloge entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ the catalogue entry will change very slightly, overnight Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 26 Aug '09

26 Aug '09

This update 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: keycommand Version number: 2.z Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/keycommand Summary description: keycommand provides an easy way to define commands with keys License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I corrected a bug I found while using the star form of ewkeycommand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/keycommand (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: algorithms
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

This update 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: algorithms Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Rogério Brito Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/algorithms/ Summary description: Major bug fix update License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009-08-24 rbrito * Enhancements: + include new commands (Tks John Perry, some yet documented). + convert to dtx/ins format. * Updates: + update the documentation. + include some commands more in the documentation. + Set correct the FSF address. + include more contributors; + remove e-mails of contributors (hopefully reducing spam). + increase versions of both algorithm and algorithmic. * Bugfixes: + fix cross-references. + remove inclusion of calc (unneeded and caused problems with some styles). + fixed typos and omissions in algorithms.ins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/algorithms/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/algorithms (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: fontinst
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '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: fontinst Version number: 1.933 Author's name: Lars Hellström Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/fontinst Summary description: Font TeXification utility License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is mostly a housekeeping release, to establish what is the current version of fontinst (after a few years of slight confusion). It is the result of a review of the fontinst development history, and includes some items that had been lost along the way. The primary changes relative to the previous release 1.929 lie in documentation and examples rather than code, but a few code changes exist. Of greatest practical importance is probably that fontinst.sty no longer has an external dependency on trig.sty; the necessary macros have instead been inlined. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/fontinst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fontinst (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 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

This package update 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: tablor Version number: 4.05 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 environment TSC to create tables of variations from list of points. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: threeparttablex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

This package should be at your local mirror by this time tomorrow. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: threeparttablex Version number: v0.03 Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex Summary description: This package brings table notes to longtable License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I a book design that use threeparttable for adding tablenotes to regular tables, it looks odd to use footnotes to add notes to a longtable. This package extends threeparttable bringing it to longtable (although with a different interface). If asked for it can also make tablenotes referable. See the doc for more information and examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/threeparttablex (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-dw
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

This package's update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-dw Version number: 1.2k Author's name: Dominik Wassenhoven Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 1.2k This version brings a lot new stuff. Please have a look into the file 'CHANGES' for details. The most important things are: - Adjustments to biblatex version 0.8e. Note that from this version on biblatex 0.8e is required, so you have to update biblatex as well if you would like to use biblatex-dw 1.3! - BUGFIX: The option 'ibidpage' did not work with footnote-dw. This is now fixed. - Changed entry type @inreference Up to now, this entry type was an alias for @incollection. From now on, this entry type can be used for articles in encyclopedias or dictionaries. - New Options - 'isrn' and 'pagetotal' With these options you can decide whether you want to have printed the corresponding fields or not. - 'edstringincitations' If set to 'true', the editor and translator strings are shown in the citations (not only in the full citations). - 'series=standard|afteryear' If set to 'afteryear', the series is printed after the year. This affects the entry types book, inbook, collection, incollection, proceedings, inproceedings and manual. - New Commands 'seriespunct', 'sernumstring', and 'herenamepunct' - In German localization, the strings 'withcommentator', 'withannotator' and 'withintroduction' are shortened as follows: -> withcommentator: komm. v. -> withannotator: erläut. v. -> withintroduction: eingel. v. The long versions stay the same as in standard biblatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-dw (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

This package update 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: Asymptote Version number: 1.85 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: / Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Compilation is now supported again on platforms lacking OpenGL. Missing pen dimensions were added to a 3D picture sizing routine. The labelsurface routine was renamed to surface and extended to surfaces containing a single patch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Boisik
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This package's update should within a day reach your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Boisik Version number: 0.5 Author's name: Mitek Location on CTAN: /fonts/ Summary description: A font inspired by Baskerville design. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boisik is a serif font (inspired by the Baskerville typeface), written in MetaFont. It comprises roman and italic text fonts and maths fonts. LaTeX support is offered for use with OT1, IL2 and math encodings. Preliminary OTF version is available at homepage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/boisik . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/boisik (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 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This package has been updated and should within a day be at you local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexmk Version number: 4.10 Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine V. 4.10 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Deal with issues in dependency structure caused by epstopdf, which automatically creates pdf files from eps files during run of pdflatex. 2. Avoid problem with binary log files written by Miktex that cause spurious end-of-file when latexmk reads them. 3. Miscellaneous bug fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: tablor
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This package has been undated 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: tablor Version number: 4.04-h 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug in TSc environment fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '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: cleveref Version number: 0.14.1 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version fixes a number of bugs related to sorting of multiple references, and adds support for amsmath's subequations environment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: autolatex Version number: 6.0 Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: / Summary description: New option to restrict the search paths for the auto-generated images License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New option to restrict the search paths for the auto-generated images. A new command line and a new configuration file option are introduced. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '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: Asymptote Version number: 1.84 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: / Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The perspective PRC viewportmargin was fixed. Unwanted spaces were removed from (version 1.10 of) asymptote.sty. Support for drawing PRC and OpenGL NURBS surfaces was added. Obsolete code, including an unwanted inline qualifier, was removed. A split structure that can be adapted for splitting intersecting patches was added, along with the example splitpatch.asy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: font-change
by CTAN Announcements 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: font-change Version number: 2009.1 Author's name: Amit Raj Dhawan Location on CTAN: /macros/plain/contrib/font-change Summary description: 19 macro files to change text and math fonts in TeX. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Macros to Change Text & Math fonts in TeX: 19 Beautiful Variants These macros are written for plain TeX and can be used with other packages like AmSTeX, eplain, etc. They allow you to change the fonts (text and math) in your TeX document with only one statement. Also different font sizes are available. All the fonts called by these macro files are free and are included in the present MiKTeX and TeX Live distributions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/font-change . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/font-change (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: JFlap2TikZ
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should withing 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: JFlap2TikZ Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Andrew Mertz Location on CTAN: /graphics/jflap2tikz Summary description: converts a JFlap ﬁle into a LaTeX ﬁle depicting the automaton using TikZ License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JFlap is an excellent piece of software for experimenting with finite state machines, Turing machines and exploring many aspects of the theory of computation. JFlap2TikZ is a groovy script that converts a JFlap jff file representing a finite automaton, push down automaton, or Turing machine to LaTeX file depicting the automaton graphically using TikZ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/jflap2tikz . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/jflap2tikz (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: GaPFilL
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '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: GaPFilL Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Moeller, Herbert Location on CTAN: /graphics Summary description: Perl filter programs for the generation of LaTeX picture environments by parsing PostScript files exported from drawing programs. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GaPFilL (Graphics as PostScript Filtered for LaTeX) is a method for the generation of LaTeX picture environments in a four step way: i) Construction of the desired figure with a drawing program or with geometry software; ii) Export as a PostScript file; iii) Application of a Perl filter program to the PostScript text; iv) Transfer of the resulting code into a LaTeX document. A new Perl filter program is now available for the powerful free drawing software OpenOffice 3 Draw. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/gapfill . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gapfill (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: ctanify
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '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: ctanify Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/ctanify Summary description: Prepare a package for upload to CTAN License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ctanify is intended for developers of LaTeX packages who want to distribute their packages via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). Given a list of filenames, ctanify creates a tarball (a .tar.gz file) with the files laid out in CTAN's preferred structure. The tarball additionally contains a ZIP (.zip) file with copies of all files laid out in the standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which facilitates inclusion of the package in the TeX Live distribution of TeX. Version 1.1 incorporates a patch submitted by Kirill Maslinsky that adds a command-line option to create only a TDS directory as opposed to a complete tarball. The documentation now separates commonly used command-line options from more obscure options and, at Juergen Fenn's request, notes that ctanify does not automatically run latex on the user's behalf. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ctanify . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctanify (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-dw
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '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-dw Version number: 1.2j Author's name: Dominik Wassenhoven Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 1.2j - This is just a bugfix release. The only files changed are footnote-dw.cbx, CHANGES, README and LIESMICH. - BUGFIX: Since biblatex version 0.8e, footnote-dw gave an error (Undefined control sequence: lx@addperiod). This is now fixed; thus, biblatex-dw (or rather footnote-dw) should work with the biblatex versions 0.8e, 0.8f, 0.8g and 0.8h, but it will not work with earlier versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-dw (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: gbrief-creator
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 Carsten Schinke submitted an update to the g-brief-creator package. Location on CTAN: /support/gbrief-creator/ Summary description: g-brief Creator is a Windows frontend for the g-brief package by Michael Lenzen. License type: nosource Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version v1.000beta provides a completely redesigned user interface and extended functionality. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/gbrief-creator/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=g-brief Creator (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 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Sat, 15 Aug 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. Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenGL animations, illustrated in glmovie.asy, were implemented. Viewportshift flicker was fixed. An empirical translation between OpenGL and PRC shininess was implemented. Splined parametric surfaces are now used to implement smooth thick lines and tubes. The projected bounding box calculation and angle calculations were fixed. A labelsurface function was added. The Headlamp light is now the default light; a light argument was added to shipout. Patches are now constructed with the usual orientation for a counterclockwise external path; the convention for tensor product shading was updated. Picture environments for TeX clipping are no longer nested. A texpath initialization bug was fixed. An ASYMPTOTE_HOME environment variable was added. Viewing was fixed for file names conntaining spaces. A picture sizing bug was fixed. An example of an inset graph was added. Type information for variables is now returned at the interactive prompt. Warning message suppression was improved; warnings in Asymptote code can now be disabled. The cyclic member of an array is now writeable; the obsolete cyclicflag and void cyclic(TINYINT(1)) functions were removed. File mode functions are now virtual members; this backwards incompatibility requires that line(file f) be changed to f.line(), etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: thailatex
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 Theppitak Karoonboonyanan submitted an update for the thailatex package. Location on CTAN: /language/thai/thailatex Summary description: ThaiLaTeX enables typesetting Thai with standard LaTeX document classes. It is designed to become a part of babel. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in this version: - Fix installation problems in Makefiles and related scripts. - Drop support for old teTeX versions, for simplicity. - Update ttypist font from thaifonts-scalable trunk, with manually adjusted bold glyphs. - Support automated tarball preparation for CTAN upload. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/thai/thailatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=thailatex (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: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the etextools package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: More Useful Tools for LaTeX Users and Packages Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Many additions : - List of tokens : loops and management gettokslistindex purely expandable for use with ifcase - Vectorization of futurelet (simple token sanner : collectoks) - Support of pdfTeX and XeTeX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _________________________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the biblatex-chem package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem/ Summary description: Chemistry styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v0.8c: - Fix for citation style in chem-angew style ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-chem (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: boolexpr
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the boolexpr package. The oolexpr macro evaluates boolean expressions in a purely expandable way. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ Summary description: Purely expandable boolean expressions and switch License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adding new syntax : switch case{ TINYINT(1) expr } ... case{ TINYINT(1) expr} ... otherwise ... endswitch remains purely expandable (may be used inside csname ... endcsname) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=boolexpr (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: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the etextools package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: More Useful Tools for LaTeX Users and Packages Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The documentation has been completely redesigned macro ifempty added (purely expandable) correction of ifsinglechar using ifempty rather than ifblank ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: suanpan
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Denis Roegel submitted the new suanpan package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/suanpan Summary description: metapost macros for drawing Chinese and Japanese abaci License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Metapost macros for drawing Chinese and Japanese abaci. These macros are described in Denis Roegel: MetaPost macros for drawing Chinese and Japanese abaci, TUGboat (volume 30, number 1, 2009, pages 74-79) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/suanpan . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=suanpan (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: garrigues
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Denis Roegel submitted the garrigues package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/garrigues Summary description: Metapost macros for the reproduction of Garrigues' Easter nomogram License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Metapost macros for the reproduction of Garrigues' Easter nomogram. These macros are described in Denis Roegel: An introduction to nomography: Garrigues' nomogram for the computation of Easter, TUGboat (volume 30, number 1, 2009, pages 88-104) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/garrigues . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=garrigues (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: biblatex 0.8h
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Philipp Lehman submitted an update to the biblatex package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/biblatex License: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is mostly a bug fix release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex (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: spverbatim
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Scott Pakin submitted the new package spverbatim to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/spverbatim Summary description: Allow line breaks within verb and verbatim output. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX's verb macro treats its argument as an unbreakable unit of text. This can lead to poor typesetting, especially when the argument is long. The spverbatim package provides an spverb macro that is analogous to verb and an spverbatim environment that is analogous to verbatim with the difference being that spverb and spverbatim allow LaTeX to break lines at space characters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spverbatim . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=spverbatim (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the siunitx package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2m: - Auto-detect fourier package to avoid a clash ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=siunitx (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: findhyph
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Martin Budaj submitted an update to the findhyph package. Findhyph is a Perl script that will analyse the log file from running your document with racingparagraphs=1 set. The output contains enough context to enable you to find the hyphenated word that’s being referenced. Location on CTAN: /support/findhyph/ Summary description: Perl program which finds all words hyphenated by TeX in a document License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bug fixes and new features -- see findhyph.pdf for details ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/findhyph/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=findhyph (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 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Elie Roux submitted an update to the luaotfload package. The package adopts the TrueType/OpenType Font loader code provided in ConTeXt, and adapts it to use in Plain TeX and LaTeX. Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- luaotfload update: syncing with ConTeXt 20090809 (+small patch line 63 of font-dum.lua); ofm fonts are now usable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bibhtml 2.0
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Sunday, 9 August 2009, Norman Gray submitted an update to the bibhtml package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/bibhtml Summary description: BibTeX style files (.bst) for producing HTML/XML License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibhtml consists of a set of BibTeX style files, which allow you to use BibTeX to produce bibliographies in HTML. These are modelled closely on the standard BibTeX style files: plain.bst -> plainhtml.bst. To accompany them, this package includes a pair of XSLT scripts which illustrate how you might integrate these generated bibliographies into an XML/HTML workflow. This is version 2.0, released after a long hiatus. Differences from v1.3: * The package now supports HTML versions of all four standard BibTeX styles * The functionality of the style files has been improved, and is now based on the output from urlbst versions of the standard styles (ie, it includes @webpage entry types, and url fields on all entries) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/contrib/bibhtml (replacing current contents) . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bibhtml (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, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: dashrule 1.2
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Sunday, 9 August 2009, Scott Pakin submitted an update to the dashrule package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/dashrule Summary description: Draw dashed rules License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dashrule package makes it easy to draw a huge variety of dashed rules (i.e., lines) in LaTeX. dashrule provides a command, hdashrule, which is a cross between LaTeX's ule and PostScript's setdash command. hdashrule draws horizontally dashed rules using the same syntax as ule, but with an additional, setdash-like parameter that specifies the pattern of dash segments and the space between those segments. Because dashrule's rules are constructed internally using ule (as opposed to, e.g., PostScript specials) they are fully compatible with every LaTeX back-end processor. Version 1.2 of dashrule fixes a bug (reported by Piazza Luca) that prevented hdashrule from working properly within a tabular cell and adds support for empty dash patterns for more consistency with PostScript's setdash command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dashrule . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dashrule (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, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: pkfix-helper
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Saturday, 8 August 2009, Scott Pakin submitted an update to the pkfix-helper package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: /support/pkfix-helper Summary description: Make PostScript files accessible to pkfix License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding resolution-independent vector fonts. Unfortunately, pkfix needs to parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips. pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable for processing by pkfix. pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed, correct its decisions. Version 1.2 of pkfix-helper provides a --cache option that can speed up the processing of multiple PostScript files by analyzing TFM font metrics once, storing the results in a specified cache file, and reusing that cache file on subsequent runs. This feature was requested by M. S. Dousti. The accompanying encoding-samples.pdf document, which shows samples of various TeX font encodings to help a user identify obscure document fonts, has been enhanced to include samples of eufm10, msam10, msbm10, wasy10, ptmr8r, cmtex10, and stmary10. This enhancement was requested by Rogério Brito. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pkfix-helper . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pkfix-helper (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, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: pict2e
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Saturday, 8 August 2009, Josef Tkadlec submitted an update to the pict2e package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pict2e Summary description: enhancement of the LaTeX picture environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Support for XeTeX added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pict2e (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, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

raised again from its slumbers, the upload daemon rises, roaring: > ====================================================================== > > 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 American Chemical Society journal submissions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.2f: > - Better support and bug fixes for Biochemistry submissions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the update, and brought the catalogue repository up to date. thanks for the uploaded. > 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 the catalogue entry will change, a bit, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: etoolbox 1.8
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded etoolbox.tar.gz and etoolbox.tds.zip to the incoming > directory of the UK node. This is an update for > macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox and install/macros/latex/contrib, > respectively. Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and > announce the upload. Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The etoolbox package is a toolbox of programming facilities geared > primarily towards LaTeX class and package authors. It provides LaTeX > frontends to some of the new primitives provided by e-TeX as well as > some generic tools which are not related to e-TeX but match the > profile of this package. > > CHANGES > > See the manual for a list of changes. I have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/etoolbox.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.8g
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file RELEASE for release notes. > > CHANGES > > This is bug fix release. The following files have been modified: > > VERSION > RELEASE > bibtex/biblatex.bst > latex/biblatex.def > latex/biblatex.sty I have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xwatermark
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '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: xwatermark Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Puts graphic and text watermarks on select pages of document. License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Active characters can now be submitted as part of text watermark in the key-val setup. Reference has been made to xkvltxp package in the user manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

ooh! an upload to cambridge! my daemon said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: The LaTeX Team > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: An Experimental LaTeX3 Programming Convention > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 1441) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release includes two notable changes from the previous > snapshot (SVN 1422). First, the documentation in expl3.pdf has > been updated to make it clearer that expl3 is ready for general > use by LaTeX programmers. At the same time, some older parts of > the documentation were removed. > > The second change is the inclusion of a new module, l3keys. This > is intended as a high-level programmers interface for creating > key-value input, such as used in the optional arguments of many > modern packages. l3keys creates keys using key-value input > itself, inspired by the pgfkeys package. > > Two new functions have been added to the clist module: > - clist_set_from_seq:NN > - clist_gset_from_seq:NN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. the catalogue link, above, will change minutely overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: the lhfonts package
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

the dante upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: The lhfonts package > Version number: 3.5g > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /fonts/cyrillic/lh > Summary description: CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of > LaTeX standard encodings. > The LH fonts address the problem of the wide variety of > alphabets that are written with Cyrillic-style > characters. The fonts are the original basis of the set > of T2* and X2 encodings that are now used when LaTeX > users need to write in Cyrillic languages. > > LH offers the latex/lhfonts bundle of packages for > standard LaTeX Cyrillic and traditional encodings. > > The fonts are available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the CM- > Super family of fonts. > > See also cyrillic t2 ccfonts cmbright concrete ecc. > > The authors are Andrey Khodulev, Olga Lapko, Alexander > Berdnikov and Vladimir Volovich. > > ----- > > Changes: > > Bug fixes in ff-ligatures in T2* typewriter fonts -- that > changes metrics of the monospaced fonts > > Bug fix with ligature of letter TSE -- that changes > metrics of all fonts in OT2 encoding. > > I hope that these fixes are the last which change metrics. > > I'm very sorry for my mistakes. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cyrillic/lh > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=The lhfonts package > (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 . i have pulled the upload to cambridge and installed the files. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xecjk
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

This package has been updated a 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: xeCJK Version number: 2.3.5 Author's name : Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xeCJK 2.3.5 has the following updates: 1. Produces error message when running on a XeTeX engine it does not support. 2. Significantly improve processing speed. 3. You can customize underline decorations when used in companion with CJKfntef.sty (available in the latest version of CJK package) 4. Add support of fontspec addfontfeature, xeCJK will pass options it does not recognize directly to fontspec 5. Fix a linebreaking problem caused by punctuations at the end of paragraphs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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ctan update: tablists
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

dante upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: tablists > Version number: 0.0e > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Author's email: > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablists > Summary description: Tabulated list of short items (exercises in textbooks) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > The package offers environments and commands for one- > level and two-level > lists of short items (exercises in textbooks). The > environments follow > support of optional arguments of item numbering as > enumerate or paralist > packages. > ----- > > Changes: > > *) changed layout of tabulated list placed inside LaTeX's > proper list. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tablists > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tablists > (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 . i have pulled the upload to cambridge and installed it here; i have also updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

dante's upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: softmaker-freefont > Version number: 1.2 > Author's name: Josef Kleber > 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 fonts will be included in future. > > License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) > > New in v1.2: > > - added LaTeX support for the special purpose font: Flagstaff > Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the > month (August 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at > least > this month): 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. i've pulled it to the cambridge ctan and installed the files here. i've also done some work on the catalogue entry, which an eager world won't see until tonight's run has processed it to appear on the web. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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