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CTAN update: bclogo
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This update 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: bclogo Version number: 2.24 Author's name: Chupin Maxime Location on CTAN: / graphics/ bclogo Summary description: This package facilitates the creation of colorful boxes with a title and logo. It relies mainly on PSTricks and/or Tikz. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- new logos, new features (line width, setting margins, line color ...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/bclogo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bclogo (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: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: notes2bib > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib > Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The notes2bib package defines a new type of note, bibnote, > which will always be added to the bibliography. The package > allows footnotes and endnotes to be moved into the bibliography > in the same way. The package can be used with natbib and > biblatex as well as plain LaTeX citations. Both sorted and > unsorted bibliography styles are supported. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2 is a complete re-working of notes2bib using LaTeX3 > (expl3) syntax internally. The basic functions of the package > are unchanged, but package options and function names have > been revised to improve the interface. > > To use notes2bib, you will need current versions of the > expl3 and xpackages bundles, both of which are available on > CTAN. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/notes2bib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib the catalogue entry will change (more than usual) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: pst-abspos
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-abspos.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > all files into the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-abs/ > > pst-abspos (v 0.20) is a PSTricks related package and provides a > macro pstPutAbs(x,y) to put any object on absolute or relative > coordinates of a page. thanks for that; i've installed the package and made an entry in the catalogue repository, describing it. users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-abspos.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-abspos/ The catalogue entry will only appear overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mattens
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

This update 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: mattens Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mattens Summary description: Matrices/tensor/vector typesetting. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mattens package contains the definitions to typeset matrices, vectors and tensors as used in the engineering community for the representation of common vectors and tensors such as forces, velocities, moments of inertia, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mattens . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mattens (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: cachepic
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This package should be at your local mirror in a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cachepic Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Tomasz M. Trzeciak Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cachepic Summary description: A tool for conversion of document fragments into graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of cachepic package is to simplify and automate conversion of document fragments into external EPS or PDF file(s). The package consists of two parts: the LaTeX2e style implementing the document level interface and a command line tool (written in Lua) for generation of external graphics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cachepic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cachepic (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 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update 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: cleveref Version number: 0.14.2 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version significantly overhauls the new capitalise option (or capitalize, for friends across the pond), used to capitalise all cross-reference names. It also fixes some cross-reference sorting bugs, and a bug in the poorman option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '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: luamplib Version number: 1.01 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamplib Summary description: Using LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update 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: luaotfload Version number: 1.04 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra, fixing bugs when mixing .vf and .ovf files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: luainputenc
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luainputenc Version number: 0.94 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc Summary description: inputenc package for LuaTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra, adapting for the new callback process_output_buffer of LuaTeX 0.43. With a recent LuaTeX, luainputenc has the same behaviour with LuaTeX as inputenc has with pdfTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luainputenc (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: luatextra
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update will 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: luatextra Version number: 0.94 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ Summary description: extra functions for LuaTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new TeXLive 2009 LuaTeX formats, prefixing all with luatex instead of lua (to be consistent with the new formats), but keeping backward compatibility, adapting for the new callback process_output_buffer of LuaTeX 0.43. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luatextra (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: mailmerge
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

This package will 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: mailmerge Version number: 1 Author's name: Miguel V. S. Frasson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib Summary description: repeat amount of text merging fields License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package mailmerge provides an interface to produce text from a template where fields are replaced by actual data, like in a database. It is useful to produce several letters from a template, certificates or other such documents. It allows to access the entry number, number of entries and so on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mailmerge . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mailmerge (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: texdiff
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

This will reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: texdiff Version number: 0.4 Author's name: Cengiz Gunay Location on CTAN: /support/texdiff Summary description: Compares two (La)TeX documents to create a merged version showing changes, similar to that of 'Change Tracking' in some word processors. License type: artistic Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The first two files are compared and a new TeX file is output. When the output file is processed with (La)TeX it marks new changes with blue and old text with red with a strike-through line. Furthermore, passages with changes are marked at the margin with grey bars by the LaTeX changebar package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texdiff . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texdiff (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: bracketkey
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

This package will be at your local mirror in a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bracketkey Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Christoph Heibl Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing bracketed identication keys License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The use of bracketkey is explained below. See also the example in Malva.tex for how to use bracketkey. 1. Use egin{key}{<text>} and end{key} to define the bracketkey environment. 2. The second argument of egin key can be used to pass an abbreveated (genus) name to the 'name' command. 3. The two alternatives of each couplet are defined by: leadONE{<backref>}{<text>} and leadTWO{<text>}. <backref> is an INT which refers to the previous couplet number, in case that the current and the previouos couplet numbers are not consecutive. 4. Each 'lead' command is followed by a 'name' command: ame{<text>}{<text|INT>}{<text>} <text> in the first argument is set in boldface. It can be used for taxon ranks which do not require italized writing. <text> in the second argument is set in italics. It typically takes names of genus rank and below. Alternatively, <INT> refers to the next couplet. <text> in the third argument is set as is. It can be used to provide authority names. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bracketkey . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bracketkey (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 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

quoth the upload daemon (to a background of tex live rumblings and start-of-academic-year rushes): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Author's email: N.Talbot(a)uea.ac.uk > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.03: > > * Added check to see if glossarymark has been defined > > * makeglossaries - failed file test messages printed to > stdout instead of stderr (so that it doesn't interrupt > latexmk). > > * Fixed bug when used with tabularx. > > * Added package option hyperfirst (boolean option to suppress > hyperlink on first use). > > * Added pod to makeglossaries. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries of course, the catalogue entry will change (in a small way) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: BaKoMa TeX 9.0 - Auto Download, Auto Update, Package Manager.
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Basil K. Malyshev submitted version 9.01 of the bakoma package. > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 9.0 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 9.0 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE. > They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use > depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document. > > About BaKoMa TeX Word. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > > The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: > > 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. > It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. > It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, > PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface > (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables. > > TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. > TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. > It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up > in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. > In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. > So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use > powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work. > > Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as > good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some screenshots are available at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/screenshots.php> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 9.0 are: > > * General Update of LaTeX packages. > * Automatical Download packages/fonts required by processed documents. > * Automatical Update > * Package Manager > * Search TeX commands and LaTeX environments in entire document > collection and automatical download openning document via network. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php> or > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes9.html> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update dante.ctan.org upload: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Florent Chervet submitted version 3.0 of the etextools package. The package offers four categories of macros: - the expandnext macro and other expansion control macros; - the FE@testopt and FE@ifstar macros for fully expandable (FE) (starred-)macros with option; - fully expandable command list parsers: csvloop, listloop and a general constructor; - three macros lacking from the etoolbox package: listdel, listgdel and listxdel. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: a lot of purely expandable tools for e-TeX -LaTeX Users and package Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Great update with many features added... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 package update: csquotes 4.4c
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's > also a csquotes.tds.zip file. Please delete the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload. thanks for the upload; i've installed it, and updated the catalogue repository. > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > CHANGES > > * Fixed incompatibility with 'inputenx' package Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/csquotes.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

my daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX project > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [trimmed, with the submitter's agreement: we had most of this a week > ago today.] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > [...] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1550) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The previous snapshot (SVN 1543) was missing an index in > source3.pdf: this is corrected here. There is also a bug fix > for peek_charcode:N(TF). thanks for the upload; i've installed the update and made the usual change to the catalogue repository. > 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 as usual, there will be minuscule change in the web catalogue entry, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 Josef Kleber submited 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 v1.4c: - revision of documentation added abbreviations for standard 14 fonts clarification of font embedding in PDF free text annotations - minor bug fix ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: fixme
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '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: FiXme Version number: 4.0 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A collaborative annotation tool for LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce FiXme version 4.0 #### WARNING: this is a major release containing many new features and heavy #### internals refactoring. FiXme 4.0 comes with unprecedented flexibiity, #### unrivalled extensibility and unchallenged backward-INcompatibility. What's new in version 4.0 ========================= * Support for collaborative annotations suggested by Michael Kubovy ** Support for targeted notes and environments (highlighting a portion of text), suggested by Mark Edgington. ** Support for floating notes (not specific to any portion of text), suggested by Rasmus Villemoes. ** Support for alternate layout autoswitch in TeX's inner mode suggested by Will Robertson. ** Support for automatic language tracking in multilingual documents ** Support for themes ** Extended support for user-provided layouts ** Support for key=value argument syntax in the whole user interface ** New command fxsetup ** Homogenize log and console messages ** Heavy internals refactoring Description =========== FiXme is a collaborative annotation tool for LaTeX documents. Annotating a document refers here to inserting meta-notes, that is, notes that do not belong to the document itself, but rather to its development or reviewing process. Such notes may involve things of different importance levels, ranging from simple fix the spelling flags to critical this paragraph is a lie mentions. Annotations like this should be visible during the development or reviewing phase, but should normally disapear in the final version of the document. FiXme is designed to ease and automate the process of managing collaborative annotations, by offering a set of predefined note levels and layouts, the possibility to register multiple note authors, to reference annotations by listing and indexing etc. FiXme is extensible, giving you the possibility to create new layouts or even complete themes, and also comes with support for AUC-TeX. FiXme homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#fixme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fixme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fixme (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: memoir
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

This update 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: The memoir class Version number: v1.61803398b Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: bugfix for the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release fixes a typo that broke hanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: dox
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

This update should withiin a day be at your loca mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: DoX Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Extensions to the doc package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is DoX version 2.0 -- Extensions to the doc package What's new in version 2.0: ================ ** Optional argument to doxitem idxtype option to change the item's index type ** Optional argument to Describe<Item> and the <Item> environment noprint option to avoid marginal printing noindex option to avoid item indexing ** Extend DescribeMacro, DescribeEnv and their corresponding environments with the same features Description: ======= The doc package provides LaTeX developers with means to describe the usage and the definition of new commands and environments. However, there is no simple way to extend this functionality to other items (options or counters for instance). DoX is designed to circumvent this limitation, and provides some improvements over the existing functionality as well. DoX homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#dox ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dox (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 update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

the daemon just groans...: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3a: > - Fix for typo when changing packaging > - Corrected si-DE fix tophrase > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx the web catalogue entry will change ever so slightly, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

he'd been settling down for a good night's rest, but the daemon stumbles out into the light and says: ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3: > - Better handling of micro symbol > - Bug fix for spacing in textmode with multi-part numbers > - Easier packaging [(pdf)latex will extract and typeset package in one go] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx the catalogue entry will change a bit, overnight, as is usual. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.8i
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the Dante > 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 a bug fix release. thanks for the upload; i've installed it and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: drv
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

This package should reach 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: drv.mp Version number: 0.93 Author's name: Laurent Méhats Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/drv Summary description: derivation trees with MetaPost License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- drv.mp is a set of MetaPost macros for typesetting derivation trees (such as used in sequent calculus, type inference, programming language semantics...) NO MetaPost knowledge is needed to use these macros. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/drv . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/drv (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: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

This update 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: PerlTeX Version number: 1.9 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. PerlTeX has been made more robust in version 1.9. Specifically, perltex.pl no longer inserts a spurious end-of-line character on a short pipe read and no longer hangs if latex exits at the exact moment that perltex.pl tries to contact it. Thanks to Chromatic Dragon for reporting these bugs and testing the fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: biblatex-apa
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

This update 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: biblatex-apa Version number: 0.5 Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa Summary description: biblatex APA style License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to the biblatex APA style. Some bugfixes plus new localisation support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: zhmetrics
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '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: Chinese Font Metrics Version number: r198 Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /fonts/metrics Summary description: tfm files, map files, fd files needed to embed Chinese TTF fonts into PDF License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX fd support. and we also fix several bugs in zhwinfonts.tex project hosted on http://code.google.com/p/ctex-kit/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/zhmetrics . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/zhmetrics (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '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: autolatex Version number: 7.0 Author's name: Stephane Galland Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Add '.dot' to '.pdf' converter License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The version 7.0 of autolatex is now including a image converter from the Graphviz dot format to the PDF or the PNG formats. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: linguex
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

This update 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: linguex Version number: 3.7b Author's name: Wolfgang Sternefeld Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/linguex Summary description: Fixed a bug License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A bug crept into the last update that would make examples show up with duplicated parentheses. This is now fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linguex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/linguex (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-chem
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

the daemon creeps out, late at night, and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem > Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.8e: > - New pageranges option to allow printing only of first page even if > range is available in database > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed it and updated the catalogue repository (a tiny bit). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblat… the catalogue entry will change a little overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: umthesis
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '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: umthesis Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Robert Felty Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Dissertation class file for the University of Michigan License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor updates to the umthesis class file, including * fixed spacing issue * section referencing fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/umthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/umthesis (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: trimspaces
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

The update 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: trimspaces Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces Summary description: Trimming spaces around text License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New update brings: - An unexpanding variation to more easily define space-stripped macros, - New commands to allow trimming of preceding or trailing spaces only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/trimspaces (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 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

the daemon is surely getting tired, after recent excessive exercise, but neverthe less he says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX project > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Packages showing a proposed 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 1543) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The major change from the last snapshot (SVN 1509) is changes > to l3keys which reflect discussion about both expl3 and wider > LaTeX3 concepts. > > Changes to l3keys: > - Removed .code:Nn, .code:Nx, .function:N, .initial:n, > .initial:V, .set:N properties > - New variable-setting properties .dim_(g)set:N, .int_(g)set:N, > .skip_(g)set:N, .tl_(g)set:N, .tl_(g)set_x:N > - Choice generating system now uses two properties > .choice_code:n and .generate_choices:n > > The team hope that these changes now make l3keys fully usable > across LaTeX3 and other projects. > > The keys_variable_get_scope:N and keys_variable_get_type:N > functions have been moved to prg_, to reflect their generic > nature. > > A few new functions have been added, mainly to support changes > in the xpackages. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue update will be left to the overnight run to regenerate. > 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 Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: ctable 1.15
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of v1.15 relative to v1.14): - removed whitespace before tables, - corrected marginpars in the documentation --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable (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: pdfbook
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '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: pdfbook Version number: 20090916 Author's name: Jaap Eldering Location on CTAN: /support/pdfbook Summary description: Rearrange pages of a PDF file for booklet printing. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update of the pdfbook package fixing a shell quoting issue and adding a Makefile and changelog. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pdfbook . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pdfbook (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 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

This update will reach your local mirror by tomorrow. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: autolatex Version number: 6.1 Author's name: Stephane Galland Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Major bug fixes in autolatex 6.1 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In previous version the plot2eps and imggz2eps converters do not detect the source files to convert even if they are existing in the right place. This bug is fixed in the autolatex_find perl script for the first converter, and in the Makefile of the second converter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

they're coming thick and fast ... anyone would think a new tex live was coming up. the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: siunitx - A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.2n: > - degreeCelsius as an alias for celsius, reflecting how the unit is read. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx the catalogue entry will be (slightly) updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: trimspaces
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

wow! says the daemon, and then: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: trimspaces > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces > Summary description: Trim spaces around an argument or macro > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A very short package that allows you to expandably > remove spaces around a token list with rim@spaces > or remove surrounding spaces within a macro definition > with rim@spaces@in. i've installed the new package, and made an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/trimspaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces a manual run of the catalogue update job has arranged that the catalogue entry is actually there, this time! Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: footmisc package
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

i've installed a new version (5.5) of my footmisc package on CTAN. this version corrects a bug reported on comp.text.tex, affecting vertical spacing of footnotes when the hang option was in effect. i've updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/footmisc.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: version.sty
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Donald Arseneau <asnd(a)triumf.ca> wrote: > I just rewrote version.sty as I see fit and uploaded it > to UK. thanks; i've installed the new version of version (aargh), and updated the catalogue entry. > You guys can decide whether to have the existing versions.sty > or this rewrite to take over the slot for version.sty. i don't make public quality judgements in my ctan work ;-) (i leave that for the faq...) > License: permissive free (very short MIT/X11/BSD style) interpreted (as is standard, now) as other-free. > Here are the (end)notes on the new version. > > % Donald Arseneau produced this version because Stephen Bellantoni had no > % permissions explicitly stated in his version. DA has tried to remain > % compatible but has indulged in upgrades (bloat) which might not be > % proper. > % > % Although the code is entirely rewritten, there are a few principal > % differences with version 2: > % > % Verbatim catcoding of braces (to scan over unbalanced braces) is > % still applied, but is not required to be effective: the end{NAME} > % will be detected whether the catcode changes are effective or not. > % > % Verbatim catcode for & is set to allow skipping rows of a tabular. > % > % Definitions of existing environments are now retained by includeversion, > % unless the existing definition is the one made by excludeversion. > % > % Added optional argument for excludeversion for a textual tag to > % replace the excluded content. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/version.html or the package itself at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/version.sty the catalogue entry will be slightly changed, in a moment, at some stage overnight Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: mk 2.0
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the mk package. mk is a Ruby script that, in close collaboration with vpp (short for View and Print PostScript/PDF), is helpful in the cyclic process of editing, viewing, and printing a latex document. Essentially, mk uses the make utility for the management of file dependencies, texi2pdf for compilation, vpp for viewing and printing. Location on CTAN: support/latex_maker License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of release 2.0 relative to 1.0: - Perl-script completely rewritten in Ruby - mk has been tested under Linux only --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latex_maker/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mk (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: vpp 2.1
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the vpp package. Vpp displays a PDF document or a PostScript document (after conversion to pdf using gv, xpdf, or acrobat reader in that order of choice), or perhaps another pdf viewer. One can use the viewer to print the document but, alternatively, leave the viewer and use vpp's facilities to print selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a PDF document. Location on CTAN: support/view_print_ps_pdf License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of release 2.1 relative to 2.0: - added option -p specifying the printer name - added option -d telling the printer can print doublesided - better handling of load errors --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/view_print_ps_pdf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=vpp(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: ctable 1.14
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of v1.14 relative to v1.13): - nosuper propagation to later tables prohibited - added option doinside - use of (obsolete) carom.sty for docs discontinued - empty labels not created - newcolumntype warnings removed - caption package not needed anymore --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable (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: answers
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

the old daemon's beginning to recover the meaning of his life, and reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: answers > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/answers > Summary description: Production of solution sheets in LaTeX2e > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.12: > - New maintainer: Joseph Wright > - Now licensed under LPPL, v1.3c or later > - No other changes at present! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/answers.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/answers the catalogue entry will change, of course, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upate: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

This update 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: 5.0 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics Summary description: Interactive editor for prerequisite charts, macro support. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 5.0 of prerex.sty generates an html file with image-map data for use with a raster image obtained from the latex output. Version 5.0 of the editor supports documents with more that one chart or charts used in more than one document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

the daemon yawns, scratches behind its ears, and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib > Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.8d: > - Fix for chem-rsc style and incorrect comma after journal title: > caused by changes in biblatex kernel. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib the catalogue entry will change (in a way visible only to those with acute eyesight) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: csv2latex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

This package should reach your local mirror in the next day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: csv2latex Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Alan Munn Location on CTAN: /support/ Summary description: Ruby script+Applescript provides cut-and-paste of spreadsheet table cells into LaTeX source License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- csv2latex is a Ruby script + Applescript combination that allows for cut-and-paste of spreadsheet tables (e.g., from Excel, Open Office Calc, iWork Numbers, etc.) into a LaTeX source file in various popular LaTeX table formats: plain tables, booktabs, longtable and raw cells. Designed to work with TeXShop, it can be used with other Mac editors that support Applescript. Requires OS 10.4 or later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/csv2latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/csv2latex (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: xecjk
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '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: xeCJK Version number: 2.3.8 Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ Summary description: A LaTeX package for typesetting CJK documents in the way users have become used to, in the CJK package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improve space adjustments. Support slshape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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