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tug.ctan.org upload: xstring
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xstring Author's name: Christian Telllechea Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xstring Summary description: manipulation of strings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides macros manipulating strings, such as: * tests: - does a string contains at least n times an another? - does a string starts (or ends) with another? etc. * extractions of substrings: - what is on the left (or the right) of the nth occurrence of a substring; - what is between the occurrences of 2 substrings; - substring between 2 positions, etc. * substitution of all (or the n first) occurrences of a substring for an other substring; * calculation of numbers: - length of a string; - position of the nth occurrence of a substring; - how many times a string contains a substring? For programming purposes, other macros allow to use special characters (& ~ { } _ # $ ^ %) with the macros manipulating strings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xstring . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xstring (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: flowfram
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: flowfram > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/flowfram > Summary description: Create text frames for posters, brochures or magazines > License type: lppl thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the catalogue. > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.11: > > * fixed bug in getstaticbounds and getflowbounds > > * removed unwanted spaces in setflowframe > > * removed unwanted space in setdynamicframe > > * fixed 'clear' key bug in setdynamicframe > > * added facility to customize rules created with inserthrule and insertvrule > > * added commands to determine the relative location of one frame from another > > * added facility to label and reference flow frames > > Thanks > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/flowfram.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/flowfram Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team [my apologies for the delay in announcing the upload. it should have been announced on the afternoon of the 3 july, but i got my scheduling wrong...]

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CTAN package update --- memoir class v1.618033
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

Peter Wilson <herries.press(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > I have uploaded memoir1618033.tar.gz to UK incoming which > v1.618033 of the memoir class. A tds.tar.gz file is included in this > for easy user installation. Can you please put these into the > appropriate places on CTAN. > > Changes (2008/06/02) > o New version 1.618033 of memoir.cls with bug fixes for > feetbelowfloats and sidebar geometry for the larger font sizes. > o NO CHANGE TO THE MANUAL i have installed the update (including its .tds.zip) and updated the catalogue. thanks for the update. users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team [my apologies for the extra delay of this announcement -- it should have been sent on the morning of the 4 july, the package having been installed on the 3 julyu.]

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CTAN Update: miktex_update
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the miktex_update package. Location on CTAN: /support/miktex_update Summary description: A cygwin bash script for automatic updating and installing new packages of MiKTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The miktex_update script offers automatic updating and/or installing of new packages of an existing MiKTeX installation. It supports direct connection with online repositories of the MiKTeX server network, as well as synchronizing a local repository (CTAN) with following update. In the end you should have an up-to-date and complete MiKTeX installation. License: LPPL Changes in v1.1: Bugfix: in local searchonly mode (miktex_update -ls) mpm could not access cygwin's /tmp/... directory -> Error: mpm.exe: Invalide MiKTeX configuration. -> moved temp directory to %TEMP% (Windows environment variable) directory Changed behavior of option -o, --online (without -r, --repository) the script will no longer echo a random online repository, but use it directly to connect with the MiKTeX server network. See: http://latex.josef-kleber.de/en_miktex_update.htm or http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=miktex_update for more information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/miktex_update . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=miktex_update (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: pict2e
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Josef Tkadlec submitted an update to the pict2e package. This package was described in the 2nd edition of ‘LaTeX: A Document Preparation System’, but the LaTeX project team declined to produce the package. For a long time, LaTeX has included a ‘pict2e package’ that merely produced an apologetic error message. The new package extends the existing LaTeX picture environment, using the familiar technique (cf. thegraphics and color packages) of driver files. The package documentation has a fair number of examples of use, showing where things are improved by comparison with the LaTeX picture environment. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pict2e License: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changed: extended slope arguments for line and vector; horizontal and vertical lines use PS/PDF operators, too. Added: macros for drawing arcs, lines given by endpoints, polygons; path constructions (as in PS/PDF); control of shapes of line ends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: Phaistos.otf
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted an update to the phaistos package. It is a A font that contains all the symbols of the famous Disc of Phaistos, together with a LaTeX package. The disc was ‘printed’ by stamping the wet clay with some sort of punches, probably around 1700 BCE. There are those who believe that this Cretan script was used to ‘write’ Greek (it is known, for example, that the rather later Cretan Linear B script was used to write Greek), but arguments for other languages have been presented. Given that the disc is the only known example of the script, it seems unlikely that a decipherment will ever be confirmed. Location on CTAN: /fonts/archaic/phaistos License: lppl Announcement: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now that the symbols of the Disk of Phaistos are included in Unicode, I have created an OpenType font from the Type 1 font that we had created some years ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: Hyphenation Patterns in UTF-8 encoding
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Hyphenation Patterns in UTF-8 encoding Author's name: Mojca Miklavec Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Hyphenation patterns have been converted into UTF-8 and should serve as a replacement for the old patterns without any change in functionality. The patterns should be considered upstream replacement that will be used in TeX Live and other distrubutions instead of loding the old files. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - hyph-en-gb.tex (ukhyphen) and hyph-en-us.tex (ushyphmax) added - Russian and Ukrainian depend on the old loading schemes (for UTF-8) again - some Russian patterns added (cyryoal (yo) for Russian and some more) that were forgotten before - import documentation for Bulgarian (still waiting for update from author) one upload before that: - Sanskrit added - Serbo-Croatian fixed - in Ancient Greek wrong patterns were loaded - fixes in Turkish and Basque ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyph-utf8 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hyph-utf8 (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: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and will soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-chem Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem Summary description: Chemistry styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The biblatex-chem bundle is a set of experiment styles to allow chemists to use biblatex. The bundle is highly experimental, and in this first marker release only the formatting of journal articles has been addressed. The journals covered are: - all ACS journals; - RSC journals using standard (Chem. Commun.) style; - Wiley journals uses Angew. Chem. style. At this stage, feedback in all areas is sought. Is the journal coverage sufficient? Is the naming scheme logical? Are the styles correct, as far as they go? What are the priorities for other record types to handle, and how should the extra data available from biblatex be handled? Updates are likely to be relatively frequent, as new record types are added. The next area to address is books and entries in book, followed by URLs and in press articles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-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 .

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Re: CTAN update -- letltxmacro v1.3
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 at 11:05 +0200, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL Changes: * letltxmacro v1.3 * Documentation and test file update for etoolbox 1.6. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: eukdate
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: eukdate Author's name: Andrew Gilbert Moschou Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eukdate Summary description: UK format date with weekday License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The eukdate package is used to change the format of oday's date, including the weekday, e.g. `Saturday, 26 June 2008', the `UK format', which is preferred in many parts of the world, as distinct from that which is used in maketitle of the article class, `June 26, 2008', the `US format'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eukdate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/eukdate (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: rotating
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

i have updated my version of the rotating package on ctan. since i last announced an install, i have -- reworked the way in which the package remembers what page it's on, which seems to have solved the problem about page-related rotation. -- mended an infelicity in the way in which captions were produced. as always, bug reports to my address, as in the package, are welcome. users may view the package catalogue entry at: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/rotating.html or they may browse the package directory at: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/rotating/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: csquotes 4.2
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's > also a csquotes.tds.zip file for install/macros/latex/contrib. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload. > Thank you very much. > > 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 > > * Upgrade to etoolbox 1.6 i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue; thanks for the upload. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: Elsevier bst files
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Simon Pepping wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > I uploaded elsart-bst.zip, with two updated files for the directory > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/elsevier. One file > updates the bst file elsart-num-sort.bst with a bug fix for the page > numbers in inproceedings items, the other updates the versions in the > README-bst file. i have installed the new files, and micro-updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/Catalogue/entries/elsevier-bib.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/contrib/elsevier/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: minitoc version 58
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert submitted an update to the minitoc package. The minitoc package allows you to add mini-tables-of-contents (minitocs) at the beginning of every chapter, part or section. There is also provision for mini-lists of figures and of tables. At the part level, they are parttocs, partlofs and partlots. If the type of document does not use chapters, the basic provision is section level secttocs, sectlofs and sectlots. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/minitoc Summary description: minitable of contents by chapter, part or section License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minitoc version #58 -- Renamed minitoc-tds.zip into minitoc.tds.zip. -- Added some figures about the geographic repartition of some languages. -- Updated the bibliography. -- Corrections of typos. -- Added a minitoc in the index to make it easier to consult. --* Added flags: ifinparttoc, ifinpartlof, ifinpartlot, ifinminitoc, ifinminilof, ifinminilot, ifinsecttoc, ifinsectlof, and ifinsectlot. --* Added commands mtcpolymtoc and siblings (polymorphic entries). --* Added the example document mtc-vti.tex. --** Renamed fminitoc.dtx and consorts as minitoc-fr.dtx and consorts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: * For ``polymorphic'' entries in the TOC, LOF, LOT and mini-tables, A ``polymorphic' entry is an entry whose aspect depends of the place where it appears. ** To allow typing texdoc minitoc-fr to access the french documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=minitoc (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: BaKoMa TeX 8.25 - long file path, 3-state pdfborder control
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma > Improvement in BaKoMa TeX 8.25 are: > * Support for file pathes longer then 128 characters. > * Improved 'Show HyperLink Border by using color' - 3 state button > to (1) enable, (2) disable, and (3) inherit HyperRef (pdfborder) > settings. > * Fixed Insert accented latin letters in 7bit TeX notation in UTF8 input > encoding, > some incompatibilities with some EPS files saved by AI 8.0, > > 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/changes7.html> > > Bye. > Basil K. Malyshev > 25-Jun-2008 > > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.25 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 8.25 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/> > > New features in BaKoMa TeX 8.25 are: > > * Support for file pathes longer then 128 characters. > * Improved 'Show HyperLink Border by using color' - 3 state button > to enable, disable, and inherit HyperRef (pdfborder) settings. > * Fixed Insert accented latin letters in 7bit TeX notation in UTF8 input > encoding, > some incompatibilities with some EPS files saved by AI 8.0, > > 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/changes7.html> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: pgfopts
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pgfopts Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pgfopts Summary description: LaTeX package options with pgfkeys License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Using key-value options for packages and macros is a good way of handling large numbers of options with a clean interface. The pgfkeys package provides a very well designed system for defining and using keys, but does not make this available for handling LaTeX class and package options. The pgfopts package adds this ability to pgfkeys, in the same way that kvoptions extends the keyval package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pgfopts . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pgfopts (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New CTAN package: elsarticle
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Simon Pepping wrote > To whom it concerns, > > Today I have uploaded the file elsarticle.zip, to > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/elsarticle.zip . This file contains a new > document class for authors of articles submitted to Elsevier. Because > the directory macros/latex/contrib/elsevier already exists, I propose > that the contents of this zip file are unzipped into a new directory > macros/latex/contrib/elsarticle. > > elsarticle.cls, related documentation and supporting packages are > released under the LATEX Project Public License, either version 1.3 or > any later version. This work has the LPPL maintenance status > 'author-maintained'. i've installed this new class and its documentation, etc., on ctan at macros/latex/contrib/elsarticle thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/elsarticle.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/elsarticle/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: siunitx Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Summary description: A comprehesive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.0d: - Better handling of full stops in units, allowing for example: ewunit{myunit}{V~vs{.}~NHE} to work correctly: full stop is interpreted literally rather than as a product. Also includes v1.0c: - Fix for use of maths alphabets ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN Update: miktex_update
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the package miktex_update Location on CTAN: /support/miktex_update Summary description: A cygwin bash script for automatic updating and installing new packages of MiKTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The miktex_update script offers automatic updating and/or installing of new packages of an existing MiKTeX installation. It supports direct connection with online repositories of the MiKTeX server network, as well as synchronizing a local repository (CTAN) with following update. In the end you should have an up-to-date and complete MiKTeX installation. License: LPPL New in v1.0: - new short option -V for long option --version - new options: -n, --nolist don't print lists -I, --interactive ask before updating or installing -s, --searchonly just search packages without updating or installing -u, --update just update -i, --install just install new packages See: http://latex.josef-kleber.de/en_miktex_update.htm or http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=miktex_update for more information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/miktex_update . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=miktex_update (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk 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: A comprehesive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.0b: > - Fixed bug with rounding system > - Powers of units now unaffected by rounding system > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package as requested, thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: vwcol
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: vwcol Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/vwcol Summary description: Multicols with variable width License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a crude environment called 'vwcol'for typesetting multicolumn paragraph text of various column widths on a single page. For example, documentclass{article} usepackage{lipsum} egin{document} egin{vwcol}[widths={0.3,0.2,0.5}] lipsum[1] end{vwcol} end{document} Note again that only paragraph text is supported at present. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/vwcol . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/vwcol (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package updated: etoolbox 1.6
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded etoolbox.tar.gz to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox. There's > also an etoolbox.tds.zip file for install/macros/latex/contrib. > 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 > > * Improved obustify > * Improved patchcmd and ifpatchable > * Modified and improved apptocmd > * Modified and improved pretocmd > * Added ifpatchable* > * Added racingpatches > * Added AfterBeginDocument > * Added ifdefmacro > * Added ifcsmacro > * Added ifdefprefix > * Added ifcsprefix > * Added ifdefparam > * Added ifcsparam > * Added ifdefprotected > * Added ifcsprotected > * Added ifdefltxprotect > * Added ifcsltxprotect > * Added ifdefempty > * Added ifcsempty > * Improved ifdefvoid > * Improved ifcsvoid > * Added ifstrempty > * Added setbool > * Added settoggle thanks for the upload; i've installed the package as requested. users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/etoolbox.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: glhyph
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michel's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: glhyph Author's name: Javier Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation/glhyph Summary description: Hyphenation patterns for Galician License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A script for generating UTF-8 patterns and new UTF-8 patterns have been added to the package (same patterns are now also part of hyph-utf8). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/glhyph . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/glhyph (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: Venturis ADF fonts collection V1.003a
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Venturis ADF fonts collection V1.003a Author's name: Hirwen HARENDAL Location on CTAN: /Fonts Summary description: Venturis ADF fonts collection V1.003a License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serif and sans serif complete font families, in both Adobe Type 1 and OpenType formats for publication. The family is based on Utopia family, and has been modified and developed by the Arkandis Digital foundry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/venturisadf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/venturisadf (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: mkpattern
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mkpattern Author's name: Javier Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation/utils/mkpattern Summary description: A utility for making hyphenation patterns License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mkpatter v. 1.2, 2008/06/22. Mkpattern is a general purpose program for the generation of hyphenation patterns, with definition of letter sets and template-like constructions. It also provides an easy way to handle different input and output encodings. A detailed description is provided in the manual: mkpatter.dps. Next is a brief descriptions of the files related to the program, as well as the license under which it is distributed: mkpatter.tex: The program mkpattern; lppl mkpattern-exmpl.tex: An example file; public domain mkpatter.pdf: The manual; public domain mkpatdoc.tex: The source for the manual; public domain Recent changes: improved support for generation of clean UTF-8 patterns (no catcodes, no empty lines). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/utils/mkpattern . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mkpattern (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: pst-fun
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-fun.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fun/ > > pst-fun is a PSTricks related package for drawing > funny objects like a bird, a parrot, Lucky Luke, etc > > This version 0.03 has a new macro psKangaroo thanks for the upload; i have installed the changed files, and updated the catalogue. users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-fun.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fun/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: Velthuis devanagari for TeX
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 Zdeněk Wagner submitted an update to the devanagari package. It contains Frans Velthuis' preprocessor for Devanagari text, and fonts and macros to use when typesetting the processed text. The macros provide features that support Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and other languages typically printed in the Devanagari script. The fonts are available both in Metafont and Type 1 format. Location on CTAN: /language/devanagari/velthuis Summary description: Update to version 2.15 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update adds an LDF file for using Hindi with babel and support for XeTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/devanagari/velthuis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=devanagari (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: blowup v0.1i
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 Rolf Niepraschk submitted the new package blowup to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/blowup Summary description: A new package to upscale or downscale all pages of a document. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package blowup only defines the user-level macro lowup, which can be used to upscale or downscale all pages of a document. It is similar to the TeX primitive magnification but more accurate and user-friendly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/blowup . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=blowup (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: forarray
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 Christian Schröppel submitted the forarray package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/forarray Summary description: Using array structures in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package 'forarray' provides functionality for processing lists and array structures in LaTeX. Arrays can contain characters as well as TeX and LaTeX commands, nesting of arrays is possible, and arrays are processed within the same brace level as their surrounding environment. Array levels can be delimited by characters or control sequences defined by the user. Practical uses of this package include data management, construction of lists and tables, and calculations based on the contents of lists and arrays. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/forarray . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=forarray (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: Package xbase moved
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 Morten Høgholm submitted an update to the xbase package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/project/xbase Summary description: Update and move of xbase License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The xbase bundle provides the packages xparse and template, and the support package ldcsetup. The packages require expl3 to be installed. The xparse provides a high-level interface for declaring document commands, e.g., a uniform way to define commands taking optional arguments, optional stars (and others), mandatory arguments and more. The template package provides an interface for defining generic functions using a key=val syntax. The ldcsetup package used to establish prototype LaTeX3 coding conventions, needed by xparse and xbase, but is now slowly being stripped in favor of functionality added to expl3. The LaTeX Team has decided to move xbase from macros/latex/exptl/project to macros/latex/contrib/project to indicate that the code is now less volatile and can be used in everyday use. Changes will happen with time but we feel that in its present state it is quite usable. All files are also available in the Subversion (SVN) repository of the LaTeX3 Project, which is located at http://www.latex-project.org/svnroot/experimental/trunk The bundle on CTAN is a snapshot of the SVN repository as of 2008/06/20. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/project/xbase . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=xbase (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 package expl3 has moved
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Morten Høgholm submitted an update to the expl3 package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/project/expl3 Summary description: Update and move of expl3 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The expl3 bundle is the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel and other advanced extensions are built. They provide an API for TeX programmers. Each module is set up in such a way that it can be used with regular LaTeX2e packages even though the coding style is somewhat different. The LaTeX Team has decided to move expl3 from macros/latex/exptl/project to macros/latex/contrib/project to indicate that the code is now less volatile and can be used in everyday use. Changes will happen with time but we feel that in its present state it is quite usable. All files are also available in the Subversion (SVN) repository of the LaTeX3 Project, which is located at http://www.latex-project.org/svnroot/experimental/trunk The bundle on CTAN is a snapshot of the SVN repository as of 2008/06/20. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/project/expl3 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=expl3 (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: encxvlna
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

This package has been put into place at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: encxvlna Author's name: Zdenek Wagner Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/encxvlna Summary description: Insertion of nonbreakable spaces implemented in encTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package contains tools for inserting nonbreakable spaces after nonsyllabic prepositions and single letter conjunctions as required by Czech and Slovak typographical rules. It is implemented in encTeX and provides files both for plain TeX and LaTeX. The LaTeX solution tries to avoid conflicts with other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/encxvlna . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/encxvlna (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: ean13isbn
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

This package has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ean13isbn Author's name: Zdenek Wagner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ean13isbn Summary description: Print EAN13 with ISBN License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package generates EAN13 bar codes with ISBN as uaed after 1 January 2007. The package makes use of ean13.tex developed by Petr Olsak. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ean13isbn . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ean13isbn (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: Get package/file date
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

The package here has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Get package/file date Author's name: Zdenek Wagner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/zwgetfdate Summary description: Package for obtaining package/file date License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package enables to fetch dates of used packages and files and provide such information in macros. It is useful for automatic obtaining the date of a package being documented, mainly if you do not use doc/docstrip. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/zwgetfdate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/zwgetfdate (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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Re: CTAN has a new package: Hyphenation Patterns in UTF-8
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Please note that the location of this package has been changed to language/hyph-utf8 (and the package identifier has changed also). Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Hyphenation Patterns in UTF-8 Author's name: Jonathan Kew, Mojca Miklavec, Arthur Reutenauer Location on CTAN: language/hyph-utf8 Summary description: Hyphenation patterns have been converted into UTF-8 and should serve as a replacement for the old patterns without any change in functionality. The patterns should be considered upstream replacement that will be used in TeX Live and other distrubutions instead of loding the old files. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Native UTF-8 engines such as XeTeX and LuaTeX have urged the need to provide hyphenation patterns in UTF-8 format. These patterns should replace the old ones eventually. This is the first upload to CTAN that will enable testing for TeX Live 2008 and is not yet set in stone. In particular we still want to change all the copyright notes in patterns, and add some documentation. SVN repository is available on http://www.tug.org/svn/texhyphen. Bug reports and feature requests welcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyph-utf8 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hyph-utf8 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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tug.ctan.org upload: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: notes2bib Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib Summary description: ntegrating notes into the bibliography License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.4: - e-TeX made optional, with control option is avoid using extensions even when available - Improved desciption of options ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/notes2bib (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: Hyphenation Patterns in UTF-8
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

The package here has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Hyphenation Patterns in UTF-8 Author's name: Jonathan Kew, Mojca Miklavec, Arthur Reutenauer Location on CTAN: language/hyphenation-utf8 Summary description: Hyphenation patterns have been converted into UTF-8 and should serve as a replacement for the old patterns without any change in functionality. The patterns should be considered upstream replacement that will be used in TeX Live and other distrubutions instead of loding the old files. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Native UTF-8 engines such as XeTeX and LuaTeX have urged the need to provide hyphenation patterns in UTF-8 format. These patterns should replace the old ones eventually. This is the first upload to CTAN that will enable testing for TeX Live 2008 and is not yet set in stone. In particular we still want to change all the copyright notes in patterns, and add some documentation. SVN repository is available on http://www.tug.org/svn/texhyphen. Bug reports and feature requests welcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation-utf8 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hyphenation-utf8 (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: dehyph-exptl
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

This package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dehyph-exptl Author's name: Stephan Hennig Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation/dehyph-exptl Summary description: new, experimental hyphenation patterns for the German language License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides new, experimental hyphenation patterns for the German language, covering traditional and reformed orthography. The patterns can be used with packages Babel and hyphsubst from the Oberdiek bundle. Dieses Paket enthält experimentelle Trennmuster für die traditionelle und reformierte deutsche Rechtschreibung. Die Trennmuster können mit den Paketen Babel und hyphsubst aus dem Oberdiek-Bündel verwendet werden. v0.1: This release contains hyphenation patterns as of 2008-06-18. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/dehyph-exptl . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dehyph-exptl (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Package update: UK TeX FAQ v3.18
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

I have released v3.18 of the (English) FAQ, and installed it on CTAN as well as its own little web site http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq As always, there have been a number of minor changes since the last release; the significant ones are listed in the file CHANGES-3.18 in the distribution, which I append below. Users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/faq.html or visit the faq directory with its jumble of files at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/ There was a brief interruption of service with the Web version of the FAQ; this related to the arrival of the new version and has (I think) been corrected. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team (not to mention my own interests) Changes in version 3.18 This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.17 of the FAQ). New answers: +Label acroantics:getting Adobe Reader to produce the right size output +Label inst-scut: introduction to the old inst-miktex and to inst-tds-zip +Label inst-tds-zip: installing a package using .tds.zip files +Label onna-stick:making MikTeX run from a memory key +Label papergeom: how to select the correct paper geometry +Label prept1font:the generating metrics part of old instt1font +Label tds-zip: brief outline of TDS ZIP files Revised answers: +Label biblatex: now discusses crossTeX too +Label bibtranscinit: discuss truly excessive sets of initials +Label chngmargonfly: mention new changepage package +Label findfiles: correct one of the search address links +Label fmtconv: add tex4ht as a route to word format, tidy up +Label footintab: I _think_ the answer now says what I meant it to say! +Label labelfig: mention (auto-)pst-pdf +Label letterspace: microtype now covers the functionality of old letterspace +Label luatex: detail some recent developments +Label oddpage: mention new changepage package +Label papersize: rewritten as intro to new acroantics and papergeom +Label parallel: mention the pdfcolparallel package +Label patch: rewrite to downplay patch, add mention of ted and etoolbox +Label pkfix: mention pkfix-helper +Label poster: updated with further informative links, etc. +Label protect: rewritten (again) +Label psfchoice: add kpfonts, link to the font catalogue at various points mention font catalogue (as a whole) and maths font survey Web interface: A mechanism is now in place, whereby old question labels may be used to get to the nearest current equivalent of the question. It does not cover *all* old questions: please mail faq-devel(a)tex.ac.uk if you have a problem with an old question label that you have stored. Bugfixes: Bits of silliness in the web interface continue to surface. They get mended as soon as I work out how; the most recent was a tendency not to translate extbackslash -- I know how to correct it, but not why it happened... 2008-06-20

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CTAN update: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: moderncv Author's name: Xavier Danaux Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major bug corrections: - spacing between lines - compatibility with bibunits and other bibliographic packages - display of long names / long addresses - ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: xetex-pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xetex-pstricks Author's name: Jonathan Kew Location on CTAN: /graphics/xetex-pstricks Summary description: configuration files to use PSTricks with XeTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a configuration file to support the use of PSTricks with the xdvipdfmx output driver, as used by the XeTeX engine. With this configuration, many PSTricks features can be used in xelatex or plain xetex documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/xetex-pstricks . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xetex-pstricks (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: environ
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

The package below has been updated. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: environ Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/environ Summary description: A new syntax for defining environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a new version of the environ package, which provides a long version of amsmath's collect@body command; more usefully for authors, it provides a convenient LaTeX wrapper for defining environments that read their entire body. v0.2 completely replaces the functionality from v0.1, with a new macro (with a new name) for defining environments that is significantly improved over the analogous command in previous version. (Backwards compatibility is preserved, for now.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/environ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/environ (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: tikz-inet
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

A new package has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tikz-inet Author's name: Marc de Falco Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-inet Summary description: macros and shapes to draw interaction nets with tikz License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of this package is to extend tikz with some macros in order to draw interaction nets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-inet . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tikz-inet (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: xetexfontinfo
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xetexfontinfo Author's name: Will Robertson, on behalf of Jonathan Kew Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/plain/xetexfontinfo Summary description: Query fonts for their supported features License type: apache2 Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These documents are used to reveal the various font features supported by fonts useable in XeTeX. Use OpenType-info.tex for OpenType fonts and AAT-info.tex for AAT fonts (Mac OS X only). Input the font name and compile them with plain `xetex`; the output will be a listing of the supported font features. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/plain/xetexfontinfo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xetexfontinfo (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: AlProTex
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Eitan Gurari wrote: [quoting the ftp list of requirements] > + what you've uploaded > > AlProTex.sty > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > Replace > > /tex-archive/web/protex/AlProTex.sty > /tex-archive/web/protex/README.protex > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Update the ProTex literate programming system Thanks for the upload. I've installed the files and updated the catalogue. The files should be pretty well around the world by now, but the catalogue won't be processed until some time tonight. Visit the catalogue page at http://tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/protex.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/web/protex Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-optexp Author's name: Christoph Bersch Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp/ Summary description: Drawing optical experimental setups License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package pst-optexp is a collection of optical components that facilitate easy sketching of optical experimental setups. Mechanisms for proper alignment of different components are provided internally. This way the user does not have to care for proper orientation of the elements. This update introduces new macros for very convenient definition of new components. Furthermore it offers much more versatile definition of lenses and also curved mirror are possible now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-optexp (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: annual new version of tex4ht
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

Eitan Gurari wrote: > + what you've uploaded > > tex4ht-all.zip > README > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > Replace > > /tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip > /tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/README > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Update of the TeX4ht system for translating TeX-based > files into hypertext. thanks for the update: i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tex4ht.html and browse the (2-file) package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: footmisc
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

i have installed a slightly revised version of my footmisc package on the archive. changes are: -- the long standing complaint about @makecol not matching has been resolved -- users may change the value of footnotelayout using enewcommand (previously they had to use def) i have taken this opportunity to make the package's licence information correct (as in its layout). having completed this (essentially bookkeeping) version, i hope to get around to a new version incorporating suggestions submitted by other users. unfortunately my timetable this year has got somewhat awry, for health reasons. the package's catalogue entry may be reviewed at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/footmisc.html or the package directory may be browsed at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. (Please note that the location of this package has changed.) Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- The siunitx package --- A comprehensive (SI) units package -------------------------------------------------------------- Typesetting values with units requires care to ensure that the combined mathematical meaning of the value plus unit combination is clear. In particular, the SI units system lays down a consistent set of units with rules on how these are to be used. However, different countries and publishers have differing conventions on the exact appearance of numbers (and units). The siunitx provides a set of tools for authors to typeset numbers and units in a consistent way. The package has an extended set of configuration options which make it possible to follow varying typographic conventions with the same input syntax. The package includes automated processing of numbers and units, and the ability to control tabular alignment of numbers. A number of LaTeX packages have been developed in the past for formatting units: SIunits, sistyle, unitsdef, unitspkg, fancyunits and fancynum. Support for users of all of these packages is available as emulation modules in siunitx. In addition, siunitx can carry out many of the functions of the dcolumn, rccol and numprint packages. -------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes for Version 1.0 -------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first full release of siunitx, and is now considered stable. Users upgrading from the earlier test release v0.8d should note the following changes, which may require alteration of their source: - The option tabalign now covers all alignment in columns provided by siunitx. The previous effect of tabalign is now available as the tabnumalign option. - The column type s in version 0.8d has been renamed to S (note change of case). This is to accommodate a column for units alone, which now takes the letter s. There are also a number of new or improved features and bug fixes compared to the last testing release. TeX distribution maintainers are encouraged to add siunitx to their bundles. The package is supplied with a TDS-ready archive, containing the pre-built documentation, to make this process easier. -------------------------------------------------------------- Status of SIunits -------------------------------------------------------------- With this release of siunitx, the existing SIunits package moves to maintenance-only status. No further features will be added to SIunits: only existing bugs will be fixed. Users of SIunits are encouraged to move to siunitx, which includes all of the abilities of the SIunits package. -------------------------------------------------------------- Future plans -------------------------------------------------------------- Requests for new features for the next release (v1.1) are very welcome. Some ideas have already been supplied during the final testing phase for this release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN package update: pstricks-add
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Jun '08

15 Jun '08

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > pstricks-add is a collection of bugfixes and extended macros > for the basic PSTricks packages pstricks, pst-plot, pst-node, > and pst-tree. This new version comes with a better support > for drawing axes with labels. > > v 3.05 2008-06-06 - rewrote the axes-label setting for the > psgraph environment > - add pst@mindim{#1}{#2}#3 > - rewrote label setting for psaxes thanks for the upload. i have installed the changed files, and updated the catalogue entry. users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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