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CTAN update: bib2ml
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Mar '09

15 Mar '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should in the next day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bib2ml Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Major bug fixes License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add more support for locale characters. Provide a new sorting algorithm which takes into account the accentuated characters. Running exception on Ubuntu operating systems was fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bib2ml . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bib2ml (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: xstring
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 14 Mar '09

14 Mar '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xstring Author's name: Christian Tellechea Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xstring Summary description: String (token list) manipulation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- package xstring update version v1.5b 2009/03/13 =========== What's new? =========== * bugfixes: under the oexpandarg mode (strings are not expanded with edef), test commands (if, ifx, ifcat, etc) are now allowed in strings, with or without their fi or else. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: mcaption v3.0
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

This package has been updated on 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: mcaption v3.0 Author's name: Stephan Hennig Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mcaption/ Summary description: Put captions into the outer document margin. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a margincap environment that puts captions into the outer document margin. This is an incompatible update to the mcaption package! Changes: --------------- v3.0 2009/03/13 --------------- New: * Obey caption and label commands inside margincap (at last!). * Macro margincapalign is deprecated (no longer necessary for tabular declarations). * New compatibility option `v2.2'. Incompatible changes: * Environment margincap has no arguments. A compatibility option exists, that restores the old syntax with caption arguments. * The mcaption package requires package changepage to be installed (instead of chngpage). * Complete revision of the vertical alignment mechanism. Paragraph-breaking might be affected (hopefully only to the better). Fixed: * In one-sided documents chngpage/changepage's even/odd page detection was subtly broken by the mcaption package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mcaption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mcaption (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: epspdf and epspdf-extra
by CTAN Announcements 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Siep Kroonenberg submitted updates to the epspdf and epspdf-extra packages. Location on CTAN: /support/epspdf and support/epspdf-extra Summary description: Converter for PostScript, EPS and PDF with optional GUI License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- epspdf: Documentation: added section on bitmaps epspdf-extra: Windows setup program: added missing Tcl/Tk licenses Mac: epspdf.app add-on replaced with epspdftk.app which physically includes epspdftk itself. Documentation: added section on bitmaps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/epspdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=epspdf (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: endheads 1.52
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

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: endheads 1.52 Author's name: John Burt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/endheads/ Summary description: Running headers of the from Notes to pp. xx--yy for endnotes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Endheads can now handle cases in which there are endnotes from frontmatter sections, where the page numbers are in roman numerals. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/endheads/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/endheads (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the pdfcomment package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to pdf annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least for the writer of LATEX code, the package offers a convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports: LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. New in v1.3: - new annotation type: PDF text markup annotation (known from the comment function of Adobe Reader) -> pdfmarkupcomment - new option: markup (Highlight,Underline,Squiggly,StrikeOut) - Bugfix: avatar and style system wrong key families (copy and paste) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: TeXshade v1.19
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 Eric Beitz submitted an update to the texshade package. TeXshade is an alignment shading software completely written in TeX/LaTeX which can process multiple sequence alignments in the .MSF and the .ALN file format. It provides in addition to common shading algorithms special shading modes featuring functional aspects, e.g. charge or hydropathy, and a plenitude of commands for handling shading colours, text styles, labels, legends and even allows the user to define completely new shading modes. TeXshade combines highest flexibility and the habitual TeX output quality—with reasonable time expenditure. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This latest update of TeXshade provides a function that I wanted to implement for a long time: one can now display not only a continuous sequence stretch but select residues individually to eliminate uninteresting positions. Selection can be either manually or based on the 3D coordinates of a PDB structure file. This way, residues within a given distance to a point, along a line, or above and below a plane can be shown or specially labeled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=texshade (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: dvisvgm 0.7.1
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Author's email: martin.gieseking(a)uos.de Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: updated version of dvisvgm 0.7.1 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts dvi files to SVG. The latest release 0.7.1 provides the new option --no-fonts which replaces SVG font elements by paths and thereby enables applications without SVG font support to render dvisvgm's output properly. Moreover, new handlers for emTeX, tpic and background color specials have been added. It's now also possible to embed raw SVG snippets using dvisvgm's own tiny set of specials. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _________________________________________________________- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 8.45 - Insertion of Symbols from Windows Fonts, BibLaTeX Compatibility.
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma > > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 8.45 are: > > * Dialog to insert symbols from Windows fonts. > * Compatibility with BibLaTeX. > > 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> > > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.45 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 8.45 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 8.45 are: > > * Dialog to insert symbols from Windows fonts. > * Compatibility with BibLaTeX. > > 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: gbrief Creator
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will in the next day work its way through the mirroring system. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: gbrief Creator Author's name: Carsten Schinke Location on CTAN: /support/gbrief-creator Summary description: Windows-Frontend (german) for the g-brief package by Michael Lenzen License type: nosource Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- g-brief Creator is a small Windows frontend for the g-brief package. Usage is free for everyone. Program and documentation language is german. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/gbrief-creator . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gbrief-creator (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: tablor
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

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: tablor Author's name: Guillaume Connan Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablor Summary description: Create tables of signs and of variations. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version 4.04 : new environment TVIex with roots of equations f(x)=a. Bugs in TVI and TVIapp fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablor . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablor (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Stellenbosch thesis and other utilities - 08
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should in the next day work its way through the mirroring system. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Stellenbosch thesis and other utilities - 08 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch Summary description: Typesetting dissertations, theses and reports of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The usthesis class/style files are provided to typeset reports, theses and dissertations that conform to the requirements of the Engineering Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch. The class file usthesis.cls is based on the standard LaTeX book class, while usthesis.sty is a style file to be loaded on top of the very powerful memoir class. Both options give identical output, but the benefit of the using memoir is that it has many additional command and environments for formatting and processing of a document. Usthesis is primarily concerned with the formatting of the front matter such as the title page, abstract, etc. and a decent page layout on A4 paper. It also works together with the babel package to provide language options to typeset documents in Afrikaans or in English. Additional packages are provided for bibliographic matter, note title pages, lists of symbols, as well as various graphic files for logos. CHANGES FROM Stellenbosch-07: USthesis: v4.1 a) Fix errors in declaration page (usthesis.eng) a) Add signature and signed date macros for declaration page. USbib.sty v1.0 a) Rewrite inside bib testing mechanism for BIBand b) Remove redefinition of thebibliography environment. USlogos v4.0 a) Add UScrest-WM.jpg/eps for watermarks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/stellenbosch (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: exp-testopt
by CTAN Announcements 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 Paul Ebermann submitted the new package exp-testopt to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/exp-testopt Summary description: an expandable variant of @testopt License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides an expandable variant of the LaTeX kernel command @testopt, named @expandable@testopt, and a more general @expandable@ifopt, both intended for package writers. Also we have a variant of ewcommand which uses these macros to check for optional arguments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/exp-testopt . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=exp-testopt (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: epspdf / epspdf-extra
by CTAN Announcements 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 Siep Kroonenberg submitted an update to the epspdf and epspdf-extra packages. Epspdf[tk] is a Ruby script which converts between PostScript, EPS and PDF. It has both a command-line and a GUI interface. Using pdftops (from the xpdf command-line utilities) for round-tripping opens up several new possibilities compared to older similarly-named utilities. epspdf-extra provides multi-platform support for epspdf. Location on CTAN: /support/epspdf and /support/epspdf-extra License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Main changes: - optional support for hires boundingbox - support for MikTeX's builtin Ghostscript - various bugfixes Changes to epspdf-extras: Updated Ruby/Tk subset. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/epspdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=epspdf (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: pstricks-add
by Robin Fairbairns 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace > the files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > This update has new internal PostScript procedures and three > new arrow types. > > v 3.18 2009-03-03 > - fix bug with division in the psgraph macro > - add macro psComment > - add optional argument for psplot and parametricplot > for additional PostScript settings > - add macro psGetSlope > - add psForeach (without grouping its contents like psforeach) i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html (though it'll be slightly out of date until tonight's update), and they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ thanks for the upload, Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: glossaries
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be through the mirroring system. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: glossaries Author's name: Nicola Talbot Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/glossaries Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.19: * changed acronymfont to use extsmaller instead of smaller (for smaller package option) * Added glsdisp (similar to glslink except that it uses glsdisplay/glsdisplayfirst and unsets the first use flag) * Added experimental package glossaries-accsupp which requires accsupp package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/glossaries (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: tkz-doc
by CTAN Announcements 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 Alain Matthes submitted the new package tkz-doc to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tkz-doc Summary description: Documentation macros for the TKZ series of packages. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle offers a documentation class (tkz-doc) and a package (tkzexample). These files are used in the documentation of the author’s packages tkz-tab and tkz-linknodes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tkz-doc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tkz-doc (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: tkz-linknodes
by CTAN Announcements 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 Alain Matthes submitted the new package tkz-linknodes to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tkz-linknodes Summary description: Link nodes in mathematical environments. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package arose from a requirement to link the elements of an amsmath align or aligned environment. The package makes use of PGF/TikZ. The package documentation relies on the facilities of the tkz-doc bundle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tkz-linknodes/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tkz-linknodes (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: tkz-tab
by CTAN Announcements 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 Alain Matthes submitted the new package tkz-tab to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tkz-tab Summary description: The 'tkz-tab' package provides some macros to build tables showing variations of functions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'tkz-tab' package is built on top of PGF and its associated front-end, TikZ and is a (La)TeX-friendly drawing package. The aim is to provide some useful macros to build tables showing variations of functions as they are used in France. These macros may be used by only LaTeX TeX users. The documentation is in French. Features -- works with utf8 and pdflatex -- provides 'help' option, -- allows to draw tables of variations with a forbidden zone, -- allows to use TikZ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tkz-tab/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tkz-tab (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: fge
by CTAN Announcements 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 J.J. Green submitted an update to the fge fonts package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/fge Summary description: a font for Frege's Grundgesetze der Arithmetik License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed some defects in the overturned eszett. Added type 1 (pfb) versions of the font ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/fge . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=fge (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: svn-multi
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should be at your local mirror within the day. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: svn-multi Author's name: Martin Scharrer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi/ Summary description: Update to version 1.5 - New macros: svntoday and svnfiletoday License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version introduces two new macros svntoday and svnfiletoday which typeset the document-global or file-local date, respectively, in the format of oday. Thanks and credit for the sample code goes to Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/svn-multi (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: ThuThesis
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should in the next day work its way through the mirroring system. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ThuThesis Author's name: Ruini Xue Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/thuthesis Summary description: ThuThesis is a LaTeX thesis template package for Tsinghua University in order to make it easy to write thesises for either bachelor, master or doctor. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xetex is supported now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/thuthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/thuthesis (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: zwpagelayout
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 Zdeněk Wagner submitted an update to the zwpagelayout package. This package was developed as a typographers’ toolbox offering the most important features for everyday work. First it allows setting the paper size as well as the page layout. The next important feature is the ability to print crop marks both with TeX + dvips or (x)dvipdfm(x) and with pdfTeX. Finally it is possible to reflect pages both horizontally and vertically. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/zwpagelayout/ Summary description: Update of the sample files License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I was notified that the sample files require a private package that is not publicly available. The macros in the sample files were modified and dependence on encTeX was removed so that everyone can run them through LaTeX. The package itself remained unchanged. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/zwpagelayout/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=zwpagelayout (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 Nicola Talbot submitted an update to the datatool package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/datatool Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.0 (2009/02/27): datatool.sty: * Rewritten database internal representation to make the code faster (thanks to Morten Ho gholm for the suggestion) * added etex as a required package * Database columns can now have an associated header (in addition to the key) * added DTLdisplaydb and DTLdisplaylongdb * added DTLremoverow * DTLloaddb, DTLloadrawdb: - removed unnecessary checks to determine if database exists when adding entries. - added optional argument - can now also load files without header row * DTLsumforkeys, DTLmeanforkeys, DTLvarianceforkeys, DTLsdforkeys, DTLminforkeys and DTLmaxforkeys now have a second optional argument * added DTLsumcolumn, DTLmeanforcolumn, DTLvarianceforcolumn, DTLsdforcolumn, DTLminforcolumn and DTLmaxforcolumn * added dtlforeachkey * added dtlforint and dtlgforint * added dtlforcolumn and dtlforcolumnidx * added DTLcolumncount * added starred versions of: - DTLifdbempty - DTLnewrow * added DTLifhaskey * added DTLgetcolumnindex * added DTLunsettype, DTLstringtype, DTLinttype, DTLrealtype and DTLcurrencytype * added DTLgetdatatype * removed @dtl@setidtype * removed @dtl@setkeys * removed @dtl@getidtype * removed @dtl@ifrowcontains * removed dtl@getentryvalue * removed dtl@getentryid * added dtlgetentryfromcurrentrow * added dtlforcolumnindex dataplot.sty * fixed bug causing ! Argument of pgfmath@afterquick has an extra } error databar.sty * added DTLeverybarhook ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/datatool . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=datatool (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: svn-multi
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the svn-multi package. This package lets you typeset keywords of the version control system Subversion inside your LaTeX files anywhere you like. Unlike the otherwise similar package svn the use of multiple files for one LaTeX document is well supported. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi/ Summary description: Update to version 1.4 - support of timezones with non-zero minute part. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update adds support of timezones which are not full hours. This was requested by an user living in India with a timezone of +0530. Previous versions assumed '00' at the end of the timezone and failed with a TeX parse error when confronted with other timezones. Please note the changes to the timezone macros (svntimezone, svnfiletimezone) and the new related macros: svntimezonehour, svntimezoneminute, svnfiletimezonehour, svnfiletimezoneminute. Please see the PDF manual for more details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=svn-multi (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: yagusylo
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 Yvon Henel submitted the new package yagusylo to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/yagusylo Summary description: A kind of extension of pifont gone technicolor License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package yagusylo <Yet Another Grand Unified SYmbols LOader> version 1.2 dated 2009-02-26; first CTAN version This package enables you to obtain a symbol whithout loading the package which usually provides it in order to avoid name clashes. It could be considered as an extension of pifont gone technicolor. It's behaviour is controlled by keys using xkeyval. Provides macros for obtaining one glyph, for filling and drawing lines, itemize-like and enumerate-like environments . The user documentation contains examples. The code is more or less explained. A French documentation is provided. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/yagusylo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=yagusylo (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: libris
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: libris Author's name: Clea F. Rees Location on CTAN: /fonts/libris Summary description: LibrisADF License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LibrisADF is a sans-serif family designed to mimic Lydian. Package includes: - fonts in postscript type 1, opentype and truetype formats by Hirwen Harendal of Arkandis Digital Foundry released under the GPL, v2 or later with the font exception; - LaTeX support for the type 1 fonts by Clea F. Rees released under the LPPL. LaTeX support requires nfssext-cfr and should be considered experimental. Instructions are provided in the included README. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fotns/libris . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/libris (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: nicetext -- wiki.sty, niceverb.sty (carnival edition)
by CTAN Announcements 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 Uwe Lück submitted the new package nicetext to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/ Summary description: ``minimal'' markup for simple text (Wikipedia style) and documentation License type: lppl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The NICETEXT bundle offers ``minimal'' markup syntax for rather simple kinds of text. The code you type should show little more characters than are printed, though you get LaTeX quality. We try to do away with backslashes, technical terms, and curly braces, which (a.o.) may cause musculoskeletal damages at PC keyboards <optional arghh>. 'wiki.sty' addresses general kinds of texts. 'niceverb.sty' is made for documenting LaTeX packages. 'niceverb.sty' especially offers [almost-]WYSIWIG for meta-variables (macro arguments) and for referring to commands (and their syntax) in footnotes, section titles etc. E.g., to typeset the syntax description foo[<opt-arg>]{<mand-arg>} you just type foo[<opt-arg>]{<mand-arg>} !-) One source of inspiration is the markup syntax that is used in editing Wikipedia pages. The package 'wiki.sty' of the bundle offers a very similar syntax as a LaTeX front-end. It suffices for italics, boldface, sectioning, and certain list-like environments. This is also similar to 'easylatex', http.//www.ctan.org/pkg/easylatex which is more powerful and uses Perl. 'wiki.sty', by contrast, is just a LaTeX package, working on any TeX installation. 'niceverb' is not ready in two essential respects, but I thought it should be released in time for German Carnival (read on in README) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=nicetext (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: calctab
by CTAN Announcements 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 Roberto Giacomelli submitted the new package calctab to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/calctab Summary description: Autocalc table environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The calctab package helps the user to typeset a kind of economic table such as invoices, expense notes and liquidation, or other tabular material with a values column. The code computes sum and percentage with floating point numeric method (with the fltpoint package by Eckhart Guthoehrlein) and buils the render table task. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/calctab . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=calctab (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: gmdoc-enhance
by CTAN Announcements 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 Paul Ebermann submitted the new package gmdoc-enhance to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc-enhance Summary description: LaTeX-package 'gmdoc-enhance' - some enhancements for gmdoc. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides some enhancements for the gmdoc package: nicer formatting for multiple line inline comments, an ability to comment out some code, and a macro to input other files in normal LaTeX mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc-enhance . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmdoc-enhance (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: silence
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should in the next day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: silence Author's name: Paul Isambert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/silence Summary description: Selective filtering of error messages and warnings. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is meant to allow the user to filter out unwanted warnings and error messages issued by LaTeX, packages and classes, so they won't pop out when there's nothing one can do about them. Filtering goes from the very broad (avoid all messages by such and such) to the fine-grained (avoid messages that begin with...). Messages may be saved to an external file for later reference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/silence . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/silence (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: ucdavisthesis
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org. In the next day it should make its way through the mirroring system. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ucdavisthesis Author's name: Ryan Scott Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ucdavisthesis Summary description: A thesis/dissertation class for University of California Davis License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A thesis/dissertation class for the University of California, Davis. It includes documentation and example files. The formatting provided by the class file conforms to UC Davis requirements as of 2009. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ucdavisthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ucdavisthesis (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: texloganalyser
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Please note that I mistyped the address of this package. It should be /support/texloganalyser (my fingers spelled it -zer). I apologize, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: texloganalyser Author's name: Thomas vO Location on CTAN: /support/texloganalyser Summary description: Perl script displaying selective infos from LaTeX logs License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This Perl script allows users to extract (and display) some parts of a (La)TeX log. This is texloganalyser, version 0.6 Copyright 2006-2009 Thomas van Oudenhove Usage: texloganalyser [--help|--version|-efhioprstuvw] <TeX log> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texloganalyser . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texloganalyser (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pst-circ
by CTAN Announcements 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-circ.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace > the files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ > > pst-circ is a PSTricks related package for drawing > dipoles, some tripoles and quadrupoles (that's 2-, 3- and 4-terminal devices, in english nomenclature) > and logical elements used in elecronic or > electric theory. > > Version 1.51 has a new Symbol SQUID. i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-circ.html or browse the package director at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ the catalogue entry on the web will be updated overnight (but it's not much changed, to be honest). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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

21 Feb '09

This 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: macqassign Author's name: Vafa Khalighi Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/macqassign Summary description: Typesetting Macquarie University (Sydney) Assignments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- macqassign is a simple class for typesetting Macquarie University (Sydney) Assignments. Note: Since we are using PSTricks, to compile your documents, I would recommend using LaTeX+dvips+ps2pdf to produce a PDF file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/macqassign . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/macqassign (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the pdfcomment package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to pdf annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least for the writer of LATEX code, the package offers a convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports: LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. License: LPPL New in v1.2: - new options: voffset, hoffset, width, height, opacity, avatar, style - new annotation type: FreeText annotation -> pdffreetextcomment - introduction of an avatar and style system -> defineavatar, definestyle, options avatar and style - printing the PDF annotations and popups is possible now! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: siunitx
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon work its way through the mirroring system. Thanks, 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2f: - Ability to disable literal unit processing - Units for chemical engineers (g-mol, kg-mol, lb-mol) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: texloganalyser
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

This has been ut up on tug.ctan.org and should in the next day work its way through the mirroring system. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: texloganalyser Author's name: Thomas vO Location on CTAN: /support/texloganalyzer Summary description: Perl script displaying selective infos from LaTeX logs License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This Perl script allows users to extract (and display) some parts of a (La)TeX log. This is texloganalyser, version 0.6 Copyright 2006-2009 Thomas van Oudenhove Usage: texloganalyser [--help|--version|-efhioprstuvw] <TeX log> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texloganalyzer . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texloganalyser (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: MEPer
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

This package has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring system in the next day. Thank you again Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: MEPer Author's name: Shengjun Pan Location on CTAN: /support/meper Summary description: MetaPost Editor and Previewer v1.0 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MEPer is a java program for editing MetaPost source file and previewing the output image. It works in both Linux and Windows, provided that the following programs are installed: the latest Sun JSE, MetaPost, and either ImageMagick or Ghostscript. This is a preliminary version. For more information and updates please see http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~s1pan/MEPer/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/meper . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/meper (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: bgreek
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

also sprach the cambridge ctan-upload: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: bgreek > Author's name: Luis Rivera > Location on CTAN: /language/greek/bgreek > Summary description: A bundle to typeset Greek texts with different > ascii encodings and Claudio Beccari's fonts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This release is an update. > > 1. The older bgreek and ibycus options of the bgreek package are now the Babel languages bgreek and ibygreek. > > 2. The bgreek package and its delims option are now deprecated. > > 3. Added support for Beta Code's backslash accents in the arguments of moving commands (section, footnote, etc.). > > 4. Added support for the workaround of the betababel package. 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/bgreek.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//language/greek/bgreek (the catalogue entry will be updated overnight tonight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: dvisvgm 0.7
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisgm package. Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts dvi files to SVG. The latest release introduces basic evaluation of DVI specials which is currently limited to color statements. However, more special handlers are planned and partially already in the works. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: biblatex-dw
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be through the mirroring system. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-dw Author's name: Dominik Waßenhoven Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 1.2f - Adjustments to biblatex version 0.8c. Note that from this version on biblatex 0.8c is required, so you have to update biblatex as well if you would like to use biblatex-dw 1.2f! -> The biblatex-dw option 'idem' was replaced by the new biblatex option 'idemtracker'. The standard setting is 'idemtracker=constrict'. If you would like to switch off the idem functionality, you can use 'idemtracker=false'. For more information on the 'idemtracker' option see the biblatex manual. - New options 'doi', 'eprint', 'isbn' and 'issn' which can take the values 'true' and 'false'. With these options you can decide whether you want to have printed the corresponding fields or not. The default for these options is 'false' (as was the standard before). - New option 'idemfont' which can take the values 'smallcaps', 'italic', 'bold' and 'normal'. The default is none which means that the 'idem' string is printed in the font shape of 'namefont'. - New option 'ibidemfont' which can take the values 'smallcaps', 'italic' and 'bold'. The default is none which means that the 'ibidem' string is printed in normal font shape. - New macro 'jourvolstring' which introduces the volume of an article entry. The default is a space (as it was the case before), but you can adjust it to your needs, e.g.: enewcommand*{jourvolstring}{addspace voladddotspace} - New macro 'journumstring' which introduces the number in article entries, if the option 'journumafteryear' is set to 'true'. The default for this macro is a comma, followed by the bibstring 'number' and a non-breakable space. You can redefine it to your needs, e.g.: enewcommand*{journumstring}{addspace} - If there is no volume in an article entry, but the month field is set, the date is separated from the journal title by a comma and a space, not only a space. - Fixed some BUGS concerning the xref functionality. - Reorganized some bibliography drivers. - Enhanced the documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-dw (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: luamcallbacks
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should within a day have made its way through the mirror system. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luamcallbacks Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamcallbacks/ Summary description: Package to register multiple functions by callback License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New low-level package to be able to register several functions in a callback. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luamcallbacks/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luamcallbacks (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: lua-inputenc
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 14 Feb '09

14 Feb '09

This package is new on tug.ctan.org and in the next day should make its way through the mirroring system. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: lua-inputenc Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/latex/lua-inputenc Summary description: inputenc package for LuaTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First version of the inputenc package for LuaTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/lua-inputenc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/lua-inputenc (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: SkakNew
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 13 Feb '09

13 Feb '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should work its way through the mirroring system in the next day. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: SkakNew Author's name: Ulrich Dirr Location on CTAN: /fonts/chess/skaknew Summary description: Update of SkakNew and AlphaDia; new OpenType versions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Small improvements of existing fonts. Changed AlphaDia to use 1000x1000 matrix for PostScript font instead of 2400. Improved diagonal lines for black fields (reported by Wolfgang Schuster). Removed all Unique ID entries (not useful anymore). Made OpenType versions of all fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/chess/skaknew . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/skaknew (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 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, 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 v1.3: - Bugfix: changed main rsync URL to new TUG URL rsync://tug.ctan.org/CTAN/ - new option -R, --rsync specifies rsync server URL - Bugfix: error in handling of cgywin style path by mpm, like: /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/kleberj reported by: Hongsheng Zhao 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: cleveref
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

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: cleveref Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release fixes a few bugs, and documents work-arounds for others. In particular, ef* now works when hyperef is loaded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: xstring
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should work its way through the mirror system in the next day. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xstring Author's name: Christian Tellechea Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xstring Summary description: String (token list) manipulation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- package xstring update version v1.5a 2009/02/09 This package does not require LaTeX (but eTeX is required). Consequently, the xstring.tex file should be installed in the tex/ subtree. =========== Changes =========== * New macro StrExpand * Code improvment. * Several bugfixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: pst-optic
by CTAN Announcements 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-optic.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic/ > > pst-optic is a collection of PSTricks macros to draw > both reflective and refractive optics diagrams. > > This version 1.00 of pst-optic.tex has a new style > for the optical axis and the documentation is now > in the PSTricks style. i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry (which will be updated over night tonight) at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-optic.html and they may visit the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pdfmarginpar
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

This package is new on tug.ctan.org and should work its way through the mirroring system in the next day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pdfmarginpar Author's name: Christian Feuersänger Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/congtrib/pdfmarginpar Summary description: An improved marginpar command which produces read-only PDF Annotations readable by Acrobat Reader with latex. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pdfmarginpar provides the pdfmarginpar command which is similar in spirit to marginpar. How- ever, it creates pdf-annotations which can be viewed with Adobe Reader instead of normal text margins: small icons indicate the in-text position where the message originates, popups provide detailed messages. The advantage over marginpar is that bugﬁxes and communication is clearly visible together with its text source and the document as such is not obscured. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfmarginpar . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pdfmarginpar (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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