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tug.ctan.org upload: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. This new release (v1.7) fixes a compatibility problem with xelatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: dot2texi
by CTAN Announcements 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should make it to your favorite mirror real soon. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dot2texi Author's name: Kjell Magne Fauske Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dot2texi Summary description: Create graphs within LaTeX using Graphviz and the dot2tex tool License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dot2texi package allows you to embed graphs in the DOT graph description language in your LaTeX documents. The dot2tex[1] tool is used to invoke Graphviz[2] for graph layout, and to transform the output from Graphviz to LaTeX code. The generated code relies on the TikZ and PGF package or the PSTricks package. The process is automated if shell escape is enabled. New in version 2.0: - Improved platform detection. Windows users no longer need to specify the miktex option. - Added forceshell package option. - Added codeonly, styleonly and autosize environment options. [1] http://www.fauskes.net/code/dot2tex/ or in graphics/dot2tex on CTAN [2] http://www.graphviz.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dot2texi . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dot2texi (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: dot2tex
by CTAN Announcements 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at a mirror near you. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dot2tex Author's name: Kjell Magne Fauske Location on CTAN: /graphics/dot2tex/ Summary description: Convert graphs generated by Graphviz to LaTeX friendly formats License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dot2tex is a tool for converting graphs rendered by Graphviz to formats that can be used with LaTeX. The purpose of dot2tex is to give graphs generated by Graphviz a more LaTeX friendly look and feel. This is accomplished by converting xdot output from Graphviz to a series of TikZ and PGF, or PSTricks commands. This approach allows: * Typesetting labels with LaTeX, allowing mathematical notation. * Using native PSTricks and PGF/TikZ commands for drawing arrows. * Using backend specific styles to customize the output New in version 2.7.0 is the --codeonly option for tighter integration with the dot2texi.sty LaTeX package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/dot2tex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dot2tex (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: mla-paper
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon work its way through our mirror system. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mla-paper Author's name: Ryan Aycock Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mla-paper Summary description: Proper MLA formatting License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I've updated the mla-paper package with contributions from other authors. This new version is made to create PDF's and DVI's properly under MiKTeX 2.5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mla-paper . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mla-paper (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: biblatex
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

The package update below is now working its way through the CTAN mirror system. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... I've uploaded an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. RELEASE NOTES See the file `RELEASE' for release notes. CHANGES With about 225 entries, the changelog of this release is too long to be quoted here. Please refer to the full list at the end of biblatex.pdf and to the release notes. ALSO NOTE I've uploaded a README file intended for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib. The idea is to provide a staging area for contributed biblatex styles. -- Philipp Lehman

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CTAN has a new package: l2tabues
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

A new package has been placed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: l2tabues Author's name: Gonzalo Medina Location on CTAN: /info/l2tabu/spanish/ Summary description: Spanish version of l2tabu License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This directory contains the Spanish version of l2tabu. The files l2tabues.tex and l2tabues.pdf are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/spanish/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/l2tabu-spanish (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: jsclasses
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

The package below 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: jsclasses Author's name: Koji Yokota Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/jsclasses Summary description: New Japanese classes written by Okumura License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese classes written by Haruhiko Okumura (okumura(a)edu.mie-u.ac.jp). jsarticle and jsbook classes are provided. In addition, okumacro.sty, okuverb.sty and morisawa.sty are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jsclasses . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/jsclasses (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 the minitoc package; version 56
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Jean-Pierre Drucbert submitted a new version of the minitoc package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ License: LPPL > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Minitoc version #56 > -- Added swahili.mld. > -- Added the bengali language as synonym of bangla. > -- Updated lithuanian2.mld, czech.mld, galician.mld, lsorbian.mld, > ukraineb.mld, and usorbian.mld. > -- Added malayalam-b.mld, malayalam-keli2.mld, malayalam-mr.mld, > and malayalam-rachana3.mld. > -- Updated malayalam-omega.mlo. > * -- Added stuff (files) for figures (maps) for many language areas. > * -- Added a specific directory for image files in the TDS hierarchy. > -- Graphic files are indexed separately. > -- Removed the .eps files. > -- Darker colors for hyperlinks. > -- Updated and corrected the bibliography. > -- Added a hint (warning W0099) about the titlesec package. > -- Complete indexing of the messages. > -- Improved the index and removed spurious entries. > ** -- Corrected a typo in the ptc@verse environment. > ** -- Corrections of typos in the mtchideinmainlof and mtchideinmainlot > environments. > ** -- Replaced the .mtc1 extension by .mtc0 in the auto-configuration > test (to avoid erasing the jobname.mtc1 file). > ** -- Corrected a problem with ofiles. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Notes: > * These files are the main cause of the increased size of the package; > there are needed only to compile the documentation. > It is not necessary to install them if you do not need to recompile > the documentation. > ** Bug fixes. > > The administravive trivia are in the `CATALOG' file in the > distribution. > > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form, > -- in (not perfect) english: minitoc.pdf > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf > The ``cmk'' script may be used to convert the PDF documentation > into PostScript. > > The INSTALL file (and, better, the ``Installation'' chapter in the > documentation) describes the files of this package (the list > of files is in minitoc.l). > > A minitoc-tds.zip file is also available in the distribution. > > PS: this package is intended to be my Christmas gift to CTAN > (both team and users). Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: thinsp
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

A new 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: thinsp Author's name: Palle Jorgensen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/thinsp Summary description: A stretchable hinspace for LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The thinsp package provides a stretchable hinspace to replace LaTeX's normal hinspace. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/thinsp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/thinsp (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: mh
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

The materials below have been updated on 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: mh Author's name: Morten Høgholm Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mh Summary description: mh bundle update License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the mh bundle. The maintainer email address has changed and some bugs have been fixed in mathtools. More importantly, the mh bundle now also contains the breqn package originally developed by the late Michael J. Downes of the American Mathematical Society. I wish to thank the American Mathematical Society for making this possible. See the breqn documentation for more information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mh (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: Synapsen
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

The package below has been updated on 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: Synapsen Author's name: Markus Krajewski Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen Summary description: Synapsen, new version 3.0 License type: shareware Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New features since Synapsen 3.0: * New categories for movies, music, and proceedings * Printing of cards with many user settings, extensive printing interface * Improved editing functions for cards * Direct export of the bibliography into a pdf file * Enhancements of the OPAC interface (including articles and papers, new catalogues like bnf.fr) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/synapsen (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: SIunits
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

>From the Cambridge upload daemon: > Name of contribution: SIunits > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/SIunits > Summary description: Typeset physical units following the rules of the International System of Units (SI) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.36: > * Now uses real minus sign in text mode > * Requires amstext (due to the above) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/SIunits.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/SIunits the catalogue entry (only slightly changed) will be updated overnight; the package itself is already on its way around the world. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Mail System Error - Returned Mail
by jlbraams＠cistron.nl 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

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CTAN package update: Mathmode
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Herbert Voss has provided an update for his Mathmode tutorial document. He writes: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote: > This new version 2.29 has the following changes: > > 2.29 2007-11-30 > - added two special symbols Let and eL > - typo with BlueSky > - package fixltx2e with command MakeRobust > - small example for limits > - www.yandy.com -> www.pctex.com > - added an example for aligned vertical dots > - typos > - added an appendix for the package file list of the pdflatex run I have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Thanks for the upload. Users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/math/voss/mathmode/ (The minor change to the catalogue will propagate overnight; the updated package is on its way already.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: animate
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the animate package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate Summary description: creating portable PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update comes with - support for multipage PDF inclusion with animategraphics - new options bb, viewport and trim to manipulate the graphics bounding box (borrowed from the `graphicx' package) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/animate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=animate (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: bpolynomial
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

The package below 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: bpolynomial Author's name: Stephan Hennig Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomial/ Summary description: Drawing polynomials with MetaPost. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bpolynomial v0.4, 2007-11-28 The MetaPost package bpolynomial helps drawing polynomial functions of up to degree three. It provides macros to calculate Bezier curves exactly matching a given constant, linear, quadratic or cubic polynomial. Additionally, paths of derivatives and tangents can be calculated. Changes to v0.3: * New: + The package can now compute paths of derivatives and tangents. + Improved documentation. Please update the catalogue entry with the new package description. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomia… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bpolynomial (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: Scientific Author 1.0
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

The package below has been put into place 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: Scientific Author 1.0 Author's name: Danilo Stélio Manhiça Location on CTAN: /support/scientificauthor Summary description: Visual LaTeX Editor License type: shareware Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientific Author is a visual LaTeX editor for mathematicians, scientists and engineers, supporting industry standards like LaTeX 2e. It is a visual document editor, which exports LaTeX for rendering by tools such as MiKTeX. Scientific Author also supports editing of mathematical notation through tool palettes and templates. LaTeX symbols are also supported, including American Mathematical Society symbols. It also enables easy editing of tables, footnotes, and margin notes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/scientificauthor . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/scientificauthor (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: Eplain 3.2 release
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Oleg Katsitadze has provided a package which has been mirrored, automatically, to CTAN. He writes: I'm happy to announce a new release of Eplain (3.2), a set of TeX macros that expands on and extends the definitions in plain TeX in a style-neutral fashion. Eplain's home page is http://tug.org/eplain Location on CTAN is /macros/eplain The manual is available on-line from Eplain's home, or as a hard-copy from http://www.lulu.com/content/113810 (Royalties are donated to the TeX Users Group.) Here's an excerpt from the NEWS file. * Fixed a bug which caused silent indexing macros to output spurious space in vertical mode. * Added a switch to disable index file input/output. * Fixed xref and bibliography label definition macros so that reading in a .aux file with a large number of label definitions does not overflow the save stack. * Fixed double-column macros -- they were occasionally losing material and producing columns too high to fit on a page. Also improved appearance of the last column, which often came out spaced out. ============== I've updated the catalogue, and the new version should be widely available by now. Users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/eplain.html or browse the distribution at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/eplain/ Thanks for the continuing support of the package, Oleg. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: FiXme
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

The package below has bee updated on 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: FiXme version 3.3 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/fixme Summary description: A LaTeX2e package for inserting fixme and meta-notes in your documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce the next edition of FiXme: version 3.3 New in this release: * Document incompatibility between marginal layout and the ACM SIG classes * Honor twoside option in marginal layout * Support KOMA-Script classes version 2006/07/30 v2.95b * Documentation improvements * Fix incompatibility with AMS-Art * Fix bug in fixme@footnotetrue FiXme provides you with a way of inserting fixme notes in your documents. Such notes can appear inline, as marginal notes, footnotes, index entries, in the log file and as warnings on stdout. It is also possible to summarize them in a list. When you switch from draft to final mode, any remaining fixme note will be logged, but removed from the document's body. Additionally, critical notes will abort compilation with an informative message. FiXme also comes with support for AUC-TeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fixme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/FiXme (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: Arphic font packages
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Werner Lemberg submitted an update to the arphic package. These are font bundles for the Chinese Arphic fonts which work with the CJK package. Arphic is actually the name of the company that which created the fonts (and put them under a GPL-like licence). Location on CTAN: /fonts/arphic License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The four bundles contain revised versions of the four Arphic fonts bundles for simplified and traditional Chinese, as used in the CJK package for LaTeX. It fixes omissions of some vertical glyph representation forms, improves the TFM metrics (however, the widths stay unchanged), and provides smaller PFB subfont files due to a newer version of FontForge used in the conversion process. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/arphic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=arphic (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: bpolynomial
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

The package below has been put 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: bpolynomial Author's name: Stephan Hennig Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomial/ Summary description: Drawing polynomials with MetaPost. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bpolynomial.mp version 0.3 released on 2007-11-26: The MetaPost package bpolynomial.mp helps drawing polynomial functions of up to degree three. It provides macros to calculate Bézier curves exactly matching a given constant, linear, quadratic or cubic polynomial. Changes to v0.2 pre-released 2007-11-25: + Improved documentation. + Slightly improved numeric stability. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomia… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bpolynomial (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: CurVe
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

A new 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: CurVe Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/curve Summary description: A curriculum vitae class for LaTeX2e License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to annouce the next edition of CurVe, version 1.14. New in this release: - an option to reverse-count bibliographic entries - localization to Polish CurVe is a class package that hopefully will make your life easier when you want to write your CV. It provides you with a set of commands to create rubrics, entries in these rubrics etc. CurVe will then properly format your CV for you (possibly splitting it onto multiple pages, repeating the titles etc), which is usually the most painful part of CV writing. Another nice feature of CurVe is its ability to manage different CV flavors simultaneously. It is in fact often the case that you want to maintain slightly divergent versions of your CV at the same time, in order to emphasize on different aspects of your background. CurVe also comes with support for AUC-TeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curve . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/CurVe (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: juramisc
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Axel Sodtalbers submitted an update of the juramisc package. Juramisc is a collection of classes for typesetting court sentences, legal opinions, and dissertations for German lawyers. The package is still under development. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/juramisc License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated versions of jurabase and jurabook, documentation revised. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/juramisc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=juramisc (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: SQLTeX
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Oscar van Eijk submitted an update to the sqltex package. SQLTeX is a well documented preprocessor to enable the use of SQL statements in LaTeX. It is a perl script that reads an input file containing the LaTeX source with SQL commands, and writes a LaTeX file that can be processed with your LaTeX package. The SQL commands will be replaced by their values. It's possible to select a single field for substitution substitution in your LaTeX document, or to be used as input in another SQL command. When an SQL command returns multiple fields and or rows, the values can only be used for substitution in the document. This version only supports MySQL databases. It has been tested on Linux, but should work an all platforms where Perl is installed. Location on CTAN: /support/SQLTeX Summary description: An SQL Preprocessor for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After 5 years, there's finally a reason to update SQLTeX. SQLTeX is a well documented preprocessor to enable the use of SQL statements in LaTeX. It is a perl script that reads an input file containing the LaTeX source with SQL commands, and writes a LaTeX file that can be processed with your LaTeX package. The SQL commands will be replaced by their values. It's possible to select a single field for substitution substitution in your LaTeX document, or to be used as input in another SQL command. When an SQL command returns multiple fields and or rows, the values can only be used for substitution in the document. New in this version: --- Updates are now possible --- Support for multiple databases --- Multiple documents can be created ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/SQLTeX . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=sqltex (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: pst-user documentation for pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote: > I uploaded pst-user.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > the two new files of the tarzip into the directory > /graphics/pstricks/base/doc/ > > pst-user.pdf is the original documentation of PSTricks > pst-user.tgz is the tarzip of the source files, which can > now be run with the current LaTeX and the current > PSTricks packages. Linux user can run the makefile > to build the documentation and the quick reference thank you very much for the upload. i've installed the files, and updated the pstricks catalogue entry. users may view the new (i.e., updated) pdf file at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/doc/pst-user.pdf or browse the pstricks base as a whole at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/ the catalogue entry may be found at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html the catalogue entry will be updated overnight tonight, and the document itself will make its way around the world in its own sweet way (24 hours or so for full propagation). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: SIunits (again)
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

joseph wright wrote (in a sort of sense): > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: SIunits > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/SIunits > Summary description: Consistent application of SI units > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.35: > * Bug fix for handling powers in textstyle mode > * Improved appearance of electronvolt > * Added using dalton and atomicmassunit > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed this new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/siunits.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/SIunits the package itself is well on its way around the world; the catalogue entry will change (slightly) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: animate
by CTAN Announcements 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the animate package. The package provides an interface to create portable, JavaScript driven PDF animations from sets of graphics files or from inline graphics, such as LaTeX picture environment, PSTricks or pgf/TikZ generated pictures, or just from typeset text. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update comes with improved timeline capabilities: - detection of multiple inclusion of the same object into the same animation frame - grouping objects into layers for better depth level control ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/animate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=animate (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: anyfontsize package update for LaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 at 13:09 +0100, Péter Szabó submitted a bugfix to the anyfontsize package. The package allows the to user select any font size (via e.g. <tt>fontsize{...}{...}selectfont</tt>), even those sizes that are not listed in the .fd file. If such a size is requested, LaTeX will search for and select the nearest listed size; anyfontsize will then scale the font to the size actually requested. Similar functionality is available for the CM family, for the EC family, or for either computer modern encoding the present package generalises the facility. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/anyfontsize Summary description: anyfontsize lets the author use any font in any size License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- a small bugfix ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/anyfontsize . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=anyfontsize (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: SIunits
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

> ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: SIunits > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/SIunits > Summary description: Support for the International System of Units > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.34: > * Change of maintainer. The package is now maintained by Joseph > Wright (joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk) > * License update to LPPL 1.3 > * Bug fix for negative signs when using the textstyle option > > Important note > -------------- > This is a bug release, with a change of maintainer. The new > maintainer intents to carry out a detailed review of the package, but > *this* release is a big-fix only. The other changes made are to add > the new maintainer to the documentation. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version of the package, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/siunits.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org//macros/latex/contrib/SIunits the catalogue entry will be updated overnight; the new version of the package is already on its way around the world. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: cleveref > Author's name: Toby Cubitt > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ > Summary description: Automatic cross-reference formatting. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This release is now aware of appendices, i.e. the format for > references to appendices is now independent of that for references to > top-level sections. It also (finally!) includes all the previously > missing default format definitions for tables, and is a better TeX > citizen in that it doesn't leave as many temporary macro definitions > lying around. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository (in a minuscule fashion). Thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/cleveref.html (this entry will change ... slightly ... overnight.) > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ijmart Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart Summary description: LaTeX class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Israel Journal of Mathematics is published by The Hebrew University Magnes Press. This class provides LaTeX support for its authors and editors. It strives to achieve the distinct ``look and feel'' of the journal, while having the interface similar to the one of the amsart document class. This will help the authors already familiar with amsart to easily submit manuscripts for The Israel Journal of Mathematics or to put the preprints in http://www.arxiv.org with minimal changes in the LaTeX source. Changes: Version 1.1: Added environments namedprop and namedprop* for special named propositions. Version 1.1a: Minor documentation updates. Version 1.2: New table of contents formatting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ijmart . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: auto-pst-pdf
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

The package below has been updated on 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: auto-pst-pdf Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/auto-pst-pdf Summary description: Automatic pst-pdf processing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package uses -shell-escape to execute pst-pdf. This makes it especially easy to integrate into the workflow of an editor with just LaTeX and pdfLaTeX buttons. Wrappers are provided for various psfrag-related features so that Matlab figures via laprint, Mathematica figures via MathPSfrag, and regular psfrag figures can all be input consistently and easily. v0.4 adds options to change the commandline flags passed to the auxiliary programs, improves robustness and flexibility, and simplifies the output from using the package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/auto-pst-pdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/auto-pst-pdf (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: ifplatform
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

A new package has been put on 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: ifplatform Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform Summary description: Conditionals for testing the operating system being used License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package uses -shell-escape to establish whether the document is being processed on Windows or a *NIX platform (Mac OS X, Linux, etc.). Booleans provided are: - ifwindows - iflinux - ifmacosx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ifplatform (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: LaTeX for Malayalam
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

The package described below 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: LaTeX for Malayalam Author's name: Alex A.J. Location on CTAN: /language/malayalam Summary description: A package for Typesetting Malayalam using LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version supports teTeX 3 and TeXLive. 16 new font families are supported (available as a separate package from Sarovar - see documentation) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/malayalam . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/malayalam-latex (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: BaKoMa TeX 8.15 - AcroTeX, CrossRef macros, CMYK PDF, LaTeX toolbar.
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware Improvement in BaKoMa TeX 8.15 are: * Compatibility with AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (Editing in TeXWord) * Support cross reference labels in user macros (TeXWord) * Text/LaTeX toolbar in TeXWord/Centaur has been redesigned. * Ctrl+O, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+S - common key binding in TeXWord/Centaur * CMYK Output in PDF Generation has been improved. > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.15 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 8.15 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical 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 snapshots are available at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/snapshots/> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > New features in BaKoMa TeX 8.15 are: > * Compatibility with AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (Editing in TeXWord) > * Support cross reference labels in user macros (TeXWord) > * Text/LaTeX toolbar in TeXWord/Centaur has been redesigned. > * Ctrl+O, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+S - common key binding in TeXWord/Centaur > * CMYK Output in PDF Generation has been improved. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > < > 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 package update: version 6.77e of package hyperref
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Heiko Oberdiek wrote: > Version 6.77e of package hyperref has been uploaded to the TUG server > and will make its way to CTAN and its mirror around the world at large > in the next 24 hours. > > Extract from the change log (2007-11-12): > * 6.77e > * LuaTeX: Package `pdftexcmds' for pdfescapestring. > * Default producer setting recognises XeTeX and LuaTeX. Users may read the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hyperref.html and may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: errata
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Michael Kohlhase submitted a new package errata to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/errata Summary description: errata.sty: Error markup for LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a simple infrastructure for recording errata in LaTeX documents. This allows to maintain an updated version of the document (with all errors corrected) and automatically generate an errata document highlighting the difference to the published version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/errata . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=errata (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: ed
by ctan-ann＠dante.de 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Michael Kohlhase submitted the new package ed to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ed Summary description: ed.sty: Editorial Notes for LaTeX Documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package defines a couple of editorial notes that simplify collaboration on a LaTeX text. These allow authors to annotate status information in the source. In draft mode, the annotations are shown for communication, and in publication mode these are suppressed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ed . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ed (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: arabxetex
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, François Charette submitted an update to the arabxetex package. ArabXeTeX provides a convenient ArabTeX-like user-interface for typesetting languages using the Arabic script in XeLaTeX, with flexible access to font features. Input in ArabTeX notation can be set in three different vocalization modes or in roman transliteration. Direct UTF-8 input is also supported. The parsing and converting of ArabTeX input to Unicode is done by means of TECkit mappings. Version 1.0 provides support for Arabic, Maghribi Arabic, Farsi (Persian), Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Ottoman Turkish, Kurdish, Jawi (Malay) and Uighur. The documentation (not yet complete) covers topics such as typesetting the Holy Quran, typesetting bidirectional critical editions (with ednotes), and information on various recommended OpenType fonts for the Arabic script and for transliterating Oriental languages. Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/arabxetex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.1.1 is a bugfix release. No new functionality was added since version 1.1. A minimal example is now under doc/examples, together with the more complex demonstration of an Arabic critical edition with ednotes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/arabxetex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=arabxetex (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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UK TeX FAQ, v3.17, released
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Not before time, I've installed v3.17 of the UK TeX FAQ on CTAN (help/uk-tex-faq) and on the web at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq There has been an embarrassingly long delay since the previous version, 3.16c: various personal circumstances have conspired to make completion of the new version difficult. The fact is, I'm getting old and I'm slowing down. As a result, I've been discussing a change in the way the FAQ is delivered. An announcement will be made in due course, but in the interim I shall be updating the Web version more regularly (only announcing significant changes). I append the changes file (which is also available from the distribution). This only lists changes since the previous v3.16c, since it proved impossible to read with all the changes since v3.16 :-( Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer ===================== Changes in version 3.16d This file incorporates the changes from version 3.16 that previously appeared in file CHANGES-3.16a, -3.16b and -3.16c; new changes for this release (3.16d) are marked with a plus (+) sign. New answers: +Label biblatex: discusses BibTeX replacements (amsrefs, biblatex) +Label checksum: checksum error in font message +Label figurehere: how to avoid floating figures/tables altogether +Label entercompmode: entering compatibility mode message +Label fontsize: how to program arbitrary font sizes in LaTeX +Label latexqual: assessing the quality of your LaTeX +Label mathonlyref: only referenced equations are numbered +Label run-fn-nos: running footnote numbers when class numbers per chapter Revised answers: +Label altabcr: extended examples and tidied a bit +Label BibTeXing: add reference to Shell & Hoadley's btxFAQ +Label books mention LaTeX Graphics Companion 2nd edition; use ISBN-13 +Label CD: now couched in terms of the TeX collection +Label changebar: mention changes.sty +Label commercial:update details of Textures +Label dec_comma: mention numprint as possible way to get things right +Label docpictex: mention PiCTeX summary now on CTAN +Label fonts-pln: mention pdcmac bundle +Label ftnsect: rewrite to make recommendations clearer +Label getbitmap: reworded to suggest that bitmaps aren't standard any more +Label LaTeXtoPlain: suggest ways forward for aspiring translators +Label make: mention autolatex +Label man-latex: mention Grätzer's short course +Label minxampl: editorial work, including (perhaps) clarifying web version +Label newfont*: was newfont; content rearranged between this, plninltx* and the new label fontsize +Label newfunction: expand description +Label ol-books: TeX by Topic now available from CTAN +Label papersize: mention Acrobat Reader's default scaling +Label plninltx*: was plninltx; content rearranged between this, newfont* and the new fontsize +Label protect: clarify lists of commands known to be fragile, etc +Label psfchoice: add links to papers about maths fonts in tex; add fouriernc, mathdesign/FS Garamond, kpfonts, minionpro and mnsymbol +Label running-nos: rearrange to emphasise package chngctr +Label tabcellalign: rationalised, reduced range of recommendations +Label tocbibind: mention phantomsection for when doing the job by hand +Label twooptarg: mention the xargs package +Label unkgrfextn: mention grffile package +Label wdnohyph: mention uchyph (not that it's much use)

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CTAN has a new package: ptex
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

The package below has been installed on 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: ptex-src Author's name: Koji Yokota Location on CTAN: /language/japanese/ptex Summary description: pTeX, a Japanese TeX system License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pTeX is a TeX system by ASCII Co. Ltd. in BSD license which can handle Japanese in good quality so that the output can be used for commercial publishing purpose. It requires and conform itself to teTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/japanese/ptex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ptex (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: dot2texi
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

The package below has just been put in 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: dot2texi Author's name: Kjell Magne Fauske Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dot2texi Summary description: Create graphs within LaTeX using the dot2tex tool License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dot2texi package allows you to embed graphs in the DOT graph description language in your LaTeX documents. The dot2tex[1] tool is used to invoke Graphviz[2] for graph layout, and to transform the output from Graphviz to LaTeX code. The generated code relies on the TikZ and PGF package or the PSTricks package. The process is automated if shell escape is enabled. [1] http://www.fauskes.net/code/dot2tex/ or in graphics/dot2tex on CTAN [2] http://www.graphviz.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dot2texi . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dot2texi (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: dot2tex
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

The package below has just gone up on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the other nodes of CTAN. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dot2tex Author's name: Kjell Magne Fauske Location on CTAN: /graphics/dot2tex/ Summary description: Convert graphs generated by Graphviz to LaTeX friendly formats License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dot2tex is a tool for converting graphs rendered by Graphviz to formats that can be used with LaTeX. The purpose of dot2tex is to give graphs generated by Graphviz a more LaTeX friendly look and feel. This is accomplished by converting xdot output from Graphviz to a series of TikZ and PGF, or PSTricks commands. This approach allows: * Typesetting labels with LaTeX, allowing mathematical notation. * Using native PSTricks and PGF/TikZ commands for drawing arrows. * Using backend specific styles to customize the output ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/dot2tex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dot2tex (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: errata
by CTAN Announcements 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

I've just put up the package below on tug.ctan.org and it 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: errata Author's name: Michael Kohlhase Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/errata Summary description: errata.sty: Error markup for LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a simple infrastructure for recording errata in LaTeX documents. This allows to maintain an updated version of the document (with all errors corrected) and automatically generate an errata document highlighting the difference to the published version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/errata . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/errata (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: Asana-Math
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 at 11:00 -0700, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted the new package asana-math to CTAN. It contains the file Asana-Math.otf and README.1ST. The font is an OpenType font that includes almost all mathematical Unicode symbols and it can be used to typeset mathematical text with any software that can understand the MATH OpenType table (e.g., XeTeX 0.997 and Microsoft Word 2007). The font is beta software and it is released under the SIL Open Font License. Location on CTAN: fonts/Asana-Math License: ofl This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/Asana-Math/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=Asana-Math (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: oberdiek bundle
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 at 22:19 +0100, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: lppl Updates: * embedfile v2.1 * Collection support added (PDF 1.7). * Export of object references by adding new option `id' and new macros embedefileifobjectexists and embedfilegetobject. * pdfescape v1.7 * More efficient EdefSanitize. New package: * hypgotoe v0.1 Experimental package for links to embedded files. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1e
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 at 15:25 +0100, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1: - Bugfix in hypcap package support - hypcap package support adapted to hyperref v6.77 - usepackage{caption,capt-of}does not result in an error anymore ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (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: euproposal
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

The package below 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: euproposal Author's name: Michael Kohlhase Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/euproposal Summary description: euproposal.cls: A class for preparing FP7 proposals for collaborative projects License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The euproposal class supports many of the specific elements of a Framework 7 Proposal. It is optimized towards collaborative projects. The package comes with an extensive example (a fake EU proposal; see the file propB.tex) that shows all elements in action. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/euproposal . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/euproposal (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: classicthesis
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

The package below 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: classicthesis Author's name: Andre Miede Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis Summary description: version 2.3 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Emergency fix so classicthesis works with MiKTeX 2.6 and the latest KOMA release. Thanks for the upload! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/classicthesis (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: visualtex 3.32
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

The package below has been updated on 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: visualtex 3.32 Author's name: Alex Romanenko Location on CTAN: / systems/ win32/ visualtex Summary description: update vx 3.30 to 3.32 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Win32 interface is optimized, options became more suitable; [*] new TeX lexer; [*] many corrections and optimizations; [*] new spellcheck scheme; [+] BiBTeX support, BiBTeX lexer; [+] partial unicode support ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/visualtex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/visualtex (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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