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CTAN package update: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in version 2.1: ======================== * The package letterspace.sty now really works * New command lslig to protect ligatures in letterspaced text ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=microtype (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: fixpdfmag
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

A new package has been installed 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: fixpdfmag Author's name: Javier Bezos Location on CTAN: /macros/plain/contrib/misc/fixpdfmag.tex Summary description: Fixes magnification with pdftex License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This little file provides an alternative approach to the recent change of behaviour in pdftex of page sizes. It just changes pt units by truept ones in the four dimensions setting the page size. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/misc/fixpdfmag.tex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=fixpdfmag (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: attachfile
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: attachfile Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/attachfile Summary description: Attach arbitrary files to a PDF document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting with PDF 1.3 (Adobe Acrobat 4.0), PDF files can contain file attachments -- arbitrary files that a reader can extract, just like attachments to an e-mail message. The attachfile package brings this functionality to pdfLaTeX and provides some additional features not available in Acrobat, such as the ability to use arbitrary LaTeX code for the file icon -- including things like includegraphics, tabular, and math. Settings can be made either globally or on a per-attachment basis. attachfile makes it easy to attach files and customize their appearance in the enclosing document. Version 1.3 of attachfile incorporates some patches from Ross Moore for making attachfile robust to running hyperref with Hy@unicodetrue and for supporting the Created, Modified, and Size keys in the EmbeddedFile's Params dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/attachfile . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=attachfile (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 7.85 - TeXWord custom shortcut binding.
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware > Most noticeable improvement in this version is > support for customizing shortcut keys of buttons > on Text/Math tooolbar and symbol panels. > > Just clicking right mouse button over interesting button > lets to customize shortcut instantly in typesetting process. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > < > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.85 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.85 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical IDE. > > 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 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. > > TeXWord dramatically simplify editing complex formulas and tables. > > 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/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bakoma (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: epspdf
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: epspdf Author's name: Siep Kroonenberg Author's email: siepo(a)cybercomm.nl Location on CTAN: /support/epspdf Summary description: Multiplatform GUI- and command-line converter for PostScript, eps and pdf License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/epspdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?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 .

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CTAN package update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '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: achemso Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib Summary description: BibTeX style file for American Chemical Society journals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The achemso package provides a BibTeX style in accordance with the requirements of the journals of the American Chemical Society, along with a supporting LaTeX package file. Also provided is a BibTeX style file to be used for bibliography database listings. This is a completely new version of the package with a new maintainer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=achemso (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: pdfsync
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pdfsync Author's name: Laurens Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfsync Summary description: LaTeX package to synchronize between source and pdf output License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pdfsync is a LaTeX package used to synchronize between source and pdf output. With applications implementing pdfsync support, like iTeXMac2, you click on a word in the source to see where it appears in the pdf output, and vice versa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfsync . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pdfsync (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 submission --- update verse package
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have uploaded verse.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/verse. > > From the README > verse provides some aids for typesetting simple verse (poems). > > Changes in version 2.4 (2007/01/10) > o Can specify the number of the first verse line and the line number where > the first of the line numbers will be displayed. i have installed the update, and updated the catalogue entry for the package; thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue page at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/verse.html or browse the package's directory at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/verse/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org upload: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and these changes should soon reach your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pdfTeX 1.40, which was released recently, introduces some new micro-typographic extensions: * robust and hyphenatable letterspacing (tracking), * adjustment of interword spacing (depending on the preceding character), * additional kerning. The microtype package had already supported these extensions in its beta version -- now, with version 2.0 of microtype, they are supported officially. Additionally, a new package `letterspace' is included, which only provides the letterspacing commands. Changes in version 2.0: ======================== * Support for the new extensions of pdfTeX version 1.40: - tracking/letterspacing (new options `tracking', `letterspace', new command SetTracking) - adjustment of interword spacing (glue) (new option `spacing', new command SetExtraSpacing) - additional kerning (new option `kerning', new command SetExtraKerning) * New commands extls and lsstyle for ad-hoc letterspacing (These two commands are alternatively also available with the new package `letterspace' -- a stripped-down version of microtype; much like the `soul' package, but entirely robust) * New option `babel’ for automatic micro-typographic adjustment to the selected language * New font sets: `smallcaps', `footnotesize', `scriptsize' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=microtype (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: papertex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: papertex Author's name: Ignacio Llopis Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/papertex Summary description: Creating newspapers using LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This class allows LaTeX users to create a paperTeX newspaper. The final document has a front page and as many inner pages as desired. News appear one after another and the user can choose number of columns, style and so on. This class allows users to create newsletters too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/papertex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=papertex (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: AUCTeX 11.84 released (fwd)
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

Release notes for AUCTeX 11.84 with preview-latex ================================================= AUCTeX provides by far the most wide-spread and sophisticated environment for editing LaTeX, TeX, ConTeXt and Texinfo documents with Emacs or XEmacs. Combined with packages like RefTeX, flyspell and others it is pretty much without peer as a comprehensive authoring solution for a large variety of operating system platforms and TeX distributions. It supports document-dependent completion and syntax highlighting, easily accessible menus, jumping to error locations in the source file, a number of editing shortcuts, intelligent indentation and filling of text during entry, and WYSIWYG previews of graphical elements like math formulas right in the Emacs source buffer, by virtue of its preview-latex component. One part of the preview-latex subsystem is the central `preview.sty' file that is independently useful for a number of applications and is available in unbundled form from CTAN.[1] Interfaces and installation procedures in this release remain a moving target. If you feel you need to consult third-party installation instructions for some reason, be sure that they refer to the same version of AUCTeX as you are installing. For installing AUCTeX itself, the installation instructions in the AUCTeX package should be preferred. AUCTeX needs volunteers in particular for non-programming tasks: documentation writing, tutorials, translations, reference material, sleuth work, testing. New features and fixed bugs in this release ------------------------------------------- There have been problems with the `-without-texmf-dir' option to `configure' when the value of `-with-kpathsea-sep' was set or determined for an installation system with a default different from that of the runtime system. `with-kpathsea-sep' has been removed; the setting is now usually determined at runtime. Due to this and other problems, preview-latex in the released XEmacs package failed under Windows or with anything except recent 21.5 XEmacsen. AUCTeX and preview-latex have been changed in order to accommodate file names containing spaces. preview-latex now tolerates bad PostScript code polluting the stack (like some Omega fonts). `preview.sty' had in some cases failed to emit PostScript header specials. Support for folding of comments was added. The `polish' language option of the babel LaTeX package as well as the `polski' LaTeX package are now supported. Most notably this means that AUCTeX will help to insert quotation marks as defined by polish.sty (`...') and polski.sty (,,...''). There has been quite a number of bug fixes to various features and documentation across the board, most critical probably the tool bar. IMPORTANT: Many of the new features in the 11.x series rely on special properties in the variable `TeX-command-list' and will not work if you customized this variable for a pre-11.5x release of AUCTeX. If this is the case for you, please re-initialize the variable by erasing the customization, thereby setting the variable to the new default, and re-adding your changes afterwards. Requirements ------------ It is required that you use at least GNU Emacs 21 or XEmacs 21.4. XEmacs requires at least version 1.84 of the xemacs-base package (released on 01/27/2004) or a sumo tarball dated 02/02/2004 or newer for compiling AUCTeX: please use the XEmacs package system for upgrading if necessary. Warning: release 21.4.16 of XEmacs is severely broken. This leads to crashes and hangs; don't use it. The preview-latex subsystem requires image support. This is available with GNU Emacs 21.3 under the X window system. For Windows[2], MacOS Carbon[3] or native GTK+ toolkit support[4], a developer version[5] of GNU Emacs (to be released as 22.1) is definitely required. A recent developer version of GNU Emacs appears like the best choice even on X11, however. If you prefer XEmacs-21, it will work in version 21.4.10 or later. You'll also need a working LaTeX installation and Ghostscript. dvipng[6] (version 1.4 or later: teTeX-3.0 works, TeXlive2004 not), a very fast dvi converter, can be used to speed up the conversion. Availability ------------ AUCTeX can be downloaded in various formats from <URL:ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/auctex/>. At release time, we provide the source tarball, source and binary RPMs for Emacs under Fedora and SUSE, and a platform-independent XEmacs package file (which you have to install yourself using XEmacs' own package system, after using it for removing the previous version of AUCTeX). There are also RPMs just for installing the LaTeX part of preview (AUCTeX itself does not need them, but possibly other applications). The easiest way for using AUCTeX, of course, is using versions of Emacs that already include AUCTeX (check the footnotes below). RPMs with minor version 1 are built from the spec file in the tarball which should work on both SUSE as well as Fedora. The source RPMs should also work for rebuilding RPMs on other RPM-based distributions. (We have only tested SUSE and Fedora, though.) The XEmacs package file can be discerned by `pkg' in its name. It is usually more recent and functional than what gets distributed from XEmacs servers and as part of the Sumo tarball. A separate directory for each release contains some stuff from the tarball, such as ChangeLog, printable manuals, and a reference sheet. The download area is mirrored to the directory support/auctex on CTAN. AUCTeX is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. You'll find more information at the web site of AUCTeX <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/>, including its mailing list addresses. Future development and additional information --------------------------------------------- AUCTeX is proceeding as a GNU project with the long-term intent of merging it into Emacs. For that reason, all new contributors need to assign copyright to their contributions to the FSF (the usual procedure for Emacs contributors). The same holds for past contributors. The principal authors and maintainers have already done so, but it would require a diligent and diplomatic volunteer to find and ask the rest. Current project manager is David Kastrup. Paypal contributions to <URL:mailto:auctex@gnu.org> would be appreciated in order to compensate for time, money and hardware required for presenting AUCTeX at conferences. Extensions may be commissioned: enquire on the developer list (see above). Other than that, volunteering for tasks remains the most effective way of helping AUCTeX development. The following people contributed to this release series (in alphabetical order): Ralf Angeli, Masayuki Ataka, Thomas Baumann, Berend de Boer, Joshua Buhl, Miguel Frasson, Peter S. Galbraith, Patrick Gundlach, Yvon Hevel, Arne Jørgensen, David Kastrup, Ikumi Keita, Frank Küster, Jan-Åke Larsson, Dan Nicolaescu, Piet van Oostrum, Davide G. M. Salvetti, Mike Sperber, Reiner Steib, Christian Schlauer, Shiro Takeda, Mark Trettin (Please accept our apologies if we forgot somebody.) Footnotes: [1] <URL:ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview/> [2] You can get a precompiled version of CVS Emacs for Windows e.g. at <URL:http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html>. A version with AUCTeX preinstalled can be found at <URL:ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/auctex/>. [3] Precompiled versions of Emacs for Mac OS X can be found e.g. at <URL:http://yaced.sf.net/> (including AUCTeX) and <URL:http://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/emacs-e.html>. [4] Debian provides precompiled GTK+ Emacs packages in its `unstable' distribution (look for `emacs-snapshot-gtk'). Packages for Fedora can be found at <URL:http://people.redhat.com/coldwell/bugs/emacs/176171/>. [5] If making use of the precompiled variants is not an option for you, instructions for checking out the CVS version straight from the GNU's mouth can be found at <URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs> [6] dvipng is available via its project page <URL:http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dvipng> and from CTAN. -- Ralf Angeli, for the AUCTeX team

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CTAN Update: preview
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Ralf Angeli submitted an update of the preview package. Here are the release notes: > > The main purpose of the preview package is the extraction of selected > elements from a LaTeX source, like formulas or images, into separate > pages of a DVI file. This works with DVI files postprocessed by > either Dvips and Ghostscript or dvipng, but it also works when you are > using PDFTeX for generating PDF files. > > Current uses of the package include the preview-latex package for > WYSIWYG functionality in the AUCTeX editing environment, generation of > previews in LyX, as part of the operation of the ps4pdf package, the > tbook XML system and some other tools. > > The preview package is being developed along and distributed with > preview-latex. With the integration of preview-latex into AUCTeX as > of version 11.81, the preview package became part of AUCTeX as well. > It can therefore be obtained as part of AUCTeX distribution files > available at <URL:ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/auctex/>. CTAN provides > the standalone preview package at <CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/preview>. > For more information about the preview package please refer to the > home page of AUCTeX at <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/>. > > Version 11.84 of the preview package is mainly a bug fix release. > Noteworthy changes include a fix for XymTeX catcodes and the addition > of chapter headings to the list of constructs previewable out of the > box. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This material is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=preview (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: ordinalpt
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ordinalpt Author's name: Miguel Vinicius Santini Frasson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ordinalpt Summary description: counters ar ordinal numbers in Portuguese License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `ordinalpt' package provides commands to display counters as ordinal numbers in Portuguese. Supported variations are masculine or feminine, in lowercase, Capitalized or UPPERCASE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ordinalpt . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=ordinalpt (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: IEEEtran LaTeX class
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: IEEEtran LaTeX class Author's name: Michael Shell Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran Summary description: The v1.7 update to IEEEtran.cls License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce the release of an update to IEEEtran.cls (the class file for IEEE journal and conference authors). Version 1.7 is a long awaited major update with many significant changes including: 1. A new mode to support the IEEE Computer Society format. 2. A new CLASSINPUT, CLASSOPTION and CLASSINFO interface that allows for more user control and conditional compilation. 3. Please note that several commands have been depreciated in favor of replacements with IEEE prefixes to better avoid potential future name clashes with other packages and make it easier for users to determine at a glance which commands are provided by IEEEtran packages. Legacy code retained to allow the use of the obsolete forms (for now), but with a warning message to the console during compilation. See the changelog.txt file for a full list of the affected commands. 4. Improved compatibility with other packages. 5. Several bug fixes. For the complete list of changes, see the file changelog.txt. IEEEtran.cls is available from CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/ as well as within IEEE's site: http://www.ieee.org/ I am also pleased to announce the creation of support pages for IEEEtran at my website: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/ where latest news, helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions, beta releases and/or other support can be found. I am pleased to announce the release of an update to the IEEEtran BibTeX style, which is the official BibTeX style for authors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions journals and conferences. The changes in version 1.12 include: 1. New natbib compatible and alphanumeric label variants. Note that the IEEEtran.bst package on IEEE's site does not include these styles as they are not for use with IEEE publications. The files can be obtained at CTAN. 2. New BIBdecl hook that allows the user to execute commands just prior to the first entry. 3. Changed month abbreviations from Sept., July and June to Sep., Jul., and Jun., respectively, as IEEE now does. 4. Added CTLname_url_prefix control entry type. 5. Updated IEEE bibliography string definitions. 6. Some bug fixes. See the comments at the top of the IEEEtran.bst source code for a full list of all the changes. IEEEtran.bst is available from CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/ as well as within IEEE's site: http://www.ieee.org/ I am also pleased to announce the creation of support pages for the IEEEtran BibTeX style at my website: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/ where latest news, helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions, beta releases and/or other support can be found. I am pleased to announce the release of an update to the IEEEtrantools.sty package on CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/tools/ IEEEtrantools.sty provides several commands from IEEEtran.cls, including IEEEPARstart and the IEEEeqnarray family so that they may be used under other class files. Version 1.2 is based on version 1.7 of IEEEtran.cls. Notable changes include: 1. Several commands and environments have depreciated in favor of replacements with IEEE prefixes to better avoid potential future name clashes with other packages. Legacy code retained to allow use of the obsolete forms, but with an warning message to the console during compilation: IEEEPARstart. For IED lists: IEEEiedlabeljustifyc,IEEEiedlabeljustifyl, IEEEiedlabeljustifyr, IEEEnocalcleftmargin, IEEElabelindent, IEEEsetlabelwidth and IEEEusemathlabelsep. The following commands/lengths now require the IEEE prefix and do not have legacy support: IEEEnormaljot, ifIEEEnocalcleftmargin, ifIEEEnolabelindentfactor, IEEEiedlistdecl and IEEElabelindentfactor. 2. New IEEEPARstart controls including: IEEEPARstartHEIGHTTEXT, IEEEPARstartFONTSTYLE, IEEEPARstartCAPSTYLE, IEEEPARstartWORDFONTSTYLE, IEEEPARstartWORDCAPSTYLE, IEEEPARstartHOFFSET, IEEEPARstartITLCORRECT and the (output) length IEEEPARstartletwidth. 3. Support for an optional argument to stctlcite to provide a way to specify a different aux file. See the comments at the top of the IEEEtrantools.sty source code for a full list of all the changes. I am also pleased to announce the creation of support pages for IEEEtrantools at my website: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/tools/ where latest news, helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions, beta releases and/or other support can be found. Enjoy! Michael Shell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=IEEEtran (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: BibTeX documentation and FAQ
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

The material below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: BibTeX documentation and FAQ Author's name: Michael Shell Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/doc/ Summary description: The standard BibTeX documentation and a FAQ in PDF format. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce the release of a new BibTeX Tips and FAQ document on CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/doc/ (as btxFAQ.pdf). Originally based on a 1998 post to comp.text.tex, Do we need a BibTeX FAQ? by David Hoadley, I've added a lot of material to cover the types of problems most frequently encountered by BibTeX users. The BibTeX Tips and FAQ is not intended to replace the existing BibTeX literature, but rather to complement them: 1. Oren Patashnik's BibTeXing 2. Nicolas Markey's Tame the BeaST --- The B to X of BibTeX 3. Ki-Joo Kim's A BibTeX Guide via Examples 4. Robin Fairbairns' The TeX FAQ 5. Helge Kreutzmann's How to Efficiently Use BibTeX and to help direct readers to these other sources of information for a more in depth treatment of the topics at hand. I sincerely hope that BibTeX users will find it to be of help. Enjoy! Michael Shell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This material is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/doc/ . 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: binomexp
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '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 .................................................................. Name of contribution: binomexp Author's name: David Roderick Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/binomexp Summary description: put rows of Pascal's triangle and proof License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Put the rows of Pascal's triangle and proof. Even a beginner can write a package in 3 weeks with comp.text.tex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/binomexp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=binomexp (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: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.1.
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to the mirror that you like th best. Jim Hefferon Saine Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.1. Author's name: Alexei V. Kostin Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/JustFontItTE Summary description: Font utility to generate TeX metric files License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- News: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.1 Beta 1 for Linux is available Additional validity tests for OpenType/TrueType fonts, minor bug fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/JustFontItTE . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=JustFontItTE 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: IEEEtran/testflow
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

The material described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Update to Testflow Author's name: Michael Shell Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/testflow/ Summary description: A diagnostic test page for PS/PDF output of LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce the release of an update to the testflow test page for checking PS/PDF output from LaTeX. The changes in version 1.1 include: 1. Updated documentation (now in PDF form) to cover the newer LaTeX systems. 2. New duplex test to check front/back page alignment of duplex printers. 3. New Palladio hinting test. See the testflow_doc.pdf file for complete documentation. Testflow is available at CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/testflow/ I am also pleased to announce the creation of support pages for testflow at my website: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/testflow/ where latest news, helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions, beta releases and/or other support can be found. Enjoy! Michael Shell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This material is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/testflow/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=IEEEtran (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; minitoc upgrade to version 51.
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Jean-Pierre Drucbert wrote: > Dear CTAN administrators, > > Happy new year 2007. and to you! (and to all our readers...) > I have uploaded a new version (#51) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (10372726 bytes) > > This package should completely replace its previous version in > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ > > The licence is LPPL. > > This package allows the creation of mini-tables of contents, > lists of figures or lists of tables per part, chapter or > section, with language dependent titles. > > This new version has the following changes or improvements: > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Minitoc version #51 > -- Improving the index: packages and classes, scripts, tools, > names, examples, extensions, options, language options, > environments (not perfect), files, counters and depth counters. > -- Updated some .mld files with names of the authors of titles. > -- Miscellaneous corrections. > -- The names of some internal macros are shortened to fit into the > margin. > -- Added a ProvidesFile command to the example files. > -- Renamed the file ``catalog'' into ``CATALOG''. > -- The example files are in their own directory in the (proposed) > TDS hierarchy. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > The administravive trivia are in the `CATALOG' file in the > distribution. > > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form, > -- in english (not perfect): minitoc.pdf > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf > > 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). i have installed the update as requested. users may browse the (rather large) directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ or view the catalogue file: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package -- titlepages.pdf
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have uploaded a new version of titlepages.pdf to UK incoming. Please > use this to replace the (unannounced) /info/latex-samples/titlepages.pdf. > The document is under the Open Publication License with options A and B. > > For the Catalogue > The document provides examples of over two dozen title page designs > based on a range of published books and theses together with the LaTeX code > used to create them. i have installed the package as requested[*]. users may view the document direct at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latex-samples/titlepages.pdf or (for whatever reason) browse the catalogue page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/titlepages.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team [*] note, there was an earlier version, which was not announced, due to confusion (on my part) about its licence.

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CTAN has new packages: pdfcolfoot v1.0, transparent v1.0
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update of the oberdiek bundle. Loation on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek License: LPPL New packages: > * pdfcolfoot v1.0 > Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This > package uses a separate color stack for footnotes that can break > across pages. > > * transparent v1.0 > Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This > package shows, how a separate color stack can be used for transparency. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=oberdiek (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: numprint
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Harald Harders submitted a new version of the numprint package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/numprint License: LPPL > Changes: > > 2007/01/08 v1.37 Harald Harders > - Add an own separator for degree centigrade. > - Use separator for percent also for permil. > - Change thousand separator for Portuguese from , to .. > - Add support for French. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pdftex 1.40.1
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

The package 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: pdftex 1.40.1 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: A new version of pdftex License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: =========================================================================== pdfTeX 1.40.1 =========================================================================== This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.40.1, an extended version of TeX that can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the help of PDF. =========================================================================== Main changes of pdfTeX 1.40.1 =========================================================================== - bugfix: the shell escape function was a bit broken - bugfix: pdffontattr gave confusing warnings - allow JBIG2 images only with PDF >= 1.4 - allow pdfglyphtounicode in dvi mode for format generation - pdfTeX uses libpng 1.2.15 For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS =========================================================================== Legal notice / license =========================================================================== pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2007 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README =========================================================================== The files / installation =========================================================================== You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your distribution. If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful documentation. =========================================================================== Mailing lists / web pages: =========================================================================== Mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex Related web pages: http://www.pdftex.org http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ http://www.tug.org/tetex/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes http://www.dante.de/ http://tug.org/ http://www.pragma-ade.com/ Have fun! Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, January 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/pdftex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pdftex (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: philokalia
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted a new package philokalia for typesetting the Philokalia Books to CTAN. The philokalia package has been designed to ease the use of the Philokalia-Regular OpenType font with XeLaTeX. It contains an OpenType font and an accompanying XeLaTeX package. The font started as a project to digitize the typeface used to typeset the Philokalia books. See http://orthodoxwiki.org/Philokalia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/philokalia . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=philokalia (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: pdftex.def v0.04d
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new version of the pdftex.def file. Location on CTAN: graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def License: LPPL Changes: * Support for JBIG2 added (pdfTeX 1.40.0). * Bug fix: .mps forgotten for extension list if pdfTeX >= 1.40.0 * .jbig2 and .jb2 are not listed in the extension list if pdfminorversion < 4. Thus pdfminorversion should have the correct value, if pdftex.def is loaded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdftex-def (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: The caption package v3.0k
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table and cooperates with many other packages. This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.0: - The usage of setspace was fixed in documentation - AtBeginEnvironment added to caption kernel - subref will be made robust (See changelog for details.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/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: mathscinet
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

A new package has been installed 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: mathscinet Author's name: Michael Tweedale Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/mathscinet Summary description: Gets references from MathSciNet in bibtex format. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A Perl script that downloads references from MathSciNet in bibtex format. Works with the recently redesigned MathSciNet site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/mathscinet . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mathscinet (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 0.6
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file `RELEASE' for release notes. (see below for changes) I have installed this new version, as suggested by Philipp, on the LaTeX experimental tree on CTAN -- macros/latex/exptl/biblatex users may browse the package via its catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html or direct on CTAN via http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team addendum: CHANGES > * Added package option 'sorting=none' > * Renamed package option 'block=penalty' to 'block=ragged' > * Changed data type of 'origlanguage' back to field > * Support 'origlanguage' field if 'translator' is present > * Renamed field 'articleid' to 'id' > * Support 'id' field in 'article' entries > * Support 'series' field in 'article' entries > * Support 'doi' field > * Updated documentation of all entry types > * Updated documentation of field 'series' > * Added field 'redactor' > * Added field 'shortauthor' > * Added field 'shorteditor' > * Improved support for corporate authors and editors > * Updated documentation of field 'labelname' > * Added field alias 'key' > * Added package option 'autocite' > * Added package option 'autopunct' > * Added citation command autocite > * Added command DeclareAutoCiteCommand > * Added command DeclareAutoPunctuation > * Added option 'filter' to printbibliography > * Added command defbibfilter > * Added package option 'maxitems' > * Added package option 'minitems' > * Added option 'maxitems' to printbibliography > * Added option 'minitems' to printbibliography > * Added option 'maxitems' to ibbysection > * Added option 'minitems' to ibbysection > * Added option 'maxitems' to ibbysegment > * Added option 'minitems' to ibbysegment > * Added option 'maxitems' to ibbycategory > * Added option 'minitems' to ibbycategory > * Added option 'maxitems' to printshorthands > * Added option 'minitems' to printshorthands > * Added counter 'maxitems' > * Added counter 'minitems' > * Added adapted headings for 'scrartcl', 'scrbook', 'scrreprt' > * Added adapted headings for 'memoir' > * Added citation command Cite > * Added citation command Textcite > * Added citation command Parencite > * Added citation command Footcite > * Added citation command Citeauthor > * Added citation command parencite* > * Added citation command supercite > * Added command ameyeardelim > * Added command multiitemdelim > * Added command multipubsdelim > * Added command multilangdelim > * Completed documenation > * Completed documenation > * Added command usecitecmd > * Added command hyphenate > * Added command hyphen > * Added command bhyphen > * Improved test ifsamepage > * Removed test ifnameequalstr > * Removed test iflistequalstr > * Added test ifcapital > * Added documentation of command MakeCapital > * Added starred variant to setunit > * Improved test ifterm > * Straightened out documentation of helist > * Straightened out documentation of hename > * Added command docsvfield > * Added command docsvlist > * Removed command CopyFieldFormat > * Removed command CopyIndexFieldFormat > * Removed command CopyListFormat > * Removed command CopyIndexListFormat > * Removed command CopyNameFormat > * Removed command CopyIndexNameFormat > * Added command savefieldformat > * Added command estorefieldformat > * Added command savelistformat > * Added command estorelistformat > * Added command savenameformat > * Added command estorenameformat > * Added command savebibmacro > * Added command estorebibmacro > * Added command savecommand > * Added command estorecommand > * Added documentation of 'shorthands' driver > * Rearranged, renamed, and extended localization keys > * Renamed counter 'citecount' to 'instcount' > * Added new counter 'citecount' > * Added counter 'citetotal' > * Rearranged and expanded documentation > * Expanded documentation > * Expanded documentation > * Expanded documentation > * Completed support for Spanish > * Added support for Italian (translations by Enrico Gregorio) > * Added language alias 'australian' > * Added language alias 'newzealand' > * Various minor improvements throughout

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CTAN Update: bmeps
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Dirk Krause submitted version 2.0.0 of the bmeps package. Location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/Tgb81AIFF/NetPBM to EPS and PDF License type: bsd Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The bmeps program was rewritten completely. > Advantages from a users point of view: > - Bmeps can produce PS/EPS and PDF now. > - Easier configuration. Simply type > bmeps -leps2 input.png output.eps > instead of the former > bmeps -p 2 -c -e r8 input.png output.eps > - Better compression: > - Use of the multiple data sources feature > allows run-length compression of horizontal > lines in the same color. Previous versions > allowed run-length compression only for > gray lines. > - Pass-through of JPEG files. If bmeps successfully > analyzes a JPEG file it uses the file contents > directly as DCT-encoded data and only adds > ASCII-Hex- or ASCII85-encoding. If the analysis > function fails the program uses the JPEG library > to read the image and uses the combination of > run-length-, flate- and ASCII-Hex/ASCII85-encoding > to produce output. > Advantages from my point of view: > - Using the dklibs libary set allows to combine > different encoding/compression methods easier than > in previous versions of bmeps. > - Grouping image reading functions in a separated > library (dkbif library from the dklibs library set) > makes it easier to add new file types. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/bmeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bmeps (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 0.4.3
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Dvisvgm is a command line utility that converts TeX DVI files to the XML-based Scalable Vector Graphics format. The initial (limited) realease 0.3 provides basic functionality that will be extended in future versions. Users will need a working TeX installation including the kpathsea library and Type 1 versions of the fonts used in the DVI file. Dvisvgm has been successfully tested with both teTeX and MikTeX. Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: minor update of dvisvgm License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a minor dvisvgm update. I have added support for MiKTeX 2.5 and fixed a compilation issue caused by a freetype API change. Precompiled binaries for Windows can be downloaded from the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/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: pdftex.def v0.04b
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new version of pdftex.def Location on CTAN: graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def License: LPPL Latest changes: % 2007/01/01 v0.04a (HO) % * Support of color stack, introduced in pdfTeX 1.40.0. % * Support of transform matrix commands of pdfTeX 1.40.0. % * The argument for option `page' can be a register. * Internal change: Switching of color stacks is easier by using @pdfcolorstack for the stack number. Thus this command should be redefined, if someone wants to use another color stack (e.g. for footnotes). main@pdfcolorstack should not be changed for this purpose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This file is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pdftex-def (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: tabularht v2.3, pdfcolmk v1.0
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL > Changes: > * tabularht v2.3: > * Documentation fix. > * Fix in code of option vlines. > * pdfcolmk v1.0: > * If pdftex.def >= 2007/01/01 v0.04a is used with > pdfTeX 1.40.0, then package pdfcolmk is obsolete. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=oberdiek (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: pdftex 1.40.0
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

The package 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: pdftex 1.40.0 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: A new version of pdftex License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: =========================================================================== pdfTeX 1.40.0 =========================================================================== This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.40.0, an extended version of TeX that can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the help of PDF. =========================================================================== Main changes of pdfTeX 1.40.0 =========================================================================== - pdfetex (as a separate binary/program) is gone; all extensions are now in pdftex. The make files still know about the target pdfetex, but it's just a copy of pdftex - The sources of TeX, eTeX and pdfTeX have been merged into one file pdftex.web and one change file pdftex.ch. The sources of TeX and eTeX distributed are just there for reference - New features: - pdfTeX can now generate PDF 1.5 object streams, which leads to smaller PDFs. This is controlled by setting pdfobjcompresslevel to a value >0 (3 compress everything, 2 don't compress /Info, 1 also don't compress embedded PDFs) and works only with PDF >=1.5 - pdfTeX now supports another image file format: JBIG2 files (.jbig2) - the memory allocated for objects and destination names now grows dynamically - pdfTeX now generates smaller PDFs since for char positioning the width of chars (/Widths) is stored with more precision and so the chars must rarely be positioned separately - the PK resolution is now taken from the pk_dpi parameter in texmf.cnf if it has not been set in the format file or by the user - pdfTeX now removes the generated pdf in case of a fatal error - pdfTeX now sets /ModDate and /Trapped in the InfoDict by default (the values can be overridden with pdfinfo) - the format of warnings and errors issued by pdfTeX has been changed and unified - the output of -version has been extended and now includes information about the libraries actually used, which can be handy when using shared libraries - rules and their positioning on the page are now inside a qQ group - New primitives: - pdfTeX can now handle colourstacks. - pdfcolorstackinit A stack is initialized by pdfcolorstackinit. It expands to the number of the new stack. The common case, the traditinal color stack is already initialized as first stack: pdfcolorstackinit page direct {0 g 0 G} The keyword page means that this stack is page based. At the start of the new page, the current stack value is automatically set. - pdfcolorstack pdfcolorstack <stack number> push {<new color>} pushes the current value on the stack and sets the <new color>. pdfcolorstack <stack number> pop pops and sets the current stack value. pdfcolorstack <stack number> current sets the current stack value without changing the stack. This is useful for stacks that are initialized without keyword page. Thus the page start setting can be set manually. pdfcolorstack <stack number> set {<new color>} The current value is set to <new color>. - Transformation matrices can now be manipulated more cleanly: Currently matrix changes are done and hidden inside pdfliteral nodes; pdfTeX doesn't parse its contents and does not know the new settings of the transform matrix. Thus the new primitives to save pdfTeX from parsing pdfliteral contents and to notify pdfTeX about matrix changes to use them in calculating link and anchor positions. - pdfsetmatrix{<a> <b> <c> <d>} is the equivalent to pdfliteral{<a> <b> <c> <d> 0 0 cm} - pdfsave is the equivalent to pdfliteral{q} - pdfrestore is the equivalent to pdfliteral{Q} - pdfprimitiveTeX-primitive executes the original TeX-primitive even if the command has been redefined since. E.g. let elaxundefinedpdfprimitive elax expands to elax. ifpdfprimitiveTeX-primitive is true if TeX-primitive has its original meaning - ifpdfabsnum and ifpdfabsdim are like ifnum and ifdim, but don't care about negative numbers - shell escape: if the first character of a filename for openin, openout input is a pipe symbol (|), the filename is assumed to be a request for a pipe to a command line that is given in the rest of the filename - draftmode: With pdfdraftmode=1 or the commandline switch -draftmode pdfTeX doesn't write the output pdf and doesn't actually read any images, thus speeding up compilations when you know you need an extra run but don't care about the output, e.g. just to get the BibTeX references right - pdfpxdimen (introduced in 1.30) is now a real dimension parameter. It allows one base dimensions on pixels. 1px defaults to 1bp (or 72dpi), but can be changed with the pdfpxdimen primitive: pdfpxdimen=1in % 1 dpi dividepdfpxdimen by 96 % 96 dpi hsize=1200px Now hsize is (1in/96)*1200 - pdflastlink returns the object number of the last pdfstartlink - pdfsavepos now works in DVI mode - Fonts: - support for subfonts: This creates all needed map entries for subfonts automatically and handles Unicode mappings - ToUnicode entries for Type1 fonts (patch 580) - HZ: - added patch 462: HZ font expansion in autoexpand mode now produces smaller pdf files, as it works by modififying the text matrix for single fonts instead of embedding many expanded font versions. Therefore HZ now can be used also for TrueType fonts and even for non-embedded fonts (e.g. Times-Roman) - Bugfixes: - the PDF statistics in the log are now correct - added JFIF detection patch to writejpg.c (bug 548) - bugfix: invalid pdf created if font name contains space (509) - bugfix: truetype OS/2 v3 fonts (594) - bugfix: Type1C (CFF) fonts of embedded pdfs didn't get replaced For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS =========================================================================== Legal notice / license =========================================================================== pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2007 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README =========================================================================== The files / installation =========================================================================== You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your distribution. If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful documentation. =========================================================================== Mailing lists / web pages: =========================================================================== Mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex Related web pages: http://www.pdftex.org http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ http://www.tug.org/tetex/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes http://www.dante.de/ http://tug.org/ http://www.pragma-ade.com/ Have fun! Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, January 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/pdftex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pdftex (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: refreshpdf
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

A new package has been put on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Happy new year, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: refreshpdf Author's name: Claus Gerhardt Location on CTAN: /support/refreshpdf Summary description: Refreshpdf refreshes a pdf file opened in Acrobat (Mac OS X) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Refreshpdf is an Applescript that takes the path of a pdf file as argument and then opens the file in Acrobat. If the file is already open in Acrobat, then Acrobat is told to close and reopen the file and to go to the same page that was displayed in the closed file. The Applescript can also be called from the command line by a shell script refreshpdf. Refreshpdf only works on MacOS X. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/refreshpdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=refreshpdf (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 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Herbert Voss submitted an update to the pst-optic PSTricks related package for drawing both reflective and refractive optics diagrams. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 0.96 of pst-optic has a new macro psprism which allows to draw a prism with light rays and calculated refractions. please replace all files with the existing ones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-optic (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: classico
by CTAN Announcements 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Bob Tennent submitted the new classico package, providing four type-1 fonts with metrics and LaTeX support files. Location on CTAN: /fonts/urw/classico Summary description: URW Classico type-1 fonts and support files License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The archive provides four type-1 fonts with metrics and LaTeX support files. URW Classico is a clone of the Optima typeface, a very well-known sans serif face designed by Hermann Zapf. The fonts were made available for non-commercial distribution at www.artifex.com. The support files were generated using fontinst. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/urw/classico . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=classico (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: visualtex
by CTAN Announcements 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, Alex Romanenko submitted an update to the visualtex package. Visual-TeX is a TeX-oriented text editor which uses Neil Hodgson's Scintilla editing component as source code editor, and a TeX lexer by the package author. The editor has several valuable TeX-specific features, including forward search capability from YAP. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/visualtex License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In ver 3.12: Fixed bug: after playing tex macro editor's window is focused correctly. Fixed bug: correct automatic scrolling is added. Fixed bug: incorrect editor macro executing is removed. Added feature: KBDC module of layout convertion ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/visualtex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: TeX-GYRE fonts
by CTAN Announcements 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted a new package tex-gyre to CTAN. Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre License: gfsl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Package: TeX Gyre Bonum font > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.000 > Date: 14 XII 2006 > License: > This work is released under the GUST Font License > This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > The Current Maintainer of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski > and Janusz M. Nowacki. > > The TeX Gyre Bonum family of fonts is based on the URW Bookman L family > (designed by Alexander Phemister), but heavily extended. The constituent > 4 standard faces contain nearly 1200 glyphs each and are available in > Postscript, TeX and Open Type formats. Please note that with the release > of this family the QuasiBookman fonts became obsolete. > The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were added > by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > > =========== > Package: TeX Gyre Schola font > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 0.995 > Date: 14 XII 2006 > License: > This work is released under the GUST Font License > This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > The Current Maintainer of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski > and Janusz M. Nowacki. > > The TeX Gyre Schola family of fonts is based on the URW Century > Schoolbook L family (designed by Morris Fuller Benton), but > heavily extended. The constituent 4 standard faces contain > nearly 1200 glyphs each and are available in Postscript, TeX > and Open Type formats. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters > were added by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > > ============ > Package: TeX Gyre Pagella font > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.000 > Date: 27 X 2006 > License: > This work is released under the GUST Font License > This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > The Current Maintainer of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski > and Janusz M. Nowacki. > > The TeX Gyre Pagella family of fonts is based on the URW Palladio L > family (designed by Hermann Zapf), but heavily extended. The > constituent 4 standard faces contain nearly 1200 glyphs each and are > available in Postscript, TeX and Open Type formats. > The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were added by Han The Thanh > and Valek Filippov, respectively. > Please note that with the release of this family the QuasiPalatino > fonts became obsolete. > > =========== > Package: TeX Gyre Termes font > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.000 > Date: 27 X 2006 > License: > This work is released under the GUST Font License > This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > The Current Maintainer of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski > and Janusz M. Nowacki. > > The TeX Gyre Termes is based on the URW Nimbus Roman No9 L family > (designed by Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and > Victor Lardent), but heavily extended. The constituent 4 standard > faces contain nearly 1200 glyphs each and are available in Postscript, > TeX and Open Type formats. > The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were added > by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > Please note that Termes obsoletes the QuasiTimes fonts. ----------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/tex-gyre . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tex-gyre (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: Patches for memoir class (again) again
by CTAN Announcements 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have uploaded memfixesDec06b.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the > contents to replace the corresponding files in macros/latex/contrib/memoir. > > Version 4.7 of mempatch.sty fixes some minor infelicities in version > 4.6. Mempatch provides fixes for the memoir class. i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue. Interested users may browse the memoir package (including its patch) direct at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ or via the catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please put all directories with it files below the directory > graphics/pstricks/ > > the version 1.15 of pstricks defines some more dot styles > (done by Etienne Riga). The documentation pstnews1-15.pdf > in graphics/pstricks/doc/ lists all old and new styles > and additional changes in the distribution. > > the files pst-dots.pro and pstricks.pro should go into > $TEXMF/dvips or $TEXMFHOME/dvips i have installed the package as requested. users may browse the package, embedded in a rather complicated structure on ctan at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks or they may browse via the catalogue at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: cmarrows
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Tommy Ekola submitted the cmarrows package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/cmarrows Summary description: MetaPost arrows and braces in the Computer Modern style License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This MetaPost package contains macros to draw arrows and braces in the Computer Modern style. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/cmarrows . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cmarrows (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: mhchem bundle v3.05
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Martin Hensel submitted version 3.05 of his mhchem bundle. Currently, the mhchem bundle consists of two packages: mhchem and rsphrase. The mhchem package provides two commands: one for typesetting chemical molecular formulae and one for typesetting chemical equations with these formulae. The rsphrase package contains the text of all official Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases that are used to label chemicals. At the time being, these phrases are available in Danish, English, French, German (current spelling), and Spanish. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ Summary description: for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - fixed: more complex structures (bonds, hyphens etc.) in TOC - changed: $...$ replaces cmath{...} - fixed: parenthesis, brackets, braces in corrent font ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mhchem bundle v3.05 (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 new packages: gmutils, gmverb, gmiflink, gmdoc
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Grzegorz `Natror' Murzynowski submitted new packages gmutils gmverb gmiflink gmdoc to CTAN. Information on the individual packages follows. gmutils ------- Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmutils Summary description: misc. macros used by other packages by Natror (GM) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Miscellaneous macros used by other packages of Natror. Contents of the package: ewgif and Other Globals. @ifnextcat. afterfi and Pals. Almost an Environment or Redefinition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmutils . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmutils gmverb ------ Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmverb Summary description: my version of verb and verbatim, provides also short verb License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A redefinition of verb and verbatim so that long lines are breakable before and after { with % as `hyphen'. Allows you to define your own verbatim-like environments (not too long!) and allows you to declare any single char as a shorthand for verb (cf. shortvrb.sty) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmverb . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmverb gmiflink -------- Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmiflink Summary description: 3 macros to simplify usage of hypertarget an hyperlink of hyperref.sty nad avoid error if there's no target License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Three hyperref-based macros that simplify usage of hypertarget and hyperlink: one argument instead of twice the same. And gmiflink and gmifref to typeset plain text instead of error or ?? if there's no respective hypertarget or label. I also used them in automatically generated hyperindex while documenting some database project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmiflink . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmiflink gmdoc ----- Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc Summary description: a package for documenting packages etc. with minimal markup of source and hyperlinks in pdf License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A .sty file and an example .cls (documentclass) for documenting (La)TeX packages, document classes, .dtx etc. providing hyperlinks, compatible with doc.sty (no warranty :-) and letting to mark up the code minimally (no macrocode env. necessary anymore). Needs hyperref and three 'basic' packages of mine: gmutils, gmverb and gmiflink. As a bonus, the driver files are added that typeset the LaTeX (TeXLive2005) Base. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmdoc (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: arabi version 1.1
by Jim Hefferon 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

The package below has been updated on 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: arabi version 1.1 Author's name: Youssef JABRI Location on CTAN: /language/arabic/arabi Summary description: A package toa add support of Arabic and Farsi to (La)-TeX, compliant with BABEL License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Arabi package provides the Arabic script support for TeX without the need of any external pre-processor. The Bi-directional capability s that the user has a TeX--XeT or e-TEX engine. Arabi is fully compliant with the BABEL system. Among the new things with Version 1.1: ========================== + You can search and copy Arabic and Farsi text from PDF files generated by pdflatex (read the documentation to know how to) + You can use TeX4ht to make HTML files. + Now we can have Arabic in the bookmarks sidebar, although hyperref is still not fully supported yet. + In Farsi contexts, Digits (0, 1, . . . , 9) are written with the extended Indo-Arabic (Farsi) digits. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/arabic/arabi . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=arabi (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: UK TeX FAQ v3.16c-1
by CTAN Announcements 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

I have installed a new version of the UK TeX FAQ on CTAN, in directory help/uk-tex-faq This new version includes some work on tidying the FAQ-as-a-whole, and a small number of improvements and additions (see extracts from the CHANGES file, copied below). (I did in fact install a new copy last week, but problems with it were detected almost immediately, so I delayed announcement until the problems were resolved and this replacement installed.) The FAQ appears on CTAN as http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq and in the catalogue as http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/faq.html However, browsing (and rather feeble searching) is best achieved via the web interface at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq The CHANGES file for this release mentions: Changes in version 3.16c New answer: +Label isdef: is this command defined? tests Revised answers: +Label bibprefixsort: two new examples +Label citeURL: provide a list (rather than a bunch) of alternative styles, mention babelbib +Label multirow: mention the case of multicolumn-multirow +Label music: correct Web output of package list at end of answer +Label oarglikesect: mention kernel command @dblarg +Label secthead: rewritten accounts of sectsty & titlesec +Label tutbitslatex: added pointer to Fauske's page on PGF/TikZ +Label watermark: noted that package draftcopy doesn't work with pdflatex, +Label watermark: mention draftwatermark +Label whatbst: correct reed.edu link Bugfix: +Release dates are now represented in ISO format (yyyy-mm-dd) -- previously we used the LaTeX format, using solidus instead of hyphen Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: expl3 bundle
by CTAN Announcements 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Morten Høgholm submitted an update to the expl3 bundle on behalf of the LaTeX Project. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/project/expl3 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The expl3 bundle consists of the core files of the LaTeX3 kernel. The modules in this bundle can be used as add-on packages on top of LaTeX2e as well. All files are also available in the Subversion (SVN) repository of the LaTeX3 Project, which is located at http://www.latex-project.org/svnroot/experimental/trunk The bundle on CTAN is a snapshot of the SVN repository as of 2006/12/12. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/project/expl3 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=expl3 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new bundle: xbase
by CTAN Announcements 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Morten Høgholm submitted the xbase bundle on behalf on the LaTeX Project. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/project/xbase License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The xbase bundle provides the packages xparse and template. xparse provides a high-level interface for declaring document commands, e.g., a uniform way to define commands taking optional arguments, optional stars (and others), mandatory arguments and more. template provides an interface for defining generic functions using a key=val syntax. All files are also available in the Subversion (SVN) repository of the LaTeX3 Project, which is located at http://www.latex-project.org/svnroot/experimental/trunk The bundle on CTAN is a snapshot of the SVN repository as of 2006/12/12. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/project/xbase . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=xbase (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN documentation: pst-code
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '06

17 Dec '06

Herbert Voss wrote: > I have uploaded pst-code,tgz to the uk mirror. Please > create the new directory /graphics/pstricks/doc/code > and put all files in there. > > pst-code is the original code documentation of PSTricks > from Timothy Van Zandt from 1997. All macros, dimensions and > counters of the packages pstricks and pst-node are > explained in detail. i have installed the material as suggested: users may view the source, etc., via http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/doc/code/ the stuff appears in the catalogue as one of the documentation links in: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: patches for memoir class (again)
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have done a terrible thing. The patch for memoir that you just put on > CTAN for me had one backslash too many. I have uploaded > memfixesDec06a.tar.gz which contains the correct versions of mempatch.sty > and mempatch.dtx. Could you please use these in macros/latex/contrib/memoir. > > My apologies to you and to any user who has been quick off the mark to > download the earlier incorrect version. i've installed this new patch; as before, browse the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ and view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update --- patches for memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Peter Wilson <herries.press(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > I have uploaded memfixesDec06.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the > contents to update macros/latex/contrib/memoir. > > From the README > > The memoir class is for typesetting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and > mathematical works. > > The normal font sizes range from 9 to 17pt. There is a range of > page-styles and well over a dozen chapter-styles to choose from and methods > for specifying your own layouts and designs. The class encompasses over > thirty of the more popular packages. > > Changes (2006/12/11) > o New version (4.6) of mempatch.sty providing bug fixes, options for wider > interlinear and interparagraph spacing, new style for trimmarks, over a > dozen new built-in chapterstyles, and some minor new commands. > > o New version (1.9) of memhfixc.sty. Thanks to Heiko Oberdiek versions of > the hyperref package dated 2006/11/15 or later now automatically use the > memhfixc package. > > o New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf). > > o NO CHANGES TO THE MANUAL (memman.pdf) or memoir.dtx i have installed the updated files, and updated the catalogue. thank you for the upload. the memoir class is located at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ interested users may proceed via the catalogue page: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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