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CTAN package update: rsc
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '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: rsc Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rsc Summary description: BibTeX support for Royal Society of Chemistry and Wiley style articles License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.2: * Added URL field to misc record type * rsc.sty is now a stub for the chemstyle package Note also licence change to LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rsc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/rsc (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: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '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: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. This version (1.5) should run faster on operating systems that support persistent named pipes: Linux, Unix, Mac OS X (untested) -- not Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New CTAN package: pst-soroban
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-soroban.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put the > files in the new directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-soroban/ > > pst-soroban is a PSTricks related package for drawing > a japanese abacus. The soroban is still used in Japan > today. > > the author of the package is Alain Delmotte and the > license is LPPL. i have installed the new package, and made an entry in the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Users may visit the catalogue entry at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-soroban.html or browse the package's directory on the archive: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-soroban/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org upload: confproc
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '07

14 Oct '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: confproc Author's name: Vincent Verfaille Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/conferences/confproc/ Summary description: LaTeX2e package providing a new class for building conference proceedings. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The confproc package is a LaTeX document-class for building conference proceedings. Version 0.4e enhances the package and fixes several issues: - package: - redefine hebibliography to avoid inserting a phantom item to set the introductory paragraph (thanks to Will Robertson); - redefine frontmatter, mainmatter, ackmatter, ableofcontents, etc, to take into acount layout and formatting issues; - page layout defined with the geometry package (thanks to Will Robertson) - bug correction: have hypersetup evaluated only at the document beginning (then taking into account the user changes in the PDF metadata); - remove formatting from footer and name-like commands: author, title, etc. (thanks to Will Robertson); - use mathptmx package instead of times package, and nth package instead of extsuperscript command (thanks to Will Robertson); - allows to insert 1-page long papers (did not work in v0.3 and previous); - instead of replacing each paper’s last page by the list of its bibliography items, print them on top of the header of the last page; - documentation: changes history re-organized using macro environment - example updated: - to account for those changes (shorter code) - .bib files included (were missing in v0.3)! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/conferences/confproc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/confproc (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 upgrade: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.08: > > * Added multilingual support > * Fixed bug in listgroup and altlistgroup styles so that > glsgroupheading uses glsgetgrouptitle to get the > group title instead of displaying the label > * Fixed typo in error message text when the description > key is missing to ewglossaryentry. thanks for the upload; i've installed it and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries the package is on its way around the world's mirrors, by now; the catalogue entry will be updated on the web overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: addlines
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: addlines Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/addlines Summary description: A user-friendly wrapper around enlargethispage License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This small package provides the command addlines for adding or removing space in the textblock of the page it's used on. E.g., adding an extra line of text to the page so that a section fits better on the next page. It will also add space to the *facing* page in a two-sided document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/addlines . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/addlines (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: autolatex 5.4
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '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: autolatex 5.4 Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: /support/autolatex Summary description: Major bug fix in the GTK interface License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The GTK interface of AutoLaTeX corrupts the configurations files. fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: KOMA-Script
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 Markus Kohm submitted a new version of the koma-script bundle. The KOMA-Script bundle provides drop-in replacements for the article/report/book classes with emphasis on typography and versatility. There is also a letter class, different from all other letter classes. It also offers e.g. a package for calculated type areas in the way laid down by the typographer Jan Tschichold, a package for easily changing and defining of page styles, a package for getting not only the current date but also the name of day and a package for getting current time. All these packages may be used not only with KOMA-Script classes but also with standard classes. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script is a versatil LaTeX2e bundle License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script 2007/09/28 v2.97c Copyright (c) Markus Kohm , 1994-2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------- For installation see INSTALL.txt (english) or INSTALLD.txt (german, UTF-8). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes at 2.97c: - improved english manual (almost everything is new) - handling of pseudo-lengths improved (if you are using e-TeX) - option handling improved (new implementation) - some fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=koma-script (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: changes
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Ekkart Kleinod submitted an update to the changes package. The changes-package allows the user to manually markup changes of text, such as additions, deletions, or replacements. Changed text is shown in a different colour; deleted text is crossed out. The package allows free defining of additional authors and their associated colour. It also allows you to define a markup for authors or annotations. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/changes Summary description: Version 0.5.2 allows passing of parameters to the included packages "ulem" and "xcolor" in a convenient way. License type: lppl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=changes (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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New CTAN package: etoolbox (elatex) 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> wrote: > I've uploaded `etoolbox.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. Note that this is an update for macros/latex/contrib/elatex. The > package was formerly called 'elatex' and has been renamed > to 'etoolbox'. Please purge all the old files, install the new ones > under macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox, and announce the upload as > usual. > > ABOUT (for the catalogue) > > The etoolbox package is a toolbox of programming facilities geared > primarily towards LaTeX class and package authors. It provides LaTeX > frontends to some of the new primitives provided by e-TeX as well as > some generic tools which are not related to e-TeX but match the > profile of this package. Note that the initial versions of this > package were released under the name elatex. > > CHANGES > > * Renamed package from elatex to etoolbox > * Renamed ewswitch to ewtoggle (name clash) > * Renamed provideswitch to providetoggle (consistency) > * Renamed switchtrue to oggletrue (consistency) > * Renamed switchfalse to ogglefalse (consistency) > * Renamed ifswitch to iftoggle (consistency) > * Renamed otswitch to ottoggle (consistency) > * Added undef > * Added csundef > * Added AtEndPreamble > * Added AfterEndDocument > * Added AfterPreamble > * Added ifdefvoid > * Added ifcsvoid > * Added ifdefequal > * Added ifcsequal > * Added ifstrequal > * Added listadd > * Added listeadd > * Added listgadd > * Added listxadd > * Added listcsadd > * Added listcseadd > * Added listcsgadd > * Added listcsxadd > * Added ifinlist > * Added xifinlist > * Added ifinlistcs > * Added xifinlistcs > * Added dolistloop > * Added dolistcsloop I've installed the newly-named version, and updated the catalogue repository. Thanks for the upload. (I've not yet deleted the elatex directory -- will do that tomorrow, but I have deleted its catalogue entry.) Users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/etoolbox.html or browse the catalogue directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: autolatex 5.3
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007, Stephane Galland submitted an update to the autolatex package. AutoLaTeX is a set of GNU Make and Perl scripts that may be used to compile LaTeX projects. AutoLaTeX automates the compilation process by calling (pdf)latex and bibtex as they are required. It supports pdflatex, latex, dvips, epstopdf and bibtex. AutoLaTeX also provides a powerful feature for automatic generation of the figures that are included in the LaTeX project: for several figure sources (xfig, dia, umbrello, png, svg, xmi...) AutoLaTeX is able to generate the appropriate PDF picture. AutoLaTeX also supports pstex format generation (from xfig and gnuplot for example). The use of AutoLaTeX on the command line is similar to GNU Make. AutoLaTeX should be called with several targets to run. Location on CTAN: /support/autolatex Summary description: Update of AutoLaTeX due to major bug fixes License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several major bugs are fixed inside the GTK interface of AutoLaTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/autolatex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: gnuplottex
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

> An upload to cam.ctan.org was in upload-20071006-135511 > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: gnuplottex > Author's name: Lars Kotthoff > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex > Summary description: Gnuplottex allows you to generate and include gnuplot gr > aphs directly in LaTeX. > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gnuplottex allows you to make gnuplot graphs directly in your LaTeX > files. Gnuplot is a versatile plotting package. More information can > be found at http://www.gnuplot.info/. > > This version adds improved support for different gnuplot terminals. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/gnuplottex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex the changes will be at the other CTAN sites soon, at the mirrors (mostly) within 24 hours. the catalogue entry will be updated from the repository overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: visualtex
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007, Alex Romanenko submitted a new version of 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 Summary description: vx 3.30 update License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Win32 interface is optimized, some modules are rewritten; [*] hardware dependent module KBDC is replaced by the inner procedure; [*] some bugs are fixed [*] (cascaded) folding is correcred. [+] TeX macro for commands with arguments take into account the selection in document; [+] new editor commands; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/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: epspdfconversion
by CTAN Announcements 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

A new package has been put on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: epspdfconversion Author's name: Daniel Becker Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion Summary description: package to use the epspdf-tools from within (pdf)latex for eps->pdf conversion on the fly License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package facilitates the use of the epspdf tools (see on CTAN in /pub/tex/support) from within (pdf)LaTeX. EPS graphic files are converted on the fly. It is similar to and based on the epstopdf package and allows to pass several options such as grayscale, prepress, pdfversion etc. to the epspdf conversion-command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epspdfconversion (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: mimeTeX
by CTAN Announcements 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

John Forkosh wrote: > I've uploaded ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/mimetex.zip , > > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > to replace support/mimetex/mimetex.zip > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex > (The README file in support/mimetex > has _not_ changed; please just leave > the existing copy in place.) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > o several changes since the last CTAN update > in July, 2006: > o added wncyr10 cyrillic fonts, including support > for all tex ligatures > o added eflectbox functionality > o negative spaces now supported > o 1,2,3 places comma at baseline, as usual, > but frac12,3 places comma at frac line > (and ditto for other similar punctuation) > o fixed several minor bugs reported by users, e.g., > better logic to determine whether to apply + to blank > translation on input query strings. > o updated documentation i've installed this new version, and updated the catalogue repository -- thanks for the upload. users may read the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mimetex.html or simply download the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/mimetex/mimetex.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: oberdiek bundleintcalc v1.1, ...
by CTAN Announcements 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License:LPPL New packages: * bigintcalc v1.0 This package provides expandable arithmetic operations with big integers that can exceed TeX's number limits. * bitset v1.0 This package defines and implements the data type bit set, a vector of bits. The size of the vector may grow dynamically. Individual bits can be manipulated. * grfext v1.0 This package provides macros for adding and reordering graphics extensions of package `graphics'. Updates: * bookmark v1.2 * pdfmark driver respects ofiles. * engord v1.6 * Short description fixed. * epstopdf v1.5 * New option `update': If the converted file exists, it will be only converted if it is out of date. * Updating the extension list is delegated to package `grfext'. Fine tuning is done by the new options `append', `prepend'. * New option `outdir' for changing the output directory. * New option `verbose'. * SourceFile and OutputFile introduced. * Configuration file support added. * flags v0.4 * Package is deprecated because of new more powerful package `bitset'. * intcalc v1.1 * intcalcNum added. * intcalcShl and intcalcShr allow negative numbers. The sign is preserved. * Reuse @gobble instead of own macro IntCalc@Gobble. * Small fixes. * Shorter internal prefix. * Some programmer's interface. * kvoptions v2.8 * Compatibility for plain-TeX added. * Typos in documentation fixed. * kvsetkeys v1.4 * Normalizing and parsing of comma separated lists added. * kv@normalize rewritten. * Robustness increased for normalizing and parsing, e.g. for values with unmatched conditionals. * e-TeX is used if available. * Tests added for normalizing and parsing. _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ijmart, v1.1 Author's name: Boris A Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart/ Summary description: LaTeX class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Israel Journal of Mathematics is published by The Hebrew University Magnes Press. This class provides LaTeX support for its authors and editors. It strives to achieve the distinct ``look and feel'' of the journal, while having the interface similar to the one of the amsart document class. This will help the authors already familiar with amsart to easily submit manuscripts for The Israel Journal of Mathematics or to put the preprints in http://www.arxiv.org with minimal changes in the LaTeX source. In version 1.1 the new environments ``namedprop'' and ``namedprop*'' are added. They facilitate typesetting of special named propositions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ijmart/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: texbytopic
by CTAN Announcements 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

The package below has been put into place at tug.ctan.org and it 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: texbytopic Author's name: Victor Eijkhout (uploaded by Karl Berry) Location on CTAN: /info/texbytopic/ Summary description: TeX by Topic under GFDL License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Eijkhout has generously released his book TeX by Topic, including the sources, under the GNU Free Documentation License (with no invariants). It is now available from CTAN, and the project page is at savannah: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/texbytopic. As a long-time fan of the book, I'm very happy to see this. Thanks Victor! (And thanks for letting me be your release 'droid for CTAN :) Karl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/texbytopic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texbytopic (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: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '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: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. This release includes a new --makesty command-line option that generates a PerlTeX-free (but document-specific) noperltex.sty file suitable for distributing to people who don't have PerlTeX installed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and the license has changed. It 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: notes2bib Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.1: * Package now requires e-TeX * Several internal improvements * Many commands made robust * Improved documentation Note also license change from GPL to LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/notes2bib (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: confproc
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: confproc Author's name: Vincent Verfaille Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/conferences/confproc Summary description: LaTeX2e package providing a new class for conference proceedings. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The confproc package is a new LaTeX document-class for conference proceedings. It derives form LaTeX scripts written for the DAFx-06 conference proceedings, mainly based on the pdfpages package for including the proceedings papers and the hyperref package for creating proper table of contents, bookmarks and general bibliography back-references. It also uses many other packages for fine tuning of table of contents, bibliography and index of authors. The added value of this class resides in its time-saving aspects when designing conference proceedings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/conferences/confproc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/confproc (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: hepunits
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Andy Buckley wrote: > Name of contribution: hepunits > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/hepunits > Summary description: hepunits - a set of useful units for use in high > energy physics > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > hepunits is a LaTeX package built on the SIunits package, which adds a > collection of useful HEP units to the existing SIunits set. These > include the energy units MeV, GeV, TeV and the derived momentum and > mass units MeVoverc, MeVovercsq and so on. Additionally, some units > are added for pure convenience. > > This release (1.1.1) is a bug fix release for the GeVovercsq macro > which was accidentally producing the same output as GeVoverc. All > users are encouraged to upgrade. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the upgrade and updated the catalogue. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hepunits.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepunits Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: epix
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '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: epix Author's name: Andrew D. Hwang Location on CTAN: /graphics/epix Summary description: LaTeX-friendly plotting software License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ePiX, a free (libre and gratis) collection of batch programs, creates mathematically accurate figures, plots, and animations containing LaTeX typography. The output -- LaTeX picture-like environments and vector image files -- is expressly designed for use with LaTeX. Version 1.2 has been re-written from scratch, mostly preserving the user syntax of Version 1.0, but providing many new capabilities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/epix . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epix (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: visualtex
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '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: visualtex Author's name: Alex Romanenko Location on CTAN: /systems/win32/visualtex Summary description: new version 3.25 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] some old modules are rewritten; [*] a lot of bugs are fixed [*] compiling process creation is optimized (now in separated thread); [+] stop compile command, dvips command for project [+] multifile open (in editor and in project) [+] immediate TeX syntax check from file with command list is added [+] New help files [+] New editor commands (lines and blocks) [+] New command for rectangular selection (Alt+Mouse) [-] Temporary folding on def command is disabled ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/visualtex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/visualtex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: pst-diffraction
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day 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: pst-diffraction Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-diffraction/ Summary description: patterns for monochromatic light License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package enables the user to draw the diffraction patterns for different geometric forms of apertures for monochromatic light. The aperture stops can have rectangular, circular or triangular openings. This new version allows three dimensional views of the light patterns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-diffraction/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-diffraction (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: l2picfaq
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

The package below has been updated 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: l2picfaq Author's name: Dominik Bischoff Location on CTAN: /info/l2picfaq/german/ Summary description: l2picfaq: A picture How-To / l2picfaq: Ein Bilder How-To License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH: A major update - completely reworked: - new Layout - source-code better documented - direct links to the package-documentations - updated all the examples (where necessary) - several new examples - ... -> comments are - as always - highly welcome! DEUTSCH: Komplett überarbeitete Version: - neues Layout - Quellcode sauber dokumentiert - Paketdokus direkt verlinkt - sämtliche Beispiele überarbeitet und wo nötig aktualisiert - diverse neue Beispiele - ... -> Kommentare sind - wie immer - höchst erwünscht! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2picfaq/german/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/l2picfaq (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: pst-fractal
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-fractal Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fractal Summary description: pst-fractal, v 0.05 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-fractal, a PSTricks related package, draw the Julia and Mandelbrot set, a Sierpinski triangle, Koch flake, Apollonious Circle as well as fractal trees with a variety of different parameters (including varying numbers of iterations). This new version of pst-fractal allows unbalanced fractal trees. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fractal . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-fractal (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: The alnumsec package v0.03
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Frank Küster submitted an update to the alnumsec package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec/ Summary description: Using alphanumeric section numbering with standard sectioning commands License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor improvement: - Three ewcommand changed to providecommand to enhance compatibility - Licence updated to LPPL 1.3, "maintained" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=alnumsec (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: environ
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '07

23 Sep '07

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: environ Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/environ Summary description: A new environment interface License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package defines amsmath's collect@body, as well as a long version Collect@Body, for collecting the body text inside an environment. These are used to define a new author interface for creating new environments that might be useful on occassion. For example, NewEnvironment{test}{[#1]} wraps the entire environment body in square brackets, doing the right thing in ignoring leading and trailing spaces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/environ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/environ (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1b
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted a bugfix release of the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1: - The combination of centering and labelsep=newline works now - Problems with hyperref and breaklinks=true are resolved - ewfloat{Example}+captionsetup{type=Example}works now - New feature: Warning !label before caption ignored added ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: hexgame
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

The package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ============================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: hexgame Author's name: Meron Brouwer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/hexgame Summary description: Hexgame introduces a new environment to easily draw a hexgame-board License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hex is a mathematical game invented by the Danish mathematician Piet Hein and independently by the mathematician John Nash. This package defines a new environment that enables the user to draw such a game in a trivial way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hexgame . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hexgame (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 location change: GraphicxSP
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Please note that the package described below has moved to macros/latex/contrib. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: GraphicxSP Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/graphicxsp Summary description: GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. GraphicxSP embeds the graphic in the PDF document once, and allows the document author to use and re-use that same graphic without significantly increasing the file size. Additionally, GraphicxSP supports Adobe transparency imaging model. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/graphicxsp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/GraphicxSP (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: trivfloat
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: trivfloat Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat Summary description: Quick floats in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.3b: * Fixed error with hyperref Note licence change to LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/trivfloat (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: chemscheme
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chemscheme Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemscheme Summary description: Support for chemistry schemes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2a: * Instructions for use with pdfLaTeX (many thanks to Stefan Pinnow for these) * Bug with hyperref fixed Notice that the license of the package has been changed to LPPL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemscheme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chemscheme (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: GraphicxSP
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

The package below has just gone into tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: GraphicxSP Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /graphics/graphicxsp Summary description: GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. GraphicxSP embeds the graphic in the PDF document once, and allows the document author to use and re-use that same graphic without significantly increasing the file size. Additionally, GraphicxSP supports Adobe transparency imaging model. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/graphicxsp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/GraphicxSP (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: caption v3.1a
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1: - combination KOMA-Script + longtable should work now - combination listings + hyperref should work now - combination longtable + subfigure should work now - the load order longtable->caption->hyperref should work now ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package Update: oberdiek bundl
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek License: LPPL Announcment text: ------------------- New packages: * intcalc v1.0 This package provides expandable arithmetic operations with integers. * pdfcol v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports color stacks. The driver file `pdftex.def for package `color' defines and uses a main color stack since version v0.04b. Package `pdfcol' is intended for package writers. It defines macros for setting and maintaining new color stacks. * pdfcolparallel v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This package uses them to fix color problems in package `parallel'. * pdfcolparcolumns v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This package uses them to fix color problems in package `parcolumns'. * soulutf8 v1.0 This package extends package `soul' and adds some support for UTF-8. Namely the input encodings `utf8.def' from package `inputenc' and `utf8x.def' from package `ucs' are supported. New main version: * alphalph v2.0 The package provides methods to represent numbers with a limited set of symbols. Both LaTeX and plain-TeX are supported. * New implementation that uses package `intcalc'. This removes the dependency on e-TeX. * ewalphalph is extended to support new methods `wrap' and 'multi'. * Documentation rewritten. Updates: * Catcode section updated for some packages. * embedfile v1.2 * Fixes for plain-TeX, wrapper for package `keyval' added. * iflang v1.4 * Bug fix: IfLang@StrEqual -> IfLangStrEqual * kvsetkeys v1.2 * Using package `infwarerr' for error messages. * pdfcolfoot v1.1 * Use of package `pdfcol'. * Test file added. * stringenc v1.2 * Uses EdefSanitize instead of PE@sanitize from package `pdfescape'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?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: hepthesis
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Andy Buckley wrote: > Name of contribution: hepthesis > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis > Summary description: A class for academic reports, especially PhD theses. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hepthesis is a LaTeX class for typesetting large academic reports, in > particular PhD theses. It was originally developed for typesetting the > authors high-energy physics PhD thesis and includes some features > specifically tailored to such an application. In particular, hepthesis > offers: > -- Attractive semantic environments for various rubric sections; > -- Extensive options for draft production, screen viewing and > binding-ready output; > -- Helpful extensions of existing environments, including equation and > tabular; and > -- Support for quotations at the start of the thesis and each chapter. > > This release is version 1.4, which contains many improvements, > including layout bug fixes and tweaks, reduced external package > dependencies, improved multi-lingual interaction with babel, and > improved documentation. Users of previous versions are encouraged to > upgrade. i have installed the package, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hepthesis.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis since the installation happened last night, the package should have progressed around the world a fair bit, by now; the catalogue entry itself won't be updated until some time overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Nicola Talbot writes: > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.07: Fixed bug causing incorrect page number for entries in the > first paragraph of a page. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries installation happened last night, so the package is well on its way around the globe; the catalogue entry itself will be updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: TeX Gyre fonts
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the tex-gyre package. > Font: TeX Gyre Pagella > Design: Hermann Zapf > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.030 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/pagella > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Termes > Design: Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and Victor Lardent > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.030 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/termes > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > TeX Gyre Termes is based on the URW Nimbus Roman No9 L distributed > under GPL with Ghostscript. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters > were added by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Schola > Design: Morris Fuller Benton > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.010 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/schola > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Cursor > Design: Howard G. (Bud) Kettler > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.010 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/cursor > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > TeX Gyre Cursor is based on the URW Nimbus Mono L distributed under > GPL with Ghostscript. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were > added by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > > ----------- > The following changes have been made recently on the official web site > of the TeX Gyre project > (http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre): > > 12.09.2007: > TeX Gyre Cursor, ver. 1.010 (first release on CTAN) > TeX Gyre Pagella, ver. 1.030 > TeX Gyre Termes, ver. 1.030 > TeX Gyre Schola, ver. 1.010 > > * now, the widths of the TeX Gyre Cursor, Pagella, Schola and Termes glyphs > are almost consistent with the relevant Adobe metric data (for the glyphs > from the Adobe Standard Encoding). > > ------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Outage on www.ctan.org fixed
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

I apologize; there was an outage on the machine that houses http://www.ctan.org and ftp://tug.ctan.org and I was unaware so it was down for some time. I believe that it is fixed now. It seems that someone went in my ceiling and did something bad to my power. Fortunately, the power strip died to save the box, and the box appeared to come back up fine. Power strip, we salute you! Jim

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New CTAN package: pst-diffraction
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Herbert Voss has submitted another new pstricks package: > The authors of the package are Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss > > This package allows to draw the diffraction patterns for different > geometric forms of apertures for monochromatic light. > The aperture stops can have rectangular, circular > or triangular openings. > The options available are the dimensions of the aperture > under consideration and of the particular optical > setting, e.g. the radius in case of an circular opening. > Moreover one can choose the wavelength > of the light (the associated color will be given > automatically by the package). > There are three commands, for rectangular, circular and > triangular openings respectively: > > psdiffractionRectangle[settings] > psdiffractionCircular[settings] > psdiffractionTriangle[settings] > > The documentation is available in english, french, and german. i've installed the package and updated the catalogue. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-diffraction.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-diffraction/ (note that the documentation files are rather painfully large, and thus the zip of that directory is also pretty huge.) thank you, herbert and manuel, for the new package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an improved and enhanced version of the caption package 3. It was adapted to the AMS, beamer, KOMA, NTG, and SMF document classes, the french babel & the frenchle/pro packages; furthermore it supports the floatflt, fltpage, picinpar, picins, threeparttable, and wrapfig package now. Additionally it's now more compatible to version 1.x of the caption package than its precursor. Due to an internal change on how it patches the caption relevant commands, it's also more compatible to the document classes and packages it supports now (and offers an integrated hypcap functionality), but unfortunately also more incompatible to the ones it does not support (yet). Please read the doc for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: The floatrow package 0.2a
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 at 20:45 +0200, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the floatrow package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/floatrow Summary description: Modifying the layout of floats License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The floatrow package provides many ways to customize layouts of floating environments and has code cooperation with caption 3.x package. Package offers possibilities to put floats side by side, to put caption beside float. The floatrow settings could be expanded to the floats created by packages rotating, wrapfig, subfig (in the case of rows of subfloats), and longtable. Changes: Bug fixes and preparation for cooperation with caption 3.1. Documentation was extended by examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatrow . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=floatrow (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: mkjobtexmf v0.5
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the mkjobtexmf package. Location on CTAN: support/mkjobtexmf/ Changes of version 0.5: * Support for `configure' added. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and the changes 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: pst-optexp Author's name: Christoph Bersch Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp Summary description: A PSTricks package to draw optical experimental setups License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package pst-optexp is a collection of optical components that facilitate easy sketching of optical experimental setups. Mechanisms for proper alignment of different components are provided internally. This way the user does not have to care for proper orientation of the elements. Changes in v1.1: * Considerably enhanced labeling of the components. Added new parameter 'labelref' which specifies the reference coordinate system for the label positioning and the rotation of the label. Default is labelref=relgrav, the label point is rotated together with the component, but the label text itself is not rotated. * parameter labelrelative is now obsolete, and replaced by labelref=relative. It will be removed in future versions. * parameter polwidth, bswidth, iwidth and owidth are now obsolete, and replaced by polsize, bssize, innerheight and outerheight for consistency reasons. They will be removed in future versions. * macro polarisation was changed to polarization for consistency reasons. The old notation is obsolete and will be removed in future versions. * fixed bug: filling of all components with 'fillstyle' is now possible. * fixed bug: added some liftpen=1 in the code to fix the look of the lenses and the optgrid. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pst-optexp (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: gcite
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

The package below 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: gcite Author's name: Matthew Tylee Atkinson and Iain Phillips Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/gcite Summary description: Citations in a more reader-friendly style License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows you to make citations in the German style, which is considered by many to be particularly reader-friendly. The citation provides a small amount of bibliographic information in a footnote on the page where each citation is made. It combines a desire to eliminate unnecessary page-turning with the look-up efficiency afforded by numeric citations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/gcite . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=gcite (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: apacite
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: apacite Author's name: Erik Meijer Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite Summary description: LaTeX/BibTeX citation package that implements the rules of the American Psychological Association License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Significant update of apacite. Explicit support for citing websites; much more extensive customizability; improved and extended language support; solved many compatibility issues (esp. hyperref and multiple bibliographies). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=apacite (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace _all_ > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > This update has new internal PostScript procedures and > a new written macro psbrace > > pstricks-add.pro ----------- (DR/hv) > v 0.12 2007-09-03 - Added > RGBtoGRAY, CMYKtoGRAY, HSBtoGRAY (hv) > > pstricks-add.sty ----------- (hv) > v. 0.11 2007-09-04 add a message for loading the prologue > file pstrick-add.pro > > > pstricks-add ----------- (DR/hv) > v 2.88 2007-09-03 - add psHomothetie for mirroring any object > - add option Tnormal for the psplotTangent macro > - add psxTick and psyTick for single ticks with > a label > - add arrowLW (arrowlinewidth for the line > ends o and * > - new psbrace for a better look i have installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. the new version will be on its way around the world already, and should be at most mirrors within 24 hours. users may read the catalogue entry (which will be updated overnight) at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: fontch
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and the changes should be at your favorite mirror any time now. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: fontch Author's name: Rodrigo Medina Location on CTAN: /macros/plain/contrib/fontch/ Summary description: Changing fonts, sizes and encodings in Plain TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The fontch macros allow the user to change font size and family in any place of a plain TeX document. Sizes of 8, 10, 12, 14, 20 and 24 points are available. A sans serif family (sf) is defined. A command for producing doubled-spaced documents is also provided. There is support for math-bold, including a new family (mb) for bold math-italic and macros for bold math-symbols. Optional support for Latin Modern T1 and TS1 fonts, AMS fonts, and Double Stroke fonts (for blackboard bold). There are macros for non-latin1 letters and for most TS1 symbols. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/fontch/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=fontch (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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