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CTAN Updated: marginnote
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Markus Kohm submitted version 1.1 of his marginnote package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/marginnote Summary description: marginnote allows margin note, where marginpar fails License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides the command marginnote that may be used instead of marginpar at almost every place, where marginpar cannot be used, e.g. inside floats, footnotes, frames made with framed package ... New at version 1.1: - Improved horizontal possitioning, when using pdfLaTeX with PDF output. - Improved installation by unpacking. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/marginnote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=marginnote (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: minitoc version 49
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert wrote: > I have uploaded a new version (#49) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (5987374 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 #49 > -- Added point 47 in the FAQ and example file mtc-tlo.tex > (interaction between the minitoc and tocloft packages > about page numbers in the mini-tables). > -- Updated the bibliography. > -- Corrections in the bibliography and the bibliographic styles. > -- Better error messages about undefined preparation and > insertion commands. > -- Added ``+'' and ``-'' as synonyms for ``on'' and ``off'', > respectively. > -- Added a table of some encodings. > -- Suppressed the ``Summary'' entry in the summary, > but added it in the Table of Contents. > -- Added the japanese6.mld and japanese6.mlo files. > -- Added (in the memento) a table of the classes and packages > which are incompatible or need precautions with minitoc. > -- Added a hint about the hangcaption package (it must be loaded > BEFORE minitoc). > -- Completed the list of the standard classes. > -- Added a validation of the language options with the presence > of the .mld and .mlo files. > -- Added notes about the mandatory presence of the english.mld > file. > -- Fixed many typos and made some cosmetic corrections. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > 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 file and am updating the catalogue. interested users may browse or download the package via the catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html thanks, jean-pierre, for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.5
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> 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. > > CHANGES > > * Added command usedriver > * Added package option 'pagetracker' > * Added test iffirstonpage > * Added test ifsamepage > * Corrected documentation of ifciteseen > * Added package option 'terseinits' > * Modified default value of package option 'maxnames' > * Renamed package option 'index' to 'indexing' > * Extended package option 'indexing' > * Removed package option 'citeindex' > * Removed package option 'bibindex' > * Added package option 'labelalpha' > * Updated documentation of field 'labelalpha' > * Added package option 'labelctitle' > * Updated documentation of field 'labelctitle' > * Added package option 'labelnumber' > * Updated documentation of field 'labelnumber' > * Added package option 'labelyear' > * Updated documentation of field 'labelyear' > * Added citation style 'authortitle-verb' > * Added citation style 'authortitle-cverb' > * Renamed citation style 'traditional' to 'authortitle-trad' > * Improved citation style 'authortitle-trad' > * Added citation style 'authortitle-strad' > * Improved bibliography style 'authoryear' > * Improved bibliography style 'authortitle' > * Added option 'maxnames' to printbibliography > * Added option 'minnames' to printbibliography > * Added option 'maxnames' to ibbysection > * Added option 'minnames' to ibbysection > * Added option 'maxnames' to ibbysegment > * Added option 'minnames' to ibbysegment > * Added option 'maxnames' to ibbycategory > * Added option 'minnames' to ibbycategory > * Added option 'maxnames' to printshorthands > * Added option 'minnames' to printshorthands > * Renamed 'bibsection' to 'refsection' (conflict with > memoir) > * Renamed 'bibsegment' to 'refsegment' (consistency) > * Extended 'refsection' environment > * Renamed 'bibsection' counter to 'refsection' > * Renamed 'bibsegment' counter to 'refsegment' > * Updated documentation > * Added counter 'citecount' > * Modified default definition of lxauxprefix > * Added command CopyFieldFormat > * Added command CopyIndexFieldFormat > * Added command CopyListFormat > * Added command CopyIndexListFormat > * Added command CopyNameFormat > * Added command CopyIndexNameFormat > * Added command clearfield > * Added command clearlist > * Added command clearname > * Added command estorefield > * Added command estorelist > * Added command estorename > * Renamed command ibhyperlink to ibhyperref > * Added new command ibhyperlink > * Added command ibhypertarget > * Renamed formatting directive 'bibhyperlink' to > 'bibhyperref' > * Added new formatting directive 'bibhyperlink' > * Added formatting directive 'bibhypertarget' > * Added command addlpthinspace > * Added command addhpthinspace > * Added field 'annotator' > * Added field 'commentator' > * Added field 'introduction' > * Added field 'foreword' > * Added field 'afterword' > * Updated documentation of field 'translator' > * Added field 'articleid' > * Added field 'doi' > * Added field 'file' > * Added field alias 'pdf' > * Added field 'indextitle' > * Added field 'indexsorttitle' > * Changed data type of 'language' > * Changed data type of 'origlanguage' > * Updated documentation of entry type 'book' > * Updated documentation of entry type 'collection' > * Updated documentation of entry type 'inbook' > * Updated documentation of entry type 'incollection' > * Extended entry type 'misc' > * Added command UndefineBibliographyExtras > * Added command UndeclareBibliographyExtras > * Added command finalandcomma > * Added localization key 'citedas' > * Renamed localization key 'editby' to 'edited' > * Renamed localization key 'transby' to 'translated' > * Added localization key 'annotated' > * Added localization key 'commented' > * Added localization key 'introduced' > * Added localization key 'foreworded' > * Added localization key 'afterworded' > * Added localization key 'commentary' > * Added localization key 'annotations' > * Added localization key 'introduction' > * Added localization key 'foreword' > * Added localization key 'afterword' > * Added localization key 'doneby' > * Added localization key 'itemby' > * Added localization key 'spanish' > * Added localization key 'latin' > * Added localization key 'greek' > * Modified localization key 'fromenglish' > * Modified localization key 'fromfrench' > * Modified localization key 'fromgerman' > * Added localization key 'fromspanish' > * Added localization key 'fromlatin' > * Added localization key 'fromgreek' > * Updated and expanded documentation (see biblatex.pdf) > * Added support for Spanish (translation by Ignacio > Fernández Galván) > * Various memory-related optimizations in biblatex.bst i have installed the new version, at macros/latex/exptl/biblatex on the cambridge ctan. users who've not yet read the details of this package, may browse it via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks again, philipp, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: adrconv
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 Axel Kielhorn submitted an update to the adrconv package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/adrconv/ Summary description: Manage Address Entries in a BiBTeX Database and Convert them to Printed Directories License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to the ADRconv package, which allows you to generate adr-files suitable for scrletter. It includes a tex document to print pretty directories in various sizes. (For those people that prefer a printed version of their address book to the one in the mobile phone.) After struggling with the English description, I have to admit that the documentation is German only. ADRconv konvertiert Addressdaten aus einer BibTeX Datenbank in .adr-Dateien, wie sie von scrletter gelesen werden können. Außerdem enthält ADRconv eine TeX-Datei, die die Daten für den Ausdruck formatiert. Diese Version behebt Fehler mit Namen, die mit Umlauten beginnen und verbessert die Formatierung von nicht-Personen-Namen, wie {{Dante~e.,V.}}. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/adrconv/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=adrconv (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: dvipng
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dvipng Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvipng Summary description: A DVI-to-PNG converter License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release notes for version 1.9 of the dvipng package: This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. The 1.9 release adds CJK (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) support, more specifically it adds support for the subfonts used in the CJK-latex package. TrueType fonts have been tested somewhat more, and the ttfonts.map file is now used, if present on the system. It also fixes a few bugs, most notably a version problem with Freetype<2.1.8, and a graphics inclusion bug for non-.-paths. Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/dviware/dvipng . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=dvipng (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: movie15
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the movie15 package. Movie15 is a multimedia inclusion package for PDF: it provides an interface to embed movies, sounds and 3D objects into PDF documents for use with LaTeX as well as pdfLaTeX. It defines includemovie with PDF-1.5 compatibility. Option 'autoplay' causes the media clip to be started right after the page has loaded. This is useful for side by side movie clips to be played back synchronously. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release adds JavaScript example files for animation and rotation control of embedded U3D objects. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=movie15 (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: csquotes 3.6
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> wrote: > I've uploaded `csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > CHANGES > > * Added BlockquoteDisable > * Fix for amsmath/amstext packages > * Fix for endnotes package > * Revised Spanish quote style i've installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue; thanks for the upload. users may browse the package via the catalogue web page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html From: Robin Fairbairns <ctan(a)dante.de>

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CTAN package upgrade: msg V 0.50
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Bernard Gaulle wrote: > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users who could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is also really > easy to use by class/package writers. > > Please, feel free to try/test it on any existing package/class and > report any pb. No pb reported at that time. > > 2006/11/09 V 0.50 mods: Makefile did'nt worked correctly (wrong files moved) > for TeXLive production. > Wrongly installed msg package, as in TeXLive 2005, > now detected (file msg-msg.tex not found). i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue; users may browse the package via the page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/msg.html thanks, bernard, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: rsc
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

The package listed below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon get to your favorite mirror. Please note the new directory: it has expanded and moved from biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/rsc.bst. Thank you, 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 styles for Royal Society of Chemistry journals plus additional chemistry macros License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The rsc package contains two BibTeX style files to the specifications of the Royal Society of Chemistry. These are improved versions of the existing rsc.bst file, which is superseded by the packaged version. The package also includes a small number of chemistry-related macros unavailable in other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rsc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=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 has a new package: xetex-greek
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted a new package called xetex-greek to CTAN. This package contains Greek hyphenation patterns for use with xetex. The files included in the archive are: - xgrmhyph.tex (for modern polutonic and monotonic Greek), - xgrahyph.tex (for ancient Greek), - xgrcodes.tex (category, upper/lowercase codes for all Greek letters). The hyphenation patterns are just the standard hyphenation patterns by D. Philippou adapted for use with xetex (only the catcodes, etc., files are my completely original contribution). Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/hyphenation/greek License: LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/hyphenation/greek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=xetex-greek (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: staves
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted a new package called staves to CTAN. It contains all the necessary tools to typeset the ``magical'' Icelandic staves plus the runic letters used in Iceland. Location on CTAN: language/staves License: LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/staves . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=staves (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: The Mexican Dialect of Spanish
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

>From my upload daemon: > Name of contribution: The Mexican Dialect of Spanish > Author's name: Luis Rivera > Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/language/mexican > Summary description: a subset of the spanish language, for use in mexican typography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Mexican dialect implements a tiny subset of the Spanish language > for use in Mexican typography: only spanish hyphenation and a few > shorthands are defined, and the style preserves all the standard LaTeX > layout; significant variations are the omission of the ~n shorthand, > and the preference for the decimal point. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package and made a catalogue entry for it. potential users may browse the package via the catalogue: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mexican.html thanks, luis, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN packages: pst-fill, -text, -coil, -eps, -grad
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Herbert Voss writes: > The PSTricks based packages > pst-grad: colored Gradients (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-grad.html) > pst-text: text and characters placed on a different path (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-text.html) > pst-coil: coils and zigzags as lines or node connections (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-coil.html) > pst-eps : export of pspicture environments (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-eps.html) > pst-fill: filling and tiling of areas and characters (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-fill.html) > > are now in their own directories > CTAN://graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-... > > All packages use the extended keyval package pst-xkey > and have now their own documentation. potential users may browse the packages via the links interpolated above. as always, thanks, Herbert for your continued contributions. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: mkpattern
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mkpattern Author's name: Javier A. Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation/utils/mkpattern/ Summary description: TeX program for the generation of hyphenation patterns License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mkpattern is a general purpose program for the generation of hyphenation patterns, with definition of letter sets and template-like constructions. It also provides an easy way to handle different input and output encodings. Used for the creation of the Galician patterns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/utils/mkpattern/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mkpattern (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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[Fwd: tug.ctan.org upload: Free Math Font Survey for Vietnamese]
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

The package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should by now 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: Free Math Font Survey for Vietnamese Author's name: Th�i Ph� Kh�nh H�a Location on CTAN: /info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/vn Summary description: Vietnamese version of the Free Math Font Survey License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a Vietnamese translation of the Free Math Font Survey by Stephen Hartke. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=free-math-font-sur… (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: isodoc 0.1
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

A new package isodoc by Wybo Dekker has been installed on CTAN and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/isodoc License: lppl Description: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The isodoc class can be used for the preparation of letters, invoices, and, in the future, similar documents. Documents are set up with options, thus making the class easily adaptable to user's wishes and extensible for other document types. Victor Eijkhout's NTG brief class, which implements the NEN1026 standard, was the starting point. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/isodoc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=isodoc (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: glhyph
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to the mirror that you like best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: glhyph Author's name: Javier A. Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation Summary description: Major upgrade for glhyph.tex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major upgrade of the hyphenation patterns for Galician. They now follow a scheme similar to the spanish ones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=glhyph (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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tug.ctan.org upload: jeopardy
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and those updates should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: jeopardy Author's name: Robert Marik Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/jeopardy/ Summary description: Build a jeopardy game in LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The jeopardy package allows to build a jeopardy game with pdfLaTeX. It is based on the jj_game class and exerquiz package, written by D. P. Story. The author of the game can use multichoice questions or fill-in questions. The answer for fill-in questions is either a mathematical formula or text string (see the documentation of exerquiz and RespBoxMath and RespBoxTxt commands to learn more about the capabilities). JavaScripts are written to record the score. If the score is greater than a given value, a hidden string is shown. The user should use the style with some screen presentation package, such as web or pdfscreen. For the new version of jeopardy package, a new option picture has been added. This option allows to build game where the user (student) answers questions and uncovers (after a correct answer) parts of hidden picture. The new option is demonstrated in game1a.pdf, game2a.pdf and game4.pdf files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jeopardy/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=jeopardy (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 . _______________________________________________ Ctan mailing list Ctan(a)dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan

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tug.ctan.org upload: prerex-3.2
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

The package here has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be updated at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prerex-3.2 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: Interactive editor for prerequisite charts, macro support, patch for PDF viewer. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release includes a new feature: a patch to the source files of kpdf to enable tooltip display and clipboard selection of coordinates of course boxes and background points. These capabilities can be used during chart editing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=prerex (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: euenc
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

A new package has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: euenc Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/euenc Summary description: Unicode font encoding definitions for XeTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Font encoding definition(s) for unicode fonts loaded by LaTeX in XeTeX. At present, consists only of the EU1 encoding, which fontspec uses for unicode fonts with no macro-level processing required for accents, and no restriction on glyphs provided by a font. Includes font definition files for the Latin Modern OpenType fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/euenc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=euenc (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: kvsetkeys v1.1
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to his kvsetkeys package. This package provides kvsetkeys, a variant of package keyval's setkeys. It allows to specify a handler that deals with unknown options. Active commas and equal signs may be used (e.g. see babel's shorthands) and only one level of curly braces are removed from the values. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL Changes: * kvsetkeys v1.1 * Interface for handler definition fixed. * Example added. * oberdiek-tds.zip updated. _______________________________________________________________ This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=kvsetkeys (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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: protocol
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Thomas Leineweber submitted an update to the protocol package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/protocol Summary description: A class for typesetting minutes (only german) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version supercedes the old version of protocol and has the following new features: - uses koma-script class as main class - correct decision for the next meeting - additional environment Absent for absent persons ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/protocol . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=protocol (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: otfinst
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

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: otfinst Author's name: John Owens Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/otfinst Summary description: Tool for installing OpenType fonts for use in TeX/LaTeX systems License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- otfinst takes a list of OpenType font files as input, uses Eddie Kohler's otftotfm to install them into a TeX/LaTeX system, and builds and installs the necessary font description and style files. otfinst was formerly known as otftex_install and is written in Python. It has similar capabilities to Marc Penninga's fontools. http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~jowens/code/otfinst/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/otfinst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=otfinst (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: Synapsen
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

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: Synapsen. A hypertextual card index Author's name: Markus Krajewski Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen Summary description: Reference management software, bibliography gui tool or card index for bibtex License type: shareware Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Synapsen is a hypertextual card index or reference organizer, esp. designed for BibTeX. The Software is written in JAVA, and therefore it runs on all major operating systems (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix). For further information, manual, screen shots etc. see http://www.verzetteln.de/synapsen/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=synapsen (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: bibhtml 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Via the upload script, Norman Gray writes: ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote: > Name of contribution: bibhtml 1.3 > Author's name: Norman Gray > Author's email: norman(a)astro.gla.ac.uk > Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/bibhtml/ (replacing current version) > Summary description: Generate HTML bibliographies using BibTeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Allow mild configuration of generated link targets > Some documentation improvements > Update default e-print URL > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the revision of the package, and updated the catalogue. users who want to inspect the new version may browse via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/bibhtml.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org upload: bibtopicprefix
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bibtopicprefix Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bibtopicprefix Summary description: Provides a way to prefix references from bibliographies produced by the bibtopic package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a way to prefix references from bibliographies produced by the bibtopic package with fixed strings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopicprefix . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=bibtopicprefix (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: disser
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

A new package has been put on tug.ctan.org and should soon get to your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: disser Author's name: Stanislav Kruchinin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/disser Summary description: A document class and set of templates for typesetting dissertations in Russian. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a document class and set of templates for typesetting dissertations in Russian. One of it's primary advantages is a simplicity of format specification for titlepage, headers and elements of automatically generated lists (table of contents, list of figures, etc). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/disser . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=disser (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: dvdcoll
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the dvdcoll package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/dvdcoll Summary description: A class for typesetting DVD archives License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Having lost the overview of my DVD archives, I simply could not remember if I already recorded the documentary running on TV that day. I chose to recreate the index using LaTeX: the design aim was a hyperlinked and fully searchable PDF-document listing my DVDs with all titles, contents, lengths and so on. Further requirements were support for seasons of tv series and a list with all faulty or missing programs for rerecording. The dvdcoll class supports all these requirements. dvdcoll.cls follows the structure <number><title><length>. As a result, the class is not limited to DVDs ÿÿ you can of course typeset archives of CD-ROMs, Audio-CDs and so on. Supported languages at the moment: English, French, German. Some help is needed for other languages! ;-) License: LPPL new in v0.6a: - Bugfix: solving indent problems after commands within environment Dvd (endlinechar=-1) - replacement for broken dcexample.pdf on CTAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dvdcoll . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvdcoll (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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: simplewick
by CTAN Announcements 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: simplewick Author's name: Jindrich Kolorenc Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/simplewick Summary description: Drawing Wick contractions above and bellow expressions in math mode. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Drawing Wick contractions above and bellow expressions in math mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/simplewick . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=simplewick (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: word-to-latex
by CTAN Announcements 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

A new package has been put up 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: word-to-latex Author's name: Michal Kebrt Location on CTAN: /tools/word-to-latex Summary description: Convert documents written in Microsoft Word into LaTeX and XML format License type: nosource Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Word-to-LaTeX (Word-to-XML; two names for the same program :-)) is a program for converting documents written in Microsoft Word into LaTeX and XML format (additional formats can be easily added through the configuration). Word-to-LaTeX runs only on Windows with Microsoft Word installed. This is the first public release of Word-to-LaTeX (Word-to-XML) convertor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/tools/word-to-latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=word-to-latex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: recipecard
by CTAN Announcements 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: recipecard Author's name: Ben Reish Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/recipecard Summary description: Typesets recipes into note card sized boxes. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The recipecard class typesets recipes into note card sized boxes that can then be cut out and pasted to note cards. The recipe then looks elegant and fits in the box of recipes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/recipecard . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=recipecard (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: PGF and TikZ version 1.10
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Till Tantau submitted version 1.10 of his PGF/TikZ package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf License: Mixed LPPL/GPL/FDL PGF is a macro package for creating graphics. It is platform- and format-independent and works together with the most important TeX backend drivers, including pdftex and dvips. It comes with a user-friedly syntax layer called TikZ. Its usage is similar to pstricks and the standard picture environment. Unlike pstricks, it can produce either PostScript or PDF output, and works with plain (pdf-)TeX, (pdf-)LaTeX, and ConTeXt. Till writes: > > I consider this version stable and recommend upgrading to all users. > > Changes since version 1.09: > > - Renamed pgf@sys@pdf@mark to pgfsyspdfmark. > - Fixed the ConTeXt support so that it is usable (which is wasn't). > Best regards, _______________________________________________ This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pgf (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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Susy
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

The package below has been installed 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: Susy Author's name: Emmanuel Turlay Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/susy Summary description: Commands to write supersymmetry related documents easily License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Commands to write supersymmetry related documents easily. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/susy . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=susy (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: gellmu, version 0.8.3
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

William F Hammond wrote: > I've uploaded version 0.8.3 (23 Oct 06) of the GELLMU tarball to > ftp.tex.ac.uk. > > GELLMU stands for Generalized Extensible LaTeX-Like MarkUp. > > The package includes software for an XML document type (which may be > written in LaTeX-like markup) that emulates much of LaTeX article > while admitting robust translation to XHTML+MathML. > > I suggest that it be placed in support/gellmu. > > License: GPL > > This supersedes version 0.8.2.3 (25 May 06). > > It contains an important change for generating XHTML+MathML content > that has been made necessary by a mid-September (2006) revision in > Firefox and other Mozilla browsers. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > CHANGES IN GELLMU, VERSION 0.8.3 (23 Oct 2006) > > IMPORTANT change necessitated by change in Firefox and other Mozilla > browsers: > > This update is mandatory for those who wish their XHTML+MathML outputs > to function properly in Mozilla. Because of a mid-September 2006 > change in Mozilla with the handling of equations and arrays of > equations, previously generated XHTML+MathML outputs will need to be > rebuilt. > > This release also has reduced use of XML namespace switching in the > XHTML+MathML outputs for the sake of greater compatibilty with > browsers that do not recognize it. > > The XML side door: > > The largest change in this update release concerns Regular GELLMU > (the didactic production system described in the GELLMU Manual). The > standard translation pipeline leading from LaTeX-like source through > SGML and XML document types to (1) LaTeX source (hence DVI and PDF > outputs), (2) classical HTML output with pseudo-TeX math, and (3) > XHTML with MathML output has been modified to capture along the way a > variant of the XML document type that is reusable as XML source. > Subsequent pipeline processing proceeds from that point with end > results equivalent to those in earlier releases. > > The new variant of the XML document type may be regarded as a > full-featured author level XML document type. It is usable and > modifiable by authors who choose to write XML syntax rather than the > LaTeX-like equivalent. > > The new author level variant of the XML document type is a suitable > target for translation from other XML document types, and therefore, > could provide an alternative way to format other document types for > PDF, HTML, and XHTML+MathML. > > Beyond that document instances under the new author level variant of > the XML document type should usually be stand-alone instances that > are suitable for semi-formatted viewing through the web with CSS > styling. They cannot be fully formatted because, for example, > numbering has not been inserted, and cross-references have not been > resolved. > > A consequence of having the XML side door is that the automatically > formatted LaTeX files will tend to have very long lines. > > Driver Scripts: > > For the regular GELLMU main track use the driver script mmkg to > build from regular GELLMU source. One should use the new driver > script mmkgfromx to build from XML source under the document type > defined in the DTD file xml/axgellmu.dtd. (This DTD file lives > under the UTF-8 text encoding though presently only one little-used > element name is non-ASCII, and that name admits Latin-1 representation.) > > Windows XP Support: > > In the case of a recently acquired (August 2006) ``notebook'' > class computer with ``Windows XP, Home Edition'', it was found after > (1) installing Cygwin, (2) then installing Cygwin packages for GNU Emacs, > Perl, Tcsh, TeX and LaTeX, OpenSP/OpenJade, and Expat (for the important > and basic xmlwf utility), and (3) making sure that all of the > appropriate executables are in one's command path (within Cygwin), > that the GELLMU tarball drops easily into /usr/local/gellmu (Cygwin > filesystem hierarchy), and the Linux driver scripts may be used. i have indeed placed the new version in support/gellmu; thanks for the upload. users who want to view the package, or to download it, may do so via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/gellmu.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pinlabel.sty
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Colin Rourke, of Mathematical Sciences Publishers, has provided a new package. the catalogue entry says: Pinlabel is a labelling package for attaching perfectly formatted TeX labels to figures and diagrams in both eps and pdf formats. It is suitable both for labelling a new diagram and for relabelling an existing diagram. and the package may be found on CTAN in directory macros/latex/contrib/pinlabel users may browse the new package's directory, and read its documentation, via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pinlabel.html thanks to colin and msp for the upload -- Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.0
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.0 Author's name: Alexei Kostin Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/JustFontItTE Summary description: Font utility to generate TeX metric files License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JustFontIt TeX Edition for Win32 is a tool for TeX users. It is intended to help installing fonts in Type1 Binary (PFB), Type1 ASCII (PFA), TrueType and OpenType/CFF to use with TeX. Major features of JustFontIt TeX Edition: 1. Functionality of pltotf, tftopl, vftovp, vptovf tools, initially developed by Prof. D. E. Knuth. 2. Direct production of TFM and PL TeX metric files from various sources (PFA, PFB, TTF, OTF, AFM, PFM). Reencoding. 3. Support for response files and recursive directory search. 4. Evident command-line interface. 5. High performance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (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: uebungsblatt
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: uebungsblatt Author's name: Igor Akkerman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/uebungsblatt Summary description: LaTeX-Klasse zur Erstellung von Übungsblättern License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX-Klasse zur Erstellung von Übungsblättern Features: * schnelles Setzen von Übungsblättern oder deren Bearbeitungen * einfache, benutzerfreundliche Kommandos * elegante Seitenformatierung * vollautomatische Nummerierung der Aufgaben und Teilaufgaben * Nummer des Übungsblatts wird automatisch aus dem Dateinamen bestimmt * statische Informationen zur Lehrveranstaltung und den Autoren müssen nur an einer Stelle angegeben werden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/uebungsblatt . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=uebungsblatt (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: AkkTeX
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make it to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: AkkTeX Author's name: Igor Akkerman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/akktex Summary description: Collection of new document classes and packages, especially making easier the creation of math documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * new document classes for technical documents, thesis works, manuscripts and lecture notes * many math packages providing a tremendous nuber of macros for mathematical texts * layout providing a non-empty parskip with extended length corrections and new section definition commands * easy label creation for counters * german language tools and predefined abbreviations ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/akktex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=akktex (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: FrenchPro to V5,9992
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: Bernard Gaulle <frenchprobg(a)free.fr> wrote: > I just upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the archive frenchPRO.tar.gz which > is the updated version V5,999 of FrenchPro. This is all the material > to replace the nonfree language/french/frenchpro. > FrenchPro is distributed as shareware with all source files ; it > is designed for typesetting professional French documents and can > work alone as a LaTeX package as well as an option of Babel or MLP. > This distribution is using the keyboard package along with the msg > package for localisation. i-installers are included for all > platforms: Windows, Unix, macOs X, Linux and co. > > The FrenchPro web site is at http://frenchpro6.com/french/ > > Mods in this update (V5,9992): > - FrenchPro is now localised in German. > - unix installation lock (messages 21 & 22) removed. > - changes for MiKTeX V2.5 > - better use with Babel > - change for the msg V 0.40 package call. > - documentation change > > Thanks. thanks for the upload. i have installed the files to replace the older version, and updated the catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Pacakge Update: CJK 4.7.0 released
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Werner LEMBERG submitted the new version 4.7.0 of the cjk package. Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/CJK License: gpl Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf _______________________________________________ This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/chinese/CJK/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cjk (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 . _______________________________________________ CJK 4.7.0 ========= CJK 4.7.0 is available from ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/language/chinese/CJK and other CTAN hosts and its mirrors. Following the CTAN rules, the source files of CJK are unpacked. Additionally, the archive CJK-4.7.0-doc.tar.gz is available, providing some CJK documentation and example files in various output formats. Current development snapshots (updated twice a day) are available as http://cjk.ffii.org/cjk-current.tar.gz Bug reports should go to cjk-bug(a)ffii.org. CJK is a macro package for LaTeX, providing simultaneous support for various Asian scripts in many encodings (including Unicode): Chinese (both traditional and simplified) Japanese Korean Thai A special add-on feature is an interface to the Emacs editor (cjk-enc.el) which gives simultaneous, easy-to-use support to a bunch of other scripts in addition to the above: Cyrillic Greek Latin-based scripts Russian Vietnamese See below for the relevant snippet from the history file. Enjoy! Werner ====================================================================== Version 4.7.0: 17-Oct-2006 new: A new encoding `HK' (C05) is available for Hong Kong's HKSCS-2004, used in combination with Big 5. `UTF8' encoding now supports full Unicode (up to U+10FFFF). Subfont planes for ranges greater than U+FFFF consist of four hexadecimal digits (for example `foo025E' which covers U+25E00-U+25EFF). The Unicode command (and CJKchar) has been extended to accept Unicode values greater than U+FFFF. CJKutf8.sty: Support Unicode encoded bookmarks if the hyperref package is used. Automatically generate ToUnicode cmaps for pdftex (tested with pdftex version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2; it currently doesn't work with virtual fonts). Caption files in UTF-8 encoding have been added; the files are identical to the encoding-specific versions. ja Japanese ko-Hang Korean using Hangul ko-Hang2 another version using Hangul ko-Hani Korean using Hanja zh-Hans Chinese simplified zh-Hant Chinese traditional errors: UTF-8 input character 0x80 was handled only partially. pinyin.sty: The package didn't preserve `ding' which is defined in pifont.sty, causing problems with older versions of the hyperref package and its `hpdftex' driver option. CJK.sty: Make it work with font definition files (like the ones from the fourier package) which expect that the loading-settings are called only once. The use of caption files within the `scrartcl' class made chapter a defined command (instead of reporting an error). With the koma-script classes, all CJK caption files except for Korean produced bad looking TOC entries for part.

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CTAN has a new package: magyar.ldf 1.5
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

The material described below has been installed on 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: New Hungarian Babel language definition (magyar.ldf 1.5) Author's name: Péter Szabó Location on CTAN: /language/hungarian/babel Summary description: New Hungarian Babel language definition (magyar.ldf 1.5) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An update to magyar.ldf (version 1.5) has been available since 2004 from http://www.math.bme.hu/latex/ . Although the update has been sent to the Babel authors in 2004, Babel still contains the old, buggy, incompatible version (1.4, ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/babel/magyar.dtx ), which not only fails to implement many typographic features required by the Hungarian language, it also conflicts with many other packages and classes, such as amsart.cls, graphics.sty and hyperref.sty. Hungarian LaTeX users are generally happy with the new version 1.5, and most can be solved by asking the user to upgrade from 1.4 to 1.5. See more nfo about Hungarian typography in LaTeX in our TUG 2004 article (get it from http://www.inf.bme.hu/~pts/ , search for TUG 2004). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hungarian/babel . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=magyar (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: authoraftertitle
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

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: authoraftertitle Author's name: Matthias Bilger Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/misc/authoraftertitle.sty Summary description: Make the Title, Author and Date available after the maketitle command License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Make the Title, Author and Date available after the maketitle command ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=authoraftertitle (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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tug.ctan.org upload: dps
by CTAN Announcements 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

The package shown 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: dps Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dps Summary description: dps -- Das Puzzle Spiel -- is used to create a matching game with hidden message License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Das Puzzle Spiel is a LaTeX package (dps package) for creating a puzzle, a message actually, and a series of questions and answers. The document consumer matches the questions with the answers. With each match, another letter appears in the puzzle. Upon completion of all questions, the message hidden in the puzzle is revealed. The puzzle is primarily designed for the screen, but you can optionally create the game for paper. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=dps (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: Songbook v4.2
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again for the update. Jim Hefferon ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Songbook v4.2 Author's name: Christopher Rath Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/songbook Summary description: LaTeX style to print songbooks with chords, without chords, and transparencies, all from a single input file. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added ability to produce an index by song artist (composer) and changed license from any version of LGPL to version 2.1 only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/songbook . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=songbook (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: aurical
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 Christian Gollwitzer submitted version 1.4 of the aurical package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/aurical Summary description: Set of three calligraphic fonts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of Aurical to version 1.4. It features boldface and slanted typefaces for all three fonts and an input convention consistent with fraktur.sty from Matthias Mühlich. Below is the README: Aurical v1.4 (2006/10/12) ========================= Aurical is a package that provides three calligraphic fonts for use with LaTeX in T1/Cork encoding and PostScript Type1 format. The fonts are: * Auriocus Kalligraphicus * Lukas Svatba * Jana Skrivana Each font features oldstyle digits and (machine-generated) boldface and slanted versions. Lukas Svatba is provided in a variant with a long s with the same input convention as used by fraktur.sty from Matthias Mühlich. This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License. See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html for the details of that license. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/aurical . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=aurical (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: BaKoMa TeX 7.72 - TeXWord improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware Most noticeable improvements (in short): * Way to resume of hanging TeX engine. Blinking button will be appeared at right bottom corner of TeXWord window when TeX is running more then a second without progressive reading. * Fixed crash of TeXWord at displaying incomplte math formulas in long paragraphs. * BkSp removes selected text like to Del. * Ctrl+Del removes word forward (when no selection) * Ctrl+BkSp removes word backward. * warning of upgrade expiration. * /space character is added to cmcyr10 and cmcyr12 fonts to enable using them in Postscript. More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists. -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.72 ------------------ BaKoMa TeX 7.72 supports two coexisting IDE: 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - Visual (True WYSIWYG) LaTeX Editor. 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical 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 as if you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer window. 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'. Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. So that documents made with 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. 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 distribution is at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: PGF and TikZ version 1.09
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Till Tantau submitted an update to the PGF/TikZ package. PGF is a macro package for creating graphics. It is platform- and format-independent and works together with the most important TeX backend drivers, including pdftex and dvips. It comes with a user-friedly syntax layer called TikZ. Its usage is similar to pstricks and the standard picture environment. Unlike pstricks, it can produce either PostScript or PDF output, and works with plain (pdf-)TeX, (pdf-)LaTeX, and ConTeXt. Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf License: Dual (GPL/LPPL, FDL/LPPL, resp.) Announcment text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ After one year without a new versions of pgf/TikZ, I finally managed to ready a new version. I recommend updating to this version to all reasonably experienced users. After user feedback on this version, I intend to remove any remaining serious compatibility bugs (in theory, there should not be any) and to create a very stable version 1.10 within the next few weeks. Changes in version 1.09 of pgf/TikZ compared to the previous version 1.01: - Added usepgflibrary and usetikzlibrary to simplify adding new libraries. - Added native ConTeXt support in the form of module wrappers. - Added patterns. - Added crosses snake. - Added to and edge path operations. - Added to path library. In particular, this gives decent curved paths. - Added tikz automata library. - Added tikz er diagram library. - Added tikz Petri net library. - Added tikz mindmap library. - Added access to nodes in other pictures (!). - Added extended baseline setting. - Added functionality to add new coordinate systems. - Added polar xy coordinate system. - Added diamond shape (!). - Added plot mark phase, repeat and indices. - Added text height and text depth options. - Added label and pin options. - Added automatic node placement (!). - Added pgfsys-dvi.def for pure dvi mode. Supports only black and white drawing (proof on concept, only) - Cleared up license chaos. - Reorganized library documentation. - Removed pgflibraryautomata, use pgflibrarytikzautomata instead. - Fixed tree level option bug. - Fixed missing options for coordinates. - Fixed bug in TikZ parabola code. - Fixed bug in TikZ snake cycle code. - Fixed bug with empty list in pgffor - Fixed bug in code for insertion of dvips header specials. - Fixed bug in shading code (wrong bigpoint correction). - Fixed bug #1472666. - Fixed bug #1473255. - Fixed bug #1526175. - Fixed bug #1542512. - Fixed bug in TikZ transformation code for nested pictures. - Fixed patch #1443606. - Fixed path #1526178. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package Update: ctable 1.8
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Wybo Dekker submitted the new version 1.8 of his ctable package. ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL major changes (relative to v1.7): option mincapwidth added, useful for very narrow tables. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: bussproofs
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Sam Buss has modified the licence statement in his bussproofs.sty package (to lppl) and we now have the package on ctan (macros/latex/contrib/bussproofs). it will be at the major ctan sites, in its final form, in the near future. the package allows the construction of proof trees in the style of the sequent calculus and many other proof systems. users may browse the package via its catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/bussproofs.html thanks, sam, for your help in making a readily-distributable ctan package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tatsuta's proof macros
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

these macros have been moved from ctan directory macros/latex/contrib/proof to directory macros/latex/contrib/lkproof there are several reasons why this is desirable; from ctan's point of view, it reduces the number of confusing name clashes. i have taken the opportunity of updating the package, from the author's web site in japan, to the current version 3.1. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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