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CTAN Update: xq 0.3
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Stephan Weinhold submitted an update to his xq fonts package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/xq Summary description: writing about xiangqi License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xq is for writing about xiangqi or chinese chess. You can write down games or parts of games and show diagrams with special positions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: dvdcoll 0.6
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Josef Kleber submitted an update to his 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 v0.6: - support for seasons, e.g. J.A.G. 2.1 / 02x15 Hemlock - description of contents via pdf annotations - pdf annotations in the margin for extra infos - some new commands and other minor changes - support for language french (french, frenchb, francois, acadian, canadien) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Omega for Bengali
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

A new package has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Omega for Bengali Author's name: Lakshmi K. Raut Location on CTAN: /macros/omega/latex/contrib/bengali-omega Summary description: bengali-omega using Velthuis transliteration scheme and Unicode Text in utf-8 format License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bengali-Omega version 1.0 is a Omega Typesetting package for Bengali language. You can use either the Velthuis transliteration scheme or directly Unicode Bengali Text in your Tex document ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/omega/latex/contrib/bengali-omega . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=bengali-omega (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: Making Friends with LaTeX (Version 2.00)
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Rohit Vishal Kumar submitted an update to his mfwl package. Location on CTAN: /info/MFwL Summary description: MFwL is a small presentation which helps introduce LaTeX to Newbies License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Making Friends with LaTeX (MFwL) started out as a small presentation, which i used to introduce my students to LaTeX. However, with the release of Ver 1.00 in Jauary 2006, I received a lot of feedback on the presentation and I therefore decided to extend it. The second version, made using the powerdot package, has been extended and currently this presentation stands at 64 slides; more than double from its first version. The objective of MFwL is to introduce new comers to LaTeX and make them aware of various aspects of working with LaTeX. This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. (Source Code Included) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: mathmode
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

Herbert Voss has submitted a new version of his maths typesetting tutorial; this update includes a rearrangement of the package on ctan. herbert writes: > This new version 2.20 has: > > - new subdirectory for the images of the > document source > - added a subsection for package cool > - a new section Tuning math typesetting > - as usual, small changes to the source i have installed the new version at cambridge, for transmission to other ctan sites and mirrors. users may browse the package via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html thanks for the update; Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cool 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '06

08 Oct '06

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, N Setzer submitted an update to his cool package (COntent-Oriented LaTeX). The package gives LaTeX the power to retain mathematical meaning of its expressions in addition to the typsetting instructions; essentially separating style from the content of the math. One advantage of keeping mathematical meaning is that conversion of LaTeX documents to other executable formats (such as Content MathML or Mathematica ode) is greatly simplified. The package requires the coolstr, coollist, and forloop packages. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cool Summary description: COntent-Oriented LaTeX License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to the cool package that adds the ability to alter the DifferentialD in both the Integral and derivative, adds the ability to alter the symbol of some of the fundamental constants, adds the ability to alter the symbol of the IdentityMatrix, and adjusted the parentheses by adding mathopen{} before the left tag (to improve spacing). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cool (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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Cambridge CTAN Node down until 1500 local (1400 GMT)
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '06

08 Oct '06

Due to a scheduled network outage. the Cambridge main CTAN node {ftp,www,rsync}.tex.ac.uk is not reachable until 1400 GMT (according to schedule). For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: frenchle (updated to V5,9991)
by CTAN Announcements 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I've upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the file frenchle.tar.gz which is a replacement > for language/french/frenchle. This is the new version (V5,9991) for > the LaTeX package frenchle, a ready to use package for typesetting > French documents with or without Babel. i've installed the new version; thank you for the upload. > This upgrade (V5,9991) provides a new file babel.fr which is a > little package designed to load Babel and accept the global option > french for other French options not distributed with Babel, like > frenchle. This is to restore the facility lengthy allowed by Babel > but stopped at the end of 2003. > Documentation has been updated; French guillemets usage now documented. users who would like to browse the package may do so via its updated catalogue page at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchle.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: msg V 0.40
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

i have installed the latest version of msg. Bernard Gaulle writes: > 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. > > V 0.40 mods: no options are declared and processed when the msg > package is called internally (from another package) > or from the kernel. > Added a Makefile to prepare for TeXLive. > Added a CHANGES file thanks for the upload. the package is on its way out across the aether. meanwhile, interested users may browse it in cambridge, via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/msg.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: Herbert Voss's mathmode
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Herbert Voss writes: > Mathmode.pdf is a comprehensive review of mathematics in (La)TeX. > This new version 2.19 has the following changes: > > - some more infos for the fleqn class option > - small fixes to the array environment > - added an example for gathered (ams) and > for boxed rows and columns of arrays > - indice in upright font shape > - extended index > - a lot of modifications to the source code i have installed the new version at cambridge, and pushed it out to the rest of the world. users may browse the new version via its catalogue page: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html thanks, herbert, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Version 3.16b of the UK FAQ
by Robin Fairbairns 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

i have just installed the end september release of the uk faq, here in cambridge (it'll be making its way out to the rest of the world any minute now). i have also updated the web version at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq details of the new release are attached. i must apologise for missing the end august release: ill health got in the way (there had been little added that month, anyway, and something had to give in my disrupted work schedules). Robin Fairbairns ===================================================================== Changes in version 3.16b This file incorporates the (small number of) changes from version 3.16 that previously appeared in file CHANGES-3.16a; the earlier changes are marked with an asterisk. New answer: Label optionclash: clashing package options error in LaTeX Revised answers: Label ECfonts: reword discussion of mathematics and EC fonts (i.e., emphasise that there's no direct relation) *Label filename: extend macro definitions, hopefully expanding the usefulness and usability of the answer Label hyperdupdest: other sources of the error than repeated pages Label minitoc: corrected error in q-minitoc code, tidy comments Label minxampl: include the word minimal, since it's a common search term Label music: mention Lilypond as a source of TeX-compatible music Label poster: mention Nicola Talbot's experimental flowfram layout package Label texinfo: rewritten in parts, following a reader comment Label texsystems: miktex installation has changed with v2.5 Label tutbitslatex: added pointers to TUG-maintained material on fonts Label virtualfonts: re-thought through Bugfixes: *Label cmdstar: part of the example code was just wrong *Label enumerate: unclarity in text caused by a typo *Bug in introduction=yes HTML code corrected Label atsigns: mark-up error caused curious HTML output (editorial improvement too) Future releases: Despite missing the nominal end August 2006 delivery (through an unfortunate combination of events), I'm aiming to maintain the stream of (approximately) monthly bugfix releases. There are no current plans for a major release, though work on the new web-based version continues. Robin Fairbairns 2006-10-02

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.4
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > 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. i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue. users may browse the package via the catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html that page outlines the package: The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at a fairly fundamental level. > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file `RELEASE' for release notes. > > CHANGES > > * Added package option `bibtex8' > * Added package option `sortlos' > * Made `pageref' field local to `bibsection' environment > * Renamed field `labeltitle' to `labelctitle' > * Added new field `labeltitle' > * Added new field `sortkey' > * Removed iffieldtrue > * Renamed counter `namepenalty' to `highnamepenalty' > * Added counter `lownamepenalty' > * Added command addlowpenspace > * Added command addhighpenspace > * Added command addabbrvspace > * Added command adddotspace > * Added command addslash > * Added documentation of oligature > * Updated and expanded documentation > (see the changelog in biblatex.pdf for pointers) > * Various minor improvements throughout > * Fixed some bugs thank you for the upload, as always... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: foekfont
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '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: foekfont Author's name: Palle Jørgensen Location on CTAN: /fonts/foekfont Summary description: FoekFont is the title font of the Mads Føk magazine License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The FoekFont bundle provides access to the FoekFont; title font of the Mads Foek magazine. LaTeX support is provided too. The FoekFont files a created by Palle Jorgensen. The website of tne Mads Foek magazine is http://www.madsfoek.dk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/foekfont . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=foekfont (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: xq
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make it to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xq Author's name: Stephan Weinhold Location on CTAN: /fonts/xq Summary description: writing about xiangqi License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xq is for writing about xiangqi or chinese chess. You can write down games or parts of games and show diagrams with special positions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/xq . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=xq (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: nih
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '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: nih Author's name: Bruce Donald Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/nih Summary description: class for NIH grant applications License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nih.cls provides a class for grant applications to NIH, the National Institutes of Health, a US government agency. The example-* files provide a template for using nih.cls and submitting the biographical sketches the NIH wants. They (potentially) use denselists.sty, which just reduces list spacing; this is not part of the class proper. For more information, please see the author's web sites at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/brd/NIH/tips and http://www.cs.duke.edu/brd. All of these files are freely redistributable, the main .cls under the LPPL and the example files without restriction. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nih . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=nih (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: aliascnt 1.2, zref 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted updates to the packages aliascnt and zref Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ Changes: * aliascnt v1.2: Fix of severe bug. * zref v1.3: Typo fixes and English cleanup provided by Per Starback. * oberdiek-tds.zip updated. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Fonetika Dania
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

A new package has been put in 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: Fonetika Dania Author's name: Palle Jørgensen Location on CTAN: /fonts/fonetika Summary description: Fonts and LaTeX files for the danish Dania phonetic system License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fonetika Dania is a font bundle with a serif font and a sans serif font for the danish phonetic system Dania. Both fonts exist in regular and bold. The fonts come with LaTeX support. The fonts are based on URW Palladio and Iwona Condesed. The fonts are created using FontForge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/fonetika . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=fonetika (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: Mathmode
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded mathmode.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > /info/math/voss/mathmode/ > > Mathmode.tex is a comprehensive review of mathematics > typesetting in (La)TeX. > > This new version 2.18 has > - fixes typos and small bugs. > - an example for the gathered environment > - a (very) short description of the mathtools package. i have installed the files as requested, and updated the catalogue. users may browse the package via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: LaTeX and BibTeX support for economics journals
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Please note the change of maintainer for this package. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: LaTeX and BibTeX support for economics journals Author's name: Arne Henningsen Author's email: ahenningsen(a)agric-econ.uni-kiel.de Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/economic/ Summary description: BibTeX styles, LaTeX classes, and LaTeX styles for economics journals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BibTeX styles and LaTeX classes for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE) and the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) have been added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/economic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=economic (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: splines
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

A new package has been installed on the tug branch of CTAN and should soon migrate to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: splines Author's name: Daniel Luecking Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/splines/ Summary description: Metapost/metafont macros for drawing cubic spline interpolants. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small package of macros for creating cubic spline interpolants in Metapost or metafont. Given a list of points they can produce a closed or a relaxed spline joining them. Given a list of function values y_j at x_j, it can produce the graph of a cubic spline interpolating function y=f(x), which is either periodic or relaxed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/splines/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=splines (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: cool
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cool Author's name: N Setzer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cool Summary description: COntent Oriented LaTeX License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is designed to give LaTeX the power to retain mathematical meaning of its expressions in addition to the typsetting instructions. One advantage of keeping mathematical meaning is that conversion of LaTeX documents to other executable formats (such as Content MathML or Mathematica code) is greatly simplified. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cool . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=cool (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.3
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '06

24 Sep '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. i've installed the files as requested; i will update the catalogue just as soon as i find the catalogue server has returned to the land of the living :-( meanwhile, users may browse the package by way of the old catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks for the update, Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team > ABOUT > > The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the > bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with > BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at > a fairly fundamental level. With biblatex, BibTeX is only used to > sort the bibliography and to generate labels. Instead of being > implemented in BibTeX's style files, the formatting of the > bibliography is entirely controlled by TeX macros. Good working > knowledge in LaTeX should be sufficient to design new bibliography > and citation styles. There is no need to learn BibTeX's postfix > stack language. Just like the bibliography styles, all citation > commands may be freely (re)defined. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file `RELEASE' for release notes. > > CHANGES > > * Renamed citation style `authortitle' to `authortitle-terse' > * Renamed citation style `authortitle-comp' to `authortitle-cterse' > * Renamed citation style `authortitle-verb' to `authortitle' > * Added new citation style `authortitle-comp' > * Citation style `traditional' now supports `loc. cit.' > * Added package option `date' > * Added package option `urldate' > * Introduced new data type: literal lists > * Renamed citename to citeauthor > * Renamed citelist to citename > * Added new citelist command > * Renamed printlist to printnames > * Added new printlist command > * Renamed indexlist to indexnames > * Added new indexlist command > * Renamed DeclareListFormat to DeclareNameFormat > * Added new DeclareListFormat command > * Renamed DeclareListAlias to DeclareNameAlias > * Added new DeclareListAlias command > * Renamed DeclareIndexListFormat to DeclareIndexNameFormat > * Added new DeclareIndexListFormat command > * Renamed DeclareIndexListAlias to DeclareIndexNameAlias > * Added new DeclareIndexListAlias command > * Renamed iblist to hename > * Added new helist command > * Renamed ibfield to hefield > * Renamed savelist to savename > * Added new savelist command > * Renamed savelistcs to savenamecs > * Added new savelistcs command > * Renamed iflistundef to ifnameundef > * Added new iflistundef test > * Renamed iflistsequal to ifnamesequal > * Added new iflistsequal test > * Renamed iflistequals to ifnameequals > * Added new iflistequals test > * Renamed iflistequalcs to ifnameequalcs > * Added new iflistequalcs test > * Renamed iflistequalstr to ifnameequalstr > * Added new iflistequalstr test > * Renamed ifcurrentlist to ifcurrentname > * Added new ifcurrentlist test > * Entry type alias `conference' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `mastersthesis' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `phdthesis' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `techreport' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `www' now resolved by BibTeX > * Added new custom fields `lista' through `listf' > * Changed data type of `location' > * Changed data type of `origlocation' > * Changed data type of `publisher' > * Changed data type of `institution' > * Changed data type of `organization' > * Modified values of `gender' field for `jurabib' compatibility > * Modified and extended `idem...' keys for `jurabib' compatibility > * Improved addtocategory > * Removed formatting command mkshorthand > * Added field formatting directive `shorthandwidth' > * Added documentation of shorthandwidth > * Removed formatting command mklabelnumber > * Added field formatting directive `labelnumberwidth' > * Added documentation of labelnumberwidth > * Removed formatting command mklabelalpha > * Added field formatting directive `labelalphawidth' > * Added documentation of labelalphawidth > * Renamed ibitem to hebibitem > * Renamed lositem to helositem > * Modified AtBeginBibliography > * Added AtBeginShorthands > * Added AtEveryLositem > * Extended `showkeys' compatibility to list of shorthands > * Added compatibility code for the `hyperref' package > * Added package option `hyperref' > * Added package option `backref' > * Added special field `pageref' > * Added command ifhyperref > * Added command ibhyperlink > * Added field formatting directive `bibhyperlink' > * Renamed ifandothers to ifmorenames > * Added new ifandothers test > * Removed field `moreauthor' > * Removed field `morebookauthor' > * Removed field `moreeditor' > * Removed field `morelabelname' > * Removed field `moretranslator' > * Removed field `morenamea' > * Removed field `morenameb' > * Removed field `morenamec' > * Updated documentation at various places > (see the changelog in biblatex.pdf for pointers) > * Expanded documentation > (see the changelog in biblatex.pdf for pointers) > * Modified internal BibTeX interface > * Fixed some typos in the manual > * Fixed some bugs

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CTAN package update: pst-asr
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '06

24 Sep '06

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon get to your favorite mirror. Thanks you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-asr Author's name: John Frampton Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib Summary description: addtions to pst-asr package (and bug fix) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source files for pst-asr-doc are provided. A new LaTex file pst-asr-examples.tex (along with the pdf file it produces) is provided. This file requires only the pstricks, pst-xkeyval, and pst-asr packages and has minimal formatting so that users should be able to LaTex it with little difficulty. It is provided to facilitate user experimentation. A bug in pst-asr is fixed, so that asr constructions work correctly if | directly follows asr in an enviroment in which it is not an active character. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-asr . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pst-asr (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: ocr-latex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

The package below 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: ocr-latex Author's name: Palle Jørgensen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ocr-latex Summary description: LaTeX support for the fonts in the ocr-a and ocr-b bundles License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The ocr LaTeX package provides support for the fonts in the ocr-a and ocr-b bundles which are part of most TeX distributions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ocr-latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=ocr-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 package update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add > > version 2.79 has the following changes: > - make ! not active (for french language and SpecialCoor) > - added macro psforeach (experimental) > - added transpalpha option for tranparency colors > - rename the family name to pstricksadd (pst-xkey), > allows using the internal macros of xkeyval > - allow ! for the y Length in psgraph > fix bug with undefined psk@barwidth (missing psset} > - use of abs(dx) to get labels for negative pst@dx > - fix bug in trigLabels i have installed the new version; thanks for the upload. pstricks-add is a collection of patches and minor extensions to the base set of pstricks packages. for further details, and to explore the package, users may visit the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html which has been updated for the new version. thanks, herbert, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: opcit
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

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: opcit Author's name: Federico Garcia Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/opcit Summary description: Version 2 of opcit License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a fully reworked and completed release of opcit, the package for footnote-style bibliography. The package keeps track of what works have already been cited, so that a further citation produces Idem or op. cit. (both of which are customizable, both globally and locally). New features include a complete bst file; corrections or improvements suggested by users of the first version; cross references between entries and between footnotes; and more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/opcit . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=opcit (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: trlshort
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear on your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: trlshort Author's name: Bekir Karaoglu Location on CTAN: /info/lshort/turkish Summary description: Turkish translation of The not so short introduction to LaTeX2e of Tobias Oetiker License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkish translation of The not so short introduction to LaTeX2e of Tobias Oetiker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/turkish . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=trlshort (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 upload: purifyeps
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: purifyeps Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/purifyeps Summary description: Convert an ordinary Encapsulated PostScript file into one that works with both LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format in the LaTeX world. purifyeps converts EPS files into a purified form that can be read by *both* LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick is that the standard LaTeX2e graphics packages can parse MetaPost-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that MetaPost outputs. This release updates the documentation according to some corrections sent to me by Heiko Oberdiek. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/purifyeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=purifyeps (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: mafr
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '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: mafr Author's name: Christian Obrecht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mafr Summary description: The 'mafr' package provides settings and macros for typesetting mathematics with LaTeX in compliance with French usage. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'mafr' package provides settings and macros for typesetting mathematics with LaTeX in compliance with French usage. It comes with two document classes, 'fiche' and 'cours', useful to create short high school documents such as tests or lessons. The documentation is in French. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mafr . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mafr (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: forloop
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

A new package has gone into 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: forloop Author's name: N Setzer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/forloop Summary description: provides forloop command License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The forloop package provides the command forloop for the user. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/forloop . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=forloop (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: coolstr
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint MIchael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: coolstr Author's name: N Setzer Author's email: nsetzer(a)umd.edu Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/coolstr Summary description: Deals with manipulation of strings License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The coolstr package is a subpackage of the cool package that deals with the manipulation of strings. A string is defined as a sequence of characters (not tokens). The package provides the ability to access a specific character of a string, as well as determine if the string contains numeric or INT data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/coolstr . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=coolstr (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: pst-asr
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '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: pst-asr Author's name: John Frampton Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-asr Summary description: Macros for use by linguists to typeset autosegmental representations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pst-asr package is based on PSTricks and is intended to be used by linguists to typeset autosegmental representations. It consists of three files: pst-asr.tex, pst-asr.sty, and pst-asr-doc.pdf. It requires the PSTricks package and the XKeyVal package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-asr . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pst-asr (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: variations
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '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: variations Author's name: Christian Obrecht Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/variations Summary description: A package for typesetting tables showing variations of functions according to French usage. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'variations' package provides macros for typesetting tables showing variations of functions according to French usage. These macros may be used by both LaTeX and plain TeX users. The documentation is in French. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/variations . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=variations (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: screenplay
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '06

16 Sep '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon reach your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Screenplay Author's name: John Pate Author's email: johnny(a)dvc.org.uk Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/screenplay Summary description: LaTeX .cls file to provide formatting as recommended by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm uploading this .cls file in the hope more experienced LaTeX users can improve it. However, it currently produces what I consider useful results. For more information, see http://dvc.org.uk/sacrific.txt/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/screenplay . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=screenplay (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: Stellenbosch thesis and other utilities 5.0
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Stellenbosch thesis and other utilities 5.0 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch Summary description: Typesetting dissertations, theses and reports of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The usthesis class/style files are provided to typeset reports, theses and dissertations that conform to the requirements of the Engineering Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch. The class file usthesis.cls is based on the standard LaTeX book class, while usthesis.sty is a style file to be loaded on top of the very powerful memoir class. Both options give identical output, but the benefit of the using memoir is that it has many additional command and environments for formatting and processing of a document. Usthesis is primarily concerned with the formatting of the front matter such as the title page, abstract, etc. and a decent page layout on A4 paper. It also works together with the babel package to provide language options to typeset documents in Afrikaans or in English. Additional packages are provided for bibliographic matter, note title pages, lists of symbols, as well as various graphic files for logos. CHANGES FROM 4.0: a) Add to USthesis docs and to templates: - user defined layouts with memoir or geometry. - parskip package if spacing is required between paragraphs. b) Bugfix in usmeg-n.bst in FUNCTION{remove.spaces} c) Change default BIBand from & to and for usbib.sty with usmeg-a and usmeg-n options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: minitoc version 48
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert writes: > I have uploaded a new version (#48) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (5871882 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 #48 > --- updated the bibliography and its formatting; > --- fixed and updated add.bib; > --- correction of the preamble problem in add.bib and all generated > files; > --- added devanagari.mld, hindi.mld, and hindi-modern.mld; > --- added error E0036 if english.mld is not found to set the default > titles; > --- the bibliographic styles plainurl.bst and frplain1.bst are > renamed en-mtc.bst and fr-mtc.bst; > --- renamed all examples files with names beginning with ``mtc-''; > --- add.bib renamed mtc-add.bib; > --- the ``listfiles'' package option is now active by default; > --- added mtc-syn.tex example document file. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > 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). thanks for the upload: i've installed the files as requested. users may examine the package via the catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html that has online links to the latest documentation as well as download links. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 7.70 - TeXWord improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, BaKoMa submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware > Most noticeable improvements (in short): > > * Smart handling of SPACE in preview/proof window. > * independent key binding for text and math mode. > I.e. Ctrl+F inserts extsf or frac. > * More reasonable saving multi-file documents. > * Save As Template helps to customize template set. > * Go To Line (source context menu) > * Handling TeX generated files as READONLY for edit. > * Added Arabi package to ArabTeX.bkz unit. > Work around for displaying Arabic fonts included. > * Updated PSCyr in Russian.bkz unit. > * Fixed bugs in PS interpreter. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.70 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.70 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - 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 such that you edit > your document immediately in Preview 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/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bakoma (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: refstyle
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

The package described 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 the package's contributor. Name of contribution: refstyle Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/refstyle Summary description: Advanced formatting of cross references License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The update fixes a problem with xkeyval and adds Norwegian definitions. ------------ The refstyle provides a consistent way of producing references throughout a project. Enough flexibility is provided to make local changes to a single reference. The user can configure his or own setup. It has a direct interface to VARIOREF and namedref's from the NAMEDREF package can easily be incorporated (if needed). For large projects such as a series of books or a multi volume thesis, written as freestanding documents, a facility is provided to interface to the XR package for external document references. The REFSTYLE package is BABEL compliant in that all language definitions are added to the extras<langauge> token list, enabling local and global language changes through the BABEL language changing commands. Afrikaans, Danish, English, German, Norwegian and Swedish definitions are provided --- any other contributions will be appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refstyle . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: article (sikumuna) layout style for lyx
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: article (sikumuna) layout style for lyx Author's name: Guy Rutenberg Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/lyx/sikumuna Summary description: an extended lyx layout style based on heb-article for use in Sikumuna License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- an extended lyx layout style based on article-hebrew for use in Sikumuna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lyx/sikumuna . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: natbib
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Patrick Daly submitted a bugfix update to the natbib package. Natbib provides a style with author-year and numbered references, as well as much detailed of support for other bibliography use. Provides versions of the standard BibTeX styles that are compatible with natbib - plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/natbib Summary description: General citation and bibliography package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix for compress option when used with hyperref and dvips ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/natbib . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/info/?id=natbib Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: examdesign
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

There have been changes to the package examdesign. Previously, it used a class named exam.cls that conflicted with another of that name for a different package. The author, Jason Alexander, has graciously allowed a change to examdesign.cls. For more information about this package see http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=examdesign Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.2
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > 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 bibliography categories > Added DeclareBibliographyCategory > Added addtocategory > Added category and notcategory filters > Added ibbycategory > Added usage examples for bibliography categories > Added documentation of configuration file > Added documentation of ExecuteBibliographyOptions > Added documentation of AtBeginBibliography > Added AtEveryBibitem > Added AtEveryCite > Added AtEveryCitekey > Added optional argument to printtext > Added ifpage > Added ifpages > Added field titleaddon > Added field booktitleaddon > Added field maintitleaddon > Added field library > Added field part > Added field origlocation > Added field origtitle > Added field origyear > Added field origlanguage > Modified profile of field language > Extended entry type book > Extended entry type inbook > Extended entry type collection > Extended entry type incollection > Extended entry type proceedings > Extended entry type inproceedings > Added entry type alias www > Added compatibility code for the showkeys package > Support arbitrary characters in keyword and notkeyword filters > Support arbitrary characters in keywords field > Ignore spaces after commas in keywords field > Internal rearrangement of all bibliography styles > Fixed various bugs > > ABOUT > > The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the > bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with > BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at > a fairly fundamental level. With biblatex, BibTeX is only used to > sort the bibliography and to generate labels. Instead of being > implemented in BibTeX's style files, the formatting of the > bibliography is entirely controlled by TeX macros. Good working > knowledge in LaTeX should be sufficient to design new bibliography > and citation styles. There is no need to learn BibTeX's postfix > stack language. Just like the bibliography styles, all citation > commands may be freely (re)defined. i have installed the update on CTAN macros/latex/exptl/biblatex thanks for the upload. the catalogue isn't much changed since v0.1, but users may conveniently access the package via the catalogue page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks for the upload, philipp -- the more i read about the package, the more impressed i am. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: Corso: Introduzione al mondo di LaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '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 the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Corso: Introduzione al mondo di LaTeX Author's name: Maurizio W. Himmelmann, Emiliano G. Vavassori, Fabiano Busdraghi Location on CTAN: /info/italian/GuIT/corso_guit Summary description: Materiale per il corso: Introduzione al mondo di LaTeX License type: nocommercial Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Viene qui presentato il materiale realizzato per il corso Introduzione al mondo di LaTeX tenuto dai membri del Gruppo Utilizzatori Italiani di TeX e destinato a chiunque abbia in animo di organizzare un corso ma non trovi il tempo e/o la voglia necessaria per allestire tutto il materiale. Il corso è articolato in quattro lezioni ed è rivolto a discenti senza alcuna conoscenza pregressa di LaTeX e/o linguaggi di programmazione. Esso può essere svolto sia per piattaforme Windows che *nix, essendo stato sperimentato con successo su entrambi i sistemi. Le presentazioni a video sono realizzate sulla base della classe guitbeamer sviluppata da Emiliano Giovanni Vavassori e disponibile su CTAN. [ This material provides everything is necessary to give a LaTeX course. The course is divided into four lessons and it has been written for people without any previous knowledge of LaTeX. It has been successfully tested on Windows and *nix platforms. The class guitbeamer is needed to run the presentations. Documentation available in Italian only.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/italian/GuIT/corso_guit . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: arabicfront
by CTAN Announcements 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, Javier Bezos submitted a new package arabicfront to CTAN. Location: macros/latex/contrib/bezos License: LPPL CTAN package page: http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=arabicfront This package modifies frontmatter and mainmatter to number pages in arabic style starting from the front matter, while preserving the rest of the original definitions. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: pax v0.1
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new package pax to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pax/ License: other (lppl/gpl) ----------------------------------------------------------- >From the README: | A. PROJECT PAX | ============== | | If PDF files are included using pdfTeX, PDF annotations | are stripped. This project tries a solution without | altering pdfTeX. A Java program (pax.jar) parses the PDF file that | will later be included. It writes the data of the annotations | in a file that can be read by TeX. Then a LaTeX package (pax.sty) | extends the graphics package. If a PDF file is included, the package | looks for the file with the annotation data, reads them and puts | the annotations in the right place. | | Project status: experimental ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: Font packages antt, iwona, kurier
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted updates to the following packages: antt - http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=antt iwona - http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=iwona kurier - http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=kurier Annoucnement texts: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: antt Version: 2.08 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/antt/ The current version (2.08) corrected the italic correction in math fonts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: iwona Version: 0.98 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona/ Iwona is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was created as an alternative version of the Kurier typeface, which was designed in 1975 for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. Kurier was designed for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The Iwona fonts are an alternative version of the Kurier fonts. The difference lies in the absence of ink traps which typify the Kurier font. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/iwona folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. The current version (0.98) contains corrected: -- the italic corrections in math fonts -- exclamdown and questiondown ligatures in tfm files ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: kurier Version: 0.98 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier/ Kurier is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was designed for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. The result was presented with other Polish typefaces at the ATypI conference in Warsaw in 1975. Kurier was intended for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The design goals included resistance to technological processes destructive to the letter shapes. As a result, amongst others, the typeface distinguishes itself through intra- and extra-letter white spaces as well as ink traps at cross-sections of some elements constituting the characters. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/kurier folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. The current version (0.98) contains corrected: -- the italic corrections in math fonts -- exclamdown and questiondown ligatures in tfm files ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: biblatex 0.1-beta
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is the initial public release of the biblatex package. I > suggest installing the package in macros/latex/contrib/biblatex. > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT (this is also for the catalogue) > > The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the > bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with > BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at > a fairly fundamental level. With biblatex, BibTeX is only used to > sort the bibliography and to generate labels. Instead of being > implemented in BibTeX's style files, the formatting of the > bibliography is entirely controlled by TeX macros. Good working > knowledge in LaTeX should be sufficient to design new bibliography > and citation styles. There is no need to learn BibTeX's postfix > stack language. Just like the bibliography styles, all citation > commands may be freely (re)defined. > > Apart from the features unique to biblatex, this package also > incorporates core features of the following packages: babelbib, > bibtopic, bibunits, chapterbib, cite, inlinebib, mlbib, multibib, > natbib, splitbib. There are also some conceptual parallels to the > amsrefs package. The biblatex package supports split bibliographies, > multiple bibliographies within one document, and separate lists of > bibliographic shorthands. Bibliographies may be subdivided into > parts (by chapter, by section, etc.) and/or segmented by topics (by > type, by keyword, etc.). The package is fully localized and can > interface with the babel package. > > RELEASE NOTES > > Please be advised that this package is in beta stage and released > for testing only. The architecture of the package, including its > BibTeX interface and even the entry type and field specifications, > is under scrutiny and still subject to change. There are also > several gaps in this manual. TeX distributors are urged not to > consider this package while it is in beta. The version number will > be stepped up to 1.0 as soon as it is considered suitable for > distribution. whew! by agreement with the author, i've installed this major piece of work in the LaTeX experimental tree, macros/latex/exptl/biblatex explore the package on ctan via the catalogue: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: frenchle (updated to V5,999)
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I've upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the file frenchle.tar.gz which is a replacement > for language/french/frenchle. This is the new version (V5,999) for > the LaTeX package frenchle, a ready to use package for typesetting > French documents with or without Babel. > > This upgrade (V5,999) provides the correction for a bug during > expansion of message -58- in various circumstancies. i have installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue. users may view details of the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchle.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-uml
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-uml.tgz to the uk mirror. > > Please delete all files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-uml > > and put the new ones in there. > The author is Maurice Diamantini. > > pst-uml is a latex package written to draw some > UML diagramms using pstricks packages > > This new version uses the extended xkeyval package > for a better key handling and has some more modifications > to the code. The documentation is still only in french. i have installed the new version as requested, and i have updated the catalogue -- see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-uml.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: FrenchPro to V5,999
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: > Dear CTAN maintainers, > > 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 localization. i-installers are included for all > platforms: Windows, Unix, macOs X, Linux and co. > This is an intermediate update with bugs corrections related to > the jurabib and natbib packages. > The FrenchPro web site is at http://frenchpro6.com/french/ i have installed the new version; it should be at the main ctan sites by now, as well as some of the mirrors. i've also updated the catalogue -- see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchpro.html thanks, bernard, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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