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bugfix version of footmisc on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 01 May '04

01 May '04

i've just installed a new version (v5.3a) of footmisc.dtx on the cambridge ctan (together with the corresponding footmisc.pdf) this version mends a bug in the check for a patched latex output routine: the bug was failing with the most recent latex release (2003/12/01), when footmisc was invoked with certain options. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 01 May '04

01 May '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > Also announce: it provides fixes for the memoir class regarding > the color package and verbatim footnotes, and bookmarking appendices. i've installed the package as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload unitsdef
by Rainer Schöpf 30 Apr '04

30 Apr '04

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Patrick Happel wrote: > I've recently uploaded unitsdef.tgz to ftp.dante.de/incoming. This > package is distributed under the conditions of the lppl. > > I suggest to move it to > > CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/unitsdef/ > > The file provides the new package »unitsdef«. This is taken from the > abstract: > > There are a lot of packages for typesetting units in LaTeX2e. > Some define macros to typeset a lot of units but do not suit > to the actual font settings, some make the characters needed > available but do not predefine any unit. > This package tries to comply with both requirements. It > predefines common units, defines an easy to use interface to > define new units and changes the output concerning to the > surrounding font settings. Thanks for your upload. I installed the package as requested in: macros/latex/contrib/unitsdef For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: devnag211.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

A submission was uploaded to CTAN: > I've uploaded the file devnag211.zip to the incoming directory at ftp.dante.de. > This file contains the latest release of the Devanagari for TeX package. > > Please delete the entire existing tree under language/devanagari/velthuis/ and > replace it with the contents of devnag211.zip. The zip file contains 'velthuis' > as the topmost stored directory. > > This is a major release. New Devanagari families have been added for regional > Bombay, Calcutta, and Nepali variants. Older dvng Metafonts are now obsolete. Thank you for the update. I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: wasy fonts
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 Frank Küster wrote: > Name of contribution: wasy fonts > Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/wasy2 > Summary description: The wasy fonts (Waldis symbol fonts). > License type: pd > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Roland Waldi has asked me to upload this corrected version of the wasy > fonts. It fixes one error in wasychr.mf (see > http://bugs.debian.org/134763). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >From the documentation: The font wasy contains all lasy characters, and a lot more symbols. New characters were modified from the Metafont files of the standard TeX fonts, and many were designed from scratch. --- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: new package: xkeyval
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Hendri Adriaens wrote: > I just uploaded a new package to ftp.dante.de > It is called xkeyval. The readme starts with: > ------------------------------------------------------- > This package is an extension of the keyval package and > offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring > and setting class or package options. > ------------------------------------------------------- > > The package is released under the LPPL lisence. > I propose to install it in macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval Thanks for your package, I installed it as you suggest, in macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > This version of the mempatch package cures a problem between the > memoir class and the natbib package. i've installed the file as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: chapterfolder
by Jim Hefferon 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It should appear at your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: chapterfolder Author's name: Boretti Mathieu Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/chapterfolder Summary description: Package that simplify working with folder structure License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package simplify working with folder structure that match the chapter/ section/subsection structure. It provide macro to define chapter/section/ subsection folder that contains the file for chapter/section/subsection, and provide macro that allow inclusion without using the full path, but only path inside the current folder of the chapter/section/subsection. It make easy change to the name of a folder, for example. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chapterfolder although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: Disk of Phaistos Font and Package
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted to CTAN: > I have uploaded to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming the file > phaistos.tar.gz, which contains font that contains all the symbols > of the famous Disk of Phaistos plus a LaTeX package. I suppose you > can install the contents of the bundle under languages/greek/phaistos. > After all, there is scientific evidence that the script was used to > ``write'' Greek. Note that when you decompress and untar the bundle, you > will get the followind directory structure: > > ./phaistos > ./phaistos/dvips > ./phaistos/dvips/phaistos.map > ./phaistos/latex > ./phaistos/latex/phaistos.dtx > ./phaistos/latex/phaistos.ins > ./phaistos/tfm > ./phaistos/tfm/phaistos.tfm > ./phaistos/type1 > ./phaistos/type1/phaistos.pfb > ./phaistos/var > ./phaistos/var/getglyphs > ./phaistos/var/glyphTable.pdf > ./phaistos/afm > ./phaistos/afm/phaistos.afm Thanks for your upload, I installed it as fonts/phaistos For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: mfparptc.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 a submission was uploaded CTAN: > Name of contribution: mfparptc.sty > Name and email: Uwe Lück > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/mfparptc.sty > Summary description: Bug fix / changes in documentation > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [Already loading previous version of Mfparptc.sty would have produced > an error message due to a missing `%'. Added copyright etc., additional > minor changes of documentation.] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Upload: Font Installation Guide 2.0
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> ----- I've uploaded the file 'fontinstallationguide.tar.gz' to the incoming directory on ftp.dante.de. This tarball includes an update to a file currently installed as: info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide.pdf plus some new files which were not included in any of the previous releases. As of this release, the guide will be accompanied by additional resources. Therefore I would like to request a minor path change. If possible, please add the directory: info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/ and extract the tarball to the newly created directory. (...) ABOUT ----- The Font installation guide discusses the most common scenarios you are likely to encounter when installing Type 1 Postscript fonts. While the individual tools employed in the installation process are documented well, the actual difficulty most users are facing when trying to install new fonts is understanding how to put all the pieces together. This is what this guide is about. CHANGES ------- * Complete revision of the guide for fontinst 1.9 * All examples discussed in the guide now included as separate files * Monolithic Latex source now included as well * Added README file ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in the directory CTAN:info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: a2ping
by Jim Hefferon 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

A new one has been installed to tug.ctan.org. It should appear at your favorite mirror very soon, if indeed it is not already there. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: a2ping Author's name: Szabó Péter Location on CTAN: graphics/a2ping Summary description: advanced PS, PDF, EPS converter License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- a2ping is a UNIX command line utility written in Perl that converts many raster image and vector graphics formats to EPS or PDF and other page description formats. Accepted input file formats are: PS (PostScript), EPS, PDF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PNM, BMP, GIF, LBM, XPM, PCX, TGA. Accepted output formats are: EPS, PCL5, PDF, PDF1, PBM, PGM, PPM, PS, markedEPS, markedPS, PNG, XWD, BMP, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, XPM. a2ping delegates the low-level work to Ghostscript (GS), pdftops and sam2p. a2ping fixes many glitches during the EPS to EPS conversion, so its output is often more compatible and better embeddable than its input. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- Version 2.20 of beamer
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Till Tantau ----- Dear CTAN Team, I have put version 2.20 of beamer on fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/latex-beamer-2.20.tar.gz. Change log: Version 2.20 Added: - Added style Separator in LyX. - Added multimedia.sty for movie and sound inclusion. - Added evil allowframebreaks option to frames for automatic frame breaking. - Added evil shrink option for automatic frame text shrinking. - Added squeeze option to frames for squeezing more on a frame. - Added framesubtitle command. - Added subtitle command. - Added subject command. - Added option usepdftitle=false to suppress automatic generation of author and title entries in pdf document info. - Added framezoom command. - Added new version of beamer.el, due to Thomas Baumann. Changes: - FoilTeX emulation will now do automatic page breaking. - Empty lines in Standard lyx style will no longer be kept, use an empty Separator line instead. - Changed the qed symbol to an open rectangle. - The way frame titles are typeset is completely different now, internally. Under normal circumstance you should not notice any differences, but if you do wicked things with the frame titles, problems might arise. Bugfixes: - Fixed definition of overlayarea to give better spacing. - Fixed problem with persisting background color and dvips. - Fixed zillions of typos in the user's guide spotted by Xavier Noria and Uwe Stoer. - Fixed unrobust definition of \. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. As usual, I have replaced the previos version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer with the new one. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: AuriocusKallgraphicus (aurical)
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: AuriocusKallgraphicus (aurical) Name and email: Christian Gollwitzer Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/aurical Summary description: Calligraphic font for LaTeX in T1-encoding License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aurical is the short name for the font AuriocusKalligraphicus. It implements a calligraphic font resembling my handwriting in Type1-Format, T1/Cork encoding for use with LaTeX. Some glyphs are still missing, and there is not yet exhaustive kerning information. Apart from that, the font may be useful for invitations or informal texts, as it looks calligraphic, nevertheless is quite readable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new font as suggested in CTAN:fonts/aurical Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: LaTeX for Autoconf
by Jim Hefferon 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX for Autoconf Author's name: Boretti Mathieu Location on CTAN: tools/autoconf Summary description: Autoconf macros to test for the presence of LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX for Autoconf is a set of macro to test if latex is installed or if some package exists or .... These macro are in the M4 language. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/tools/autoconf although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=autoconf datestamp=2004/04/19 modifier=ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org> <about> <name>LaTeX for Autoconf</name> <caption>Autoconf macros to test for the presence of LaTeX</caption> <author> <name>Boretti Mathieu</name> <email>boretti(a)bss-network.com</email> </author> <license type=gpl /> </about> <description> <abstract> LaTeX for Autoconf is a set of macro to test if latex is installed or if some package exists or .... These macro are in the M4 language. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>tools/autoconf</ctan> </distribution> </entry> **********************************************************************

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Re: New software for mailing list ctan-ann
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote: > As I'm sure everyone has already discovered, ctan-ann-request is still > pointing at majordomo, so mailed mailman confirm replies end up there > instead of going to mailman. Yes, thanks for pointing it out. I changed ctan-ann-request to point to mailman. > Workaround is to GET the url in the confirm request instead of > replying to the message. Indeed. And it allows to set various useful options. Rainer

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New software for mailing list ctan-ann
by Rainer Schöpf 18 Apr '04

18 Apr '04

Dear CTAN-ANN list member, during the next week the ctan-ann mailing list will be changed to use a new mailing list software, namely GNU Mailman. Today you will receive an automatically generated message explaining how to confirm your subscription to this new incarnation of the ctan-ann mailing list. Until next weekend, messages will still be sent via the old (majordomo) software. Afterwards, they will be sent using the new software. This means: if you do not confirm your subscription until next weekend, you will not see new messages after that time. However, these messages will be archived can be accessed using the web interface. Thank you for your cooperation Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: ptptex
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: ptptex Name and email: Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics <ptp(a)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ptptex Summary description: Latex2e class files for Progress of Theoretical Physics License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package includes the main class file, related style files and manual for ptptex, which is the standard tex format file for the journal, Progress of Theoretical Physics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=ptptex datestamp=2004/04/15 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>ptptex</name> <caption>Latex2e class files for Progress of Theoretical Physics</caption> <author> <name>Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics</name> <email>ptp(a)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp</email> </author> <license type=nocommercial /> </about> <description> <abstract> The package includes the main class file, related style files and manual for ptptex, which is the standard tex format file for the journal, Progress of Theoretical Physics. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/ptptex</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new packages as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ptptex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: dante:/incoming/lm.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote: > I've just uploaded to dante:/incoming/lm.zip > it contains ver. 0.92 of LM fonts (corrected and added kerning). Thanks for your update. I installed the new files in fonts/ps-type1/lm For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- kerntest v1.32
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded kerntest-v1_32.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace all > files in ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/kerntest/ by > its contents. License stays LPPL. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/kerntest > >From the README: > > Print tables and generate mtx files that help to adjust kernings > > This class makes it easy to generate tables that show many different > kerning pairs of an arbitrary font, usable by LaTeX. > It shows the kerning values that are used by the the font by default. > > In addition, this class enables the user to alternate the kernings > and to observe the results. > Kerning pairs can be defined for groups of similar glyphs at once. > Automatically, an mtx file is generated that can be loaded by > fontinst to introduce the user-made kernings into the virtual font > for LaTeX. > > > >From the ChangeLog: > > v1.32 2004/04/13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Direct access on glyph names instead of parsing getpsname. > - Speed up writemtxkern, defglyphclass, ifglyphinclass, and > @ifglyphinclass (in total, app. factor 20). > - Allow to set relative kerning widths in glyph classes. > - Do not scale Helvetica by default because this breaks > testing Helvetica. > > v1.31 2004/04/13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Use setleftkerning and setrightkerning instead of writing > every kerning pair. > > v1.30 2004/04/12 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Add encodings OT1, T2A, T2B, and LY1. > - Template for OT1 encoding. > - Parameter-dependent encodings (for example with or without > ligatures). > - New option designsize for giving the design size of the font > explicitely. > > v1.11 2004/04/06 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Allow to give glyphs by number (decimal, hex, octal) or by > PostScript name. > - Write glyph name to table. > - Find and complain inconsistent kerning data. > - Introduce glyph classes to set the kerning for similar glyph > shapes by once. > - Reduce left margin. > > Yours > Harald > > For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Documentation policy for packages on CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Documentation of packages on CTAN ================================= For a long time, the CTAN team has relied on the users to find their own way to package documentation. This reliance is proving increasingly unsatisfactory, and we hope to improve things for archive users, at the cost of some extra work by package authors. Our aim is that all packages should have with them, on the archive, a documentation file. Since we want these files to be browsable, we would ordinarily expect that the documentation be provided as an Acrobat (.pdf) file; plain text (.txt) is just about acceptable, Postscript and DVI are definitely not acceptable. We are aware that this is a mammoth aim; it is not something the CTAN team could even hope to do unaided, even if we wanted to. How does this affect _you_? --------------------------- If you're merely browsing the archive (or downloading files), you should be aware that it will be worth looking for a separate file of documentation with packages of interest. (There are not many there, yet, but things should improve.) If you're an author submitting a new or revised package, you will need to consider how best to supply documentation. For many LaTeX package authors, no more is needed than to run the documented source file (.dtx) with pdfLaTeX, and to submit the result when submitting your package. Some packages come with separate documentation: that documentation should be distributed in pdf form. If you're the author of an established package, please try to find the time to submit a documentation file. If you're an author, and unsure how to proceed, please contact the CTAN team via ctan(a)dante.de to discuss your issues. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Estonian hyphenation patterns (moved)
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Yesterday I erroneously installed Enn Saar's Estonian hyphenation patterns in CTAN:language/estonian/eehyph.tex. I just moved this file to CTAN:language/hyphenation/eehyph.tex where it belongs. I'm sorry for the confusion. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- accfonts upgrade
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

John Smith writes: > I have uploaded an upgraded version of my gpl-licensed accfonts > package to ftp.tex.ac.uk. The archive file /incoming/accfonts.tgz > contains two files: (1) v. 0.221 of the program mkt1font, in which a > single bug has been fixed, (2) a CHANGES file specifying what is new > since release 0.22. The current version of the package is stored in > /tex-archive/fonts/utilities/accfonts: files for which I have *not* > supplied new versions can be left unchanged. i've installed the two files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: empheq
by Jim Hefferon 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and it is working its way to your favorite mirror even now. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: empheq Author's name: Morten Høgholm Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/empheq Summary description: empheq v2.00 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in v2.00: * New features: - Easy creation of new tag forms. - Extensible arrows, harpoons and hookarrows. - Extensible under- and overbrackets. - Starred versions of the `amsmath' matrices taking an optional argument specifying column alignment. - Added options `fixamsmath', `donotfixamsmathbugs', `overload, `overload2', and `ntheorem'. - The `overload' feature lets you use the syntax egin{<AmS env>}[<markup>] ... end{<AmS env>} - Scale non-delimiter material to the correct size of the math display yourself. * Bug fixes: - More `ntheorem' fixes: the optional argument of label is now caught in various `amsmath' environments. - Minor spacing bugs removed. * Documentation: - Added descriptions of all the new features. - Added descriptions of all the new options. * Code: - Now uses the new internal LaTeX3 syntax with _ and : except for user commands. - The fixes for `ntheorem' is now a separate module generated by the installation file and included by the option `ntheorem'. - Split up installation file for the obsolete version of the package, which now lives a (very quiet) life of its own. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/empheq although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: tpic2pdftex
by Jim Hefferon 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks again for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: tpic2pdftex.awk Author's name: Hartmut Henkel Location on CTAN: graphics/tpic2pdftex Summary description: Converting tpic special's into pdfliteral's by awk License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The experimental awk-script tpic2pdftex.awk builds one bridge between the pic graphics language and pdfTeX. What tpic2pdftex.awk does: We start from one or more graphics described by the venerable pic language (see e. g. file example.pic), embedded inline within pdfTeX or pdfLaTeX code, and limited by classical .PS and .PE markers as known from groff. The pic graphics might be annotated by TeX or LaTeX text. This pic/TeX language-mix file is piped through the (groff-)pic preprocessor and the tpic2pdftex.awk script. The result is a TeX file with inline pdfliteral{} sections, for further processing by pdftex or pdflatex. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/tpic2pdftex although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- Estonian hyphenation patterns
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Enn Saar ----- I uploaded to ftp.dante.de a zip file (eehyph.zip) with Estonian hyphenation patterns. I should have done that long ago, these patterns have been in use for about twenty years. The patterns should go into tex-archive/language/estonian/eehyph.tex, and I chose to license them by lppl. Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:language/estonian/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex-0.8.1.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.8.1.tar.gz and preview-0.8.1.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. (...) Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.8.1 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex dresses up your LaTeX source by pasting judiciously selected chunks (such as single formulas) chopped from unwieldy preview pages right over their source in the Emacs/XEmacs buffer. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. It now fully supports pdftex including the tightpage option. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system or XEmacs-21 in version 21.4.10 or later, AUCTeX (11.14 or later recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. dvipng (version 1.0 or later), a very fast dvi converter available from the same CVS archive, can also be used for conversion. Recent CVS versions of GNU Emacs for Windows or MacOS Carbon should also work. 0.8.1 fixes major bugs in code and RPMs for 0.8 which has been pulled. Current releases support for the first time conversion with PDFLaTeX (however, the foreground color of Emacs buffers appears always black here, differing reports and PDFLaTeX/GhostScript expertise welcome), and conversion with dvipng. Several changes were done to the dumping process to get reasonable behavior when the latex executable actually is eTeX-based. The right mouse button now has a context menu. It is now possible to copy source text passages with images into mail buffers. The README file provides adequate information for firing up preinstalled distributions, and pointers how to provide feedback. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. There is also a file INSTALL.windows detailing instructions for users of that operating system. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Paypal donations to the maintainer are also possible via SourceForge. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * Tarballs of preview-latex for all users, alternatively RPMs for RedHat Linux. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. * AUCTeX is now located at <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex>. The download area should also provide you with RPMs if you are using RedHat Linux. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old file in CTAN:support/preview-latex/ and CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/preview/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: texinfo 4.7 available
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Apr '04

11 Apr '04

Karl Berry writes: > I have released version 4.7 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation format, > with supporting programs. The NEWS is below. > > You can get it by anonymous ftp from > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.7.tar.gz > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.7.tar.bz2 > and its mirrors worldwide (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html). > It will also be available through CTAN and its mirrors, for example, > http://www.ctan.org/macros/texinfo. > > The Texinfo home page is http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/. > > Please email bugs or suggestions to bug-texinfo(a)gnu.org, > general discussion to help-texinfo(a)gnu.org. > > Peace, > karl(a)gnu.org > > > 4.7 (9 April 2004) > * Language: > . new commands @float, @caption, @shortcaption, @listoffloats for > initial implementation of floating material (figures, tables, etc). > Ironically, they do not yet actually float anywhere. > . new commands @docbook, @ifdocbook, @ifnotdocbook for conditional Docbook. > . new commands @ordf{} and @ordm{} for Spanish feminine/masculine ordinals. > . new commands @deftypecv[x] for class variables in typed OO languages. > . new command @registeredsymbol for the r-in-a-circle symbol. > . new command @headitem to make a heading row in @multitable. > . new command @LaTeX{} for the LaTeX logo. > . new command @comma{} to avoid comma-parsing problems. > . @url is now a synonym for @uref; new command @indicateurl has the > old meaning of just displaying a url as text. > . @quotation now accepts an optional argument for labelling the text > as a `Note', `Tip', etc. > . @defun (et al.) heading lines can now be continued with a lone @. > . @acronym accepts an optional argument for the meaning of the acronym. > * makeinfo: > . New environment variable TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT determines the output > format at runtime, if no options are specified. > . New option --plaintext, equivalent to --no-headers with Info output. > . All outputs: > - sections are numbered by default. > . Info output: > - punctuation is inserted after @pxref and @ref, if needed to make > cross-references valid. > - line numbers included in index menus, so Info readers can go to > the exact line of an entry, not just a node. Also in plaintext output. > - ^@^H[index^@^H] cookie included in index menus, so Info readers > can handle the ] etc. commands better. > . HTML output: > - new algorithm for cross-references to other manuals, for maximum > portability and stability. > - include node name in <title> with split output. > - @multicolumn fractions become percentages. > - entities used for bullets, quotes, dashes, and others. > - index entries are links to the exact locations. > - <h4> and <h5> used for @sub and @subsubsections again. > - accented dotless i supported. > . XML output: many new tags and structure to preserve more source features. > . Docbook output: > - upgraded DTD to Docbook XML 4.2, no longer using Docbook SGML. > - improved translation in general, for instance: > - line annotations and marked quotations. > * texi2dvi: > . if available, use etex (pdfetex if --pdf) by default. > . if the input file includes thumbpdf.sty (for LaTeX), then run thumbpdf. > . more output if --debug. > * texinfo.tex: > . @defun names are now printed in typewriter (instead of bold), and > within the arguments, @var text is printed in slanted typewriter. > . @tex code is executed inside a TeX group, so that any changes must > be prefixed with global (or the equivalent) to be effective. (This > change was actually made years ago, but never made it into the NEWS.) > * info: > . new option --where (aka --location, -w) to report where an Info file > would be found, instead of reading it. > . by default, output ANSI terminal escape sequences as-is; new option > --no-raw-escapes overrides this. > . use the newly-generated index line numbers. > * Distribution: > . new script gendocs.sh (not installed), for use by GNU maintainers in > getting their manuals on the GNU web site. Documented in > maintain.texi (http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_toc.html). > . Most code uses ANSI C prototypes, to some extent. > . New translation: nb. > . automake 1.8.3, autoconf 2.59, gettext 0.14.1. the ctan location is in fact macros/texinfo, so the ctan url karl quotes should in fact be http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/texinfo. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac v0.51
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution > is under the LPPL. > > Changes in version 0.51 > o Resuscitated line numbers in right hand margin > o Added a third kind of sidenote i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Versions 2.10 of beamer and 0.61 of pgf
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Till Tantau submitted updates for his packaeges beamer and pgf. > The main purpose of these versions is to restore compatibility with xcolor > 1.10. However, they also contain other bugfixes. > > Change logs: > > Version 2.11 of beamer: > - Now works with xcolor 1.10 (and only 1.10). > - Added t, b, c options to frame. > - Fixed esoteric bug in beamerbaseoptions. > - Fixed problem with againframe and counters. > - Added (small part of) texpower emulation and foils emulation. > - Changed the examples for emulation of prosper. > - Fixed a PostScript related problems in bibliographies. > - Fixed lyx default template. > - Fixed bug that caused option CJK to be broken (though cjk > worked). > - Added inserts for section numbers for navigation bars. > - Fixed problem with spacing inside itemize after equations. > > Version 0.61 of pgf: > - Added pgfex and pgfem dimensions. > - Fixed bug that causes pgfshade to fail to work if xcolor > is called with option gray. > - Fixed PostScript code for radial shadings. > - xxcolor now works with xcolor 1.10 (and only 1.10). Thanks for the updates, I installed them. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

> I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > From the README > Memoir is a flexible class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematical works as books, reports, articles or > manuscripts. Documents can use 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 17pt as the normal > font. Many methods are provided to help you create your particular > design. > > Changes (2004/04/05) > o New version of memoir.dtx which will generate version v1.61 of > memoir.cls and the *.clo files with minor fixes for extraneous > spaces, footnotes and sidebars. Incorporates the patches from > mempatch v2.2. > o New (vacuous) version v2.3 of mempatch.sty > o NO CHANGES TO THE USER MANUAL thanks for the upload: i've installed it as you request. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac package
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

Peter Wilsone writes: > I have uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions. It is a > LaTeX port, and extension, of the plain TeX EDMAC, TABMAC and EDSTANZA > macros. > > Changes in version 0.5 (2004/04/04) > o Added sidenotes (as a replacement for marginpar in numbered text) > o All footnotes can be used in numbered text, not just critical ones > o If used with the memoir class, multiple regular and critical indexes. thanks for the upload: i've installed the files as you request. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- miller.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Harald Harders uploaded an update to miller.sty. License stays LPPL. > From the README: > > Typeset miller indices, e.g., <1-20>, used in > material sicence with an easy syntax. > Minus signs are printed as bar above the corresponding number. > > > >From the ChangeLog: > > v1.10 2004/04/07 > - Add a documentation (HH). > - Bugfix: In some cases, arguments without space have been parsed > incorrectly (HH). > - Bugfix: Detect isolated minus sign in argument with spaces (HH). > > > The Makefile contains a target texlive for preparing TeXLive. An xml > file as well as documentation in pdf are included. Thanks for the upload, I installed the update in macros/latex/contrib/miller For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload cjhebrew
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Christian Justen wrote: > I just uploaded the file > cjhebltx.enc > to > ftp.dante.de/incoming > > It should go to > CTAN/language/hebrew/cjhebrew > > Licence: LPPL > > The file is a corrected version of the CJHebrew encoding file, fixing a bug > which prevented the creation of valid PS documents when using CJHebrew. Thanks for the update, I installed it as languages/hebrew/cjhebrew/cjhebltx.enc For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: floatrow uploading
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Olga Lapko submitted a new package called floatrow. It is licensed under the LPPL and has been installed in macros/latex/contrib/floatrow > This package was created like extension or addition for float package. > > The float package has good possibility for creation of common layout > for all floats of one type without adding any layout code in document, > but it deals only with alone (plain) caption---object combinations. > > Current package allows to create and change similar float and caption layout > for plain float boxes, row of floats, and float with beside caption at once. > > This package recommends the usage of caption2 package. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- kerntest.cls
by Reinhard Zierke 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders <h.harders(a)tu-bs.de> ----- I have uploaded kerntest-v1_10.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please unpack it to macros/latex/contrib/kerntest. License is LPPL. >From the README: Print tables and generate mtx files that help to adjust kernings This class makes it easy to generate tables that show many different kerning pairs of an arbitrary font, usable by LaTeX. It shows the kerning values that are used by the the font by default. In addition, this class enables the user to alternate the kernings and to observe the results. Automatically, an mtx file is generated that can be loaded by fontinst to introduce the user-made kernings into the virtual font for LaTeX. The Makefile contains the item `texlive' for producing a TeXLive directory structure. An xml file is contained for the catalogue. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/kerntest. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: xfrac
by Jim Hefferon 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and is making its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xfrac Author's name: Morten Høgholm Author's email: moho01ab(a)student.cbs.dk Location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/xfrac Summary description: experimental/extended fractions License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a prototype implementation of xfrac; a package designed for producing visually pleasing split level fractions for arbitrary fonts. It's experimental and requires experimental code. See the README for more details. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/xfrac although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Interim release of uk tex faq on ctan and web
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

this morning i found a significant bug in the way the faq's tex->html translator works; i needed to correct both the script and the source. as a side-effect the new version (3.11c) has one new answer (about the error message alignment tab has been converted to cr). the new versions are at the same place as ever: web: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq ctan: help/uk-tex-faq Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN & FAQ teams

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tug.ctan.org upload: AIAA LaTeX Package v 3.5
by Jim Hefferon 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and the update should be working its way to your favorite mirror, to arrive in a day or two. Thanks for the update, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: AIAA LaTeX Package v 3.5 Author's name: Bil Kleb Author's email: Bil.Kleb(a)NASA.Gov Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/aiaa Summary description: A class and bibliography style file for AIAA technical conference papers License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This distribution provides a LaTeX class (aiaa-tc.cls) and bibliography style file (aiaa.bst) that are used to create AIAA technical conference papers. The distribution also contains a Users Manual (aiaa.pdf), AIAA paper submission instructions (author_guide.pdf) and two templates, a bare-bones template and an advanced template. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aiaa although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package update: tensor
by Jim Hefferon 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror quite soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: tensor Author's name: Philip G. Ratcliffe Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tensor Summary description: Typeset tensors License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Typeset tensors with mixed upper and lower indices with spacing, also typset preposed indices. This is a complete revision and extension of the original tensor package by Mike Piff. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tensor although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- WinShell 2.5
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Ingo H. de Boer ----- I have uploaded a new version of WinShell to: ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/winshell Please replace all the files in: ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/win32/winshell The licence is 'nosource'. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WinShell is a graphical user interface for easy working with LaTeX or TeX. It includes a text editor, different tool bars and user configuration options. It is NOT a LaTeX system. An additional LaTeX package for Windows is needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- best regards, Ingo -- Ingo H. de Boer http://www.winshell.de ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:systems/win32/winshell Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- chroma
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: chroma Name and email: Uwe Kern <chroma(a)ukern.de> Suggested location on CTAN: info/colour/chroma Summary description: Chroma: a reference book of LaTeX colors License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.00 (2004/04/04) This reference book presents several lists of colors and their respective parameters in a number of color models. The lists are constructed either by parameters or by name. `Colors by parameters' displays systematic series of colors, based on 3-tuples of numbers that are interpreted as color parameters in the `rgb', `cmy', and `hsb' color models. `Colors by name' displays sets of colors that have been given specific names such that LaTeX users do not have to care about their parametrisation. However, as soon as there is the intention to use these colors outside the LaTeX world (e.g. website construction or drawing programs), the parameters suddenly gain importance. For each color name, we display - the color itself plus the name of the underlying model, - a 50%-tint (mixture with `white'), - a 50%-tone (mixture with `gray'), - a 50%-shade (mixture with `black'), - and the complementary color. Additionally, for the base colors defined by the `xcolor' package, also all 50%-mixes of base color pairs are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=chroma datestamp=2004/04/04 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>chroma</name> <caption>Chroma: a reference book of LaTeX colors</caption> <author> <name>Uwe Kern</name> <email>chroma(a)ukern.de</email> </author> <license type=lppl /> </about> <description> <abstract> v1.00 (2004/04/04) This reference book presents several lists of colors and their respective parameters in a number of color models. The lists are constructed either by parameters or by name. `Colors by parameters' displays systematic series of colors, based on 3-tuples of numbers that are interpreted as color parameters in the `rgb', `cmy', and `hsb' color models. `Colors by name' displays sets of colors that have been given specific names such that LaTeX users do not have to care about their parametrisation. However, as soon as there is the intention to use these colors outside the LaTeX world (e.g. website construction or drawing programs), the parameters suddenly gain importance. For each color name, we display - the color itself plus the name of the underlying model, - a 50%-tint (mixture with `white'), - a 50%-tone (mixture with `gray'), - a 50%-shade (mixture with `black'), - and the complementary color. Additionally, for the base colors defined by the `xcolor' package, also all 50%-mixes of base color pairs are included. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>info/colour/chroma</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:info/colour/chroma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- view_print_ps_pdf 1.3
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Wybo Dekker ----- - I have uploaded vpp-1.3.tar.gz at ftp.dante.de - to be unpacked in /support/view_print_ps_pdf - LPPL - summary: vpp (View and Print Postscript/PDF) displays a pdf or postscript document and lets you print (or save as PDF) selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a document. - changes: * ConteXt pdf-selection and -rearrangements now done with LaTeX using the packages pagesel (Heiko Oberdieck) and pdfpages (Andreas Matthias) to evict font-problems that occurred with uninstalled fonts. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:support/view_print_ps_pdf/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ctable 1.6a
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Wybo Dekker ----- I have uploaded ctable-1.6a.tar.gz at ftp.dante.de - ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered 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. - replaces ctable-1.6.tar.gz - unpack in macros/latex/contrib/ctable - LPPL - changes (relative to v1.6): 2 errors were corrected: * fboxsep and fboxrule changes made temporary * extra space behind tabulars removed ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ctable Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Lshort Upload (note the quote)
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Apr '04

04 Apr '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded lshort-4.14 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/lshort-4.14. i've installed the files in directory info/lshort/english and triggered ctan mirroring. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: refcheck
by Jim Hefferon 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: update of refcheck package Author's name: Oleg Motygin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/refcheck Summary description: a new version of refcheck package License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version (1.9) of refcheck package can check usage of labels in external files and has more compability with cite package. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refcheck/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: New fourier-GUT (v1.3)
by Rainer Schöpf 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Michel Bovani wrote: > I just uploaded fourier-GUT.tgz in dante.ctan.org/incoming > > The fourier-GUT directory should replace the old verion in > tex-archive/fonts > > The licence is lppl > > This version is an upgrade to fourier-GUT 1.0 (note that 1.1 were never > released, 1.2 was released only for the new latex companion). > Several bugs corrected, new widespace option, new ornament font, etc. > See the read me for détails. Thanks for the new version, I installed the files in fonts/fourier-GUT For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: dvipng
by Jim Hefferon 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and those updates should appear in a day or two at your favorite mirror site. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: dvipng Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson Location on CTAN: dviware/dvipng Summary description: A fast DVI to PNG converter License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. Dvipng has undergone a number of improvements and bugfixes since being first released in the 0.x number series a year ago. The 1.0 release changes the behaviour of the -D switch and simplifies choice of resolution greatly (see below for details). It has been tested to a fair degree. Note the disclaimer in the COPYING file. Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions. - - -------------------- People who are upgrading from version 0.9 or earlier should read the following: This release changes the -D (resolution) option to specify the _output_resolution_ rather than the previous _base_resolution_. Changing output resolution from the default 100 dpi will now only need the -D option, as dvipng now calculates the required magnification and thus can render PK fonts suitable for any output resolution. There is no need anymore to specify by hand the base resolution, the Metafont mode, the quality, and the magnification. If you really want to use a Metafont mode different from the default `cx' mode, the separate --bdpi option is used for specifying the corresponding base resolution. In short, choosing the output resolution has become simple even when using PK fonts (but remember, the created PK fonts are normally cached on disk). - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/dviware/dvipng although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: nature
by Jim Hefferon 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and is even now propagating across the Internet -- but in a good way, heading to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: nature Author's name: Peter Czoschke Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nature Summary description: Class for preprints for the journal Nature License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A class and .bst file to aid in preparing articles and letters for submission to the scientific journal Nature (published by the Nature Publishing Group). Includes a template file. I am in no way affiliated with the Nature Publishing Group. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nature although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- tipa 1.3
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

----- Forwarded message from Fukui Rei ----- Hi. I am the maintainer of the TIPA package. I have just uploaded a new package of tipa which is intended as the whole replacement of the contents found in the fonts/tipa directory. Please remove everything in that directory and extract the new material. Filename is tipa.tar.gz. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this package - including the new TIPA version 1.3 - in CTAN:fonts/tipa/ as suggested. The changelog from the README file is: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIPA version 1.3 Fukui Rei (fkr(a)l.u-tokyo.ac.jp) 30 March, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.3 (2004/03/30): - Some symbols included in the xipa and related font families modified. - t3enc.def corrected (thanks to W. Lemberg). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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