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Re: Upload of References bibliographic software
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Volker Kiefel uploaded: > References bibliographic software > (refs_41f.zip) > > License: > gpl > > > Description: > References bibliographic software supporting LaTeX/BibTeX > > REFERENCES is bibliographic software for authors of > scientific manuscripts and for management of > bibliographic data. The current version of REFERENCES > is provided with a text based console interface > compiled for win32-systems, an external text editor is > required for editing data. > > New in v4.1f: > > Support for OpenOffice.org/StarOffice WRITER: Command > [edit-main-p osw] generates macros to create citations > in OpenOffice.org/StarOffice WRITER documents (new > scripts ooo-xsr.awk and ooo-sr.awk). > > References starting screen: information on WORKING > DIRECTORIES AND FILES removed. This infomations remains > available under the [main-i] command. Thanks for the update, I installed it in support/references For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: [CTAN upload] ppr-prv class update (v0.12b)
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Mathieu Goutelle wrote: > I have uploaded an update of the ppr-prv class in /incoming/ppr-prv.tgz > on dante.ctan.org. Please replace all files in > macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv by the ones in the archive. > > This class is used with LaTeX presentations using the prosper class. > ppr-prv stands for Prosper Preview. The aim of this class is to > produce a printable version of the slides written with Prosper, with > two slides per page. > > Changes since previous version are: > * [Bugfix] all key definitions were lost due to a name inconsistency. > > Best regards, Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 6.40 - DVI editing, char based DVI Search
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to BaKoMa TeX. As usual, it was installed in nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.40 are: > > 1) Dynamical Preview + Dual Cursor = Editing in DVI window. > 2) DVI Forward/Reverse Search - Character Precision Positionning. > 3) DVI Mouse Tools - Text Select Tool. > 4) New Modules - czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > 1) Dynamical Preview + Dual Cursor = Editing in DVI window. > > In dynamical preview mode you will see two carets: > one in text window another in DVI window. > These carets are synchronized - moving one caret moves another. > > DVI window also have text selection feature. > Also, selections in text and DVI window are synchronized. > So, in DVI window you can move caret and select text. > > Farthermore, in DVI window you can press characters, > BkSp, Del, and other keys, whose will be passed into text editor. > TeX source modified by these commands will be reprocessed > by TeX and redisplayed in DVI window on the-fly. > > In fact, it looks such that you edit document immediatly in DVI window !!! > > 2) DVI Forward/Reverse Search - Character Precision Positionning. > > Now DVI Forward Search and DVI Reverse Search > are performed wirh character precision. > DVI Reverse Search is invoked by double-click or from context menu. > > 3) DVI Mouse Tools - Text Select Tool. > > Commonly Text Select Tool is intended for selection in > Dynamical Preview mode. > In advance, it may be useful to extract example codes from > manuals provided in DVI format. > > 4) New Modules - czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > We begin new directory - language, which currently includes > five modules: czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > More information about changes is at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 6.40 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * HTML Generation features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 6.40 > > For more information about BaKoMa TeX see > <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> > > BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 > > HIGHLIGHTS > > * BaKoMa TeX is PostScript enabled TeX system. > * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region > of the file being edited. > (like to Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). > ** Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. > ** Generates *SVG* (PSTricks, Prosper + animation features). > ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. > * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. > However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. > * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) > in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. > * Font Setup Wizard installs OpenType/TrueType/Postscript fonts in one click > * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. > * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. > * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. > * Easy to install and use. > * Much less expensive than other analogues. > > GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES > > BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2* > (with most of Level 3 features), which is tested for compatibility > with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 10, > Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, CorelXARA, > HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. > > All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible > with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript > embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). > > The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: > EPS, PDF, HPGL, DXY, FIG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF. > > FONTS > > BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: > * OpenType (both TTF and OTF are supported), > * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), > * PostScript Type 3, > * TrueType, > * TeX PK/VF. > > The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 > and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: > * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX > * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), > * EC/TC, > * LH (T2A), > * Concrete (Math, ECC), > * Malvern, > * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY > * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. > Math Fonts: > * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). > Diagram drawing fonts: > * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), > * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), > * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. > > Any font type can be used for any output device/format. > This feature is supported by automatic font conversion > between font formats when needed. > This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. > On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts > for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. > > In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use most of free Type 1 fonts > available on CTAN and Trutype fonts coming with MS Windows systems. > > Font Setup Wizard lets you to install most of commercial (and free) > OpenType, TrueType, and Postscript Type 1 fonts in almost one click. > > OpenType/Type1 fonts (OTF) are supported also under Windows 9x and NT 4.0 > even without ATM. > > USER INTERFACE > > * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. > It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, > when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, > mathematics, pictures, etc. > * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen > for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. > * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, > * Quick navigation via document structure, > * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), > * Powerful support for different input encodings, > * Project support, > * Graphics import assistant, > * Assitance for multi-file documents: > context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, > * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, > * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, > * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, > * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, > * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. > * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, > correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. > configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. > * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. > * Syntax Completion is context sensitive and flexible. > * Support for Multi-User systems. > > OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS > > * View on Windows Display. > * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. > * PostScript (really scalable), > * PDF, > * SVG (animation effects are supported), > * HTML. > > Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support > for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned > may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical > capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. > > PDF GENERATION FEATURES > > * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). > * Creating PDF files which share fonts. > Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. > * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. > * Embedding ToUnicode CMAPs to support search and copy-paste > of cyrillic and other international characters. > * Handling HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. > > HTML GENERATION FEATURES > > BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX > documents into HTML files. > * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch > `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. > * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert > pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML > pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, > such as slides. > > In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. > Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of > `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. > > Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. > In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX > into generated HTML pages. > > SVG GENERATION FEATURES > > BaKoMa TeX 5.50 introduces generation of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) > from a DVI files. Ability to add animation to the SVG output, > makes it the best for producing high quality presentations. > > Sample of animated presentation is available at: > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/samples/index.html > > Key Features: > SVG output is compatible with another output formats > (PDF, PS, HTML, View, and Print) so, that the same graphical > formats, font formats, and other features are supported. > In details: > * All TeX Formats (LaTeX 2e, LaTeX 2.09, AmSTeX, Plain TeX) are supported. > * TeX extensions (e-TeX and Omega) are supported. > * ALL LaTeX packages (including PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics, draftcopy, etc.) > are supported. > * Graphical formats: EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, FIG, > BMP, WMF, EMF, HPGL, and DXY are supported. > * More generally, Any imported or embedded Postscript is supported. > * Hyperref is supported, including outline and links. For Acrobatmenu > most general commands (such as NextPage or PrevPage) are supported. > * Popular presentation packages: Prosper, PDFScreen, PDFSlide, Seminar, etc. > are supported. > *** The existing presentations can be enhanced by adding animation. > * All Font Types: OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, Postscript Type1 > (including MM), Postscript Type 3, and TeX PK are supported. > > Details about adding animation to generated SVG files are explained at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/svgwrite.html> > > *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 6.40 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 6.30 *** > > 1) Dynamical Preview + Dual Cursor = Editing in DVI window. > 2) DVI Forward/Reverse Search - Character Precision Positionning. > 3) DVI Mouse Tools - Text Select Tool. > 4) New Modules - czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > 1) Dynamical Preview + Dual Cursor = Editing in DVI window. > > In dynamical preview mode you will see two carets: > one in text window another in DVI window. > These carets are synchronized - moving one caret moves another. > > DVI window also have text selection feature. > Also, selections in text and DVI window are synchronized. > So, in DVI window you can move caret and select text. > > Farthermore, in DVI window you can press characters, > BkSp, Del, and other keys, whose will be passed into text editor. > TeX source modified by these commands will be reprocessed > by TeX and redisplayed in DVI window on the-fly. > > In fact, it looks such that you edit document immediatly in DVI window !!! > > 2) DVI Forward/Reverse Search - Character Precision Positionning. > > Now DVI Forward Search and DVi Reverse Search > are performed wirh character precision. > > 3) DVI Mouse Tools - Text Select Tool. > > Commonly Text Select Tool is intended for selection in > Dynamical Preview mode. > In advance, it may be useful to extract example codes from > manuals provided in DVI format. > > 4) New Modules - czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > We begin new directory - language, which currently includes > five modules: czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > For more information see > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- > > > For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: upload in ftp.dante.de
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Peter Furlan wrote: > I've uploaded a new version of TexCad32 to > ftp.dante.de > > Licence: LPPL > > Announcement text: > **************************************************** > Changes in version 4.4.1 since 4.3.3 > **************************************************** > > - Parts of pictures may be saved and read as macros, > giving the possibility to rapid insertion of often > used elements e.g. parts of electrical circuits. > - Move is now done with the mouse > - Undeletion of deleted elements is now possible > - Two new pdf-files describing the use of macros and > inclusion of pictures. > **************************************************** Thanks for the new version, I installed it in graphics/texcad32 For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: xcolor 1.10
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 Uwe Kern submitted: > Name of contribution: xcolor 1.10 > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcolor > Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2004/03/27 v1.10 > * New features: > - support for `named' model; > - support for `dvips' colors > (may now be used within color expressions); > - internal representation of `ordinary' and `named' colors merged > into unified data structure; > - allow multiple `-' signs at the beginning of color expressions. > * Bugfixes: > - commands like color[named]{foo} caused errors when color masking > or target model conversion were active; > - incompatibility with `soul' package: commands hl, ul, etc. > could yield unexpected results. > * Documentation: > - added formula for general color expressions; > - enhanced text and index; > - removed dependence of index generation on local configuration > file. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: package elmath uploaded
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > I have uploaded at ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/elmath > the files > > elmath.dtx (A package that allows users with a Greek keyboard to > elmath.ins directly type Greek math symbols) > > and iso-8859-7.def. > > The files elmath.* can be installed at > > /pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/elmath > > The file iso-8859-7.def should replace the file > > fonts/greek/package-babel/encodings/iso-8859-7.def Thanks for your upload, I installed the files. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ednotes.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 Uwe Lück wrote: > Name of contribution: ednotes.sty > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ednotes > Summary description: [bug fix] > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [fix of serious bug that was reported 2003/09/03] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it as macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/ednotes.sty For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: [CTAN upload] ppr-prv class update (v0.12)
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Mathieu Goutelle wrote: > I have uploaded an update of the ppr-prv class in /incoming/ppr-prv.tgz > on dante.ctan.org. Please delete all files in > macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv before putting the ones in the archive, > because I now distribute ppr-prv as a dtx file. > > This class is used with LaTeX presentations using the prosper class. > ppr-prv stands for Prosper Preview. The aim of this class is to > produce a printable version of the slides written with Prosper, with > two slides per page. > > Changes since previous version are: > * Support for the onSlide macros added by HA-prosper ; > * Use of the 'HAP-ppr-prv.def' file for the support of HA-prosper ; > * Changes to support HA-prosper 4.0 (one undefined counter, some new > seminar and prosper macros are needed). Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Uploaded HA-prosper 4.0
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Hendri Adriaens wrote: > I just uploaded HA-prosper 4.0 to ftp.dante.de > The files should go into the existing directory > macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper > > Notice that the package now includes source > files and a new README. > > Some of the changes wrt version 3.9 are: > - converted to dtx format > - added bm and sound options for slides > - improved bookmarking system > - added Aggie style by Jack Stalnaker > - added onSlide and OnSlide > > Best regards, > -Hendri Adriaens. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: ctable-1.6.tar.gz
by Rainer Schöpf 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Wybo Dekker wrote: > I have uploaded ctable-1.6.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-1.5.tar.gz > > - unpack in macros/latex/contrib/ctable > > - LPPL > > - changes (relative to v1.5): > > * left, right, center options added for alignment on the page > * framerule, framesep, framefg, framebg options added for colored framing Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/ctable For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- verse package
by Robin Fairbairns 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded verse.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/verse. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > From the README > verse provides some aids for typesetting simple verse (poems). > > Changes in version 2.21 (2004/03/21) > o Removed an incompatibility with the hangul package i've installed the revised package as requested: it'll make its way to the other ctan sites within a few hours, and thence to the rest of the world. thanks for the upload (and for demonstrating, once again, how good free software bug fixing can be ;-). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload -- version 1.40 of mimetex.zip to ftp.tex.ac.uk
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Mar '04

21 Mar '04

John Forkosh writes: > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > version 1.40, to replace support/mimetex/mimetex.zip > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex > Please replace both existing files (mimetex.zip and README) > in support/mimetex, and please unzip mimetex.zip README > and then place this separate copy of README alongside > mimetex.zip in the support/mimetex directory > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > Improved LaTeX compatibility, various new features and > fixes, including fix to work under Windows. > ---------------------------------------------------- > From the original submission... > MimeTeX parses LaTeX math expressions, emitting either gif images > or mime xbitmaps of them, rather than the usual TeX dvi's. > These gif (or xbitmap) images are easily inserted directly into > html documents using a standard html <img> tag, e.g., > <img src=../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=int_{-infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt > border=0 align=absmiddle> > without intermediate dvi-to-gif conversion, and without storing lots > of little gif image files, one file for each converted expression. > This makes your web site and html documents more easily maintained. > See > http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html#examples > for many examples demonstrating mimeTeX's features and usage. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pydocstrip
by Jim Hefferon 21 Mar '04

21 Mar '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror overnight. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pydocstrip Author's name: Ky Anh Location on CTAN: support/pydocstrip Summary description: An alternate of TeX `docstrip`, support `switches` at the command line License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `docstrip.py` is an alternate of TeX `docstrip`, support `switches` at the command line, `time checking` (so that we generate only the files whose source have changed). Please visit http://docstrip.sarovar.org/ - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pydocstrip 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: CTAN submission --- expressg MetaPost package
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

Peter Wilson writes: > Dear CTAN/Robin, > > I have uploaded expressg.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/expressg. The > distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README > > The expressg MetaPost package provides facilities to assist in > drawing diagrams that consist of boxes, lines, and annotations, such > as IDEF or UML. Particular support is provided for creating EXPRESS-G > diagrams. > > Changes v1.61 (2004/03/17) > o Added parentheses to namespace macro. i've installed the upload as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pclnfss
by Jim Hefferon 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

A new package has been installed on 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: pclnfss Author's name: Leif Harcke Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib Summary description: LaTeX 2e style files for using standard 45 PCL fonts License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pclnfss - a package of LaTeX 2e class files for selecting and using the standard 45 scalable fonts built into most PCL laser printers. Updates the .../texmf/tex/latex/dvilj/*.sty package files provided with the original dviljk-2.x distribution. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pclnfss 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: Scientific Paper Package
by Jim Hefferon 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Scientific Paper Package (science) Author's name: Ryan Aycock Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/scientificpaper Summary description: This package enables authors to produce simple, generic scientific papers. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX has long been known as a convenient tool for writing scientific papers. Much to my surprise, however, there are no packages on CTAN that actually format scientific papers easily. The effort seeks to correct that problem by giving users a simple-to-use method for distributing their work. Notice, this package is not based on any particular style guide. It will only create a generic, two column paper with a single column abstract at the top. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/scientificpaper 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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Version 3.11 of the UK TeX FAQ
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

i have just installed on ctan (help/uk-tex-faq) and the web (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq) a new version of the faq i maintain. the new distribution on ctan includes a file CHANGES-3.11 which lists what i've changed. apart from significant changes to the macro coding of faq source and of the conversion to html for the web version, highlights include: 17 new answers, extension of several documentation and help answers; thorough scan of answers for places where either or both of the koma-script bundle and the memoir class can help; many changes to reflect upgrades of several packages, or packages that weren't previously mentioned. and of course, several errors are corrected. please report any errors of fact, or of representation, to faq(a)tex.ac.uk please do _not_ bother to ask questions on that address. if you're reading this message on comp.text.tex or texhax, you *already* *know* where to ask questions. the future of the faq may potentially include significant improvements in its delivery. there is, sadly, little chance that i can improve the searching mechanisms without external help (all pleas for such help have proved fruitless): i don't have the spare time to make myself an expert in such things. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer and for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: osa.bst
by Rainer Schöpf 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 Richard J Mathar submitted to CTAN: > Name of contribution: osa.bst > Suggested location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/osa.bst > Summary description: BibTeX bibliography style for journals of the OSA > License type: dfsg > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is an upgrade/refinement of my older osa.bst > file of 2002 that is already in the CTAN. It is a full > replacement, and the version=1.0 ought be removed by > this one here, labelled version=1.2. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your update. The file, together with its documentation has been installed in directory biblio/bibtex/contrib/osa The old file (biblio/bibtex/contrib/osa.bst) was removed. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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LaTeX anniversary release 2003/12
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

Who remembers December 23, 1993, when the first public release of LaTeX2e appeared? The LaTeX3 Project Team wishes to announce the LaTeX 10th Anniversary Release, officially dated December 2003. It contains numerous changes, additions and improvements, some of which I'd like to mention: - (Partial, experimental) support for Unicode input: the inputenc package has a new option utf8. - New version of the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), now DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines) approved. - TLC2 - The LateX Companion, 2nd edition is about to appear For more info, see the news sheets ltnews15 and ltnews16 in the documentation directory (see below). At the same time, the website of the LaTeX3 Project Team has a new look. Come and visit: http://www.latex-project.org/ As usual, the files can be downloaded from a CTAN mirror near you. Go to the CTAN root directory and look for macros/latex/base Documentation (in PDF) can be found in macros/latex/doc The required packages are in macros/latex/required -- Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: umich-thesis.cls
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 Bil Kleb submitted to CTAN: > Name of contribution: umich-thesis > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/umich-thesis > Summary description: University of Michigan Thesis LaTeX class > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A LaTeX2e class to create a University of Michigan dissertation > according to the Rackham dissertation handbook. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the class file and the README in macros/latex/contrib/umich-thesis For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload of version 2.10 of beamer
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Till Tantau submitted version 2.10 of his beamer package, to be installed in macros/latex/contrib/beamer > Change Log: > > Version 2.10 > - Fixed some spacing problems in uncover and invisible, itemize > and pause. > - Moved head/footline calculation after beginning of document. > This fixes all sorts of problems. > - Added utf8 encoding support. > - Added a (HA-)Prosper emulation layer. > - Added a seminar emulation layer. > - Added third level of itemize/enumerate nesting (I don't like it, > but some people do). > - Added the onslide command for use outside overprint > environments. It generalises pause in a simple, easy-to-use > way. > - Added incremental overlay specifications (very useful). > - Added beamer.el emacs plug-in, contributed by Thomas Baumann. > - Fixed problem that caused empty columns to disappear. > - ef will now create hyperjumps. > - Switched to amsthm for theorems. Theorems now accept > optional arguments (amsthm like). > - Added ewtheorem support. Thanks for the update, I installed the package. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission - PSNFSS 9.1b
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the ZIP file psnfss91b.zip to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack it to the CTAN > directory > > macros/latex/required/psnfss > > thus replacing all files that exist there. (Do not unpack > the inner archives lw35nfss.zip and freenfss.zip.) > > This is release 9.1b (2004-01-26) of the PSNFSS collection; > a set of virtual fonts, font metrics, map files and macros > to support the Base35 fonts and the free Charter and Pazo > fonts. The license is, of course, LPPL. > > Main changes over version 9.0c are: > > * The Euro symbol exteuro is now available in all text > font families supported by PSNFSS (except Utopia). This > matches the corresponding changes in the latest version > 1.99f (2004/02/22) of the textcomp package. > > * The Utopia fonts are no longer regarded as required; the > package utopia.sty is marked as obsolete. > > * Charter: A number of long-standing bugs regarding the > fontdimens and the kerning data have been fixed. In > particular, the overly tight kerning between between L and > quoteright has been abolished. > > * Package helvet.sty: Fixed implementation of the key-value > interface. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Nkarta
by Jim Hefferon 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Nkarta Author's name: Daniel H. Luecking Location on CTAN: fonts/nkarta Summary description: A corrected version of the karta font License type: unknown Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The font karta.mf had a few problems. The font nkarta contains the same characters, but two incorrect ones are corrected. Also, most strange path errors have been eliminated and capacity exceeded errors have been reduced. Moreover, the same figures have been provided as MetaPost code. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/nkarta 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: CurVe
by Jim Hefferon 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: CurVe Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: macros/contrib/curve Summary description: A Curriculum Vitae class for LaTeX2e - Version 1.6 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CurVe is a class package that hopefully will make your life easier when you want to write your CV. It provides you with a set of commands to create rubrics, entries in these rubrics etc. CurVe will then properly format your CV for you (possibly splitting it onto multiple pages, repeating the titles etc), which is usually the most painful part of CV writing. Another nice feature of CurVe is its ability to manage different CV flavors simultaneously. It is in fact often the case that you want to maintain slightly divergent versions of your CV at the same time, in order to emphasize on different aspects of your background. CurVe also comes with support for AUC-TeX. New in version 1.6: ** Support for rubric and subrubric titles horizontal alignment ** Support for standard LaTeX page style mechanism ** Support for oneside and twoside options ** Support for Portuguese thanks to Adiel Mittmann <adiel(a)inf.ufsc.br> ** Bug fix in ibliography ** Fix conflict with Hyperref - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/contrib/curve 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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tug.ctan.org upload is back up
by Jim Hefferon 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

The page at http://www.ctan.org (which is the same as http://tug.ctan.org) that allows contributors to send things to us via a web form is back up. I apologize for the downtime. Jim Hefferon

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Re: CTAN submission -- bgteubner document class
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded the file bgteubner-ctan-v1_20.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. > It contains an update of the bgteunber document class. License stays the > same (LPPL with an extra text). > Please replace all files in macros/latex/contrib/bgteubner by its > contents. > > From the README: > > I have programmed the bgteubner.cls document class by order of the > Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany. This has been done to ensure that > books of this publisher have a unique layout. The publisher has > allowed me to distribute the document class with auxilliary files > and documentation freely. Unfortunately, most of the documentation > is only available in German. > > Since the document class is intended to generate a unique layout, many > things (layout etc.) are fixed and cannot be altered by the user. > If you want to use the document class for another purpose than publishing > with the Teubner Verlag, this may arrise unwanted restrictions > (For instance, the document class provides only two paper sizes: > DIN A-5 and 17cm x 24cm; only two font families are supported: > Times and European Computer Modern). > > The document class needs some additional packages, partly relatively > new ones, partly packages that are not installed on most TeX > installations. A list of needed packages is contained in usefiles.txt. > > > ChangeLog: > > 2004/03/07 v1.20 > - Enable use of the MathTime and MathTimePlus fonts if available (package > option mathtime) > - Bugfix: the mathcomp symbols (e.g., ccelsius, cohm, cperthousand) > now use the correct fonts > - With Times, many textcomp symbols are not available. Define > substitutions > (sometimes with minor quality, then with a warning). This is done by the > package ptmxcomp.sty which someday may be available seperately. > - Bugfix: Avoid page break after title in theorem-like environments, > exercises, and answers > - Warnings when using oldstylenums > - The titlepage now only types out how many figures, tables, and exercises > are used, if they really are used > - Bugfix: The adjustment of many margins inside the important(*) and > longimportant environments is fixed again > - Bugfix: Workaround for bug in framed.sty which caused a wrong margin > if only an theorem was inside longimportant > - New environment longimportant* as important* Thanks for the update, I installed the package as macros/latex/contrib/bgteubner For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-jftree
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 John Frampton submitted to CTAN: > Name of contribution: pst-jftree > Suggested location on CTAN: > Summary description: tree drawing macros > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > PSTricks macro package (Tex or LaTex) for typesetting syntax trees for > linguistics. Includes documentation and examples. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your submission. I installed the files in graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-jftree For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bib-fr
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 Nicolas Markey submitted: > Name of contribution: bib-fr > Suggested location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/bib-fr > Summary description: French translation of classical BibTeX styles > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > These files are French translations of the classical > BibTeX style files. Translations can easily be > modified by simply redefining FUNCTIONs named fr.*, > at the beginning (lines 50-150) of each file. > If you modify anything, however, please change the > name of the file. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in biblio/bibtex/contrib/bib-fr For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: l2tabuit
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 Emanuele Zannarini submitted: > Name of contribution: l2tabuit > Name and email: Emanuele Zannarini <ezannarini(a)libero.it> > Suggested location on CTAN: info/l2tabu/italian > Summary description: Italian translation of l2tabu version 1.7 > License type: dfsg > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I have uploaded an updated version of `l2tabuit.zip' > to ftp.dante.de. Zip Archive I've provided contains > 2 files: the pdf version of the document and its > LaTeX source. > > This is my italian translation of the Mark Trettin's > practical overview to LaTeX, called `l2tabu' v. 1.7. > The guide gives a large number of practical hints > about avoidance of the most common mistakes a user > can make (for instance: obsolete commands and > packages, etc.). > > License type: OPL. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed the files in info/l2tabu/italian For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Fancyhdr
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

Piet van Oostrum submitted to CTAN: > Name of contribution: Fancyhdr > Name and email: Piet van Oostrum <piet(a)cs.uu.nl> > Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr > Summary description: New version of fancyhdr as described in the new LaTeX Companion > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is an update of fancyhdr with additional commands to change the > header and footer widths as described in the second edition of The > LaTeX Companion. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: sansmath-bugfix (ctan upload)
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

Donald Arseneau writes: > Thomas Thömmes writes: > > i was using your sansmath-package together with the koma-script-package > > and had the following problem: error @tempa already defined > > I was just cleaning out old mail, and saw that the correction > for this bug was not on CTAN! > > I've just uploaded sansmath.sty to CTAN/UK, for replacement > of the version in macros/latex/contrib/misc/ i've installed the replacement; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload pstricks-add
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Mar '04

07 Mar '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I just uploaded pstricks-add to > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming > > please install the files into the new dir: > > graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add > > pstricks-add collects a lot of the code which was posted > to the pstricks mailing list and has some more new features: > > pstricks-add: > - pstricks > o new options for pspicture environment > o ellipses, > o braces as node connection/linestyle > o ArrowInside > > - pst-plot > o new options step, start end for plotting data files > o new options xLabel, yLabel > o new option plotNo for multiple data files x y1 y2 y3 ... > o new macro psplotPolynomial[coeff=<0 a1 a2 ...>]{<xStart>}{<xEnd>} > > - pst-node > o new macro nclineII for a two-colored line > o new option lineAngle for ncdiag i've installed the files as suggested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission --- combinet package
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Mar '04

07 Mar '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded combine.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the curent macros/latex/contrib/combine. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > From the README > > The combine class lets you bundle individual documents into a > single one, such as when preparing a conference proceedings. There are > also auxiliary packages: combinet, combnat and combcite. > > Changes in version 0.2a of combinet.sty (2004/03/06) > o Minor internal change to ease hyperref pain i've installed the combine bundle as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: l2tabuen
by Rainer Schöpf 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Juergen Fenn wrote: > I have uploaded an updated version of `l2tabuen.zip' to ftp.dante.de. > It contains my English translation of Mark Trettin's guide to LaTeX > called `l2tabu' v. 1.7, giving a lot of practical advice about how to > avoid the most common mistakes a user can make (i.e., obsolete > commands and packages). > > Would you please replace both the *.tex, and the *.pdf files in > > info/l2tabu/english > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Name of contribution: l2tabuen > Suggested location on CTAN: info/l2tabu/english > Summary description: English translation of l2tabu version 1.7 > License type: opl > > There are no changes to the present TeX Catalogue entry. Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '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. > > Please announce that I hope this refixes an indentation bug after > the verbatim environment. installed as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submision --- expressg metapost package
by Robin Fairbairns 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded expressg.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/expressg. The > distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README > the expressg MetaPost package provides facilities to assist in > drawing diagrams that consist of boxes, lines, and annotations, such > as IDEF or UML. Particular support is provided for creating EXPRESS-G > diagrams. > > Changes in v1.6 (2004/02/29) > o Additional `box' types: outputbox, stickfigure, bullseye i've installed the update, as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac package
by Robin Fairbairns 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Peter Wilson 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 v0.4 (2004/02/29) > o Added draft/final options > o All footnotes can be used in minipages > o New minipage-like environments that can include page breaks and put > footnotes at the end of the environment, even if this is in the > middle of the page. i've installed the package as you request; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: l2tabufr
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 Yvon Henel wrote: > Name of contribution: l2tabufr > Suggested location on CTAN: info/l2tabu/french/ > Summary description: French translation of l2tabu version 1-7 > License type: dfsg > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > French translation of > l2tabu version 1.7 dated 2004-02-07 by Mark Trettin. > > This version replaces the preceding. > LaTeX source, two pdf (one with embedded fonts, one without) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in info/l2tabu/french For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: polytable
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 Andres Loeh wrote: > Name of contribution: polytable > Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/polytable > Summary description: tabular-like environments with named columns > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package implements a variant of tabular-like environments > where columns can be given a name and entries can flexibly > be placed between arbitrary columns. Complex alignment-based > layouts, for example for program code, are possible. > > The new version 0.7.2 replaces the old one and fixes some bugs. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/polytable For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload -- lineno.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Feb '04

29 Feb '04

Stepha Boettcher writes: > The uploaded file: > > ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/lineno.tar.gz > > provides version 3.10a of the lineno.sty package, located in > > ctan:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lineno/ > > This version includes two fixes for bugs found by Uwe Lück and Frank > Mittelbach. i've installed the contents of the tarball to replace macros/latex/contrib/lineno, as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: fonts/cm/sauter/base/c-cmr.mf
by Jim Hefferon 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and the change should make their way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thank you for the update. Jim Hefferon The following was written by the author of the package. ===================================================== I have submitted an update to the file c-cmr.mf for your approval. The file is on ctan.tug.org, which appears to be alan.smcvt.edu. I would like the file to go to fonts/cm/sauter/base/c-cmr.mf. The file is Public Domain. This edit corrects letter_fit# for large point sizes. The previous formula was causing trouble for ligatures. John Sauter

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Upload to www.ctan.org down for a time
by Jim Hefferon 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

On the www.ctan.org machine, which is also tug.ctan.org and ctan.tug.org, the web upload form will be unavailable for a few days. I apologize for the inconvenence. If you cannot wait, you can http upload to http://dante.ctan.org/CTAN/upload.html (or ftp upload to either ftp.dante.de or ftp.tex.ac.uk). Jim Hefferon

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Re: CTAN Upload: csquotes
by Rainer Schöpf 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded the file 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory on > ftp.dante.de. Please extract it to macros/latex/contrib/csquotes after > removing all files from this directory. Thank you in advance. > > ABOUT CSQUOTES > > LaTeX provides environments for typesetting longer quotations, but > there is no dedicated markup for short quotations embedded in the > text body. The csquotes package: > > * provides proper markup for inline quotations in the first place > * supports both control sequences and active characters > * toggles between inner and outer quotation marks for nested quotes > * interfaces with Babel and adapts quotation marks as required > * features fully configurable quotation styles and active characters > > CHANGES > > 2003-02-27 v1.5 > * Reset nesting level in minipages and footnotes Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/csquotes For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Finally -- a pict2e.sty!
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

i have just installed a new directory macros/latex/contrib/pict2e, which contains a distribution of the new (real) pict2e package, as documented in lamport, 2nd edition. from the readme: This package was described in the 2nd edition of LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, but the LaTeX project team declined to produce the package. For a long time, LaTeX has included a pict2e package that merely produced an apologetic error message. The new package extends the existing LaTeX picture environment, using the familiar technique (cf. the graphics and color packages) of driver files. The package documentation (pict2e.dtx) has a fair number of examples of use, showing where things are improved by comparison with the LaTeX picture environment. Robin Fairbairns For the authors (Rolf Niepraschk and Hubert Gaesslein), and the LaTeX and CTAN teams

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CTAN package update: PerlTeX
by Jim Hefferon 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org. 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: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This upgrade (v1.1) corrects some unintuitive behavior regarding the way that macro parameters are expanded. Now, egin, end, and all robust commands are left unexpanded. PerlTeX v1.1 also supports new perlnewenvironment and perlrenewenvironment macros that enable environments to be constructed from Perl code. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex 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: arydshln
by Jim Hefferon 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: arydshln Author's name: Hiroshi Nakashima Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/arydshln Summary description: Horizontal and vertical dashed lines for array/tabular (v1.6) License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitions of horizontal and vertical dashed lines for the array and tabular environment. Horizontal lines are drawn by hdashline and cdashline while vertical ones can be specified as a part of preamble using `:'. The shape of dashed lines may be controlled through style parameters or optional arguments. Compatible with array (from v1.4), colortab (from v1.5), and longtable (new!!) packages. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/arydshln 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 upload notification: pst-geo
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: pst-geo Name and email: Manuel Luque, Giuseppe Mattarazzo <MLuque5130(a)aol.com> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo Summary description: PSTricks geographical projections License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages provide to print two or three dimensional geographical maps. There are two databases, a small one (~1MByte) and a big one (~30MByte). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this package as suggested in CTAN:graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=pst-geo datestamp=2004/02/21 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>pst-geo</name> <caption>PSTricks geographical projections</caption> <author> <name>Manuel Luque, Giuseppe Mattarazzo</name> <email>MLuque5130(a)aol.com</email> </author> <license type=LaTeX Project /> </about> <description> <abstract> These packages provide to print two or three dimensional geographical maps. There are two databases, a small one (~1MByte) and a big one (~30MByte). </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ppr-prv class update (v0.11)
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from Mathieu Goutelle ----- I have uploaded an update of the ppr-prv class in /incoming/ppr-prv.tgz on dante.ctan.org. Please delete all files in macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv before putting the ones in the archive, because I now distribute ppr-prv as a dtx file. This class is used with LaTeX presentations using the prosper class. ppr-prv stands for Prosper Preview. The aim of this class is to produce a printable version of the slides written with Prosper, with two slides per page. Changes since previous version are: * New ppr-prv option: nopagebreak, to have more than two slides per page ; * ppr-prv is now distributed as a .dtx file ; * Better handling of options: you can now pass to the article class the usual options for setting the paper and font sizes ; * Use of the 'geometry' package to set margins ; * I set a minimum height for the frame around the slides ; * Bug: the optional argument of itemstep was not handle when using HA-prosper ; * ppr-prv supports HA-prosper 3.9 ('indent' option on dualslide and 'enumstep' environment). ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- update of HA-prosper
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from Hendri Adriaens ----- I just uploaded an update of HA-prosper to ftp.dante.de/incoming. The package is in zip format and is TDS compliant now. It should be installed in the existing dir macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper. The README file says: -------------------------------------------------------- HA-prosper is a patch for prosper that adds new functionality to prosper based presentations. Among the new features you will find automatic generation of a table of contents on each slide, support for notes, portrait slides support and lots more. And available styles demonstrate how to expand the functionality of prosper even further. The latest update contains support for a split toc and permanent highlighting of sections in the toc. Furthermore, an enumstep environment has been added, the possibility to nest this into itemstep environments has been added, these environments got extra options, the package option blackslide has been added and some small bugs have been solved. A mailinglist for HA-prosper is available here: http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/ha-prosper.html -------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- bugfix version 2.01 of beamer
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from Till Tantau ----- I have put version 2.01 of the beamer package (macros/latex/contrib/beamer) on fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/latex-beamer-2.01.tar.gz. This version contains only bugfixes. Change Log: beamer version 2.01 - Fixed bug with class options containing braces - Fixed bug in beamerbasecolor.sty - Fixed bug that caused footnotes not to be shown. - Fixed bug that caused ormalcolor to ignore mixins. - Fixed bug with french and spanish babel in article mode. - Fixed bugs in cite and ibitem commands. Will now correctly handle spaces in conjunction with babel. - Fixed bugs in beamerpresentation.lyx. - Fixed bug with @centercr in article mode. - cite now hyperlinks - eamertemplateballitems will now also project mini templates on balls. Write useenumerateitemminitemplate{color{beamercolor}insertenumlabel} to get the old behaviour. - footnote now takes an extra optional argument. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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