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CTAN update: leaflet v1.0c
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 Rolf Niepraschk uploaded version 1.0c of his package leaflet leaflet is a document class to create small hand-outs (flyers) that fit on a single sheet of paper which is then folded twice. Pages are rearranged by LaTeX so that they print correctly on a single sheet -- no external script is necessary. (Works with PostScript and PDF.) Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/leaflet/ License type: LaTeX Project (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some bug fixes and improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: minitoc package, version 40
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Jean-Pierre Drucbert uploaded version 40 of his package minitoc Location on CTAN : macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ Licence: LPPL minitoc.sty is useful to add mini-tables-of-contents (minitocs) at the beginning of every chapter. They are also minilofs and minilots. At the part level, they are parttocs, partlofs and partlots. If the type of document does not use chapters, they are section level secttocs, sectlofs and sectlots. updates versus version 39: ======================================================================= Version #40 Added the japanese language (japanese.mld) Added the castillan language (castillan.mld) Removed the test on the presence of the multicol package in minitoc.tex, because multicol is a required package. Added a figure in minitoc.tex about the need of 3 compilations. Added some infos in minitoc.bug. Added a paragraph about problem with the appendix package. Updated minitoc.bib Added the hints option. This option is still experimental; you advice is welcome. Added fminitoc.pdf (french documentation in PDF format). ======================================================================= Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xkeyval and pst-xkey packages
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens uploaded an update to his packages xkeyval (1.8a) and pst-xkey (1.2a) xkeyval is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. pst-xkey is an adaptation of the techniques of xkeyval to the needs of the family of packages associated with pstricks, so that those packages can safely, and with relative ease, use key-value syntax in their commands. License is lppl. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------- The updates are related to three small bugs that were discovered on 2004/12/20. Two are related to the support of the empty family (eg, for pstricks). The previous update avoided removing spaces from key and familynames and some macros were adjusted. I overlooked the fact that one of those macros removed the empty family from the list of families. The last bug that was solved was in reusing a macro that was redefined intermediately in case presets were used. I hope no more bugs will show up now. ------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the update For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN updates of l2tabu and l2tabuen packages
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

The packages l2tabu (Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users), by Mark Trettin) and l2tabuen (English translation of l2tabu by Jürgen Fenn) have been updated on CTAN. Location on CTAN is info/l2tabu/{german,english} respectively. Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text of l2tabu: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small list of obsoleted commands and packages that are constantly posted in minimal examples to de.comp.text.tex. I further listed common mistakes (e.g. egin{appendix}...end{appendix} instead of appendix ...). This file should be considered an add-on to the available documentation like l2kurz and FAQs. This document is written in German. Changes: * fixed typos * caption.sty * euler vs. eulervm * TEXINPUTS vs. graphicspath * fixed colors for b/w printing * em changed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement text of l2tabuen: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Apart from some minor changes, we have inserted a new section on how to use graphicspath. We also have added new crossreferences to usrguide, clsguide, and fntguide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: NCCTOOLS
by Jim Hefferon 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: NCCTOOLS Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ncctools Summary description: All packages are documented and revised License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In release 3.0, all packages are documented in .dtx files and revised. The new package, nccstretch, is introduced. The short guide ncctools.tex is prepared - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ncctools 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: ibycus-babel
by Jim Hefferon 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ibycus-babel Author's name: Peter Heslin Location on CTAN: language/greek/package-babel/ibycus-babel/ Summary description: Integrate the Ibycus Greek font with Latex Babel License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.4 features a major rewrite of the Babel interface by Walter Schmidt. Many new features have been added and old limitations removed. Some functionality and some command names have changed, so consult the documentation if you are upgrading from a previous version. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/greek/package-babel/ibycus-babel/ 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 --- mempatch.sty (again)
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '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 provides further solutions to the memoir class's infelicities. i've installed the file, as macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: extract
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens submitted a new package called extract License: LPPL Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/extract Package information: --------------------------------------------------------- The package provides the means to extract specific content from a source document and write that to a target document. One could, for instance, use this to extract all exercises from lecture notes and generate an exercises book on the fly. The package also provides an environment which writes its body entirely to the target file. Another environment will write to the target file, but will also execute the body. This allows to share code (for instance, a preamble) between the source document and the target file. Finally, the package provides an interface to conditionally extract content. With a single option in the usepackage command, one can specify exactly which commands (counted from the start of the document) should be extracted and which not. This might be useful for extracting specific slides from a presentation and use them in a new file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update -- hfoldsty
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Harald Harders submitted an update to the hfoldsty package. It contains a new version (1.13) of the hfoldsty virtual fonts. Location on CTAN: fonts/hfoldsty License stays gpl. >From the README: The hfoldsty package provides virtual fonts for using oldstyle (0123456789) figures with the European Computer Modern fonts. It does a similar job as the eco package by Sebastian Kirsch <skirsch(a)t-online.de> but includes a couple of improvements, e.g., better kerning with guillemets, support for character protruding using the pdfcprot package, arbitrary font sizes in conjunction with fix-cm.sty. ChangeLog: 2004/11/19 v1.13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - More errors in ProvidesFile line fixed. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New package on CTAN: CBcoptic
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 Claudio Beccari submitted a new bundle to CTAN: Name of bundle: CBcoptic Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: language/coptic/cbcoptic License type: lppl Summary description: This bundle provides Coptic fonts in Metafont source and in pfb type1 format and the necessary files for using them in a LaTeX environment, with a certain amount of macros for philological applications. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CBcoptic is a bundle of files for typesetting Coptic philological text with the proper fonts and hyphenation; the bundle includes also font descrition files, METAFONT sources and the type 1 Poscript equivalent fonts in pfb format. There are available also e certain number of macros of philological interest in an accompanying sty file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: toil and tif2eps
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted updates to the following packages: tif2eps ver. 0.77 date: 10.12.2004 authors: Boguslaw Jackowski, P. Pianowski and P. Strzelczyk license: GPL Location on CTAN: support/pstools/tif2eps TIF2EPS is a PostScript program for the conversion of TIFF files (ver. 6.0) to EPS ones. Compression (LZW, CCITT Fax, RLE, Flate, DCT) and ASCII85 encoding is available. The package may be used for generating colour- separated EPSes, `EPS thumbnails,' and, moreover, little header EPSes, containing only a pointer to a source TIFF file. Employing Ghostscript guarantees portability and efficient processing. -------- toil ver. 1.07 date: 15.12.2004 authors: Boguslaw Jackowski, P. Pianowski and P. Strzelczyk license: PD Location on CTAN: fonts/utilities/t1install/toil A flexible, AWK+MetaFont-based Type One Install utiLity which facilitates installation of Adobe Type 1 fonts for (plain) TeX; an alternative for afm2tfm; starting from version 1.04, includes an option that enables neutralizing sidebars (via implicit kerning mechanism); currently, the scripts are available for DOS (but adaptable for U*X). Thanks for the upload, For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty (Patch file for memoir class)
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '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 > > mempatch.sty fixes all the known problems with the memoir class. If it > is on the system it is automatically used by memoir.cls. i have installed the file as required. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission - Mem
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Javier Bezos writes: > I've uploaded to the UK server the file Mem.zip, > which contains the experimental code I'm writing for > a multiligual system for Lamed (ie, LaTeX + Aleph). > This is still a pre-alpha release, which is being > developed as open source on SourceForge: > > http://mem-latex.sourceforge.net > > It still consists in a somewhat unorganized set of > files whose final form is not clear yet. I intend to > release periodically on CTAN some milestones in its > development. > > I'm not sure where the files must be placed in the > CTAN tree, particularly given its highly experimental > status. Maybe systems/aleph/contrib/mem? after some discussion with javier, i've installed the package in macros/latex/exptl/mem -- a location that emphasises both its experimental status and its links with latex. thanks, javier, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: msg package update V 0.07
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk an update (V 0.07) of the msg package > for LaTeX. > > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users which could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is really easy to > use by class/package writers. File names and syntax are still under > consideration; this is the main reason why it is still a beta version > which can be improved. Volunteers are welcome to test it, report, > and even localize the messages file in their own language. > Documentation is provided in... English (-like). > > It is localized itself in French, Englisk and Norsk. > > The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz > Ctan directory: macros/latex/contrib/msg > > % This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of > % the LaTeX Project Public License as of http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > % > % This file has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > % The current maintainer is Bernard.Gaulle at idris.fr > > V 0.07 mods: 3 bugs corrected, 1 file missing, > test file added, Norsk added, documentation changed. i've installed the new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: sparklines
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 Andreas Loeffler submitted a new package called sparklines Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics. This tool allows to draw sparklines using the pgf-package. License is lppl CTAN location is graphics/sparklines Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics (so named by Edward Tufte). In lieu of a more detailed introduction, Professor Tufte's site has an early release of a chapter on sparklines, see www.edwardtufte.com. A PHP implementation can be found at http://sparkline.sourceforge.net/. A sparkline can be added using the sparkline-environment. Also, you can add sparkling rectangles for the median and special sparkling dots in red or blue. Only use sparklines with pdflatex, sparklines do not appear in a dvi-file. Sparklines does not work with pictex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update _and_ new package --- ledmac and ledpar
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '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. > > >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. The > ledpar package is an extension of ledmac enabling parallel typesetting in > columns or on facing pages. > > Changes: > > ledpar version 0.1 (2004/12/10) > o First public release > > ledmac version 0.6 (2004/12/10) > o Fixed infinite loop problems when processing complex paragraphs > o Prepared for the ledpar package. i've installed the bundle as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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by schoepf＠uni-mainz.de 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

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CTAN package upgrade: microtype
by Jim Hefferon 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should soon make 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: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES (v1.5): - - ----------------- * When output mode is DVI, font expansion will by default be turned off, automatic expansion will be disabled * New option: `selected, to enable selected expansion; default is: false * Changed default for expansion option `step: 4 (min(stretch,shrink)/5) * Protrusion settings for Bitstream Charter * Compatibility with turkish babel + chemsym - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype 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 update: xkeyval v1.8
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens submitted version 1.8 of his xkeyval package. 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 allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. The license is lppl. The location on CTAN is macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval Note that the official location has changed since the last update and is not macros/generic/xkeyval anymore! Changes: 1) fixed a small bug in the treatment of spaces in key and family names. These spaces are now untouched. 2) bug in @selective@sanitize has been fixed and level control has been added 3) the package is robust for catcode changes of = and , but characters with changed catcode inside key values are left untouched so, for instance, babel shorthand notation with the `=' character is possible, if it is inside a group in the key value. 4) simplified some internal macros. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: topcapt.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Dec '04

11 Dec '04

i have just updated macros/latex/contrib/misc/topcapt.sty here at cambridge. the new release fixes a recently-discovered problem that arises when topcapt is operating in the presence of hyperref. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: FeatPost 0.6.2
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 L. Nobre G. submitted an update of his package FeatPost. New version number is 0.6.2. License is gpl. Location on CTAN is graphics/metapost/macros/featpost Description of the package: FeatPost is an extension of the MetaPost language, works in two and three dimensions, and has many features to facilitate the production of physics diagrams, as you may need for the International Year of Physics. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) photoreverse is functional but not very much documented; 2) closedline is new; 3) Only one macrofile. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: fontinstallationguide 2.14
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Philipp Lehman submitted version 2.14 of his Font installation guide. This 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. The license is dfsg. It has been installed in info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update TeX Front End v5.4 for OS/2
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Walter Schmidt submitted the new release 5.4 of the EPM TeX Front End, a module for the OS/2 editor EPM, which turns the editor into an integrated TeX environment. The TeX Front End is primarily made for use with the TeX system VTeX/2. Main news with this release: * All particular features of the former professional version, including the live menu, are now made available also with the precompiled (linkable) version. Special thanks to Andreas Schnellbacher! * The `classic' flavor of the TFE (the one for use with emTeX) is no longer shipped as a precompiled module. It can, however, still be compiled from the sources. * Both the source code and the ready-made module are compatible with NEPMD 1.01 and later. See the file NEWS for further details. Thanks for the update For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update - BaKoMa TeX 6.73 - PDF/CMYK Output, DVIPS/GS Fix.
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. The package is installed in nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.73 are: 1. New option (CMYK Output) in PDF Generation dialog forces conversion RGB/Gray colors into CMYK color space. 2. Refined DVIPS output avoids bug existing in GhostScript 8.xx 3. DVI Search: Improved selection of graphics after jumping to viewer. 4. Refined handling of Image Decode key for indexed and bi-level images. 5. DVI Viewer displays relative position of mouse cursor with pressed SHIFT. This version has patch status and may be used as free upgrade for BaKoMa TeX 6.70. More information about changes is at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: csquotes 2.5
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Philipp Lehman submitted version 2.5 of his package csquotes. This package provides markup for inline quotations by means of control sequences and active quote characters. The quotation marks are context sensitive, they alternate for nested quotes and can adapt to the document language by interfacing with the babel package. The active quote characters and all quotation styles are fully configurable. License is lppl. Changes: * Added MakeBlockQuote * Added MakeForeignBlockQuote * Added MakeHyphenBlockQuote * Added ifblockquote * Modified syntax of lockquote * Modified syntax of foreignblockquote * Modified syntax of hyphenblockquote * Changed default threshold for block quotations * Improved math mode compatibility * Improved verbatim compatibility * Improved backend and active character handling * Improved validation of user-defined active characters * Fixed bug suppressing kerning after block quotations * Issue an error message for nested block quotations The package is installed in macros/latex/contrib/csquotes For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fonts/antt installed
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Staszek Wawrykiewicz kindly supplied a new version of the antt package. The old version, in fonts/psfonts/polish/antt has been removed and placed into fonts/antt/antt-old.zip. Thanks for the update. Description: Antykwa Torunska (meaning just ``Antiqua of Torun'') is a two-element typeface designed by Zygfryd Gardzielewski, a typographer from Torun, Poland. Font author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GPL Version 1.0, which deserves to be called computerised in that it was precise and reused character building elements across the font, was released in 1998 and comprised (similarly as the original) of three faces: upright, bold and italic. This is now archived in antt-OLD.zip The current distribution (ver 2.01) was generated using the METATYPE1 tools package authored by Bogus{l}aw Jackowski, Janusz M. Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk. Version 2.01 contains a greatly extended character set (e.g., cyrillic, greek, most often used mathematical symbols and currency symbols, additional ligatures), as well as additional typefaces (light, regular, medium and bold in normal and condensed widths). Support files for LaTeX and various encoding files were also added. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: the localization package msg
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I'm pleased to announce i'm releasing the first public version of > the msg package which is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users which could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is really easy to > use by class/package writers. File names and syntax are still under > consideration; this is the main reason why it is a beta version 0.06 > which can be improved. Volunteers are welcome to test it, report, > and even localize the messages file in their own language. > Documentation is provided in... English (-like). > > The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz > They could go to: macros/latex/contrib/msg > > % This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of > % the LaTeX Project Public License as of http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > % > % This file has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > % The current maintainer is Bernard.Gaulle at idris.fr i have installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/msg, as suggested. thank you for the interesting upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: LaTexMng (version 1.1)
by Jim Hefferon 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTexMng (version 1.1) Author's name: Petr Vabishchevich Location on CTAN: /nonfree/systems/win32/latexmng Summary description: LaTexMng integrates all the tools, needed to the creation of LaTeX documents. License type: shareware Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.1 Enhancements: Auto setting programs (MiKTeX, Acrobar Reader, Ghostgum) in LaTexMng Wizard Displays or hides line numbers in the active view Fixes problems: Select graphical user interface at initial installation LaTexMng LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. LaTexMng is easy to use product of integrated development environment software for Windows. This application integrates all the tools, needed to the creation of LaTeX documents. LaTexMng requires Windows 2000 or XP, or later editions of MS Windows. We do not warrant that the software is error free. This is not free software. Subject to the terms below, you are hereby. Licensed to use Shareware Version of this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days. The free evaluation period starts at the moment of installation of the software. Installation LaTexMng is distributed as LaTexMngSetup.exe. Run LaTexMngSetup.exe and simply follow the on-screen instructions to install LaTexMng. LaTexMng is copyright (C) 2004, by VNP Comp. Contact: Home Page: http://www.latexsoft.com e-mail: latexmng(a)latexsoft.com - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/latexmng 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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New CTAN package: hepparticles
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Andy Buckley writes, through the magic of the www.tex.ac.uk upload daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: hepparticles > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/hepparticles > Summary description: Macros for typesetting high energy physics particle names > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > hepparticles is a set of macros for typesetting high energy > particle names, to meet the following criteria: > > 1. The main particle name is a Roman or Greek symbol, to be > typeset in upright font in normal contexts. > > 2. Additionally a superscript and/or subscript may follow the main symbol. > > 3. Particle resonances may also have a resonance specifier which is > typeset in parentheses following the main symbol. In general the > parentheses may also be followed by sub- and superscripts. > > 4. The particle names are expected to be used both in and out of > mathematical contexts. > > 5. If the surrounding text is bold or italic then the particle name > should adapt to that context as best as possible (this may not be > possible for Greek symbols). > > A consequence of point 5 is that the well-known problems with > boldness of particle names in section titles, headers and tables of > contents automatically disappear if these macros are used. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can have a look at the package at > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepparticles > although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror > of CTAN that is near to you; see > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/README.mirrors Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update notification: sauerj
by ctan-ann＠dante.de 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 Jonathan Sauer submitted an update to his sauerj bundle. It is installed in macros/latex/contrib/sauerj Thanks for the upload. Summary description: Some packages for LaTeX: collect, metainfo, optparams, parcolumns, processkv, zahl2string License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An update for the sauerj LaTeX packages: Changed: - parcolumns provides an environment for typesetting text in two or more columns in parallel. Requires the processkv-package (below). Current version: 1.2 (fixes bug with list environments and works correctly with the amsart class) - zahl2string provides macros for formatting numbers as german words, i.e. `1' gets formatted as `eins'. Current version: 1.2.1 (@Numstring and @Ordstring made robust) New: - metainfo provides a macro for only typesetting specially formatted comments of a document. Current version: 0.9.1 Unmodified: - collect provides several environment to collect text in a macro or a file for later use. Current version: 0.9 - optparams provides a small macro for creating macros with multiple optional parameters. Current version: 0.9 - processkv provides macros for processing of key-value-lists by calling a user-defined macro for each key-value-pair. Requires the keyval-package dated 1999/03/16 or later. Current version: 1.0.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: macros/latex/contrib/maybemath
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Andy Buckley writes (via the cam.ctan.org upload daemon): > Macros for making math bold or italic according to context > > The maybebm and maybeit macros can be used in math > expressions to make the arguments typeset as bold or italic > respectively if the surrounding context is appropriate. They > are useful for writing user macros for use in general contexts. > > maybebm is especially appropriate when section titles contain > math expressions, since the title will appear bold but the > header and table of contents usually replicate the title in > normal width. > > maybeit performs a similar role to mathrm{} but the math > expression will be italicised if the surrounding text is. > maybeitsubscript is provided to shift subscripts to the left > if the expression is italicised. i've installed the package as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/maybemath. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: QCM 2.1
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Nov '04

27 Nov '04

Didier Verna writes, through the magic of the www.tex.ac.uk upload daemon: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20041127-160732/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: QCM 2.1 > Author's name: Didier Verna > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/qcm > Summary description: Multiple Choice Questionnaire for LaTeX2e, version 2.1 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I'm happy to announce version 2.1 of QCM. > > New in this release: you can now automatically typeset a correction for your exams. > > QCM is a package for making multiple choices questionnaires (QCM is the > corresponding French acronym) under LaTeX2e. A special environment allows you > to define questions and possible answers. You can specify which answers are > correct and which are not. QCM not only formats the questions for you, but > also generates a form (a grid that your students will have to fill in), and > a mask (the same grid, only with correct answers properly checked in). You > can then print the mask on a slide and correct the questionnaires more easily > by superimposing the mask on top of students' forms. QCM can also typeset > exams corrections automatically, and comes with support for AUC-TeX. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can have a look at the package at > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/qcm > although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror > of CTAN that is near to you; see > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/README.mirrors i've installed the files as suggested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: dviware/dvipng
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Nov '04

26 Nov '04

Jan-Åke Larsson writes (via the cam.ctan.org upload daemon): > dvipng: A fast DVI to PNG/GIF converter. > > The 1.3 release adds the possibility to give a fallback color > for the transparent border, and makes few other small changes. thanks for the upload: i've updated the files on ctan, and the ctan catalogue now mentions gif as well as png. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xkeyval 1.7 and pst-xkey 1.2
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Hendri Adriaens uploaded uploaded xkeyval 1.7 and pst-xkey 1.2 to CTAN. They have been installed in the directory macros/generic/xkeyval Thanks for the update. Announcement text: --------------------------------------------- Don't forget to read the README on installing xkeyval in a (La)TeX distribution. Information about the updated xkeyval: 1) Added disable@key 2) Added define@cmdkey (command keys) 3) Changed xkvltxp.tex to xkvltxp.sty 4) Namechange: XKV@ifku to key@ifundefined 5) Simplified both the value saving and the pointer mechanism 6) Improved coding at several places 7) Package now uses eTeX if available 8) Removed optional existence checking from define@key and friends 9) presetkeys: made incremental 10) XKV@makepf: protects internal macros. 11) Introduced optional global saving of macros produced by savekeys and presetkeys. 12) Added notation to savekeys and savevalue to instruct xkeyval to save values globally. Information about the updated pst-xkey: 1) Updated docs and code to match xkeyval 1.7 --------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bpchem bugfix release v 1.06
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Bjoern Pedersen announced an update to bpchem. It fixes a white space bug in the CNlabel command. BPChem is a package to aid typesetting chemical names and labels. It has been installed in macros/latex/contrib/bpchem License remains lppl. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 6.70: DVI Reverse Search smart features.
by Rainer Schöpf 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Basil Malyshev wrote: > I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory > update for BaKoMa TeX 6.70 (issued 21-Nov-2004) > > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. > > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.70 are: > > 1. Improved DVI Reverse Search: > a) avoiding jumping into STY and AUX files; > b) linking bounding boxes of imported graphics with proper source. > 2. New option to show bounding boxes of imported graphics in DVI Viewer. > 3. Support JPEG/CMYK images and improved support of PCX/BW > 4. Updated TeX4HT (snapshot of 2004/11/04) > 5. DVI Font Highlighting shows font sizes (option) > 6. Fixed Pause in svg-beta.sty > 7. Improved color support in Postscript interpreter. > > More information about changes is at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> Thanks for the update, I installed it. > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * HTML Generation features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 6.70 > > 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. > `Postscript enabled' means that the system includes built-in > Postscript interpreter that provides careful drawing Postscript graphics > (including one embedded into DVI via TeX special's) on display > and on (even non-postscript) printers. Also, it provides perfect > conversion of any Postscript graphics for such output formats as: > PDF, SVG, and HTML. > * SVG output lets you to create high quality animated presentations. > * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region > of the file being edited. (like to Instant Preview) > Dual cursor feature efficiently simulates editing in DVI Window. > * DVI Forward/Inverse search is supported with character precision. > It is really help to edit formulas and tables and other complex stuffs. > * 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 6.70 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 6.60 *** > > 1. Improved DVI Reverse Search: > a) Avoiding jumping into STY and AUX files. > b) jumping to proper source from bounding boxes of imported graphics. > 2. Support JPEG/CMYK images and improved support of PCX/BW > 3. Updated TeX4HT (snapshot of 2004/11/04) > 4. DVI Font Highlighting shows font sizes (option) > 5. Fixed Pause in svg-beta.sty > 6. Improved color support in Postscript interpreter. > > 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: CTAN submission -- isodate
by Rainer Schöpf 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded isodate-v2_23.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > version of isodate. License stays LPPL. > > >From the README: > > Tune the output format of dates. > > This package provides ten output formats of the > commands oday, printdate, printdateTeX, and daterange > (partly language dependent): > ISO (yyyy-mm-dd), > numeric (e.g. dd.,mm.~yyyy), > short (e.g. dd.,mm.,yy), > TeX (yyyy/mm/dd), > original (e.g. dd. mmm yyyy), > short original (e.g. dd. mmm yy), > as well as numerical formats with Roman numerals for the month. > > The commands printdate and printdateTeX print any date. > The date is given as an argument using the actual date format for output: > printdate{yyyy-mm-dd}, printdate{dd.mm.yyyy}, or printdate{dd/mm/yyyy}, > and printdateTeX{yyyy/mm/dd}. > > The command daterange prints a date range and leaves out unnecessary > year or month entries. > E.g. 2000-05-03 to 2000-05-08 leads to `2000-05-03 to 08'. > > This package supports Danish, English (UK, US, Australian, New Zealand), > French, German (old and new orthography, Austrian), Norwegian (by Svend > Tollak Munkejord), and Swedish (by Christian Schlauer). > > > The new version avoids to use the calc package which causes many problems > with many other packages. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/isodate For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- numprint
by Rainer Schöpf 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded numprint-v1_33-v0_10.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains > the new version of the numprint package. License stays LPPL. > > >From the README: > > Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers > given as 12345.6e789 to 12,345,6cdot 10^{789}. Numbers are printed > in the current mode (text or math) in order to use the correct font. > Many things, including the decimal sign, the thousand separator, as > well as the product sign can be changed by the user, e.g., to reach > 12,345.6 imes 10^{789}. If requested, numprint can round numbers to > a given number of digits. > If an optional argument is given it is printed upright as unit. > Numbers can be rounded to a given number of digits. > The package supports an automatic, language-dependent change of the > number format. > Tabular alignment using the tabular(*), array, tabularx, and longtable > environments (similar to the dcolumn and rccol packages) is supported > using all features of numprint. Additional text can be added before and > after the formatted number. > > > The new version avoids to use the calc package which causes problems with > many packages. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/numprint For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upgrade: pst-poly
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I just uploaded pst-poly to the uk ,irror > Please delete _all_ files in > graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-poly/ > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-poly is a PSTricks (PostScript Tricks) related > package for drawing various polygons. This update > uses the extended version of the keyval package > (xkeyval) and has one new macro pspolygonbox for > framing text with a polygon. > The original author of this package is Denis Girou. i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: Fonts for Cirth
by Jim Hefferon 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Please note the change of maintainer; we were unable to find the prior author Jo Grant. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Fonts for Cirth Author's name: Martin Habets Location on CTAN: /fonts/cirth Summary description: Fonts for Cirth version 2.0 License type: dfsg Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.0 of this font provides several fixes and improvements. Most importantly fixes are to the runes for 'a' and the reduced forms of 'e'. New runes have been provided to create for one through four vertical dots. All runes can now be accessed through character sequences, which eliminates the need for numerical access. All changes are summarized in the Changelog file. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cirth/ 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 update: New ConTeXt math modules
by Robin Fairbairns 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Giuseppe Bilotta writes: > + what you've uploaded : ctx-math.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to : UK (ftp.tex.ac.uk) > > + where you want the files to go : > the two files contained in the .zip file should > be unpacked to > tex-archive/macros/context/contrib/maths > replacing the previous files. > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software: > GNU GPL licence > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > The .zip archive contains two ConTeXt modules (t-nath.tex > and t-amsl.tex) that complement the math features in > ConTeXt. t-amsl provides some environments and commands that > most (AMS-)LaTeX users expect. t-nath provides for ConTeXt > the same functionality as provided by the Nath package for > LaTeX. > > This new upload fixes a few bugs in the t-nath module. i've installed the files as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: LaTexMng
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 Petr Vabishchevich submitted a new shareware package called latexmng. It has been installed on CTAN in nonfree/systems/win32/latexmng with a symbolic link in systems/win32/latexmng Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTexMng Version 1.0 LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. LaTexMng is easy to use product of integrated development environment software for Windows. This application integrates all the tools, needed to the creation of LaTeX documents. LaTexMng requires Windows 2000 or XP, or later editions of MS Windows. We do not warrant that the software is error free. This is not free software. Subject to the terms below, you are hereby. Licensed to use Shareware Version of this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days. The free evaluation period starts at the moment of installation of the software. Installation LaTexMng is distributed as LaTexMngSetup.exe. Run LaTexMngSetup.exe and simply follow the on-screen instructions to install LaTexMng. LaTexMng is copyright (C) 2004, by VNP Comp. Contact: Home Page: http://www.latexsoft.com e-mail: latexmng(a)latexsoft.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- contour
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded contour-v2_14.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > version of the contour package. Please install it to > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/contour. The license stays LPPL. > > >From the README: > > This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order > to enable printing text over a background without the need of a > color box around the text. > By default this is done by placing copies of the text around the text > itself and can be switched to use real outlines if supported by the > backend driver. > > > ChangeLog: > > 2004/11/18 v2.14 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Add support for DVIPSONE. > > 2004/11/04 v2.13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - More robust mechanism to change Postscript internals for dvips. Thanks for the upload, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: microtype
by Jim Hefferon 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES (v1.3 + v1.4): ---------------------- * set up fonts independently from LaTeX font loading (therefore, no risk of overlooking fonts anymore, and the package may be loaded at any time) * compatibility with german and ngerman packages * microtypesetup now sets the correct level of character protrusion * minor bug fixes and improvements - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype 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: RRGtrees
by Jim Hefferon 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: RRGtrees Author's name: David Gardner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rrgtrees Summary description: Linguistic tree diagrams for Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) with LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A set of LaTeX macros that makes it easy to produce linguistic tree diagrams suitable for Role and Reference Grammar (RRG). This package allows the construction of trees with crossing lines, as is required by this theory for many languages. There is no known limit on number of tree nodes or levels. Requires the pst-node and pst-tree LaTeX packages. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rrgtrees 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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New CTAN package: pst-fr3d
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Nov '04

14 Nov '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-fr3d.tgz to the uk mirror. It is a > new PSTricks related package, which was only available > from the PSTricks TUG website. Please put the files into > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fr3d/ > > > This package allows to draw three dimensional framed boxes using the > macro PstFrameBoxThreeDMacro. This is specially useful to draw > 3d-like buttons. > The author of this package is Denis Girou. i've installed the package as suggested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Shortcuttool
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Nov '04

13 Nov '04

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 Albrecht Mehl submitted to the following material to CTAN: Name of contribution: Shortcuttool Summary description: Enables file import to the input tool Shortcut, provides shortcut file License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Typing LaTeX commands can be facilitated by the WINDOWS input tool Shortcut (see http://www.typer.de/). The creation of a shortcut base just with the input window of Shortcut is cumbersome. Here is a tool for the import of shortcut files in Ascii format together with such a shortcut file containing more than 140 shortcuts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, the files have been installed in support/shortcuttool For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: pecha
by Jim Hefferon 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

A new package has gone into tug.ctan.org and should appear soon at your mirror of choice. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pecha Author's name: Dieter Jäger Location on CTAN: /language/tibetan/pecha Summary description: A LaTeX class to print Tibetan text in the classic pecha layout style. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pecha class provides an environment for writing Tibetan on LaTeX2e in the traditional Tibetan Pecha layout used for spiritual or philosophical texts, using the cTibTeX package by Oliver Corff. It provides features like headers in different languages, page numbering in Tibetan and more. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/tibetan/pecha 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: greektex
by Jim Hefferon 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org, and should make its way soon to your favorite mirror. Here is the README file for the update: ----------------------------------------------------------- The files of this package make it possible to process with LaTeX2e files written in Greeklish, i.e., a mixture of Greek and English. They are based on Silvio Levy's classical Greek (plain) fonts, and they have evolved from earlier distributions for Latex209, in 1993 by Moschovakis and in 1994 by Moschovakis and Spiliotis. To use them, you need to have an ASCII editor that can handle mixed Greek and English input, such as notepad or (better) winedt, and a full LaTeX2e installation with the capability to automatically compile metafont files when they are called, e.g., Miktex or a linux installation. To install and use these fonts, you need the following files, posted here: ywcl.zip This contains all the metafont files necessary to produce the Greek fonts. greektexdoc.pdf The document (in Greek). greektexdoc.tex The texfile of the document (as a sample). greektex.sty The main package. gehyphw.gr The hyphenation file. You should print greektexdoc.pdf, which has detailed instructions (in Greek) for installing and using this package and also illustrates the look of the fonts. As far as we know, all the programs in this package are in the public domain and they are offered without any obligation or guarantee, with the usual proviso that if you change any files you should also change their names. October 2004 Yiannis Moschovakis, ynm(a)math.ucla.edu Chrysovalantis Sfyrakis, hammer(a)math.uoa.gr --------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/greek/greektex . Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org

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CTAN package update acronym-1.17
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.16 (November 2004): fix version number > -- Oliver Creighton <creighto there in.tum.de> > new option to suppress all acronym printing -- don't use acronyms (dua) > > Version 1.16 (November 2004): fix version number > -- tobi there oetiker.ch > > Version 1.15 (November 2004): fix for acresetall to work when ac is called > in grouped material. > -- Hendri Adriaens <Hendri there uvt.nl> > > Version 1.14 (October 2004): fix acsp and acfp for footnote mode > -- Markus Ortner <m.ortner there icie.jku.at> > > Version 1.13 (July 2004): deflist renamed to AC there deflist to > avoid unnecessary nameing conflict. > -- Peter May <peter.may there philips.com> > > Version 1.13 (July 2004): printonlyused was not working anymore > -- Tobi Oetiker <oetiker there ee.ethz.ch> i've installed the upload in macros/latex/contrib/acronym thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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