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Re: xdoc upload
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Lars Hellström wrote: > I have to ftp.dante.de uploaded an archive xdoc.tar.gz into /incoming. It > contains a directory xdoc with the six files: > README.txt > docindex.dtx > docindex.ins > xdoc2.dtx > xdoc2.ins > xdocdemo.tex > and I would like to have them put in /macros/latex/contrib/xdoc. The > licence that applies is the LPPL. > > This is an update of the material in /macros/latex/exptl/xdoc, so that > directory and its contents can be removed. It should probably be replaced > by a link to the new contrib/xdoc directory. > > BTW, am I right if I assume that you are in a process of moving the > previous contents of /macros/latex/contrib/other and > /macros/latex/contrib/supported to simply /macros/latex/contrib? (It > certainly looks that way in the archive.) Yes, we are. We announced this on the ctan-ann mailing lsit a while ago. Thanks for the upload, I installed the new material in macros/latex/contrib/xdoc and changed the directory macros/latex/exptl/xdoc to a link to the new one. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf > > On what these files are: > > xdoc2.dtx: > The xdoc2 package contains reimplementations of some of > the features found in the standard LaTeX doc package > by Mittelbach et al. Amongst other things, these > reimplementations provide support for: > * definiting new commands similar to DescribeMacro and > new environments similar to the macro environment, > * two-sided document layouts, > * sorting of version numbers as 2 < 11 < 100 > (if they are marked up using uintver), > * external cross-referencing, > * making index entries for invisible characters, > * optionally ignoring certain prefixes (such as @ and > @@) in macro names when sorting them. > The xdocdemo document demonstrates a couple of these > features. > > I consider the xdoc2 package to merely be the second > prototype for an (as yet nonexistant) package xdoc which > should provide the same features (and more). I have > decided to release the prototype to make its functionality > generally avaiable, but under a variant name to avoid > future incompatibility problems. (E.g., the final xdoc > package will probably use many LaTeX2e* features that are > still on the prototype stage. xdoc2, on the other hand, > uses no LaTeX2e* features.) > > docindex.dtx: > docindex.dtx contains a reimplementation of the doc mechanisms for > sorting and formatting a sorted index. docindex.ins installs two forms > of this package: docindex (which is a LaTeX2e* package) and docidx2e > (which works with the normal LaTeX2e). The main advantage of these > packages over the doc mechanisms is that configuration has been made > much easier.

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CTAN package update: LaTeX4Jed
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX4Jed Author's name: Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. Location on CTAN: support/jed Summary description: A much enhanced LaTeX mode for the Jed editor. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This LaTeX4Jed update introduces many new features: the ability to work on compressed files, new shortcuts, improved indentation of environments, and better documentation. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: sorry ...
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memupdate.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace some of the files in > macros/latex/contrib(/supported?)/memoir. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > Memoir is a flexible class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematical works as books, reports, articles or > manuscripts. Documents can use 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, or 17pt as the > normal font size. Many methods are provided to let you create your > particular design. > > Changes (2003/06/28) > O New version 1.6 of mempatch.sty (improved even/odd page checking, > page layout, and bug fixes). > O New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf) > O New version of the README. > O NO CHANGES TO ANY OTHER FILE. i've moved memoir down to macros/latex/contrib/memoir, and i've installed the files. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ps2eps 1.45
by Reinhard Zierke 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

----- Forwarded message from Roland Bless ----- - I just uploaded an updated version of the ps2eps tool to ftp.dante.de. It's all in the subdir /incoming/ps2eps. - You can replace the existing version in support/ps2eps - The program is licensed under gpl. Due to a major bugfix, please announce the update -- if admissible -- as follows to CTAN-ANN. ps2eps 1.45 in CTAN:support/ps2eps ================================== ps2eps is a tool to produce Encapsulated PostScript Files (EPS/EPSF) from usual one-paged Postscript documents. It calculates correct Bounding Boxes for those EPS files and filters some special postscript command sequences that can produce errorneous results on printers. You need: - perl (an interpreter for the perl language, see http://www.perl.com) - ghostscript (an interpreter/raster image processor for the PostScript language, see http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/) - maybe an ANSI-C compiler if you don't use Linux, Solaris, Digital Unix, HP-UX or Windows 9x/NT/2000. - The program is licensed under gpl. Main changes 1.39 -> 1.45 ---------------------------- Please note: Versions <=1.42 may have changed postscript output by filtering too much postscript instructions. This could have been lead to wrongly colored boxes and text. Please consider re-running ps2eps over your files now. Sorry for the inconvenience! - corrected filter for deleting initclip instead of rectangles - option processing is done by GetOpt, i.e. long options are available, too. Syntax for -s has changed therefore. - Wildcards are resolved within the program, thus Windows users will profit from it. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/support/ps2eps/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload announcement (octavo class)
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Stefan A. Revets writes: > Please find here hopefully complete and relevant details of an > upload I have made today to CTAN. As this is my first attempt at > writing a LaTeX package, I welcome any comments or suggestions you > may have before putting the package on CTAN. i've had a quick look, but i see no reason not to install your submission as it stands. > Name of the package: octavo.zip (containing octavo.dtx, octavo.ins, read.me) > CTAN upload node: ftp.tex.ac.uk > Suggested repository: macros/latex/contrib/supported/octavo > Licensing conditions: lppl > Summary of the package: > Octavo provides a modification of the standard LaTeX book class > to typeset books following classical layout and design > principles. In particular, book formats are set to classical > sizes such as foolscap, crown, post, demy, etc., margins are set > harmonically, an attempt is made to maintain a constant grid of > printed lines throughout the text, and the page styles are > defined more discretely. The documentation includes methods to > produce signatures so that books can actually be made by the > user. i've actually installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/octavo, since the supported/misc distinction is disappearing and all of both directories is being moved into contrib/ thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: Progress
by Jim Hefferon 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

An upgrade has been made to the CTAN package described below and by now it should have made its way to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Progress Author's name: Kasper B. Graversen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/progress Summary description: Progress is a package which when compiling LaTeX documents, generates a HTML file giving an overview of the documents state (of how finished its parts are). License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package has become more configurable and now allows a graphical representation of progress as an alternative to the textural one. Finally, the two representations can easily be combined or used alternativly as done in the progress.dvi file in the archive. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package upgrade: Manuscript
by Jim Hefferon 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

The a package has been upgraded on the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN and through the magic of automatic mirroring should make its way to your favorite local mirror quite soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ======================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Manuscript Author's name: Matej Cepl Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/manuscript Summary description: LaTeX package emulating look of document typed on typewriter License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose of this package is to emulate appearance of the document written on classical typewriter as much as possible. Originally created as a response to backward looking demands for layout created for typewriters, it now tries to emulate them as much as possible. It may be even useful, when the directions are non-negotiable. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New on CTAN: numalg.bst
by Jim Hefferon 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: numalg.bst Author's name: Richard J Mathar Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib Summary description: BibTeX style for Kluwer's Numerical Algorithms License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A BibTeX style file for the journal Numerical Algorithms published by Kluwer. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: upload (new version of) mimetex.zip to ftp.tex.ac.uk
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

John Forkosh writes: > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > (version 1.01, or 3.14 if you prefer, 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 all existing files (mimetex.zip and README) in > support/mimetex (please unzip mimetex.zip README and 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. > (a) New features: optional lowpass text anti-aliasing for gif images, > and optional HTTP_REFERER check blocks use from unwanted domains. > (b) Also: several (very obscure:) bug fixes. > From original submission... > MimeTeX parses LaTeX math expressions, and emits either > mime xbitmaps or gif images of them, rather than TeX dvi's. > Therefore, mimeTeX's images can be directly used by html > documents in the form, e.g., > <img src=../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=int_{-infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt > border=0 align=absmiddle> > without intermediate dvi-to-gif conversion, and without storing > lots of resulting little gif files, one file for each converted > expression. This makes your html documents more readable and > easily maintained. See > http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html#examples > for examples demonstrating mimeTeX's features and usage. > MimeTeX isn't primarily meant for latex2html-like tasks > where you're maintaining native LaTeX documents that are later > redistributed in several formats, including html. Rather, mimeTeX > is primarily meant to help maintain native html documents containing > math. In this sense it's a kind of lightweight alternative to > MathML, with the advantage that mimeTeX preserves LaTeX syntax. > Similar non-MathML packages, like textogif and gladTeX, > require setup procedures that use TeX to help generate external > gif images of your equations, which are later included > in your html document as it's being rendered. MimeTeX, as far > as I know, is the only such non-MathML package that has its > own built-in parser and rendering engine, entirely independent > of TeX, and therefore requires no setup procedure or external > images whatsoever. It renders realtime, on-the-fly images > directly from LaTeX math expressions embedded in html documents. i've installed the (revised) file as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new package on CTAN: MLA package
by Jim Hefferon 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon propagate to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mla-paper Author's name: Ryan Aycock Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mla-paper Summary description: This package allows for proper MLA formatting License type: bsd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX is a wonderful tool that has long been known for typesetting scientific papers books. Unfortunately, when it comes to the humanities, writers are left out in the cold due to the lack of packages for writing in the MLA style. The aim of this package is to allow students and other academics properly typeset their materials with minimal effort on their part. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: References
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

> A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030626.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: References > Name and email: Volker Kiefel > Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/support/references > Summary description: Bibliographic software supporting LaTeX/BibTeX > License type: GNU Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > REFERENCES is bibliographic software for authors of > scientific manuscripts and for management of > bibliographic data of ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, of BOOKS > and of CHAPTERS IN BOOKS and other document types > including notes and electronic documents. REFERENCES > supports LaTeX including BibTeX. Bibliographic records > in MEDLINE format are easily converted. Retrieval of > references by keywords, authors' or editors' names, > date of publication, title of article, book title, > journal name or combinations thereof is possible. > Lists of references can be compiled in any > bibliographic style required by the publishers of > scientific journals. REFERENCES is provided with a text > based console interface compiled for win32-systems, an > external text editor is required for editing data. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:support/references/. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload: bitfield.dtx
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

Reuben Thomas writes: > I want to withdraw a package I have previously submitted to CTAN. The > reason for this is that there's now a superior package on CTAN that > performs the same function rather better, and I want to avoid confusion > among users. I have often wasted time when I have found two or three > different packages that do the same job, because I have to evaluate them > in order to pick the one I should use. I want to spare other users this > tedium by removing my inferior package. > > In my opinion my bitfield package is superseded by bytefield. I would > certainly use bytefield in future rather than my package. The few features > that bytefield does not provide which bitfield provides are, I think, > unnecessary, and a result of my lack of understanding of typesetting. > > Below is a list of what I originally uploaded: > > > As per README.uploads: > > > > + what you've uploaded > > > > bitfield.dtx, bitfield.ins > > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > > > cam.ctan.org > > > > + where you want the files to go > > > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/bitfield/ i have moved bitfield from the macros tree (it had migrated to macros/latex/contrib/bitfield) to the corresponding place on the obsolete tree, but it will remain in the incorrect place in the catalogue until that is next updated (not under my control). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk -- textpos v1.3
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

Norman Gray writes: > + what you've uploaded > > textpos-1.3.tar.gz > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming > > + where you want the files to go > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/textpos/ > ...replacing the files already there in fact, it's become macros/latex/contrib/textpos (we're phasing out the supported directory). > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > GPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Version 1.3 adds the extblockcolour command, specifying the > background colour of text blocks. thanks for the upload: installed as noted. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: pst-circ
by Jim Hefferon 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: pst-circ Author's name: Christophe Jorssen Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ Summary description: PSTricks package for drawing electric circuits License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-circ is a package built above PSTricks and in particular pst-node. It can draw easily current dipoles, some tripoles and quadrupoles used in elecronic or electric theory. For a presentation, see http://pstcirc.free.fr - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.3a
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jun '03

21 Jun '03

On 21 Jun 2003, Andreas Matthias wrote: > I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages-v0.3a.tar.bz2' to > ftp.dante.de/incoming. > > Please, extract this archive and replace the files in > > /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages/ > > This version adds support for VTeX. > > The `pdfpages' package makes it easy to insert pages of > external PDF documents. Several logical pages can be > arranged onto each sheet of paper. The package provides > hypertext operations like hyperlinks and article threads. > > It is distributed under the LPPL. Thanks for the update, I installed it in: macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf v0.6c
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jun '03

21 Jun '03

A submission was uploaded to CTAN by Rolf Niepraschk: > Name of contribution: ps4pdf v0.6c > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ > Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdfLaTeX documents > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > o The name of the graphics container can now be changed. > o A document without any PSforPDF commands creates now > an empty container file. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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uk tug faq v3.7
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jun '03

20 Jun '03

i've just installed v3.7 of the faq, on the web (www.tex.ac.uk/faq) and on ctan in directory help/uk-tug-faq. apart from the steady accretion of answers, there have been big changes in: - quality of pdf from postscript, which has been split into several bite-sized chunks, following a complaint from a user that it was too daunting (http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dvips-pdf) - installing files, which has gained the first few of a series about installing fonts. these have proved extremely difficult to write: striking a balance between accessibility and completeness, while retaining the crucial compactness needed of a faq answer, has taxed my feeble writing skills something rotten (http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instfont is the first of the series; follow next question to review the set) in addition, the ctan distribution also includes an archive of the static html version of the faq that i've been offering to distribution builders for some time: see FAQ-html.tar.gz Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team (my apologies to c.t.t people: i can't announce things to ctan-ann without bothering you.)

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new package on CTAN: igo
by Jim Hefferon 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

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 ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: igo Author's name: Étienne Dupuis Location on CTAN: fonts/igo Summary description: Fonts and macro to typeset Go diagrams License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package igo is based on go, a package written in 1991 by Hanna Kolodziejska which provides typesetting facilities for Go games and positions. Although igo contains roughly the same commands as the original package and uses the fonts created by Kolodziejska, it has (hopefully) been improved by 1. Using command names less likely to conflict with standard AMS packages; 2. Allowing different board sizes to be used; 3. Understanding a standardized notation for board coordinates; 4. Providing the facility to work on more than one board. Moreover, a few commands were reworked to define positions or game sequences more conveniently. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps 1.0.7
by Rainer Schöpf 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

A submission was uploaded CTAN. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > Name of contribution: bmeps 1.0.7 > Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps > Summary description: bmeps 1.0.7 - Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS > License type: GNU Library > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Overview: > This package contains a library and a command line program > to convert from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS. Different > compression and encoding mechanisms are available > when producing the EPS output file. > Suggestions how to modify dvips to use the library are > included too. > > Update contents: > When running as a filter the program calls setmode() > to switch standard input into binaray mode before > the image is read. This is neccessary on some operating > systems - i.e. Windows - to process images from standard > input properly. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thnaks for the update, it was installed as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Directory language/spanish
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

----- Forwarded message from Javier Bezos ----- I've uploaded to the Dante server the file spanish.zip. Until now, the language/spanish directory was a mess, with several hyphenation files (some of them wrong) and very outdated information. Please, remove the whole contents of that directory and replace it by the files inside spanish.zip, namely: readme.txt obsolete/eshyph.tex obsolete/sphyph/shyphen.sh obsolete/sphyph/sphyph.tex hyphen/readme.txt hyphen/division.pdf hyphen/eshyph.tex Replace the file eshyph.tex under language/hyphenation by the new one (ie, hyphen/eshyph.tex), too. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for cleaning this up. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:language/spanish and a link from language/hyphenation/eshyph.tex to language/spanish/hyphen/eshyph.tex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXlogos
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

A submission was uploaded to CTAN The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > Name of contribution: TeXlogos > Name and email: Jacek Ruzyczka > Suggested location on CTAN: > Summary description: Defines a number of ready-to-use LaTeX logos. > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > TeXlogos defines an assortment of frequently used logos > not contained in base LaTeX itself - for instance: > *) the METAFONT, METAPOST, AMS, BibTeX and SliTeX logos > (you only need the appropriate CM/Logo/AMS fonts) > *) currency symbols which do NOT require TCRM fonts: > Euro, Cent, Yen, Won, Naira > *) the C++ logo with the '+' signs properly positioned > *) the logo of the Vienna University Business > Administration Center (BWZ) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the submission. It was installed in macros/latex/contrib/texlogos For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: missing files
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > I have uploaded to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming the file OInuit.zip > This file contains four TFM files that are missing from the package > oinuit located in /pub/tex/languages/inuktitut/oinuit. Please create > the directory /pub/tex/languages/inuktitut/oinuit/tfm and install the > TFM files there. In addition, replace the file > /pub/tex/languages/inuktitut/oinuit/lambda/oinuit.dtx with the file > that is included in the ZIP file. The old file contains a tiny bug. Thanks for the update, I installed it in languages/inuktitut/oinuit For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package upgrade: progress
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

A package has been upgraded at the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN and should make its way through the system to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ======================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: progress Author's name: Kasper B. Graversen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/progress Summary description: Progress is a package which when compiling LaTeX documents, generates a HTML file giving an overview of the documents state (of how finished its parts are). License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Progress is a package which when compiling LaTeX documents, generates a HTML file giving an overview of the documents state (of how finished its parts are). This is a new version which replaces the old files in the catalogue. New is progressReportName option to control report filename and a small bugfix. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: serto
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

On Wed, Johannes Heinecke submitted: > Name of contribution: serto > Suggested location on CTAN: languages/aramaic > Summary description: syriac fonts, style-files and a preprocessor to typeset Syriac (Aramaic) > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package enables (La)TeX users to typeset words or phrases (elatex > needed) in Syriac (Aramaic) using the Serto-alphabet. The package > includes a preprocessor written in Pythin (>= 1.5.2) in order to deal > with the right-to-left typesetting for those who do not want to use > elatex and to choose the correct letter depending on word context > (initial/medial/final form) > Detailed documentation and examples are included. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in languages/aramaic/serto For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload of archive teubner.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Claudio Beccari wrote: > I just uploaded a new version of my previous teubner.zip package. It should > replace the existing package in the teubner folder that already exists on > the CTAN. > > The material as always is free under th lppl. > > The update corrects some small glitches, but most important of all refers > explicitely to the recently uploaded CB greek fonts in scalable pfb format > that are available since past november on CTAN. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/teubner For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission: Euler-VM fonts 3.0
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Walter Schmidt wrote: > the ZIP archive file eulervm-30.zip has been uploaded to > the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack > it into the directory > > fonts/eulervm > > Doing so will update all files in this directory and in the > subdirectories tfm/, vf/ and fontinst/, and add also some new > files (in fontinst/). > > This is version 3.0 of the Virtual Euler Math fonts and the > related LaTeX macros. > > From the change log: > > * The symbols leq and geq now show the shape that is > preferred by DEK in conjunction with the Euler fonts. > (Credits to Frank Mittelbach for pointing me to this!) > The width of the symbols is unchanged. > > * The package option [small] now acts on the AMS fonts, > too, so there are no more restrictions affecting the > usage of amssymb.sty in conjunction with the Euler fonts. > > * Slightly changed mapping of font sizes to design sizes > used. Particularly, when a math font with a size of 8pt is > requested, we are now going to scale up a 7pt font, rather > than scaling down a 10pt one. This should improve the > apprearance of documents with a normal font size of 11pt, > where 8pt is used for super- and subscripts. Strictly > speaking, this is an incompatible change, but I hope that > the amount of practical problems is tolerable, as compared > with the improvement. > > * Fixed Makefile so as not to install the auto-generated FD > files, which are lacking the code for the [small] option. > > * VFs and TFMs were now generated using the latest version of > fontinst. As a result, the font metrics have changed slightly, > because of the improved rounding algorithm. This may cause > problems when procesing existing DVI files, but the metrics are > definitely correct now. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: savesym
by Rainer Schöpf 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 Jürgen Göbel submitted the following contribution: > Name of contribution: savesym > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/savesym > Summary description: saves and restores symbols > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are a number of symbols (e.g., Square) that are defined by multiple packages. In order to typeset all the > variants in a document, we have to give glyph a unique > name. To do that, we define savesymbol{XXX}, which renames a symbol from XXX to origXXX, and > estoresymbols{yyy}{XXX}, which renames origXXX back to > XXX and defines a new command, yyyXXX, which corresponds > to the most recently loaded version of XXX. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the file in directory macros/latex/contrib/savesym For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Submission -- Devanagari for TeX version 2.02
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Anshuman Pandey writes: > I have uploaded velthuis.zip to the 'incoming' directory at > ftp.tex.ac.uk. This zip archive contains version 2.02 of the > Velthuis Devanagari for TeX package. > > This package belongs in /language/devanagari. There are three > directories under this CTAN directory: 'contrib', 'distrib', and > 'omega'. Please remove the 'contrib' and 'distrib' directories. The > contents of those directories have been revised; some are included > in this latest update, some are obsolete. > > Please unpack velthuis.zip into a new directory called 'velthuis'. > > You may post a message to comp.text.tex informing readers of the new > release if you wish. i've installed the new files, and deleted the old, as requested. thanks for the upload. in summary, the whole of the old devanagari/contrib and /distrib directories are replaced (or superseded) by a new subtree devanagari/velthuis; the existing subtree devanagari/omega is untouched. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: ePiX
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jun '03

08 Jun '03

An update has been done of this package at tug.ctan.org and it should propagate to a mirror near you quite soon. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ePiX Author's name: Andrew D. Hwang Location on CTAN: graphics/epix Summary description: Utility for mathematically accurate, camera quality plots and line figures License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ePiX is now capable of true perspective drawing and plotting. Other new features are too numerous to announce; please see the documentation. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN Submission -- lettrine
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Daniel Flipo wrote: > I have just uploaded into ftp.dante.de/incoming a file lettrine.tar.gz, > which contains an upgrade (V 1.4b) of the lettrine package designed to > typeset various sorts of dropped capitals. > > It should replace the old version in 'macros/latex/contrib/lettrine'. > > The license is unchanged (LPPL). > > This is a minor release, apart from cosmetic changes to the .dtx file, > a new demo file in German has been added (contribution of Georg Wagner), > the French demo file has been updated too. Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Updates by Heiko Oberdiek
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Heiko Oberdiek wrote: > I have uploaded pagesel.dtx and pagesel.ins in the > /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. They update the > files in the directory > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/oberdiek/ > > The licence: LPPL 1.2. > > Changes: > * Fix, if more than maxdeadcycles pages are omitted. > I have uploaded engord.sty in the /incoming directory > of ftp.dante.de. It replaces the file in > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/oberdiek/ > > The licence remains LPPL 1.2. > > Changes: > * Bug fix for 30, 40, 50, ..., 100, 130, ... > * ordletters renamed to documented engordletters. Thanks for the updates, I installed the three files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/oberdiek For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa 5.50 - SVG/Animated Presentations
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the BaKoMa package. I installed all files in nonfree/system/win32/bakoma For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf > ------------------- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --------------------- > > I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory > update for BaKoMa TeX 5.50 (issued 1-Jun-2003). > > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. > > 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, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, > 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. > > More information about adding animations is at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > Bye. > Basil K. Malyshev > 2-Jun-2003 > > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. > > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.50 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * HTML Generation features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.50 > > 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 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*, > 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: > PostScript, HPGL, DXY, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP. > > 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, > * 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. > > *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 5.50 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.40 *** > > BaKoMa TeX 5.50 introduces generation of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) > from your DVI files. Animation is supported. > > For more information see > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ----------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf v0.6a
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

> Name of contribution: ps4pdf v0.6a > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ > Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdfLaTeX documents > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > o trim parameter and draft option can be used > with the inactive option > o Size and alignment after trimming changed. > o Parameter hpos and vpos removed. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, it was installed as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: ttf2tex 0.6.1
by Rainer Schöpf 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've put a new release of ttf2tex into the incoming directory on > ftp.dante.de. This is a documentation update only. Please unpack > ttf2tex.tar.gz into support/ttf2tex, replacing the contents of this > directory. Thank you in advance. > > From the README: > > ttf2tex is a Bash script which generates all files required to use > Truetype fonts with Tetex from a set of .ttf files. In short, it will > do for Truetype fonts what fontinst's latinfamily command usually > does for Type 1 Postscript fonts. > > The script is designed for Unix systems running Tetex. It was > reported to work under several Linux flavors, FreeBSD, and MacOS X > with Fink. > > From the CHANGELOG: > > 2003-06-04 v0.6.1 > * documentation update only > * added FAQ to manual Thanks for the update, it was installed in support/ttf2tex For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.2m
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

----- Forwarded message from Andreas Matthias <amat(a)kabsi.at> ----- I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages.tar.bz2' to ftp.dante.de/incoming. Please, extract this archive in /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages/ (formerly .../contrib/supported/pdfpages/) The `pdfpages' package makes it easy to insert pages of external PDF documents. Several logical pages can be arranged onto each sheet of paper. The package provides hypertext operations like hyperlinks and article threads. New feature of the version: * support of PDF documents with mixed landscape/portrait pages * support of reverse page order: pages=7-3 * support of graphicspath * new option `picturecommand'; its argument is executed within a picture environment on each sheet of paper It is distributed under the LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: russian translation of lshort
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

----- Forwarded message from Boris Tobotras ----- I'm uploading lshort-ru-4.12.tar to ftp.dante.de/incoming. This is update of my translation of lshort; please place it to /info/lshort/russian, replacing its contents. License is GPL, like original text. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. This translation seems to be not so short anymore as the files have about doubled in size. Good work! Anyway, I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:info/lshort/russian/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload of urlbst-0.3
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Norman Gray writes: > + what you've uploaded > > urlbst-0.3.tar.gz > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming > > + where you want the files to go > > /tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/urlbst/ replacing the files there now > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Adds functionality to urlbst, supporting eprint BibTeX field, and > adding --hypertex and --hyperref options. Documentation expanded, > explaining the difference between the goals of urlbst and those of > custom-bib. i've installed the package as requested (and i'll try and remember to get it in my faq for next time around). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: tpslifonts package v0.6
by Reinhard Zierke 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030530.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tpslifonts package v0.6 Name and email: Stephan Lehmke <Stephan.Lehmke(a)udo.edu> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/texpower/tpslifonts Summary description: A LaTeX package for configuring presentation fonts License type: GNU Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When I see a presentation which is a little demanding wrt fonts (especially when a lot of math is used), I'm usually disappointed by font readability. Most commercial `presentation tools' are completely out of the question because they don't have a clue about math formatting. But even when some LaTeX package is used, often the readability is not so good. cm math fonts at large design sizes are difficult to read from far away, especially at low resolutions and low contrast color choice. What is more, the LaTeX presentation packages do almost nothing for math readability. To name a few, combining cmr with cm math (seminar default), combining cmss with cm math (foils), or combining helvetica with cm math (prosper) doesn't help readability and sometimes leads to positively ugly results. It has to be said that real alternatives in the form of `presentation-friendly' math fonts freely available in PostScript Type1 format exist only since very recently. Thanks to Harald Harders for providing the hfbright collection and to Walter Schmidt for the cmbright fonts and for changing the license to make this possible. I hope that the ideas realised in the tpslifonts package lead to much better overall readability of some font combinations. The package tpslifonts offers a couple of `harmonising' combinations of text and math fonts from the (distant) relatives of computer modern fonts, with a couple of extras for optimising readability. The package offers the following features: 1) Text fonts from computer modern roman, computer modern sans serif, SliTeX computer modern sans serif, computer modern bright, or concrete roman. 2) Support for OT1 and T1 font encoding. 3) Math fonts from computer modern math, computer modern bright math, or Euler fonts. 4) Support of additional symbol fonts like AMS symbols or doublestroke. 5) All fonts configured for `smooth scaling' (like in the type1cm package). 6) Avoiding fonts not freely available in Type 1 format. 7) Careful design size selection for optimum readability. For some of the options to yield satisfying results, it is neccessary to install additional (free) Type1 fonts on your system. There's no intention to support other font families like the typical ``psnfss'' PostScript fonts, as they usually don't come in different design sizes, making the effort of tuning them for viewing futile. If you wish to use such a font, load it with the usual packages. tpslifonts is part of the TeXPower bundle, residing at http://texpower.sourceforge.net/ but is completely independent and can be used without texpower without problems. The example document slifontsexample.tex can also be compiled without TeXPower installed. A precompiled version of the example document (showing SliTeX computer modern sans serif text together with cmbright math) can be downloaded from http://texpower.sourceforge.net/doc/slifontsexample.pdf As I'm not really a font expert, I'm of course interested in opinions of the experts concerning the concepts behind tpslifonts and suggestions for improvement. regards Stephan Lehmke ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload; I installed it as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/exptl/texpower/tpslifonts/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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new CTAN package: smalltableof
by Jim Hefferon 01 Jun '03

01 Jun '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: smalltableof Author's name: Boretti Mathieu Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/smalltableof Summary description: Package to create listoffigures, ... as section instance of chapter License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allow creating list of figures, list of tables, ... that are section instance of chapter (You can make a chapter named List that contents section List of figure, section List of tables, ...) Ce package permet de gerer des tables/listes de figures/tables/... sous la forme de section et non pas de chapitre. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: proba
by Jim Hefferon 01 Jun '03

01 Jun '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should have by now made its way to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: proba Author's name: Laurent Nguyen-Ngoc Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/misc Summary description: Some shortcuts commands to symbols used in probability texts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package includes some of the most often used commands in probability texts, e.g. probability, expectation, variance, etc. It also includes some short commands for set (blackboard) or filtrations (calligraphic) It requires Latex 2e and the amsfonts package - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload notification: The TeXPower bundle, alpha release 0.0.9d
by Reinhard Zierke 27 May '03

27 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The TeXPower bundle, alpha release 0.0.9d. Name and email: Stephan Lehmke Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/texpower Summary description: A bundle of LaTeX packages and classes for making pdf beamer presentations. License type: GNU Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (Sorry, the summary is not brief. You can delete everything below and including Among other packages below if neccessary.) TeXPower is a bundle of packages intended to provide an `all-inclusive' environment for designing pdf `screen presentations' to be viewed with Adobe Acrobat[tm] reader in full-screen mode, especially for projecting `online' with a video beamer. The features provided include: * `dynamic' features like incremental building of pages, animated diagrams and such. * support for `navigation panels' * support for page backgrounds * advanced color management (`logical markup' for colors supplying `color sets' for different background colors, `dimming' and inverting of colors etc.) and color highlighting. * advanced font configuration. TeXPower is not so much meant as a help for _designing_ slides (a lot more in this direction is planned for the future, but it is not the main purpose of the package); instead, you can keep your favourite slide or presentation class (say, seminar or pdfscreen or ...) and add dynamic effects with usepackage{texpower}. The bundle does contain a documentclass powersem which is derived from seminar by a very limited number of fixes and extensions trying to make it a little more suited for presentations (and more friendly towards pdftex). The bundle is developed by myself (Stephan Lehmke) and Hans Fr. Nordhaug who is also running the SourceForge site. The development is coordinated by a SourceForge Project. The homepage is http://texpower.sourceforge.net/. There you'll find the newest sources in a CVS repository, bug and patch trackers, a user forum and mailing list, and pdf files for all examples. Among other packages for dynamic effects (most notably PPower4 http://www-sp.iti.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/software/ppower4/ and prosper http://prosper.sourceforge.net/), TeXPower is distinguished by INDEPENDENCE: There is no postprocessor, and also no dependence on the way in which pdf is produced. VERSATILITY: Everything is implemented entirely in LaTeX, hence you can use whatever LaTeX programming skills you have (and the numerous hooks provided) to design your own presentation effects. There are a lot of examples in the doc directory of this bundle, from very simple things (http://texpower.sourceforge.net/doc/simpledemo.pdf) to rather involved (and not completely serious :) examples of what can be done (http://texpower.sourceforge.net/doc/divexample.pdf, http://texpower.sourceforge.net/doc/panelexample.pdf, http://texpower.sourceforge.net/doc/fancystep.pdf). TeXPower contains a small number of simple and customizeable basic commands and a large number of derived commands for special purposes (for instance, dimming all colors on a page and then incrementally `undimming'). FRAGILITY (or maybe one should say BRITTLENESS): This is the backside of versatility I'm afraid. Unfortunately it is extremely easy to introduce errors and irritating spacing glitches (leading to parts of the page jumping and wobbling around during an incremental build). It is very helpful to have at least a basic understanding of the goings-on of LaTeX formatting for doing anything but the most basic things with TeXPower. While mostly the brittleness is inherent in the way texpower is implemented and can't be avoided at sustainable cost, it is our aim to reduce the impact by * `faultproof' customized environments like special list environments with automatical incremental display of items; * a large number of `ready-made' examples for most common uses; * an extensive FAQ list containing the most common blunders. Most of the above is unfinished in this alpha version. PRODUCTIVENESS: TeXPower tries to do a lot of things by itself, making it easier to design presentations. For instance, the stepwise command is similar to Prosper's overlays, but you don't have to count the steps yourself, stepwise will determine the number of steps quite reliably even if steps are nested inside of other steps etc. Furthermore, you _can_ say explicitly at which step something is to appear, but you don't have to; normally steps will just be executed in order. This makes it very easy to design and edit dynamic presentations. ROBUSTNESS: In spite of being alpha, the code is quite stable. In fact, no `real' bugs were found since november 2002. One note on the alpha status: TeXPower has been declared pre-alpha for several years, because I had promised myself to respect backwards-compatibility after alpha release and restrict distribution until this time. But then again, I had planned to get the alpha release out in 2000... As there are a lot of `faithful' users now, and as since GPLing TeXPower to put it on SourceForge, everybody is putting it in Linux distributions and such anyway, there is not much point in not declaring it alpha and putting it on CTAN also... This means the vow for backward-compatibility has to be renewed for the beta release... The alpha status is justified by the following problem areas: DOCUMENTATION: Part of the documentation, especially some of the examples and the FAQ, are still the same as for the much inferior version 0.0.8, partly invalidating them. Furthermore, the manual has been criticised for terseness and lack of examples. Currently, it is written for people who know quite a bit about LaTeX, complemented by the numerous demos showing usage of things. The documentation needs a lot of enhancement. CATCODE MONGERY: Currently stepwise takes everything to be displayed incrementally as a macro argument in the most naive way, destroying everything which needs to change catcodes, like language changes or verbatim printing. There are ways to remedy this, but all of them are complicated and/or awkward, so this need a bit of thought and might lead to backwards- incompatible changes of the basic commands for incremental display. BACKGROUNDS and PANELS: The support for page backgrounds and panels is preliminary at the moment. There will be a much more involved version which might not be completely backward compatibile. LABELS and LINKS: The basic idea for incremental display in TeXPower is to execute everything several times. This can lead to a lot of grief with duplicated links and labels. The most basic precautions are taken, so there shouldn't be any real problems in using links, but there will be a lot of warnings, and I didn't test yet what happens with bibliography and index. THUMBNAILS: No concept yet. PRESENTATION DESIGN: As mentioned above, TeXPower is not mainly design-oriented (and I myself don't really think a presentation gets better by fancy design), but there seems to be a definite need for this kind of thing. It is planned to add more `designish' document classes and provide a user interface for designing presentations. PDF GIMMICKS: With a little trickery with pdf forms, JavaScript and such, amazing things can be achieved which can be useful for presentations (most useful for me would be `popup boxes'). So far, no special pdf features (apart from what can be achieved in a generic way with hyperref) are supported. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/exptl/texpower/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submision --- combine class and support packages
by Robin Fairbairns 23 May '03

23 May '03

Peter Wilson writes: > Dear CTAN/Robin, > > I have uploaded combine.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/combine. The distribution > is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The combine class lets you bundle individual documens into a > single document, such as when preparing conference proceedings. > > The axiliary combinet package puts the authors and titles from > maketitle commands into the main document's ToC, and the combnat > package enables the combine class and natbib package to be used > harmoniously together. > > Changes in combnat package version 0.21 (2003/05/22) > o Removed extraneous space from year citation i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: tokenizer
by Jim Hefferon 23 May '03

23 May '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way, via the miracle of automatic mirroring, to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: tokenizer Author's name: Sascha Herpers Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tokenizer Summary description: Package for tokenizing comma separated lists of strings. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a rather small command, which splits a comma separated list of strings into two tokens at the first encounter of a comma. Each token is saved to a arbitrarily named command. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: labels.sty bugfix release
by Robin Fairbairns 22 May '03

22 May '03

Julian Gilbey writes: > + what you've uploaded > > labels.tar.gz > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > + where you want the files to go > > replace the old ones in macros/latex/contrib/supported/labels/ > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > lppl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > bugfix release so that the package works correctly with the color > package. thanks for the upload; i've actually installed it in macros/latex/contrib/labels, and deleted the old directory in contrib/supported. (ctan is losing the increasingly silly distinction between supported and other...) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: update to cmap package
by Robin Fairbairns 22 May '03

22 May '03

Vladimir Volovich writes: > i've uploaded the file cmap.sty to ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/ > > Please replace the file CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/cmap/cmap.sty with > this new file. > > It fixes a typo due to which the package had no effect at all :) that's good. i've installed the file as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Upload: srhyphc.zip
by Robin Fairbairns 21 May '03

21 May '03

Aleksandar Jelenak writes: > FILE UPLOADED: srhyphc.zip > UPLOADED ON: ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming > FILE CONTENTS: One file -- `srhyphc.tex' > CTAN DESTINATION: tex-archive/languages/hyphenation > FILE LICENSE: GPL -- GNU General Public License > SUMMARY: The file `srhyphc.tex' provides hyphenation patterns > for Serbian language in Cyrillic alphabet and T2A TeX > font encoding. i have installed the file as requested. thanks for the upload. robin

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New CTAN package: eCards
by Jim Hefferon 20 May '03

20 May '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: eCards Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/eCards Summary description: Create electronic flash cards and have them viewed in random order License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The eCards package for LaTeX enables you to create a series of electronic (flash) cards. The document author provides questions, hints and answers to a series of questions. Question can be verbal-response, or multiple choice/fill-in. Users can test their knowledge by responding to the questions. The questions are delivered in random order. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: thrmappendix
by Jim Hefferon 20 May '03

20 May '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It will make its way to your local mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: thrmappendix Author's name: Ben Klemens Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/misc Summary description: A macro package to facilitate moving proofs to an appendix. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Long proofs break the flow of a paper, and should be moved to an appendix. However, this often means the reader has to flip back and forth between the statement of the theorem in the text and the proof in the appendix. This macro solves the problem by letting you write the theorem in the body, and repeat it verbatim just before the proof in the appendix. The abbreviated format for writing up theorems, lemmas, &c. may be useful even if you don't have any proofs in your paper. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf v0.5
by Reinhard Zierke 19 May '03

19 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ps4pdf v0.5 Name and email: Rolf Niepraschk Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdf documents License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: o trim option: Scaling was wrong, corrected. o New options draft/final. o Improved test file. Please remove the all files from macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ and unpack the archive `ps4pdf-030518.zip' to the same location. Thanks in advance, ...Rolf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-3dplot
by Robin Fairbairns 18 May '03

18 May '03

from cambridge upload daemon: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: pst-3dplot > Name and email: Herbert Voss > Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > Summary description: Plotting 3D objects, functions and data > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > New macro for placing objects, especially text, in one > of the three planes (xy, xz or yz). > > please replace all files in the directory > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files as suggested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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