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Re: bgreek package upload
by Robin Fairbairns 16 May '03

16 May '03

J.-L. Rivera writes: > bgreek > ====== > > This package implements a dialect of the Beta Code encoding (TLG and Perseus > Project) for typesetting classical Greek using Claudio Beccari's Greek Fonts. > > The package is distributed under the LaTeX Project Public License. i have installed the bundle (readme.txt and a .zip file) on ctan at language/greek/bgreek thank you for the submission. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new CTAN package: pst-uml
by Jim Hefferon 14 May '03

14 May '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should find its way to your mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: pst-uml Author's names: Maurice DIAMANTINI, Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-uml Summary description: pst-uml is a pstricks based package for uml diagrams License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-uml allows drawing of uml diagrams (Unified Modeling Langage) and is based on pstricks. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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new CTAN package: pst-vue3d
by Jim Hefferon 14 May '03

14 May '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: pst-vue3d Author's names: Manuel Luque, Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-vue3d Summary description: pst-vue3d allows perspective views of three dimensional objects License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With pst-vue3d three dimensional objects like cubes, spheres and others can be viewed from different points. The documentation is in french but the examples are self explanatory. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload notification: Highlight code converter
by Reinhard Zierke 14 May '03

14 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Highlight code converter Name and email: André Simon Suggested location on CTAN: web Summary description: Command line tool to convert source code to highlighted TeX and LaTeX. License type: GNU Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlight is a universal sourcecode converter for Linux and Windows, which transforms code to LaTeX or TeX - files with syntax highlighting. Source code may be reindented and reformatted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it (together with the README file extracted from the archive) in CTAN:support/highlight/ The web directory you suggested is for Donald Knuth's Web System of Structured Information, not the World Wide Web which came some years later. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf
by Reinhard Zierke 14 May '03

14 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ps4pdf Name and email: Rolf Niepraschk Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdf documents License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version provides the optional parameter trim for the macro `PSforPDF' similar to `includegraphics' from the package `graphicx'. Please remove the all files from macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ and unpack the archive `ps4pdf.zip' to the same location. Thanks in advance, ...Rolf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload; I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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UK English FAQ v3.6
by Robin Fairbairns 13 May '03

13 May '03

i have just installed revised versions of the faq that i maintain on ctan (help/uk-tex-faq), on the web (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq) and for distributors in the usual place. this version is much delayed for various technical reasons: i was close to giving up on it until this lunch-time, when (seemingly) à propos of nothing, the build suddenly started working again. this issue claims to answer 300 questions: the first edition, in december 1994, had 100. because of the delay, my backlog of pending answers is now up to 21 (though some of those are long-term development items), and my list of unresolved requirements has well over 100 entries. other desiderata include: -- a better search engine -- a less demanding means of generating html from the sources -- various technicalities about cross-referencing within the faq suggestions, or offers of help, for the search engine would be very welcome indeed. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ (and CTAN) maintainer

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CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 5.40, Omega with Dynamical Preview
by Reinhard Zierke 12 May '03

12 May '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 5.40 (issued 9-May-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma' directory. New features are: 1) Updated TeX for version 3.141592. 2) Updated Omega for version 1.23.5 based on TeX 3.141592. Included support for Dynamical Preview; DVI Search marks generation; Automatical generation of BB-files for imported graphics. 3) Support for TrueType fonts (Type42) embedded into imported Postscript. 4) FlateDecode filter. 5) Import of Enhanced Metafiles (EMF). 6) Refined handling of Omega Unicoded fonts (OFM/OVF). Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 12-May-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.40 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.40 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/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 5.40 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.35 *** 1) Updated TeX and Omega a) Updated TeX for version 3.141592. b) Updated Omega for version 1.23.5 based on TeX 3.141592. This implementation (in comparison with previous one) supports: + Dynamical Preview; + DVI Search marks generation; + Automatical generation of BB-files for imported graphics; In other words, Omega supports all features as TeX and e-TeX, except of TCX, because it has own transliteration feature. 2) Graphics Added support for: 1) TrueType fonts (Type42) embedded into imported Postscript graphics (Postscript Level 3 feature). 2) FlateDecode filter (Postscript Level 3 feature). 3) Import of Enhanced Metafiles (EMF). Geometry is calculated automatically. In this reason, to import EMF just `includegraphics{foo.emf}' is enough. 4) Refined handling of Omega Unicoded fonts (OFM/OVF). For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new files as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: latex4jed
by Jim Hefferon 12 May '03

12 May '03

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org and that upgrade should make its way to your favorite mirror very soon. 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 is a major update of LaTeX4Jed. This release introduces many enhancements: most notably, environment indentation, simplified font and environment selection, and external modules. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 12 May '03

12 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030512.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the May '03 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka What we forgot in our previous release. -------------------------------------------------------- What is KOMA-Script -------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------- Versions of classes and packages at this release: -------------------------------------------------------- scrartcl.cls 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrbook.cls 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrreprt.cls 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrlttr2.cls 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2002/11/01 v2.1a typearea.sty 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrlfile.sty 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release, so only bugs are fixed: - Manual fixed and improved. - color-bug at minisec fixed. - ``twoside=false'' works with scrlttr2. - ``specialmail'' indent bug fixed. - parfillskip problem at cc and encl fixed. - script20.dtx is obsolete. Please use original Script2.0 with LaTeX2.09! -------------------------------------------------------- XML file to be used at The TeX Catalogue: -------------------------------------------------------- See koma-script.xml at the distribution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- crop.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 12 May '03

12 May '03

----- Forwarded message from Melchior FRANZ ----- I've just uploaded ## crop.tar.gz ## to ## ftp.dante.de ## licensed under the ## LPPL ## Please unpack to ## macros/latex/contrib/crop/ ## crop.sty provides different forms of cropmarks for trimming paper stacks, for camera alignment and for visualizing the page dimensions. It offers options for centering documents on printing paper, for reflecting, mirroring, inverting documents and other features that are needed in the printing process. Changes in version 1.8 ====================== - new kernel; adds user hooks for custom extension; pictures for axis marks for easier customization; - fixes nasty lineskip bug that could display the lower marks 1 pt too low - color support: redefines pagecolor, so that it colors only the document page; allows to color marks - presets stock{width,height} with paper{width,height} - driver detection overhaul - full pdflatex compatibility (uses eflectbox & otatebox when processed with pdflatex) - compatibility options are removed now ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/crop/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: hvfloat.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 11 May '03

11 May '03

quoth the upload daemon: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030511.002/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: hvfloat.sty > Name and email: Herbert Voss <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/hvfloat/ > Summary description: Rotating float object and caption > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > hvfloat allows rotating of a floating object (like figure > or table or ...) and caption with different angles. The caption can > be placed on every side of the floating object. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks (very much ;-) for the upload. i've installed it as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-3dplot
by Robin Fairbairns 11 May '03

11 May '03

our upload daemon tells me: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030511.001/. > > 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 graphic objects and data > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The new version has a new macro for a 3d triangle and > some more small changes and bugfixes. > > Please replace all files in the dir > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: LaTeXPiX
by Reinhard Zierke 09 May '03

09 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030509.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX Name and email: N.J.H.M. van Beurden <beurden(a)email.com> Suggested location on CTAN: systems/w32/latexpix Summary description: LaTeX drawing program for Windows License type: Public Domain Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An update for LaTeXPiX already existing within CTAN. Could you please update it an ANNOUNCE it too for it has major improvements. For questions you can email me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version replacing the old one in CTAN:systems/w32/latexpix/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- g-brief 4.0.1
by Reinhard Zierke 09 May '03

09 May '03

----- Forwarded message from Michael Lenzen ----- please update 'g-brief' rel. 4.0 to rel. 4.0.1. (a) 'g-brief-4.0.1.tar.gz' to /incoming (b) uploaded to ftp.dante.de (c) /pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/g-brief (d) LPPL (e) g-brief is a document class for LaTeX 2e and serves for formatting formless letters in german or english language release notes for CTAN-ANN: - added a new and more flexible class g-brief2 with a new layout - added a new class option to support document encoding - fixed some severe bugs found in release 3.0 - changed license to LPPL - documentation in German ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/g-brief/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-3dplot
by Rainer Schöpf 06 May '03

06 May '03

Herbert Voss submitted an update to his pst-3dplot package: 3 May 2003 ctan-upload(a)nova.dante.de wrote: > Name of contribution: pst-3dplot > Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot > Summary description: a package for drawing 3D objects, functions and data > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A new version with some more macros, f.ex.: > parametricplotThreeD, rputThreeD. Better support > for ellipse and circle. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: bmeps 1.0.6b
by Reinhard Zierke 05 May '03

05 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: bmeps 1.0.6b Name and email: Dirk Krause Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: bmeps 1.0.6b - 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: - Modification suggestions for dvips 5.92 were added. - Guido Gonzato contributed a .spec file for RPM creation. It is in the unsupported/rpm-spec directory as bmeps.spec. The directory is named unsupported because my Linux is a Debian one, so I do not know anything about building RPMs. The file is for those how know... No changes were applied to the source code for the libbmeps library or the bmeps program itself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:support/bmeps/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf
by Reinhard Zierke 05 May '03

05 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ps4pdf Name and email: Rolf Niepraschk Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Summary description: LaTeX package `ps4pdf' License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package `ps4pdf' provides a new way to use Postscript commands (e.g. PSTricks graphics, PSfrag replacements, EPS graphics) inside a pdfLaTeX processed document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: sidecap
by Reinhard Zierke 05 May '03

05 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: sidecap Name and email: Rolf Niepraschk Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/sidecap/ Summary description: LaTeX package `sidecap' (update) License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please remove all old files in `macros/latex/contrib/sidecap/' and unpack `sidepack.zip' at the same location. >From README: This package defines the new environments SCfigure and SCtable, analogous to figure and table, which make it easy to typeset captions sideways. The package knows the options outercaption, innercaption, leftcaption and rightcaption. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version of the sidecap package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/sidecap/ according to our new directory structure. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: colorinfo
by Reinhard Zierke 05 May '03

05 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: colorinfo Name and email: Rolf Niepraschk <Rolf.Niepraschk(a)ptb.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/colorinfo/ Summary description: LaTeX package `colorinfo' License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package `colorinfo' provides macros for retriving color model and color values for already defined colors. For details see the test file `colorinfo-test.tex'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/colorinfo/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: Progress
by Jim Hefferon 03 May '03

03 May '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: Progress Author's name: Kasper B. Graversen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/progress Summary description: Creates an overview of a documents state License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Progress is a package which when compiling TeX{} and LaTeX{} documents, generates a HTML file showing an overview of a documents state (of how finished it is). - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission --- Memoir class update
by Robin Fairbairns 03 May '03

03 May '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memupdate.tar.gz to UK incoming. This includes 3 > files --- README, mempatch.sty, and memmanadd.pdf. Please use these > to replace those 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 ont size. Many methods are provided to let you create your > own particular design. > > Changes (2003/04/28) > o New version 1.5 of mempatch.sty (improved frame boxes, footnotes, > and bug fixes) > o New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf) > o All other files, except for this README, are unchanged i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: scalebar
by Jim Hefferon 02 May '03

02 May '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to a mirror site near you in the next few days. Thanks for the upload, Jim ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: scalebar Author's name: Michael Lake Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/scalebar Summary description: This package creates scalebars for maps, diagrams or photos. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a small package to create scalebars for maps, diagrams or photos. It was designed for use with cave maps but can be used for anything from showing a scalebar in kilometers for topographic maps to a scalebar in micrometers for an electron microscope image. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- babelbib v0.31
by Reinhard Zierke 02 May '03

02 May '03

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders ----- I have uploaded the file babelbib.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains a new version of the babelbib system. Please replace all files in CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib by its contents. License stays LPPL. >From the README: This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version supports English, German, and Italian. In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography of the bibliographies. Supported bibliography styles are bababbrv.bst, babalpha.bst, babplain.bst, babunsrt.bst, and babamspl.bst. Please help me to add more languages to babelbib. This release is totally rewritten. It now supports special commands to change the fonts in bibliographys. A version of the AMS BibTeX style amsplain, called babamspl, is included, now. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN update: Circuit_macros 5.3
by Rainer Schöpf 02 May '03

02 May '03

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Dwight Aplevich wrote: > Circuit_macros5.3.tar.gz has been copied into the incoming directory > of ftp.dante.de. Its expanded contents are to replace the contents > of graphics/circuit_macros. The copyright is almost public domain. > > >From the README: > ... > This is a set of macros for drawing high-quality line diagrams to > include in TeX, LaTeX, or similar documents. The macros were > originally intended for electric circuit diagrams containing > fundamental elements, amplifiers, transistors, and basic logic gates, > but several tools and examples for other types of diagrams are also > included. The advantages and disadvantages of such a system are > similar to those of TeX itself, which is macro-based, non-wysiwyg, > and which uses ordinary character input. > > The macros evaluate to drawing commands in the pic little language, > which is easy to read and learn. The programming elements in pic are > well suited to line drawings requiring parametric or conditional > components, fine tuning, significant geometric calculations or > repetition, or to drawings that are naturally block structured or > tree structured. Arbitrary formatted text can be included. Free > TeX- and LaTeX-compatible interpreters for m4 and pic are readily > available for Unix and PC machines. > ... > EXAMPLES: > Read the manual man.ps and view or print the file examples.ps in the > examples directory, or for the possibly unstable development version, try > http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/ > A collection of examples and hints has been produced by > Alan Robert Clark at http://ytdp.ee.wits.ac.za/cct.html > ... > CHANGES: > Version 5.3: New macros arcr, arcd, beginshade, endshade, larrow, rarrow, > s_sp, s_ht, s_wd, Max, Min, sfgself. Improved ground, sfgnode, diode, > resistor. Thanks for the update, I installed it in graphics/circuit_macros For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=curve datestamp=2003/05/02 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.de> <about> <name>Circuit_macros</name> <caption>New release of Circuit_macros, version 5.3</caption> <author> <name>Dwight Aplevich</name> <email>aplevich(a)uwaterloo.ca</email> </author> <license type=pd /> </about> <description> <abstract> >From the README: ... This is a set of macros for drawing high-quality line diagrams to include in TeX, LaTeX, or similar documents. The macros were originally intended for electric circuit diagrams containing fundamental elements, amplifiers, transistors, and basic logic gates, but several tools and examples for other types of diagrams are also included. The advantages and disadvantages of such a system are similar to those of TeX itself, which is macro-based, non-wysiwyg, and which uses ordinary character input. The macros evaluate to drawing commands in the pic little language, which is easy to read and learn. The programming elements in pic are well suited to line drawings requiring parametric or conditional components, fine tuning, significant geometric calculations or repetition, or to drawings that are naturally block structured or tree structured. Arbitrary formatted text can be included. Free TeX- and LaTeX-compatible interpreters for m4 and pic are readily available for Unix and PC machines. ... EXAMPLES: Read the manual man.ps and view or print the file examples.ps in the examples directory, or for the possibly unstable development version, try http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/ A collection of examples and hints has been produced by Alan Robert Clark at http://ytdp.ee.wits.ac.za/cct.html ... CHANGES: Version 5.3: New macros arcr, arcd, beginshade, endshade, larrow, rarrow, s_sp, s_ht, s_wd, Max, Min, sfgself. Improved ground, sfgnode, diode, resistor. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/supported/curve</ctan> </distribution> </entry> **********************************************************************

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Re: upload: frcursive
by Rainer Schöpf 02 May '03

02 May '03

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Emmanuel Beffara wrote: > I just uploaded the following: > > file: frcursive.tar.gz > server: dante.ctan.org > target directory: fonts/ > license: GPL > > This is the French Cursive font, a cursive hand-writing font family in > the style of the French academic running-hand, written with Metafont. > Several variants are provided, with explanation on how to write other > ones. An NFSS font description and a support LaTeX package are provided. Thanks for the upload, I installed the files as fonts/frcursive For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=curve datestamp=2003/05/02 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.de> <about> <name>frcursive</name> <caption>French Cursive font</caption> <author> <name>Emmanuel Beffara</name> <email>Emmanuel.Beffara(a)pps.jussieu.fr</email> </author> <license type=gpl /> </about> <description> <abstract> This is the French Cursive font, a cursive hand-writing font family in the style of the French academic running-hand, written with Metafont. Several variants are provided, with explanation on how to write other ones. An NFSS font description and a support LaTeX package are provided. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>fonts/frcursive</ctan> </distribution> </entry> **********************************************************************

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CTAN package update: CurVe
by Jim Hefferon 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror real soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: CurVe Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/curve (Please also not that we are moving directories on CTAN and this package will soon be located in macros/latex/contrib/curve --JH) Summary description: New release of Curve, version 1.4 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm pleased to announce the release of CurVe version 1.4. New in this release: support for small id photo inclusion, more control on the vertical and horizontal layout of the headers. CurVe is a class package that hopefully will make your life easier when you want to write your CV. It provides you with a set of commands to create rubrics, entries in these rubrics etc. CurVe will then properly format your CV for you (possibly splitting it onto multiple pages, repeating the titles etc), which is usually the most painful part of CV writing. Another nice feature of CurVe is its ability to manage different CV flavors simultaneously. It is in fact often the case that you want to maintain slightly divergent versions of your CV at the same time, in order to emphasize on different aspects of your background. CurVe also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload notification: labbook class
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: labbook class Name and email: Frank Küster <frank(a)kuesterei.ch> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/[fkuester|fant|wherever] Summary description: a document class that produces an index of sectioning a document class that produces an index of sectioning commands License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This class is designed to typeset laboratory journals that contain chronologically ordered records about experiments. From the sectioning commands, an experiment index is generated. The class is based on the KOMA-Script class scrbook.cls. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/labbook/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: pst-3dplot
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030426.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-3dplot Name and email: Herbert Voss Suggested location on CTAN: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot Summary description: pstricks package for 3d objects License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-3dplot is a package based on PSTricks to draw graphical three dimensional objects (points, lines, squares, boxes, circles, spheres), math functions z=f(x,y) and three dimensional data files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the package as requested in CTAN:graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN shareware upload -- BaKoMa 5.36
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 5.36 (issued 22-Apr-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma' directory. This version includes patch for fixing small but crucial bug: * eventual crashing of DVI Viewer at reopenning files. This version has Patch status and may be freely installed by holders of NON-UPGRADABLE license for BaKoMa TeX 5.30 and 5.35. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 22-Apr-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.35 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.35 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <CTAN:nonfree/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 5.35 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.30 *** Main improvement is support of Expert fonts by Font Setup Wizard: `small caps', `old style figures', and other glyphs from Expert encoding. In advance, for OpenType and TrueType fonts direct access to TS1 glyphs (such as `Euro') is supported. Fonts with glyphs from expert encoding are generated with suffixes: 9e (T1), 9t (OT1), and 9c (TS1). Conventionally, these fonts are accessed via LaTeX font family with suffix `x'. So, for example, to access expert fonts, you must use `fontfamily{padx}' instead of `fontfamily{pad}'. NOTE: ATM compatible (PFB/PFA) expert fonts comes in two font files. First have standard encoding, and second has Expert encoding. For such fonts installation order is important. Font with expert encoding should be installed after font with standard encoding. In other case expert encodings T1 (*9e), OT1 (*9t), and TS1 (*9c) will be missed. For more information about changes see <CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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problems with Catalogue mirroring
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Apr '03

24 Apr '03

there have been problems with Catalogue mirroring for quite a while. we have now established a work-around, and have installed an (almost complete) new copy of the Catalogue. (the one exception we know about is the support/ subdirectory, which contains a bunch of xsl files: we hope to include that in an update within the next 24 hours.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: engpron
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Apr '03

24 Apr '03

The following information was provided by Yvon Henel, by way of our upload daemon: > Name of contribution: engpron > Name and email: Yvon Henel > Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/engpron > Summary description: macros, such as £a, to typeset English > pronunciation (uses tipa.sty) > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ce module utilise le module tipa. Il fournit des macros > commençant par le caractère £, rendu actif, qui permettent > d'écrire la prononciation de l'anglais britannique ou > américain à l'aide de l'API telle qu'on la trouve dans > le << English Pronouncing Dictionary >> de Daniel Jones. > Une option permet d'obtenir le style adopté par le Harraps. > > This package uses the package tipa. It provides macros > beginning with the £-character, made active, which enable > us to write the British or America English pronunciation > as one can find it in the English Pronouncing Dictionary > by Daniel Jones. There is an option to typeset the pronunciation in > the style of Harrap's. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- one should note that the package documentation is in french. there are tables of usage (macros and symbols) in the documentation (engpron.ps) as well as in exemple.ps within the bundle. however, a non-french reader will no doubt miss some of the subtleties of the package. anyway, i have installed the package as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new CTAN package: refstyle
by Jim Hefferon 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will make its way to your local mirror in a 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: refstyle Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/refstyle Summary description: Advanced formatting of cross references License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The refstyle provides a consistent way of producing references throughout a project. Enough flexibility is provided to make local changes to a single reference. The user can configure his or own setup. It has a direct interface to VARIOREF and namedref's from the NAMEDREF package can easily be incorporated (if needed). For large projects such as a series of books or a multi volume thesis, written as freestanding documents, a facility is provided to interface to the XR package for external document references. The REFSTYLE package is BABEL compliant in that all language definitions are added to the extras<langauge> token list, enabling local and global language changes through the BABEL language changing commands. Afrikaans and English definitions are provided --- any other contributions will be appreciated. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: facsimile
by Jim Hefferon 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and is even now speeding toward your favorite mirror site. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ======================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: facsimile 1.0 Author's name: Torsten Bronger Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/facsimile Summary description: LaTeX package for creating faxes. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The facsimile package provides a simple interface for creating a fax. This covers by and large two areas: First, a title page is created with a detailed fax header. And secondly, every page gets headers and footers so that the recipient can be sure to have received all pages and complete pages, and to have the correct order. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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new package on CTAN: eemeir
by Jim Hefferon 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should, in the next day or two, make its way via the magic of FTP mirroring to a site near you. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: E-Em-Eir package Author's name: Mogens Lemvig Hansen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/eemeir Summary description: Natural commands to type in place of gender specific words. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The eemeir package facilitates writing documents that must be produced in both a male and a female form by providing natural commands to type in place of gender specific words. The user can extend the list of such commands as the need arises. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN uload -- e-TeX for BaKoMa TeX
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Apr '03

22 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory e-TeX 2.1 for BaKoMa TeX. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. This implementation of e-TeX is well integrated with BaKoMa TeX. Supported features are: * Dynamical Preview; * DVI Search marks generation; * Automatical generation of BB-files for all graphical formats; * TCX tables. To install the e-TeX under BaKoMa TeX it just open programs/etex.bkz unit. After installing this module and restarting BaKoMa Text Editor following TeX formats will be available: * e-TeX * e-LaTeX 2e For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I have added this to CTAN:/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: modroman
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Apr '03

21 Apr '03

Yvon Henel, through the ghostly medium of cambridge's upload daemon, writes: > Name of contribution: modroman > Name and email: Yvon Henel > Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/misc > Summary description: two macros to write numbers thus i, ij, iij, xj > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > modroman.sty, two macros to write numbers in lower case > roman numerals thus i, ij, iij, iv and so on. (See the > final j?) > > modroman.sty, deux macros pour écrire les nombres en > chiffres romains minuscules sous la forme i, ij, iij, > iv etc. (Avez-vous noté le j final ?) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- with the restructuring of ctan, we're avoiding contrib/misc as much as we can (it's difficult to make browsing of that directory straightforward). i have therefore placed your upload in macros/latex/contrib/modroman thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Uploaded updated ctie package
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Apr '03

21 Apr '03

Julian Gilbey writes: > + what you've uploaded > > ctie-1.1.tar.gz, an updated version of my CTIE package > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > + where you want the files to go > > web/c_cpp/ctie > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > dfsg (I think it's a BSD-style licence) > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > A few bugfixes and lots of updates to bring it in line with the latest > kpathsea library. thanks for the upload: i've installed it over the previous version, as you suggested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload of poemscol 1.1
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Apr '03

21 Apr '03

John Burt writes: > files: poemscol.dtx poemscol.pdf > LaTeX public license > > suggested location: tex-archive/macros/latex/supported/poemscol > > changes: Added ability to change the mark poemscol uses to indicate that > there is (or is not) a stanza break at the page turn, Added ability to > alter the amount of indentation of runover lines of verse. Made the page > geometry and leading used in the original version an option rather than > the default. > > original abstract: > extsf{poemscol} provides macros for LaTeX for setting > collections of poetry. It is especially suited for setting collections > of poetry in which several volumes are combined, such as in a > critical edition of a poet's Collected Poems. It provides the structures > required to produce a critical edition of the kind specified by the > Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions, and it > automatically marks every occasion where a stanza break falls on a > page break. i've installed the files as updates to the version in macros/latex/contrib/supported/poemscol; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: BegriffsschriftLaTeX
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Apr '03

21 Apr '03

behold, our upload daemon doth proclaim: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030420.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: BegriffsschriftLaTeX > Name and email: Josh Parsons > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib > Summary description: a LaTeX2e package for typesetting Frege's > begriffsschrift > License type: GNU Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This style style can be used in conjunction with LaTeX mathmode to > typeset material written in Frege's Begriffsschrift. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package as requested (macros/latex/contrib/begriff); thanks fro teh upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: lshort-dutch
by Jim Hefferon 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to the other CTAN sites and mirrors shortly. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: lshort-dutch Author's name: Dong Hoon Van Uytsel Location on CTAN: info/lshort/dutch Summary description: Dutch translation of The Not So Short Introduction To LaTeX2e License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- De niet zo korte inleiding tot LaTeX2e Version 1.3 of the Dutch version of The Not So Short Introduction To LaTeX2e is a free translation of the English lshort-3.22 by various volunteers on the be.comp.os.linux newsgroup. It recycles large parts of other versions (Piet van Oostrum's, Stefan Becuwe's version 1.2) that were not published on CTAN. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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tug.ctan.org downtime
by Jim Hefferon 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

The tug.ctan.org machine will go down this Thursday, Apr 17, at perhaps 3:00 pm local (US Eastern) and remain down for some time. This machine runs the http://www.ctan.org web interface, and is also known as ctan.tug.org. The reason for the downtime is that our entire campus will lose power for at least two days and the Easter weekend was judged a good time to do this. I may be able to get in on Sat morning and bring the machine back up but I need to leave town that day and if power is not back by then, the machine may not reappear until Tuesday morning. I apologize for the inconvienence. The other two ctan nodes will be up at ftp.tex.ac.uk and ftp.dante.de. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org

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CTAN submission -- babelbib package
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders ----- I have uploaded babelbib.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains a new package which could be a replacement to germbib. Thus, I am not sure where it should go on CTAN. Either CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib or CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/babelbib License ist LPPL. >From the README: Multilingual bibliographies: The babelbib package This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in cooperation with babel. Thus, each citation may be written in another language. In addition, it supports commands to change the typography of the bibliographies. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it on CTAN in biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib/ (By the way, there is a small problem in the Makefile: The rm commands in the clean and distclean rules use C Shell style file name globbing but make normally uses the Bourne Shell.) XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=babelbib datestamp=2003/03/20 modifier=ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org> <about> <name>babelbib</name> <caption>Multilingual bibliographies</caption> <author> <name>Harald Harders</name> <email>h.harders(a)tu-bs.de</email> </author> <license type=lppl /> </about> <description> <abstract> The babelbib package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in cooperation with babel. Thus, each citation may be written in another language. In addition, it supports commands to change the typography of the bibliographies. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: cm-lgc
by Jim Hefferon 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and has by now made its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: cm-lgc Author's name: Alexej Kryukov Location on CTAN: fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc Summary description: Set of Latin, Greek and Cyrillic fonts converted from the METAFONT sources License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The CM-LGC package contains Type 1 fonts converted from METAFONT sources of the Computer Modern font families. The following encodings are supported: T1, T2A (Cyrillic), LGR (Greek) and TS1. However, pfb files itself are in standard (non-TeX) encodings, so that they are suitable for any WYSIWYG application. The Greek fonts (based on the CB Greek package) provides type 1 versions for Greek Computer Modern family. The package includes also Unicode virtual fonts for use with Omega/Lambda. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN Submission -- parallel-package
by Rainer Schöpf 14 Apr '03

14 Apr '03

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Matthias Eckermann wrote: > I just uploaded an update to my 'parallel'-package to ftp.dante.de > /incoming/parallel. > > Please remove all old files in > /pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/supported/parallel/ > and put the new files (from /incoming/parallel/*) there. > > The most important change of this beta-4 release is the switch to LPPL. Thanks > to Frank Mittelbach for some minor enhancements. > > In /incoming/parallel there is: > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 Mr.Ftp server 1854 Nov 10 1997 README > -rw-rw-r-- 1 Mr.Ftp server 36339 Nov 10 1997 parallel.dtx > -rw-rw-r-- 1 Mr.Ftp server 1578 Nov 10 1997 parallel.ins > [...] > What is it > ----------- > > The PARALLEL-package provides a small tool to typeset in two columns > or on two pages parallel, e.g. if you want to set two languages besides. > > Please remember: this is only an ``interim-public-beta'' until I'll > have finished the complete documentation, the code should be fine. > > date/release: parallel beta 4 $Date: 2003/04/13 16:54:40 $ > primary site: CTAN /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/parallel/ > > > Installation > ------------ > > (You need LateX2e) > 1) Run latex on parallel.ins and three times on parallel.drv. > 2) Put parallel.sty where latex can find it. > 3) View and/or print parallel.dvi, latex the exampl*.tex, if you want. > > > Author & Thanks > --------------- > > Matthias Eckermann (mge), Berlin, Germany, mge(a)arcor.de, mge(a)suse.de > - debugging : Bernd Raichle (br), Stuttgart, Germany > - contributions : Wonkoo Kim (wk), Pittsburgh, PA, USA > Frank Mittelbach, Mainz, Germany > > > Disclaimer/ License > ------------------- > > This file is part of the 'parallel'-package > > Copyright (c) 1994-2003 Matthias Eckermann > > This program may be distributed and/or modified under the > conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.2 > of this license or (at your option) any later version. > The latest version of this license is in > http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > and version 1.2 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX > version 1999/12/01 or later. > > This program consists of the files parallel.dtx, parallel.ins, readme Thanks for the update. I installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/parallel Please note that this is a new location; the old one in macros/latex/contrib/supported/parallel is no longer correct. (The CTAN Team announced last week that the supported and other directory will be deleted and everything moved up one level.) For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- URW PostScript Base35 fonts
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Apr '03

12 Apr '03

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the file base35.tgz to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. Its contents should go into > a new directory: > > fonts/urw/base35 > > The upload occurs in accordance with the suggestions by > Staszek Wawrykiewicz <staw(a)gust.org.pl>. > > These are URW's PostScript Base fonts, which are provided > under the GPL and usually distributed in conjunction with > Ghostscript. As far as TeX is concerned, pdfTeX and other > applications need them as drop-in replacements for Adobe's > non-free original Base fonts. For several reasons they > should, from now on, be kept on CTAN also as a collection of > their own: > > * There exists already at least one collection of these > fonts with incompatible extensions (or bugs?) but unchanged > file names, so we need a reference distribution, which is > known to work with TeX applications as usual. > > * In the present collection a long-standing bug of URW's > Helvetica fonts - the wrong germandls - has been corrected. > Many thanks to Primoz Peterlin, who did the work! (All > other font files are exactly the same as in GNU Ghostscript > 7.x and 8.00.) Note that the bug fix has not yet found its > way into the Ghostscript distribution, but this should > happen soon: Primoz Peterlin has contacted the GS > maintainers. > > * In the present collection all files are already named > according to the Karl-Berry scheme. > > See the file README.base35 for more information. Thanks for the upload. We took the liberty to put the different types of files (pfb,pfm,afm) into separate subdirectories in fonts/urw/base35 For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: upload to ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Apr '03

12 Apr '03

Eitan Gurari writes: > + what you've uploaded > > tex4ht-mn.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > + where you want the files to go > > /tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/ > > please remove old tex4ht.zip from that directory > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > lppl LaTeX Project Public Licence > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > An updated version of tex4ht i've installed the file as requested. thanks for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- LaTeX2e-Kurzbeschreibung v2.3, now under GFDL
by Rainer Schöpf 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Walter Schmidt schrieb: > I have uploaded the zip archive l2kurz.zip to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, move its contents to > the CTAN directory info/lshort/german/. Doing so will replace > the present files (except the empty latex2e-kurzbeschreibung) > and add one new file. > > This is version 2.3 of the German LaTeX2e-Kurzbeschreibung. > Main news is, that the document is now released under the > GNU Free Documentation License. > > Apart from the license, there are only minor changes and > updates; see the file CHANGES. (A major revision is due > after the release of the next LaTeX2e only.) Thanks for the update, I installed it in info/lshort/german For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Changes in the structure of CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

The CTAN team are working to improve searching and browsing of CTAN. The first visible steps will include a large number of directory moves. Over the next few days, the directories macros/latex/contrib/(other|supported) are going to disappear, and their contents will move to macros/latex/contrib We believe this will increase clarity, since there has in practice been no discernible difference between the two sub-trees apart from content. The moves have already started; contrib/other/misc and contrib/supported/misc have been merged and moved to contrib/misc. Whenever new packages are submitted from now on, they will go direct into subdirectories of contrib/ (two such have appeared so far). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload -- mpsproof.tex
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Daniel Luecking ----- Name of contribution: mpsproof.tex Name and email: Daniel Luecking Suggested location on CTAN: macros/plain/misc OR(?) graphics/metapost/contrib/misc Summary description: Modified version of mproof.tex that works with pdftex or tex License type: Public Domain Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The file mpsproof.tex can be used just like mproof.tex to produce proofs of Metapost figures. The difference is that it works with either pdftex or tex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed your file in CTAN:graphics/metapost/contrib/misc/mpsproof.tex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- statistik
by Reinhard Zierke 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Michael Niedermair ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030406.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Statistik Name and email: Michael Niedermair <m.g.n(a)gmx.de> Suggested location on CTAN: /tex/latex/misc Summary description: Erstellen einer Kapitelstatistik License type: Free - Public Domain Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mit dem Paket werden die Seitenzahlen jedes Kapitels (mit Kapitelnummer und Kapiteltext) in eine externe Datei geschrieben. Dabei können verschiedene LaTeX-Dateien sowie CSV bzw. XML-Dateien erzeugt werden. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/statistik/ The package is documented in German only. An English translation of the above announcement text is: This package writes the page numbers of each chapter (plus chapter number and title) into an external file. Several kinds of LaTeX files, CSV and XML files can be produced. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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