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Re: CTAN submision --- humanist font
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

> I have uploaded humanist.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current fonts/bookhands/humanist. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The humanist and allhmin packages povide Metafont fonts based on > the Humanist manuscript bookhand used from the 14th century. This is > one in a series of manuscript fonts. > > Changes in version 1.1 (2003/06/2) > o Added ae and AE conjunctions. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- combine class
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

Peter Wilson writes: > 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 documents into a > single document, such as when preparing conference proceedings. > > Changes in version 0.51 (2003/07/17) > o Added macro to fix stack overflow for the combination: pdflatex + > combine + graphicx + caption2. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package installed: isi2bib-vim
by Jim Hefferon 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and is right now making its way through the wire 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: isi2bib-vim Author's name: Ajit Thakkar Location on CTAN: support/vim Summary description: Vim script to convert a bibliographic database from ISI to BiBTeX format License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- isi2bib.vim is a script that enables Vim (a popular text editor) to convert a bibliographic database from ISI (Institute of Scientific Information, Web of Science) export format to BIBTeX format. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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the demise of macros/latex/contrib/supported
by Robin Fairbairns 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

earlier this year, at a ctan planning meeting, we decided to abolish the distinction between supported and other packages installed under macros/latex/contrib the decision was made because we have watched the steady erosion of the distinction since 1994, when the sub-trees were created. for example, there were packages that plainly were supported installed under other/, while maintainers of packages installed under supported/ were unavailable to perform any maintenance. as of today, the subtrees of macros/latex/contrib have disappeared from the main ctan sites. the subtree directories other/ and supported/ will retain a shadowy (soft link) existence until the end of september 2003. (apart from the convenience of users for which addresses are memory-imprinted, the ctan team has still to complete the required changes to the catalogue: the uk faq will be up to date at its next release in a day or two). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- fontinst
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

----- Forwarded message from Lars Hellström ----- I have to ftp.dante.de uploaded an archive fontinst.tar.gz into /incoming. It contains the new fontinst release (v1.926), and the license is as usual the LPPL. I think the following will be the best course of action with this: .... 2. Place the archive contents in fonts/utilities/fontinst. 3. Delete the fontinst-prerelease hierarchy, and replace it with a link to its fontinst sibling. The reason for making a link is that there are are references to fontinst-prerelease here and there on the 'net, and it seems unnecessary to break them. .... Short quote from the README: Fontinst is a program that helps with installing fonts for (La)TeX. Since it is written entirely in TeX macros, it is completely portable. More precisely, fontinst helps mainly with the number crunching and shoveling parts of font installation. This means in practice that it creates a number of files which give the TeX metrics (and related information) for a font family that (La)TeX needs to do any typesetting in these fonts. Fontinst furthermore makes it easy to create fonts containing glyphs from more than one base font, taking advantage of e.g. expert font sets. Fontinst cannot examine files to see if they contain any useful information, nor automatically search for files or work with binary file formats; those tasks must normally be done manually or with the help of some other tool, such as the pltotf and vptovf programs. Lars Hellström ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version in CTAN:fonts/utilities/fontinst/ replacing the old version. For the time being, the link CTAN:fonts/utilities/fontinst-prerelease points to the new directory. -- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: package decimal
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Jul '03

15 Jul '03

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > I have uploaded the files decimal.dtx and decimal.ins in > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/decimal. This LaTeX package should be > used by people who need the traditional English decimal point, > instead of the American-style period. Please install the package > in any place you feel it is appropriate. Thanks for the upload, I installed the file in macros/latex/contrib/decimal For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by Jim Hefferon 15 Jul '03

15 Jul '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: LaTeXPiX is a windows drawing tool for LaTeX License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeXPiX is a windows drawing tool for LaTeX. The new version has many improvements. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission -- OriyaTeX v0.99
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Jul '03

14 Jul '03

anshuman pandey writes: > I've uploaded the file oriya-tex-0.99.zip to > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/. This zip archive contains files for > Oriya-TeX v0.99. These files should replace all existing materials > in /language/oriya. i've installed the files (nonfree/language/oriya, the same as the previous version). thanks for the upload. robin

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new ctan item: bibcheck.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Jul '03

13 Jul '03

in the course of a thread on a mailing list, cv raman mentioned a package of his, that checks that every entry in a thebibliography environment has been cited. i have (with his permission) installed the package on ctan, as macros/latex/contrib/misc/bibcheck.sty the licence of the package is gpl.

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Re: CTAN upload notification: parrun
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jul '03

13 Jul '03

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 massimiliano dominici submitted to CTAN: > Name of contribution: parrun > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ > Summary description: typesets (two) streams of text running parallel. > License type: GNU Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For typesetting translated text and his original source, parallel on the same page, one above the other. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/parrun For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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11 Jul '03

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Update of labbook
by Rainer Schöpf 11 Jul '03

11 Jul '03

A submission was uploaded to CTAN: > Name of contribution: Update of labbook > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/labbook > Summary description: Typeset laboratory journals. > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > From the description: > > labbook.cls - a document class that produces an index of sectioning commands > > 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. > > The update fixes some annoying bugs and introduces some new features. First of all, there can now be several index entries for one experiment > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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ecltree updated
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Jul '03

11 Jul '03

the ecltree macros, which have been dormant for *ages*, have now been updated, by frank mittelbach with the authors permission, for better performance with current latex. (in parallel, i've done minor modernisation of the documentation.) i've installed the new version in macros/latex/contrib/eclbip (the old macros/latex209/contrin/eclbip directory has moved to the the obsolete/ tree). the licence is now lppl. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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11 Jul '03

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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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