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CTAN upload notification: fc fonts version 1.4
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: fc fonts version 1.4 Name and email: Jörg Knappen <joerg.knappen(a)uni-mainz.de> Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/jknappen/fc Summary description: Update of the fc fonts License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have uploaded an update for the fc fonts. The update contains some fixes to the METAFONT sources of the fc fonts and improved LaTeX2e support files. The documentation is updated appropriately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:fonts/jknappen/fc/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: OFS - Olsak's Font System
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

> Name of contribution: OFS - Olsak's Font System > Name and email: Petr Olsak <petr(a)olsak.net> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/generic/ofs > Summary description: plainTeX +LaTeX macro for managing large font collections > License type: other > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > OFS (Olsak's Font System) is plainTeX and LaTeX macro for managing large font collections. It is used by Czech/Slovak users many years. > > Main features: > > * Long names of fonts to metric file name mapping. User > can specify only exact long names in your document. > * Support for many font encodings. > * Printing of catalogues of fonts, test samples of > font families. > * Interactive macro showfonts shows all font families > you have instaled via OFS > * User interface is the same for plainTeX and for LaTeX, > but implementation differs: LaTeX variant of OFS uses > NFSS, but plain variant implements its own font managing > (may be better than NFSS). > * Support for math fonts including TX fonts. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you very much for the upload. I installed the package in CTAN:macros/generic/ofs. The package has an individually worded license which I'd like to sort under the license type 'other'. I believe it to be free enough to have it put in the 'official' CTAN tree instead of the 'CTAN:/nonfree' directory tree. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: clefval
by Jim Hefferon 27 May '04

27 May '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and will make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: clefval Author's name: Yvon Henel Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/clefval Summary description: clefval.sty provides two macros TheKey and TheValue to define then use pairs of key/value and gives a semblance of hash. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- clefval.sty provides two macros TheKey and TheValue to define then use pairs of key/value and gives a semblance of hash. Syntax: TheKey{key}{value} to define the value associated to the key, does not produce text; TheValue}{key} to insert the value linked to the key. Both arguments of TheKey are `moving' as LaTeX{} defines it and we have sometimes to protect them. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/clefval although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors _______________________________________________ Ctan mailing list Ctan(a)dante.de https://sun.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan ------- End of forwarded message -------

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CTAN upload notification: guia-atx.pdf
by Reinhard Zierke 27 May '04

27 May '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: guia-atx.pdf Name and email: Joaquín Ataz López <jal(a)um.es> Suggested location on CTAN: info/spanish Summary description: How use Emacs-AucTeX to write LaTex documents (in Spanish) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document explains in Spanish how to use GNU Emacs and its extensions (Auc-TeX, RefTeX and BibTeX) to write LaTeX source documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this document in the new directory CTAN:info/spanish/guia-atx. I added a README file explaining the purpose of the document as I and probably a lot of other persons would not be able to guess its contents from the file name. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: updated acryonym package
by Robin Fairbairns 27 May '04

27 May '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > it seems uploads at ftp.tex.ac.uk do not work presently ... so here > is my update via email .... > > Danie Els has fixed some issues in the acronym package ... > > Version 1.10 (May 2004): Fix for the bug of a cs{}cs{} following an > acronym. Add footnote optional out for cmd{acs}. Fix for list of acronyms > in front matter and addition of cmd{acroextra} command. > -- Danie Els thanks for the submission. i'm sorry you had problems with uploading: the problem isn't (that i'm aware of) manifesting itself for other users, and i would welcome any reports of problems (dates and times of any problems observed will help my log-file gardening...) anyway, i've installed the file as requested, replacing macros/latex/contrib/acronym Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team Mail ctan-uk(a)tex.ac.uk for evidence of ftp.tex.ac.uk/cam.ctan.org problems -- thanks, everyone.

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CTAN has a new package: engrec
by Jim Hefferon 26 May '04

26 May '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon now. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: engrec Author's name: Yvon Henel Author's email: Yvon.Henel(a)wanadoo.fr Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/engrec Summary description: Two macros engrec and EnGrec to enumerate, for example some lists, with lower case or upper case greek letters. They have the syntax of alph and friends. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Two macros engrec and EnGrec to enumerate, for example some lists, with lower case or upper case greek letters. They have the syntax of alph and friends. Provides macros for capital greek letters which have the shape of a latin character such as Alpha (macro Alpha) and so on. Provides macros omicron and upomicron to give sloped and upright shape of omicron. There are options to chose between the shape of the lowercase greek letters for which two variants are classicaly provided. With option upgreek, upgreek.sty is loaded and the lowercase letters are shown upright. Option slgreek, default, is the opposite. There are options upright and sloped (default) designed mainly to be used with fourier.sty. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/engrec although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package update: cm-lgc
by Jim Hefferon 26 May '04

26 May '04

This package has been updated on CTAN. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ========================================================== Announcement text provided by the package author: The cm-lgc font package contains a set of Type 1 fonts, converted from the METAFONT sources, which covers 3 European alphabets (LGC stands for Latin, Greek, Cyrillic) and the corresponding TeX font encodings. It also includes Unicode virtual fonts which may be used with Omega/Lambda. Unlike other Type 1 font packages based on original METAFONT files, CM-LGC doesn't tend to cover all the fonts available in the METAFONT format. In particular, each font family and shape is represented with a single file which is used in all point sizes. This allows to keep the whole package compact but still enough powerful and sufficient for regular work. Another goal of the CM-LGC font package is to provide a set of 8-bit fonts suitable for use outside of TeX. That's why all the PFB files it includes contain meaningful PostScript names (e.g. CMRoman Bold Italic) and have standard encoding vectors (e. g. AdobeStandard for Latin fonts), while virtual fonts are used to combine glyphs present in those PFB files into TeX-specific codepages. The latest package release (v. 0.3) contains some important improvements and bug fixes, which hopefully make the whole package really stable. This version also includes INF files, so that installing the fonts under MS Windows becomes really easy. =============================================================== You can visit the package (so it doesn't get lonely) at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc

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Re: New ConTeXt math modules
by Robin Fairbairns 25 May '04

25 May '04

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

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CTAN upload notification: KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 24 May '04

24 May '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm <markus.kohm(a)gmx.de> 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 '04 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka fix me again. -------------------------------------------------------- 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 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrbook.cls 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrreprt.cls 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrlttr2.cls 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2004/02/07 v2.1c typearea.sty 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrlfile.sty 2004/04/26 v2.9q 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 only a bug-fix-release: - some fixes at the manuals - deffootnote generates more compatible macros - parfillskip unlimited is 0pt plus 1fil (was fill) - dictum uses a local group before changing to aggeddictum - addmargin does not longer change labelsep - scrpage2: thickness of footbelow line fixed - typearea: warning at twocolumn mode - scrlttr2: closing with empty argument allowed Go discover. -------------------------------------------------------- I installed this new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: CurVe
by Jim Hefferon 23 May '04

23 May '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and by now has made its way to a mirror near you. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: CurVe Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/curve Summary description: A Curriculum Vitae class for LaTeX2e License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce release 1.7 of CurVe. New in this release: ** Support for key horizontal alignment ** aggedleft and aggedright can now be used within individual entries ** Fix typo in Danish version of continuedname 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. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curve although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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new machine for cambridge ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 22 May '04

22 May '04

cambridge has a new ctan machine; it's now been up and working on the addresses cam.ctan.org, ftp.tex.ac.uk (ftp protocol) and rsync.tex.ac.uk (rsync protocol) for well over 24 hours. even the most dilatory name server should get you to the new machine, now. this is the third machine that has served ctan since it came to cambridge, and it's not come a moment too soon -- the old machine was providing rather poor performance. the machine is a dual 2.6ghz xeon with 2gbyte of memory and lots of disc. we believe it will support applications at an acceptable level for some time. the machine was purchased with a grant from the uk tex users' group, and the ctan team is also grateful to the university of cambridge computer laboratory for continuing to provide a friendly home to ctan. the observant will have noticed that i did not mention www.tex.ac.uk, above. that is still being hosted by the laboratory's main web server. there are (ahem) structural difficulties with moving the web service, and we decided to go live with what we could, as soon as i could make at least something work reliably, Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: pstricks update and contributed packages
by Reinhard Zierke 18 May '04

18 May '04

I installed an update for CTAN:graphics/pstricks and the two contributed packages graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add and graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo by Herbert Voss. According to a personal e-mail from Herbert, he has been approved by Timothy van Zandt as current pstricks maintainer. Name of contribution: pstricks Name and email: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)perce.de> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/generic Summary description: PSTricks - TeX and PostScript License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the pstricks.tex 97-patch 15 It has the new macros psellipticarc psellipticarcn psellipticwedge and the options eofill (similiar to PostScript) and the modfied dash option. please install the files into the following directories README -> graphics/pstricks/README pstricks.pro -> graphics/pstricks/dvips pst-all.sty -> graphics/pstricks/latex pstricks.sty -> graphics/pstricks/latex pst-news97-15.tex -> graphics/pstricks/doc pst-news97-15.pdf -> graphics/pstricks/doc pstricks.tex -> graphics/pstricks/generic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: pstricks-add Name and email: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)perce.de> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add Summary description: Additional macros License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - This version has one new option for drawing coordinate axis -> ticklines (see doc)) - All the stuff, which went into pstricks - patch 15 is now no more available in this package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: pst-geo Name and email: Manuel Luque, Giuseppe Matarazzo, Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)perce.de> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/pst-geo Summary description: Geographical Projections License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - new database of cities - some more improvements ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- The caption package 3.0b
by Reinhard Zierke 18 May '04

18 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Axel Sommerfeldt ----- Name of contribution: The caption package 3.0b Uploaded to: ftp.dante.de/incoming/caption Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/caption (Please delete all the old files in this directory) Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Abstract: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table and cooperates with many other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: - Improvement: captionsetup within a SCfigure/SCtable is now working - New: captionsetup[SCfigure/SCtable/longtable/supertabular]{...} - parindent and hangindent have defaults now (parindent and 0pt) to avoid conflicts with global options - New: Support of the listings package (1.2), that means captionsetup[lstlisting]{...} is working now - Improved non-ragged2e support: Only typeout a warning if RaggedRight is actually used - New option listof=<boolean> (for use with the sidecap package) - New subsection in the documentation about incompatible packages - Some minor bugfixes - LPPL 1.3 (author-maintained) ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/caption Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: egameps
by Jim Hefferon 15 May '04

15 May '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should have by now made its way to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: egameps Author's name: Martin J. Osborne Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/egameps Summary description: LaTeX style for typesetting extensive games, using PSTricks macros License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The style is intended to have enough features to draw any extensive game with relative ease. (An older version, which uses the LaTeX picture environment rather than the PSTricks macros (and consequently has many fewer features), is available on my website.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/egameps although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN Upload: csquotes 1.7
by Reinhard Zierke 15 May '04

15 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Philipp Lehman ----- I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to DANTE incoming. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Thank you. ABOUT The csquotes package: * provides markup for inline quotations * supports both control sequences and active characters * toggles between inner and outer quotation marks for nested quotes * interfaces with Babel and adapts quotation marks as required * features fully configurable quotation styles and active characters CHANGES * Shiny new manual in PDF format * Added setquotestyle * Modified DeclarePlainStyle * Modified quote handling in pdf strings * Modified French quotation marks _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ The license remains LPPL. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Eukleides 1.0
by Reinhard Zierke 15 May '04

15 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Christian Obrecht ----- I've just uploaded the latest source archives (1.0.0) of `eukleides' and `xeukleides' in `CTAN:/incoming/eukleides'. They should be installed in `CTAN:/tex-archive/support/eukleides/'. There's also a `README' file which is intended to replace the old one. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:support/eukleides/. The license remains GPL. >From the README file: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eukleides is a Euclidean geometry drawing language. Two softwares are related to it. First, eukleides, a compiler which allows to typeset geometry figures within a (La)TeX document. This program is also useful to convert such figures in EPS format or in various other vector graphic formats. Second, xeukleides, an X-Window front-end which makes possible to create interactive geometry figures. This program is also useful to edit and tune some Eukleides code. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: sgame
by Jim Hefferon 14 May '04

14 May '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: sgame Author's name: Martin J. Osborne Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/sgame Summary description: LaTeX style for typesetting strategic games License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Formats strategic games. For a 2 x 2 game, for example, the input egin{game}{2}{2} & $L$ & $M$\ $T$ &$2,2$ &$2,0$\ $B$ &$3,0$ &$0,9$ end{game} produces output with (a) boxes around the payoffs, (b) payoff columns of equal width, and (c) payoffs vertically centered within the boxes. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sgame although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- bibunits 2.4
by Reinhard Zierke 13 May '04

13 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Thorsten Hansen ----- I have just uploaded version 2.4 of bibunits. -- uploaded file: bibunits-v2.4.tar.gz -- uploaded to CTAN node: dante.ctan.org (ftp.dante.de) -- recommended place: CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bibunits -- licensing condition: LPPL -- brief summary: multiple bibliographies in one document Changes to version 2.3 include . proper inclusion of the license conditions (LPPL 1.3) in all relevant files It would be fine if you can sent a short note to comp.text.tex when the new style has been installed. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bibunits However, I renamed the 00Readme file to README as this will be shown by web browsers and ran bibunits.dtx through pdflatex to produce readymade documentation. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: dramatist
by Jim Hefferon 11 May '04

11 May '04

A package has been updated on CTAN. By now, due to my slowness, it should already be at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the uplaod, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: dramatist Author's name: Massimiliano Dominici Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/dramatist Summary description: The `dramatist' package provides support for drama both in verse and in prose. The following facilities are given: two environments for typesetting dialogues in prose or in verse; new document divisions corresponding to acts and scenes; macros that control the appearance of characters and stage directions; and automatical generation of a `dramatis personae' list. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2: Added support for `poemscol' package. Introduced an `uppercase' series of sectioning commands. First argument in Character made optional (this causes incompatibility with previous versions). Added environment (`CharacterGroup') for characters groups in the `Dramatis Personae' list. Added various hooks for user customization. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dramatist although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 10 May '04

10 May '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty. > > Thanks to Carsten Heinz it fixes a problem that the memoir class > causes with the listings package. i've installed the file as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: arcs.sty Placing an arc over/under text
by Reinhard Zierke 10 May '04

10 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Gianfranco Boggio-Togna ----- I have uploaded the file `arcs.zip' to ftp.dante.de/incoming. Name of contribution: arcs Author: Gianfranco Boggio-Togna <gbt(a)acm.org> Suggested location: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/arcs License: LaTeX Project Public License Description: This tiny package provides two commands for placing an arc over/under a short piece of text. The code comes from my package `metre'. I have repackaged it to make it more easily available and to allow the commands to be used within math formulas. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/arcs/ As we are trying to move to online PDF documentation, I ran arcs.dtx through pdflatex and installed the file arcs.pdf as well. (While I was at it, I also renamed macros/latex/contrib/metre/readme to macros/latex/contrib/metre/REAME. Thus web browsers will automagically display this file when entering the directory.) Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xcolor 1.11
by Reinhard Zierke 10 May '04

10 May '04

Name of contribution: xcolor 1.11 Name and email: Uwe Kern <xcolor(a)ukern.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcolor Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004/05/09 v1.11 * New features: - switch ifglobalcolors to control whether color definitions are global or local; - option `hyperref' provides color expression support for the border colors of hyperlinks, e.g. hypersetup{xurlbordercolor=red!50!yellow}; - internal hooks XC@bcolor, XC@mcolor, and XC@ecolor for additional code that has to be executed immediately before/after the current color is being displayed. * Changes: - XC@logcolor renamed to XC@display, which is now the core color display command; - improved interface to `pstricks'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- HA-prosper update
by Reinhard Zierke 10 May '04

10 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Hendri Adriaens ----- I just uploaded an update of HA-prosper to ftp.dante.de. It should be installed in the existing directory: macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper ------------------------------------------------------------ Version 4.1 has: - new features - support for environments using item - a new style - revised documentation - and more Important: HA-prosper 4.1 uses the xkeyval package which can be retrieved here: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: pst-geo
by Reinhard Zierke 10 May '04

10 May '04

> Name of contribution: pst-geo > Name and email: Manuel Luque, Giuseppe Matarazzo, Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)perce.de> > Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN:// graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo > Summary description: Geographical Projections > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This new version has some more features to the big > database, it is now possible to define a step to get > smaller pdf files. > There are new small databases for cities of France and > capitals of Europe with longitude and latitude > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo. However, I renamed the file How-To-Install.txt to README as this will be shown automagically by web browsers. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: statex v1.5
by Robin Fairbairns 04 May '04

04 May '04

Rodney Sparapani writes of his statex, which provides support for writing statistics presentations: > I've uploaded a new version of statex (v1.5) to cam.ctan.org. It has > some additional functionality, but mainly it's just bug/mis-feature > fixes. The older version that is available on CTAN is in the > directory macros/latex/contrib/misc i've installed the package as reqested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pstricks-add
by Rainer Schöpf 02 May '04

02 May '04

On Sat, 1 May 2004 Herbert Voss uploaded an update to his package pstricks-add Summary description: A collection of several add-ons and bugfixes for PSTricks License type: lppl > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This new version contains some more bugfixes > for pstricks/pst-node/pst-plot and pst-tree > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: toolbox v5.1
by Rainer Schöpf 02 May '04

02 May '04

On Sat, 1 May 2004, M. Vaeth wrote: > I have uploaded a new release of toolbox (toolbox.zip) to the > incoming directory. A description follows. > Sincerely, Martin Väth > > Name of contribution: toolbox v5.1 > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/toolbox > Summary description: A package for (La)TeX which provides some macros > which are convenient for writing indices, glossaries, or other macros. > License type: Free (lppl) > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A package for (La)TeX which provides some macros > which are convenient for writing indices, > glossaries, or other macros. > It contains macros which support > -implicit macros > -fancy optional arguments > -loops over tokenlists and itemlists > -searching, splitting, and replacing > -controlled expansion > -redefinition of macros > -concatenated macro names > > The main change to the previous release is that macros for > text replacement are provided. There are also some minor bugfixes > (also in the documentation). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/toolbox For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Second revision of footmisc.dtx
by Robin Fairbairns 02 May '04

02 May '04

i found another bug in the footmisc i installed yesterday (it was actually corrected in the version that had previously been on ctan; the version i installed yesterday had the same version number as the one already there...) the new version is v5.3c, and it even works in the part of my test suite that doesn't live in the same subtree, and therefore got forgotten yesterday... any unfortunate who updated their copy of footmisc yesterday should update again -- sorry. files updated are macros/latex/contrib/footmisc.dtx and footmisc.pdf Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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bugfix version of footmisc on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 01 May '04

01 May '04

i've just installed a new version (v5.3a) of footmisc.dtx on the cambridge ctan (together with the corresponding footmisc.pdf) this version mends a bug in the check for a patched latex output routine: the bug was failing with the most recent latex release (2003/12/01), when footmisc was invoked with certain options. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 01 May '04

01 May '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > Also announce: it provides fixes for the memoir class regarding > the color package and verbatim footnotes, and bookmarking appendices. i've installed the package as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload unitsdef
by Rainer Schöpf 30 Apr '04

30 Apr '04

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Patrick Happel wrote: > I've recently uploaded unitsdef.tgz to ftp.dante.de/incoming. This > package is distributed under the conditions of the lppl. > > I suggest to move it to > > CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/unitsdef/ > > The file provides the new package »unitsdef«. This is taken from the > abstract: > > There are a lot of packages for typesetting units in LaTeX2e. > Some define macros to typeset a lot of units but do not suit > to the actual font settings, some make the characters needed > available but do not predefine any unit. > This package tries to comply with both requirements. It > predefines common units, defines an easy to use interface to > define new units and changes the output concerning to the > surrounding font settings. Thanks for your upload. I installed the package as requested in: macros/latex/contrib/unitsdef For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: devnag211.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

A submission was uploaded to CTAN: > I've uploaded the file devnag211.zip to the incoming directory at ftp.dante.de. > This file contains the latest release of the Devanagari for TeX package. > > Please delete the entire existing tree under language/devanagari/velthuis/ and > replace it with the contents of devnag211.zip. The zip file contains 'velthuis' > as the topmost stored directory. > > This is a major release. New Devanagari families have been added for regional > Bombay, Calcutta, and Nepali variants. Older dvng Metafonts are now obsolete. Thank you for the update. I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: wasy fonts
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 Frank Küster wrote: > Name of contribution: wasy fonts > Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/wasy2 > Summary description: The wasy fonts (Waldis symbol fonts). > License type: pd > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Roland Waldi has asked me to upload this corrected version of the wasy > fonts. It fixes one error in wasychr.mf (see > http://bugs.debian.org/134763). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >From the documentation: The font wasy contains all lasy characters, and a lot more symbols. New characters were modified from the Metafont files of the standard TeX fonts, and many were designed from scratch. --- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: new package: xkeyval
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Hendri Adriaens wrote: > I just uploaded a new package to ftp.dante.de > It is called xkeyval. The readme starts with: > ------------------------------------------------------- > This package is an extension of the keyval package and > offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring > and setting class or package options. > ------------------------------------------------------- > > The package is released under the LPPL lisence. > I propose to install it in macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval Thanks for your package, I installed it as you suggest, in macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > This version of the mempatch package cures a problem between the > memoir class and the natbib package. i've installed the file as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: chapterfolder
by Jim Hefferon 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It should appear at your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: chapterfolder Author's name: Boretti Mathieu Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/chapterfolder Summary description: Package that simplify working with folder structure License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package simplify working with folder structure that match the chapter/ section/subsection structure. It provide macro to define chapter/section/ subsection folder that contains the file for chapter/section/subsection, and provide macro that allow inclusion without using the full path, but only path inside the current folder of the chapter/section/subsection. It make easy change to the name of a folder, for example. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chapterfolder although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: Disk of Phaistos Font and Package
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted to CTAN: > I have uploaded to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming the file > phaistos.tar.gz, which contains font that contains all the symbols > of the famous Disk of Phaistos plus a LaTeX package. I suppose you > can install the contents of the bundle under languages/greek/phaistos. > After all, there is scientific evidence that the script was used to > ``write'' Greek. Note that when you decompress and untar the bundle, you > will get the followind directory structure: > > ./phaistos > ./phaistos/dvips > ./phaistos/dvips/phaistos.map > ./phaistos/latex > ./phaistos/latex/phaistos.dtx > ./phaistos/latex/phaistos.ins > ./phaistos/tfm > ./phaistos/tfm/phaistos.tfm > ./phaistos/type1 > ./phaistos/type1/phaistos.pfb > ./phaistos/var > ./phaistos/var/getglyphs > ./phaistos/var/glyphTable.pdf > ./phaistos/afm > ./phaistos/afm/phaistos.afm Thanks for your upload, I installed it as fonts/phaistos For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: mfparptc.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 a submission was uploaded CTAN: > Name of contribution: mfparptc.sty > Name and email: Uwe Lück > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/mfparptc.sty > Summary description: Bug fix / changes in documentation > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [Already loading previous version of Mfparptc.sty would have produced > an error message due to a missing `%'. Added copyright etc., additional > minor changes of documentation.] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Upload: Font Installation Guide 2.0
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> ----- I've uploaded the file 'fontinstallationguide.tar.gz' to the incoming directory on ftp.dante.de. This tarball includes an update to a file currently installed as: info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide.pdf plus some new files which were not included in any of the previous releases. As of this release, the guide will be accompanied by additional resources. Therefore I would like to request a minor path change. If possible, please add the directory: info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/ and extract the tarball to the newly created directory. (...) ABOUT ----- The Font installation guide discusses the most common scenarios you are likely to encounter when installing Type 1 Postscript fonts. While the individual tools employed in the installation process are documented well, the actual difficulty most users are facing when trying to install new fonts is understanding how to put all the pieces together. This is what this guide is about. CHANGES ------- * Complete revision of the guide for fontinst 1.9 * All examples discussed in the guide now included as separate files * Monolithic Latex source now included as well * Added README file ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in the directory CTAN:info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: a2ping
by Jim Hefferon 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

A new one has been installed to tug.ctan.org. It should appear at your favorite mirror very soon, if indeed it is not already there. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: a2ping Author's name: Szabó Péter Location on CTAN: graphics/a2ping Summary description: advanced PS, PDF, EPS converter License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- a2ping is a UNIX command line utility written in Perl that converts many raster image and vector graphics formats to EPS or PDF and other page description formats. Accepted input file formats are: PS (PostScript), EPS, PDF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PNM, BMP, GIF, LBM, XPM, PCX, TGA. Accepted output formats are: EPS, PCL5, PDF, PDF1, PBM, PGM, PPM, PS, markedEPS, markedPS, PNG, XWD, BMP, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, XPM. a2ping delegates the low-level work to Ghostscript (GS), pdftops and sam2p. a2ping fixes many glitches during the EPS to EPS conversion, so its output is often more compatible and better embeddable than its input. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- Version 2.20 of beamer
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Till Tantau ----- Dear CTAN Team, I have put version 2.20 of beamer on fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/latex-beamer-2.20.tar.gz. Change log: Version 2.20 Added: - Added style Separator in LyX. - Added multimedia.sty for movie and sound inclusion. - Added evil allowframebreaks option to frames for automatic frame breaking. - Added evil shrink option for automatic frame text shrinking. - Added squeeze option to frames for squeezing more on a frame. - Added framesubtitle command. - Added subtitle command. - Added subject command. - Added option usepdftitle=false to suppress automatic generation of author and title entries in pdf document info. - Added framezoom command. - Added new version of beamer.el, due to Thomas Baumann. Changes: - FoilTeX emulation will now do automatic page breaking. - Empty lines in Standard lyx style will no longer be kept, use an empty Separator line instead. - Changed the qed symbol to an open rectangle. - The way frame titles are typeset is completely different now, internally. Under normal circumstance you should not notice any differences, but if you do wicked things with the frame titles, problems might arise. Bugfixes: - Fixed definition of overlayarea to give better spacing. - Fixed problem with persisting background color and dvips. - Fixed zillions of typos in the user's guide spotted by Xavier Noria and Uwe Stoer. - Fixed unrobust definition of \. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. As usual, I have replaced the previos version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer with the new one. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: AuriocusKallgraphicus (aurical)
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: AuriocusKallgraphicus (aurical) Name and email: Christian Gollwitzer Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/aurical Summary description: Calligraphic font for LaTeX in T1-encoding License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aurical is the short name for the font AuriocusKalligraphicus. It implements a calligraphic font resembling my handwriting in Type1-Format, T1/Cork encoding for use with LaTeX. Some glyphs are still missing, and there is not yet exhaustive kerning information. Apart from that, the font may be useful for invitations or informal texts, as it looks calligraphic, nevertheless is quite readable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new font as suggested in CTAN:fonts/aurical Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: LaTeX for Autoconf
by Jim Hefferon 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX for Autoconf Author's name: Boretti Mathieu Location on CTAN: tools/autoconf Summary description: Autoconf macros to test for the presence of LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX for Autoconf is a set of macro to test if latex is installed or if some package exists or .... These macro are in the M4 language. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/tools/autoconf although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=autoconf datestamp=2004/04/19 modifier=ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org> <about> <name>LaTeX for Autoconf</name> <caption>Autoconf macros to test for the presence of LaTeX</caption> <author> <name>Boretti Mathieu</name> <email>boretti(a)bss-network.com</email> </author> <license type=gpl /> </about> <description> <abstract> LaTeX for Autoconf is a set of macro to test if latex is installed or if some package exists or .... These macro are in the M4 language. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>tools/autoconf</ctan> </distribution> </entry> **********************************************************************

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Re: New software for mailing list ctan-ann
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote: > As I'm sure everyone has already discovered, ctan-ann-request is still > pointing at majordomo, so mailed mailman confirm replies end up there > instead of going to mailman. Yes, thanks for pointing it out. I changed ctan-ann-request to point to mailman. > Workaround is to GET the url in the confirm request instead of > replying to the message. Indeed. And it allows to set various useful options. Rainer

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New software for mailing list ctan-ann
by Rainer Schöpf 18 Apr '04

18 Apr '04

Dear CTAN-ANN list member, during the next week the ctan-ann mailing list will be changed to use a new mailing list software, namely GNU Mailman. Today you will receive an automatically generated message explaining how to confirm your subscription to this new incarnation of the ctan-ann mailing list. Until next weekend, messages will still be sent via the old (majordomo) software. Afterwards, they will be sent using the new software. This means: if you do not confirm your subscription until next weekend, you will not see new messages after that time. However, these messages will be archived can be accessed using the web interface. Thank you for your cooperation Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: ptptex
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: ptptex Name and email: Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics <ptp(a)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ptptex Summary description: Latex2e class files for Progress of Theoretical Physics License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package includes the main class file, related style files and manual for ptptex, which is the standard tex format file for the journal, Progress of Theoretical Physics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=ptptex datestamp=2004/04/15 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>ptptex</name> <caption>Latex2e class files for Progress of Theoretical Physics</caption> <author> <name>Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics</name> <email>ptp(a)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp</email> </author> <license type=nocommercial /> </about> <description> <abstract> The package includes the main class file, related style files and manual for ptptex, which is the standard tex format file for the journal, Progress of Theoretical Physics. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/ptptex</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new packages as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ptptex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: dante:/incoming/lm.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote: > I've just uploaded to dante:/incoming/lm.zip > it contains ver. 0.92 of LM fonts (corrected and added kerning). Thanks for your update. I installed the new files in fonts/ps-type1/lm For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- kerntest v1.32
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded kerntest-v1_32.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace all > files in ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/kerntest/ by > its contents. License stays LPPL. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/kerntest > >From the README: > > Print tables and generate mtx files that help to adjust kernings > > This class makes it easy to generate tables that show many different > kerning pairs of an arbitrary font, usable by LaTeX. > It shows the kerning values that are used by the the font by default. > > In addition, this class enables the user to alternate the kernings > and to observe the results. > Kerning pairs can be defined for groups of similar glyphs at once. > Automatically, an mtx file is generated that can be loaded by > fontinst to introduce the user-made kernings into the virtual font > for LaTeX. > > > >From the ChangeLog: > > v1.32 2004/04/13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Direct access on glyph names instead of parsing getpsname. > - Speed up writemtxkern, defglyphclass, ifglyphinclass, and > @ifglyphinclass (in total, app. factor 20). > - Allow to set relative kerning widths in glyph classes. > - Do not scale Helvetica by default because this breaks > testing Helvetica. > > v1.31 2004/04/13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Use setleftkerning and setrightkerning instead of writing > every kerning pair. > > v1.30 2004/04/12 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Add encodings OT1, T2A, T2B, and LY1. > - Template for OT1 encoding. > - Parameter-dependent encodings (for example with or without > ligatures). > - New option designsize for giving the design size of the font > explicitely. > > v1.11 2004/04/06 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Allow to give glyphs by number (decimal, hex, octal) or by > PostScript name. > - Write glyph name to table. > - Find and complain inconsistent kerning data. > - Introduce glyph classes to set the kerning for similar glyph > shapes by once. > - Reduce left margin. > > Yours > Harald > > For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Documentation policy for packages on CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Documentation of packages on CTAN ================================= For a long time, the CTAN team has relied on the users to find their own way to package documentation. This reliance is proving increasingly unsatisfactory, and we hope to improve things for archive users, at the cost of some extra work by package authors. Our aim is that all packages should have with them, on the archive, a documentation file. Since we want these files to be browsable, we would ordinarily expect that the documentation be provided as an Acrobat (.pdf) file; plain text (.txt) is just about acceptable, Postscript and DVI are definitely not acceptable. We are aware that this is a mammoth aim; it is not something the CTAN team could even hope to do unaided, even if we wanted to. How does this affect _you_? --------------------------- If you're merely browsing the archive (or downloading files), you should be aware that it will be worth looking for a separate file of documentation with packages of interest. (There are not many there, yet, but things should improve.) If you're an author submitting a new or revised package, you will need to consider how best to supply documentation. For many LaTeX package authors, no more is needed than to run the documented source file (.dtx) with pdfLaTeX, and to submit the result when submitting your package. Some packages come with separate documentation: that documentation should be distributed in pdf form. If you're the author of an established package, please try to find the time to submit a documentation file. If you're an author, and unsure how to proceed, please contact the CTAN team via ctan(a)dante.de to discuss your issues. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Estonian hyphenation patterns (moved)
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Yesterday I erroneously installed Enn Saar's Estonian hyphenation patterns in CTAN:language/estonian/eehyph.tex. I just moved this file to CTAN:language/hyphenation/eehyph.tex where it belongs. I'm sorry for the confusion. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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