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

21 Apr '03

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

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

21 Apr '03

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

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

17 Apr '03

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

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

17 Apr '03

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

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

16 Apr '03

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

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

15 Apr '03

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

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

14 Apr '03

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

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

12 Apr '03

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

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

12 Apr '03

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

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

10 Apr '03

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

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

10 Apr '03

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

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

10 Apr '03

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

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

09 Apr '03

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

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CTAN Submission -- tabvar
by Reinhard Zierke 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Daniel Flipo ----- I have just uploaded into ftp.dante.de/incoming a file tabvar.tgz, which contains a first beta release (v. 0.8) of the `tabvar' package designed to typeset tables of variations of functions. The license is LPPL. It should be unpacked in 'macros/latex/supported/' Extract from the README file: --------------------------------------------------------------------- This LaTeX package is meant to ease the typesetting of tables showing variations of functions as they are used in France. The documentation is in French. Listing of the package: -- source : tabvar.dtx tabvar.ins tabvar.mp and 00README (this file) -- font: tabvar.afm tabvar.tfm tabvar.pfb tabvar.map -- inputs: tabvar.sty tabvar.cfg tabvar.1 tabvar.2 tabvar.3 -- doc: tabvar.pdf demo.pdf demo.tex Have a look at the PDF file demo.pdf in the doc directory, to have a quick overview of how to use this package. The complete documentation of the commands provided is in tabvar.pdf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/tabvar/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 5.35 - Expert fonts
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Basil K. Malyshev wrote: > I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory > update for BaKoMa TeX 5.35 (issued 7-Apr-2003). > > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. > > This version has Patch status and may be freely installed by > holders of NON-UPGRADABLE license for BaKoMa TeX 5.30. > > Main improvement is support of Expert fonts by Font Setup Wizard: > `small caps', `old style figures', and other glyphs from Expert encoding. > In advance, for OpenType and TrueType fonts direct access to TS1 glyphs > (such as `Euro') is supported. > > > Bye. > Basil K. Malyshev > 8-Apr-2003 Thanks for the update, I installed the files in the nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma subtree. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.35 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * HTML Generation features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.35 > > For more information about BaKoMa TeX see > <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 5.35 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.30 *** > > Main improvement is support of Expert fonts by Font Setup Wizard: > `small caps', `old style figures', and other glyphs from Expert encoding. > In advance, for OpenType and TrueType fonts direct access to TS1 glyphs > (such as `Euro') is supported. > > Fonts with glyphs from expert encoding are generated with suffixes: > 9e (T1), 9t (OT1), and 9c (TS1). Conventionally, these fonts are accessed > via LaTeX font family with suffix `x'. So, for example, to access expert > fonts, you must use `fontfamily{padx}' instead of `fontfamily{pad}'. > > NOTE: > ATM compatible (PFB/PFA) expert fonts comes in two font files. > First have standard encoding, and second has Expert encoding. > For such fonts installation order is important. Font with expert > encoding should be installed after font with standard encoding. > In other case expert encodings T1 (*9e), OT1 (*9t), and TS1 (*9c) > will be missed. > > For more information about changes see > <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: pbox
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

my upload daemon doth wink slyly and saith: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030407.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: pbox > Name and email: Simon Law > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/supported/pbox/ > Summary description: A variable-width parbox > License type: GNU Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The pbox command is a variable-width version of the parbox > command, but the specified width is the maximum value. The box > tries to be just as wide as its actual contents. As well, this > package provides commands to determine a pbox's width. > > If you are looking for a variable-width minipage, try the varwidth package. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package as directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/pbox; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: eps2pdf uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Nikola Jaksic writes: > I've just uploaded eps2pdf application into: ../incoming/eps2pdf > directory at ftp.tex.ac.uk node. > > There you will find two files eps2pdf.zip and eps2pdf.readme. > > Please copy this new version over the old one into > ../support/eps2pdf directory. > > As stated in eps2pdf.readme file this is public domain completly > free software intended to make conversion from eps to pdf file as > easy as possible. > > Can you supply the eps2pdf application with the catalogue's entry? > See the text bellow! > > In short: > > Contribution's name: eps2pdf > My name: Nikola Jaksic (in LaTeX code: Nikola Jakv{s}i{c}) > My mail: nikola.jaksic(a)fs.uni-lj.si > Summary: Eps2pdf is an application that makes eps to pdf file(s) > conversion easier. > Catalogue text: > The eps2pdf is a GUI shell that makes conversion of the EPS file(s) > into the PDF one(s) easier. The actual conversion is carried out by > the GhostScript. The eps2pdf makes everything clikable, enables you > to search for eps files and add them into the list, enables you to > select directory and add all eps files into the list, enables you > to edit the list of eps files prior conversion, enables you to > convert all files in the list, alerts you if conversion failed, > doesn't need GhostScript exe file in the PATH variable, can search > for GhostScript exe file, can handle long filenames with spaces, > enables you to edit and store configuration, makes batch mode > available with full functionality, enables the EPS preview and > enables the use of the windows Shell command. > > > Please, feel free to contact me, if something else is needed. i've installed the new version in support/eps2pdf, as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload -- ncctools 2.05
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: ncctools Name and email: Alexander I Rozhenko Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/supported/ncctools Summary description: New release 2.05 of the NCCTOOLS bundle License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version of manyfoot package released in this bundle: more service and compatibily added. Selection of custom footnote rules added. Perpage footnote numbering option added. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/ncctools Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- fnbreak.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders ----- I have uploaded the file fnbreak.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the package fnbreak.sty (and an xml file for the catalogue). License is LPPL. Please put the contents of the archive to CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/fnbreak >From the README: This package detects footnotes that are split over several pages. It writes a warning into the log file. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/fnbreak Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload -- Ednotes
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: Ednotes Name and email: Uwe Luck <uwe.lueck(a)web.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/ Summary description: critical edition, line numbers, layers of footnotes License type: LPPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages offer macros for critical edition typesetting with LaTeX (cf. EDMAC/LEDMAC). Packages `lineno.sty' by Stephan I. Bottcher and `manyfoot.sty' by Alexander Rozhenko are enhanced and combined. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed your package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/ednotes Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload -- ltabptch.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: ltabptch.sty Name and email: Uwe Luck Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/ Summary description: longtable patch, tools/3485, tools/3180 License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- longtable.sty (David Carlisle, tools) inserts wrong spaces above & below the table---bug report tools/3485, cf. tools/3180. This is corrected by the present patch. (DPC was busy and has not yet told what he thinks about it.) ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/ltabptch/ltabptch.sty Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- germbib bst files
by Rainer Schoepf 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded the file germbib-bst.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It containes > the bibtex styles gerabbrv.bst, geralpha.bst, gerplain.bst, and > gerunsrt.bst. > Please replace the old files in CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/germbib/bst/. > License stays whatever it was before. > > This is a bug fix. It enables these styles to detect the author or editor > name others in order to replace it by et al.. Thanks for the update, I installed the files as requested, in CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/germbib/bst/ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload
by Rainer Schoepf 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Maurizio Loreti wrote: > + what you've uploaded > incoming/initials.tar.gz > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.dante.de > > + where you want the files to go > the archive files should replace the ones actually in the directory > tex-archive/nonfree/fonts/initials/ > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > the .pfb and .afm files are freely usable for personal (non commercial) > use; the other files are public domain. > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > this is an update of the previous collection of fonts for decorative > initials (a.k.a. dropped capitals) and of the related service files that > allow their use with LaTeX. now 23 different fonts are included. From > the distribution README file: > > > This archive contains PostScript binary files for a few decorative > > initials (also called dropped initials) fonts, and the service > > files needed in order to use these fonts with [La]TeX. > > > > The fonts are freely usable for non-commercial use, and are a (small) > > subset of the ones designed and crafted by: > > > > Dieter Steffmann <dieter(a)steffmann.de> > > Marburger Straße 93a, D-57223 Kreuztal (Germany) > > > > and available under his Web page > > > > http://www.steffmann.de/english/index.htm > > > > (follow the link to Fonts). That URL states: > > > > You may download [the fonts] for free and use them for personal > > purposes. Thanks for the update, I installed it in nonfree/fonts/initials For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Ukrainian translation of lshort v 4.11
by Rainer Schoepf 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Maksym Polyakov wrote: > I have uploaded to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/lshort-ukrainian > > > Ukrainian translation of 'Not so short introduction to LaTeX', > updated to v. 4.11 > > files > lshort-ukr-4.11.src.tar.gz > lshort-ukr.dvi > lshort-ukr.pdf > lshort-ukr.ps.gz > > Files should be placed to > CTAN:/tex-archive/info/lshort/ukrainian Thank you for the update, I installed the files as requested, For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: MiKTeX-WinEdt-TrueType-Anleitung
by Rainer Schoepf 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Jens Weissenburger wrote: > I have uploaded the file MiKTeX-WinEdt-TrueType-Anleitung.zip to the > /incoming directory at ftp.dante.de. > The content of the archive should replace > /tex-archive/info/german/MiKTeX-WinEdt-TrueType-Anleitung > > It is an update to the most up-to-date versions of the described > software. > > ********************************************************************* > I think the most interesting part of this guidance is the German > version of Damir Rakityansky page Using TrueType fonts with TeX > (LaTeX) and pdfTeX (pdfLaTeX). The other sections describe the co- > operation of MiKTeX with WinEdt. > ********************************************************************* Thanks for the update, I installed it in info/german/MiKTeX-WinEdt-TrueType-Anleitung For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac package
by Robin Fairbairns 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. The distribution > is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions. It is a > LaTeX port of the plain TeX EDMAC macros. > > version 0.1 (2003/03/25) first public experimental release. > > I don't know where this would best go on CTAN as it is > definitely experimental, but hopefuly robust in the sense that any > bugs will be repeatable. All I can say is that it processed the four > EDMAC example files I tried. If there is a `tryout' area perhaps it > should go there, otherwise in macros/latex/contrib/supported. i've installed the stuff; thanks for the upload. faut de mieux, the directory is now macros/latex/contrib/supported/ledmac sorry about the delay. other mail to you seems blocked, and i've only just put two and two together about my mail about positioning... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package: apacite
by Jim Hefferon 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to a mirror near you in a day or two. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ======================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: apacite Author's name: Erik Meijer Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite Summary description: citation style following rules of American Psychological Assoc. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update of apacite LaTeX/BibTeX citation package that attempts to implement the rules of the American Psychological Association. Still work in progress, but a big step forward from the 1994 version. Main changes: author indexing facility, additional code for compatibility with babel/backref/natbib. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package update: booktabs
by Jim Hefferon 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org. 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: booktabs Author's name: Simon Fear (patch by Danie Els) Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/booktabs Summary description: publication quality tables License type: gpl Announcement text: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The booktabs package provides some additional commands to enhance the quality of tables in LaTeX. Guidelines are given as to what constitutes a good table in this context. This is a patched version of booktabs. The original author, Simon Fear, could not be contacted or reached in any other way up to now. This patch was submitted on behalf of the wide group users of this very useful package. All changes were properly documented. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload -- Font Installation Guide
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Philipp Lehman ----- I've uploaded the file 'ltxfonts.pdf' to the incoming directory on ftp.dante.de. This is the initial upload. I suggest to create the new subdirectory 'info/Type1/fontguide/' and moving ltxfonts.pdf into this directory. Thank you in advance. For the catalogue: ltxfonts.pdf - The Font Installation Guide The font installation guide discusses the most common scenarios you are likely to encounter when installing Type1 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. ----- End of forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. After some internal discussion we installed this document as CTAN:info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide.pdf This is my first try at an XML Catalogue entry; I hope it is correct (The license type gfdl doesn't fit with the current dtd but this will probably be adapted soon): *************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=The Font Installation Guide datestamp=2003/03/28 modifier=zierke(a)dante.de> <about> <name>The Font Installation Guide</name> <caption>Using PostScript fonts to their full potential with LaTeX</caption> <author> <name>Philipp Lehman</name> <email>lehman(a)gmx.net</email> </author> <license type=gfdl /> </about> <description> <abstract> The font installation guide discusses the most common scenarios you are likely to encounter when installing Type1 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. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide.pdf</ctan> </distribution> </entry> *************************************************************** Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- CJK version 4.5.2
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Werner LEMBERG ----- I've uploaded the archives cjk-4.5.2.tar.gz cjk-4.5.2-doc.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de/incoming. Please replace the old CJK version in language/chinese/CJK with the new one. In the archive, the top directory is called cjk-4.5.2 -- maybe it is better to rename this to 4_5.2 as with the previous archive. The archive cjk-4.5.2-doc.tar.gz should not be unpacked. Below is a proper announcement. Thanks in advance. Werner ====================================================================== CJK 4.5.2 ========= CJK 4.5.2 is available from ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/language/chinese/CJK and other CTAN hosts and its mirrors. Following the CTAN rules, the source files of CJK are unpacked. Additionally, the archive CJK-4.5.2-doc.tar.gz is available which provides some CJK documentation and example files in various output formats. Current development snapshots (updated twice a day) are available from ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/cjk/devel/. Bug reports should go to cjk-bug(a)ffii.org. CJK is a macro package for LaTeX, providing simultaneous support for various Asian scripts in many encodings (including Unicode): Chinese (both traditional and simplified) Japanese Korean Thai A special add-on feature is an interface to the Emacs editor (cjk-enc.el) which gives simultaneous, easy-to-use support to a bunch of other scripts in addition to the above: Cyrillic Greek Latin-based scripts Russian Vietnamese See below for the relevant snippet from the history file. Enjoy! Werner ====================================================================== Version 4.5.2: new: 28-Mar-2003 The new macro CJKnohwkatakana prevents the use of the C49 encoding for half-width katakana; instead, the characters are mapped to full-width glyphs. The opposite command is CJKhwkatakana (the default). Improved support for pseudo-vertical typesetting. . CJKvert.sty provides new commands CJKvert (the default) and CJKhorz to toggle pseudo-vertical typesetting. . After loading CJKvert.sty, LaTeX reads file `<foo>.fdv' (if it exists) immediately after reading `<foo>.fd'. Such a file contains additional information how to typeset a font vertically. Most importantly, outline fonts can be configured so that they are rotated with the graphicx package, making it work with both dvips and pdfTeX. See `vertical.doc' for more information. errors: CJKchar sometimes didn't accept 7bit representations. pinyin.sty: Added missing syllables chua, den, ua. Make it work properly in tables. contrib/wadalab: Older versions of the `makefont' script produce bad hints for all Wadalab fonts. Either use the new version to regenerate all fonts or use the new script `fixwada' to correct fonts created with an old version of `makefont'. EUC-TW.chr: Make it really work. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:language/chinese/CJK/ and the documentation in CTAN:language/chinese/cjk-4.5.2-doc.tar.gz, replacing the old version 4.5.1. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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new CTAN package: mps2eps
by Jim Hefferon 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to a mirror near you real soon now. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mps2eps Author's name: Jon Edvardsson Location on CTAN: support/mps2eps Summary description: MPS2EPS converts a MetaPost output file (.mps) to a self-contained EPS file License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Having a problem with your MetaPost pictures? Symbols missing when pictures are included in your LaTeX document? Should you use prologues := 1 or not? Well then MPS2EPS is a file converter for you! - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: Formatting Information: a beginner's guide to LaTeX
by Jim Hefferon 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '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: Formatting Information: a beginner's guide to LaTeX Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: info/beginlatex Summary description: Teach yourself basic LaTeX in 10 sessions License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major revision of the Beginners' Guide which has been hosted until now on my own site. It is now available in HTML as well as PDF and PS formats, and full GNU FDL source is available with images (warning: 40Mb uncompressed). Please mail corrections to info(a)silmaril.ie - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 5.30 - OpenType/OTF supported
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 5.30 (issued 23-Mar-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Most important new features: 1) Comrehensive support for *OpenType fonts with Postscript outlines (OTF)*. Supported: Font Setup Wizard, Generating PDF and Postscript, Preview and Print under any Windows system (including 9x and NT 4.0). 2) Generation of PDF files with enabled searh and copy-paste of text with international (for example cyrillic) characters. See `Support Copy-Paste and Search in PDF files' in PDF generation dialog. The feature is implemented via embeding ToUnicode CMAPs. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 24-Mar-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.30 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.30 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 * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (It is analog of Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). * PostScript enabled TeX system. ** 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 Postscript/TrueType fonts almost 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) Postscript Type 1 and TrueType fonts in one click. 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. * Handles 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 5.30 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.25 *** Fonts - Support for OpenType fonts with Postscript outlines (OTF). ----------------------------------------------------------------- BaKoMa TeX 5.30 includes support for OpenType fonts with Postscript outlines, whose have extension `OTF' (in following they are called OTF-fonts, to avoid mixing with OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines). To install `OTF-fonts' under BaKoMa TeX user can use Font Setup Wizard available via: `Options|Install OpenType, TrueType, and Postscript fonts for (La)TeX' text editor menu command. The wizard properly do configuring fonts, generating proper TFM files; and creating/updating LaTeX Font Definition (FD) files. In other words, it enables using your OTF-fonts for LaTeX documents in almost one-click. Advanced feature of BaKoMa TeX is that OTF-fonts may be used also under Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 (even without ATM installed) for preview and print on any Windows supported printer. OTF-fonts are properly used for generating PDF and Postscript files. Another improvements in Font Setup Wizard * Improved updating of FD-files: handling `endinput', copying modified files to LOCAL tree, that avoids forgetting user fonts added to common FD-files. * `Win 9x skewing support' - new option in Font Setup Wizard. It enables work around for displaying slanted fonts under Windows 95/98. Commonly, this option is checked automatically, when it is needed. PDF - Searchable PDF (ToUnicode CMAPs) -------------------------------------- BaKoMa TeX 5.30 can generate PDF files that permite search and copy-paste of text with international (for example cyrillic) characters. This feature may be enabled by `Support Copy-Paste and Search in PDF files' option available in PDF generation dialog. This feature is implemented via embeding into PDF file ToUnicode CMAPs, whose map characters of every text font to unicode codes. These CMAPs are generated automatically from font encodings. In this reason, this feature works for fonts with custom encodings. It works without any additional packages. Other Improvements ------------------ * `Insert|Indexing Stuffs' lets you choose Index Style for current document. In advance, it forces automatical running of MakeIndex after every TeXing, and marking inserted commands with bookmark #9. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload; I installed it as suggested in CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ replacing the old version. License: BaKoMa is shareware. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- multibib v1.2
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Thorsten Hansen ----- I have just uploaded version 1.2 of multibib. -- uploaded file: multibib-v1.2.tar.gz -- uploaded to CTAN node: dante.ctan.org (ftp.dante.de) -- recommended place: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/multibib -- licensing condition: lppl -- brief summary: The `multibib' package allows to create references to multiple bibliographies within one document. It thus provides a complementary functionality to packages like `bibunits' or `chapterbib', which allow to create one bibliography for multiple, but different parts of the document. Changes to version 1.1 include . enhanced compatibility to natbib and KOMA-SCRIPT classes . various small bug fixes ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/multibib/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- evweek & evautofl
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Emanuele Vicentini ----- I've uploaded in incoming/ two small tarballs: an update of evweek class (macros/latex/contrib/supported/calendar/contrib) and evautofl, a spinn-off/bugfix of autofilo.sty of LaTeX Calendar Bundle. Licese is lppl. I'd put evweek.{dtx,ins} in macros/latex/contrib/supported/calendar/contrib to replace previous version; evautofl.{dtx,ins} could be put there too. Here's the summary: evweek.cls is a small extension of weekly.cls, the class for the weekly calendar format of the LaTeX Calendar Bundle. In this release I've added support for use of evautofl evautofl.sty is a spin-off of autofilo.sty; the code has been hacked to separate the two columns making the page in autofilo, so now it's possibile to use ps2ps to put more than one single page on a sheet and print your calendar saving a lot of paper. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. As you suggested, I installed both the evweek update and the new evautofl package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/calendar/contrib/ The license in LPPL. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- l2tabu
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Mark Trettin ----- I have uploaded `l2tabu-1.2.tar.gz' (l2tabu.{pdf,tex}, Version 1.2) to ftp.dante.de/incoming/ Name of contribution: Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users) Suggested location on CTAN: info/german/l2tabu/ Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small list of obsoleted commands and packages that are constantly posted in minimal examples to de.comp.text.tex. I further listed common mistakes (e.g. egin{appendix}...end{appendix} instead of appendix ...). This file should be considered an add-on to the available documentation like l2kurz and FAQs. This document is written in German. Changes: * License changed to Open Publication License * Fixed typos * Changed name from `altepakete' to `l2tabu' since it is more descriptive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please remove the files and the directory CTAN:info/german/altepakete/ and untar the archive to CTAN:info/german/l2tabu/ ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:info/german/l2tabu/ and removed the previous version CTAN:info/german/altepakete/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: Kerkis Font Family
by Jim Hefferon 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and the new version 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: Kerkis Font Family Author's name: Antonis Tsolomitis Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/greek/kerkis Summary description: Kerkis Font Family with complete Greek support License type: other Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version of the Kerkis Font Family. Complete support of polytonic greek in all shapes and series. Initial release of KerkisSans. Polytonic support for KerkisSans included as well. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Prosper update
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 02:20:58PM +0100, Mathieu Goutelle wrote: > I have uploaded a brand new version of the prosper class, to update the > quite old (and a little buggy) one on CTAN. This update is done with > full permission from the developer of Prosper (Frederic Gouarlard), > whose spare time doesn't allow to do this himself. > > Here are the informations about the upload: > > + what you've uploaded > > /incoming/prosper.tar.gz > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > dante.ctan.org > > > + where you want the files to go > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/prosper (unchanged) > > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > > below). > > LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License) > > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > This is an update of the prosper class (slides using LaTeX), written by > Frédéric Goualard. There is a lot of changes and bugs fixes since the > last version committed to CTAN (see ChangeLog file for further details). Thanks for the update. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/prosper Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- minitoc update
by Reinhard Zierke 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Jean-Pierre Drucbert ----- I have uploaded a new release of the minitoc package (release #38) in /incoming of ftp.dante.de under the name minitoc.tar.gz The minitoc package allows to create mini-tables of contents (and mini-LOFs/LOTs) by chapter (in books and reports), by section (in arcticles) or by parts. The licence is LPPL as before. The location is as before: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/minitoc The new release replaces all files in that directory. As the version number jumps from 34 to 38, there are a lot of corrections, improvements (and perhaps bugs?) in the new release. See below the historic of changes. I am very grateful to all people who helped me by pointing bugs, asking for new features, giving hints and solutions, or for useful packages (placeins from Donald Arseneau). Could you install this package to replace the current release #34. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert (who is ashamed to have left so much time pass away since the preceeding update) % 03Jan2001 Version 35 % 09Jan2001 Added macros to test if a file is ``empty'' % (i.e. empty, blank or inexistent) or ``non % empty'' (i.e. useful). % I used some code from Stephan von Bechtolsheim. % Added the checkfiles/nocheckfiles options. % Replaced The@chapter by The@mtc. % 26Feb2001 Added bulgarian.mld, hebrew.mld, % icelandic.mld, latin.mld, samin.mld. % 09Mar2001 Added mtcselectlanguage. % 01Jun2001 Fixed estionian option (missing). % 04Jul2001 Added interlingua language. % % 11Feb2002 Version 36 % 11Feb2002 Corrected an interaction with ableofcontents % which creates a chapter* or a section*, % perturbing mtc/stc counters (problem signalled % by Frank Mittelbach). % 18Feb2002 Corrected a spacing problem with empty titles % (problem signalled by Frank Mittelbach). % Workaround for the parttoc-chapter* % problem. % 19Feb2002 Added mtcskip and mtcskipamount. % 27Feb2002 Fixed test for empty files. % 13Mar2002 Added bangla language. % 15Mar2002 Reduced depth of mtc@strutbox. % % xxxxxxxxx Version 37 canceled % % 24Jan2003 Version 38 % 24Jan2003 pt -> p@ and 0pt -> z@ % 24Jan2003 hrule and vrule replaced by ule (latex) % 24Jan2003 added mtc@zrule for zero-dims rules % 28Jan2003 added frenchb language (synonym of french) % 30Jan2003 changed test for empty titles % 30Jan2003 added options flsection and flsectionb % 31Jan2003 option tight applies to parttoc % (Thomas Leonhardt leonhardt(a)informatik.tu-darmstadt.de) % 07Feb2003 options flsection and flsectionb removed, % 07Feb2003 replaced by insection option (=flsectionb). % 11Feb2003 corrected numbering of SLF, SLT % 20Feb2003 added frenchle and frenchpro languages (synonym of french) % 20Feb2003 corrected secttocs, at least. % 18Mar2003 corrected some vertical spacings and struts % (I added some mods by Frank Mittelbach, many % thanks to him.) % A lot of cleaning remains to do, but the % release seems to be needed now. % Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/minitoc/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: sffms
by Jim Hefferon 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org and the new version should make its way through the mirroring process 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: sffms Author's name: M. C. DeMarco Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/sffms/ Summary description: A LaTeX class for typesetting fiction manuscripts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sffms, a LaTeX class for typesetting science fiction and fantasy manuscripts, has been updated to version 2.0. Sffms now includes several options for specific publishers as well as extensive documentation aimed at new LaTeX users. The code has been cleaned up for version 2.0 and the geometry package made optional. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: dvipng
by Jim Hefferon 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

A new packge 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: dvipng Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson Location on CTAN: dviware/dvipng Summary description: A fast DVI to PNG converter License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. Its benefits include * Speed. It is the fastest bitmap-rendering code for DVI files known to the author. On a fairly low-end laptop, it takes less than a second to generate 150 one-formula images. * It does not read the postamble, so it can be started before TeX finishes. There is a -follow switch that makes dvipng wait at EOF for further output, unless it finds the POST marker that indicates the end of the DVI. * It supports PK and VF fonts, color specials, and more. The motivation for this project is preview-latex, a previewing tool for LaTeX in emacs, but since dvipng can be independently useful, a separate package is provided. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Omega] Omega stuff for Hindi
by Robin Fairbairns 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Yannis Haralambous writes: > Omega stuff for Hindi has been submitted to CTAN: > > >-- mail the administrators (ctan(a)dante.de) to report: > > + what you've uploaded > > omega-hindi.tgz > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > > + where you want the files to go > > language/devanagari/omega > > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > > below). > > free (same status as Omega distribution) > > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > These are the files described in our TUGboat paper at TUG India. With > them you can typeset Devanagari texts with omega. More info in Low-level > Devanagari Support for Omega--Adapting devnag, TUGboat, Volume 23 (2002), > No. 3--Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Meeting, pp. 49--55. i've installed the files as requested (at cambridge). they'll take some time to get to the other two ctan nodes, but will probably be at every ctan mirror within a small number of days. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Sumbission -- cmap package: create searchable PDF files
by Robin Fairbairns 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

Vladimir Volovich writes: > I've uploaded the file cmap.tar.gz into the incoming directory of > ftp.tex.ac.uk. It is a new (version 1.0a) cmap package. > The license is LPPL. > > The cmap package is to be used with pdf(e)latex and provides CMap > files for various LaTeX font encodings (currently, T1, T2A, T2B, T2C, > T5; this list will grow in the future) and a latex package which adds > the /ToUnicode entries into the font dictionaries of fonts used in the > document on the fly, making the resulting PDF files searchable and > cut-and-pasteable in Acrobat Reader and other PDF previewers. > > Thus, when the document uses Type 1 fonts like cm-super or other fonts > in standard font encodings, teh PDF files will contain the additional > information in the form of CMap entries which will define the mappings > from LaTeX font encodings to Unicode, making functions like search in > PDF and cut-and-paste from PDF to other applications work properly. > > Please install it in the CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/cmap > directory. > > Contributions and/or requests for other font encodings support, as > well as user feedback/bug reports are welcome. > > P.S. currently, this package is mirrored to > macros/latex/contrib/supported/t2/etc/cmap; i think that a more > generic location in macros/latex/contrib/supported/cmap is better, > since the package is of general use. i'll remove it from the T2 > package once it will be installed on > macros/latex/contrib/supported/cmap i've installed the package as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: excludeonly
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

Donald Arseneau writes: > I have just uploaded excludeonly.sty to ctan/uk. > > What: excludeonly.sty and excludeonly.xml > Why: Provides excludeonly which is the opposite to includeonly > How: PD > Who: Donald Arseneau and Dan Luecking > Where: macros/latex/contrib/other/misc installed: as reqested. xml-file: going off to catalogue maintainer thanks: yeah. responder: rf for: ctan team

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new CTAN package: RST
by Jim Hefferon 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org. It shoud 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: RST Author's name: David Reitter Location on CTAN: nonfree/macros/latex/contrib/supported/rst Summary description: Drawing rhetorical structure analysis diagrams in LaTeX License type: nocommercial Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is of interest for people working in linguistics and language technology. Drawing rhetorical analyses is no fun when you need to change and update diagrams as you refine your work, or, more importantly, if a lot of analyses are to be drawn. Voila, there we go: This package enables us to typeset beautiful diagrams with no hassle. It is oriented towards the style of the diagrams shown in Mann&Thompson's Rhetorical Structure Theory and subsequent works. This package works perfectly with (LaTeX) and pdfLaTeX and does not require any special postscript capabilities in the output side. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission --- tocbibind package
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded tocbibind.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the contents of > macros/latex/contrib/supported/tocbibind. The distribtion is under > the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The tocbibind package can be used to add the ToC and/or > Bibliography and/or Index, etc., to the Table of Contents listing. > > Changes in version 1.5g (2003/03/13) > o Fixed Bibliography page headings in twocolumn book class i've install the files as requested. thanks for the upload. From: Robin Fairbairns <ctan(a)dante.de>

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CTAN submission: updated font metrics for Lucida Bright and LuxiMono
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

Walter Schmidt asked us to update two packages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have uploaded the file lucida-20030312.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack it to the CTAN directory fonts/metrics/bh/lucida thus replacing the current files and adding some new ones. These are updated fonts metrics and VFs for Y&Y's commercial LucidaBright fonts. Recent improvements to the fontinst tool and changes to the TeXBase1 encoding made it possible to fix some long-standing deficiencies: * all typewriter fonts have got vertically centered asterisks now; * all textcompanion fonts have got vertically centered extaskeriskcented symbols now; * the Omega symbol extohm is made available in all textcompanion fonts. See the file readme.lucida for further minor changes, which affect the layout of the distribution. I am fully aware, that these font metrics were updated only recently. Thus, it may seem as if an important piece of software has become unstable as soon as I started touching it ;-) However, I think that the Lucida font metrics should profit as soon as possible from the above-mentioned improvements. Note that the character widths are unchanged, as compared with the previous release, so there should be no compatibility problems. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have uploaded the files README.luximono and ul9.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, move them to the directory fonts/LuxiMono thus replacing the current ones. These are updated fonts metrics and VFs for the LuxiMono typewriter fonts. Recent improvements to the fontinst tool made it possible to fix a long-standing deficiency of many typewriter fonts (incl. Luxi): the asterisk symbols are now vertically centered, as required for typical applications. The Type1 font files on CTAN remain, of course, unchanged. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I installed the new and changed files as suggested in the directories CTAN:/fonts/metrics/bh/lucida/ and CTAN:fonts/LuxiMono/. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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patch of yesterday's release of uk faq
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

i've installed v3.5.1 of the faq on ctan and on http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq this version mends a significant number of stupid typos that tim love (of c.u.engineering dept) spotted and told me about yesterday afternoon. my apologies for the rapid re-issue. distributors' version building as i type. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=maillists+askquestion

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CTAN submission -- altepakete.pdf (obsolete but often used old stuff)
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Mark Trettin ----- I have uploaded `altepakete.tar.gz' to ftp.dante.de/incoming/ Name of contribution: Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users) Suggested location on CTAN: info/german/altepakete/ Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small list of obsoleted commands and packages that are constantly posted in minimal examples to de.comp.text.tex. I further listed common mistakes (e.g. egin{appendix}...end{appendix} instead of appendix ...). This file should be considered an add-on to the available documentation like l2kurz and FAQs. This document is written in German. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for your informative documentation. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:info/german/altepakete/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- initials fonts
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Maurizio Loreti ----- + what you've uploaded incoming/initials.tar.gz + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de + where you want the files to go tex-archive/fonts/initials/ + what licensing conditions you apply to your software non-commercial (for the fonts; the macros are public domain) + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do From the README file: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This archive contains PostScript binary files for a few decorative initials (also called dropped initials) fonts, and the service files needed in order to use these fonts with [La]TeX. The fonts are freely usable for non-commercial use, and are a (small) subset of the ones designed and crafted by: Dieter Steffmann Marburger Straße 93a D-57223 Kreuztal (Germany) and available under his Web page http://www.steffmann.de/english/index.htm (follow the link to Fonts). That URL states: You may download [the fonts] for free and use them for personal purposes.; my own files (all but the .pfb and .afm from the following list) are public domain. The files included in the distribution are: .pfb files: PostScript Font Binary files; .afm files: Adobe Font Metric files; .tfm files: TeX Font Metric files, for LaTeX; .fd files: Font Description files, for LaTeX; config files: configuration files, for dvips; .map files: font mapping files, for dvips; .tex files: example files; .pdf files: Portable Document Format output from the above example files. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for the upload. I installed the package in the directory CTAN:/tex-archive/nonfree/fonts/initials/ with a symbolic link from tex-archive/fonts/initials/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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