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CTAN update -- Euler-VM v2.8, ly1-min.zip, icomma.sty 2.0
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

Walter Schmidt was as helpful as ever and sent three package updates to us: ----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file eulervm.zip to the /incoming directory at ftp://dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack this archive to the CTAN directory fonts/eulervm/ Doing so will replace the files readme and eulervm.dtx. This is release 2.8 of the LaTeX package eulervm.sty, supporting the use of the Euler math fonts with LaTeX. Apart from a minor code cleanup, the package has been modified so that it works not only with roman, but also with sans serif text fonts now. The .vf. and .tfm files of the Euler-VM fonts are unchanged. ----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file ly1-min.zip to the /incoming directory at ftp://dante.ctan.org. Please, move this archive -- without unpacking it -- to the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/psnfssx/ly1/, thus replacing the existing file. This archive includes a minimum set of support files for using the LY1 encoding with LaTeX. The present submission fixes only the file texnansi.enc, which had a wrong glyph name for the Euro symbol. The original source of the (correct) file is: <http://www.YandY.com/download/texnansi.enc> The other files in the archive are unchanged. ----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file icomma.dtx to the /incoming directory at ftp://dante.ctan.org. Please, move it to the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/was/ thus replacing the existing file. This is version 2.0 of the LaTeX package icomma.sty. It changes the behavior of the comma in math mode, so that the comma can be used both as a punctuation character and as a decimal separator. As compared with the previous release, the package has been fixed to avoid some potential problems. Special thanks to Bernd Raichle for providing the improved code! ----- End forwarded message ----- I installed all these updates as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN Submission -- paralist v2.3a
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Bernd Schandl ----- I have uploaded the file paralist.zip to the /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. The package is licensed under the LPPL. I recommend placing the unpacked files README, paralist.ins and paralist.dtx in macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/paralist/ replacing the old versions. >From the abstract: This style file provides some new list environments. Itemized and enumerated lists can be typesetted within paragraphs, as paragraphs and in a compact version. Most environments have optional arguments to format the labels. Additionally, the LaTeX environments |itemize| and |enumerate| can be extended to use a similar optional argument. New in the version are: - Documentation mentions problem with babel package when using the french option - Some bug fixes for calculating the left margin in nested lists where enumerate and itemize are mixed. ----- End of forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload, I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/paralist/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- preview-latex-0.6.1.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.6.1.tar.gz and preview-0.6.1.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.6.1.tar.gz under support/preview-latex/ and unpack the README from it to support/preview-latex/README Create a symbolic link from support/preview-latex/preview-latex.tar.gz to preview-latex-0.6.1.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.6.1.tar.gz in the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ It contains just README-preview, preview.dtx and preview.ins. The reason is that the preview.dtx file can also be used as a standalone LaTeX style for extracting selected elements from a LaTeX source into separate pages of a DVI file. Previous versions of preview-latex can be deleted. Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.6.1 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex is a system for displaying inline images of selected parts of a file in Emacs source buffers. It is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, GNU Emacs-21.1, AUC TeX, a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. XEmacs support is again being worked on. If you are planning on contributing, please contact the developers' list. Due to missing image support of Emacs-21.1 under Microsoft Windows, this platform is not usable at the current point of time. Release focus have been user interface improvements and documentation. The TeXinfo documentation now also contains instructions for the used LaTeX style, and users of Emacs' desktop package will have previews survive into their next Emacs session. The LaTeX style now has an option for making TeX bounding boxes known to Dvips in case it gets them wrong (frequent with packages like PStricks). Due to a defective backport of security handling, GNU GhostScript-6.53 failed to work with version 0.6. We now don't use the incomplete functionality. User feedback about errors and suggested feature improvements is welcome and heeded. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * AUC TeX can be found at several places, but if you want the latest 11.11 (alpha, but stable AFAIK) with no known issues concerning preview-latex, you can find it there as well. * RPMs for preview-latex and AUC TeX are provided for users of RedHat Linux. The RPMs require a few packages: * GhostScript 6.51 is included in RH 7.2, but if you use an earlier release it can be downloaded from the RH7.2 updates, <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/> * Finally, Emacs-21.1 can be downloaded from rawhide, <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/>. I installed this using 'rpm -i --nodeps --force', which worked for me, but since it does not follow the usual emacs + emacs-X11 + emacs-nox, YMMV. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex and CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission: CWEBbin 3.64 [p20]
by Rainer Schoepf 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Andreas Scherer wrote: > I have uploaded the files > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/cwebbin/README.p20 > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/cwebbin/cwebbin-p20.tar.gz > > containing the adaptation of CWEBbin to the current CWEB 3.64 as of March > 2002. CWEBbin consists of a set of change files (to be applied with the TIE > processor) that make the original sources usable with ANSI-C/C++ compilers on > UNIX/Linux, MS/Windows, and Amiga. Extra functionality, like TeX macros and > CWEB macros for international documentation of CWEB programs, is introduced > in the archive and documented in README.p20. Binary files are not shipped > with this distribution. > > CWEBbin is contributed to the public domain. Licensing conditions are the > same as those of CWEB proper. > > Both the README.p20 file and the cwebbin-p20.tar.gz archive should be > installed at > > CTAN:/web/c_cpp/cwebbin > > and should replace the now out-dated version [p19]. Thanks for the update, which I installed as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- tocbibind package
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded tocbibind.tar to UK/incoming. Please use this to replace > /macros/latex/contrib/supported/tocbibind. The distribution is under the > LPPL. > > From the README: > > The tocbibind package can be used to add the ToC and/or bibliography > and/or the index. etc., to the Table of Contents listing. > > Changes in version 1.5c > o Fixed problem with ocetcmark i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- bmeps 1.0.2
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Mar '02

10 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20020306.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bmeps 1.0.2 Name and email: Dirk Krause Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN:/tex-archive/support/bmeps Summary description: Bugfix for the bmeps program License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bmeps is a program to convert from PNG, TIFF, JPEG, NetPBM to EPS. It writes PS levels 1, 2 and 3. Depending on the PS level one can use run-length, flate and ASCII85-compression or encoding. Alpha channels in PNG and TIFF can be converted to PS level 3 image masks. This package contains a bugfix related to malformed DSC comments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the update, I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/bmeps/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ccaption package
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Mar '02

08 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ccaption.tar to the UK incoming directory. It is a > new version of the ccaption package to match the soon-to-be-released version > 2.1 of the subfigure package. AFTER subfigure 2.1 has been installed on CTAN > please use ccaption.tar to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/ccaption, and announce it (I am away on > business all next week). > > From the README: > > The ccaption package provides commands for `continuation captions', > unnumbered captions, and a legen heading for any environment. Methods are > also provided to define captions for use outside floats and to define new > float (and subfloats with the subfigure package) environments. Tools are > provided for specifying your own captioning styles. > > Changes in version 3.1 > o subfigure option code changed to match released version 2.1 of the > subfigure package. the files were (eventually) uploaded a day or so ago, at the same time as was the new version of subfigure. i omitted to send this announcement at that time -- my apologies. thanks, peter, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixa package
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Mar '02

08 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memfixa.sty to UK/incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixa.sty. > > The memfixa package provides temporary fixes for the memoir class. This > release (v1.2) provides a trial fix for hiccups when the natbib package is > used with the memoir class. I would be grateful if anybody using the > memoir/natbib combination tried it out and let me know if it does not work > before I add it to the next release of memoir. i've installed the package as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: SQLTeX
by Jim Hefferon 07 Mar '02

07 Mar '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It 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: SQLTeX Author's name: Oscar van Eijk Location on CTAN: support/SQLTeX Summary description: An SQL Preprocessor for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SQLTeX is a well documented preprocessor to enable the use of SQL statements in LaTeX . It is a perl script that reads an input file containing the LaTeX source with SQL commands, and writes a LaTeX file that can be processed with your LaTeX package. The SQL commands will be replaced by their values. It's possible to select a single field for substitution substitution in your LaTeX document, or to be used as input in another SQL command. When an SQL command returns multiple fields and or rows, the values can only be used for substitution in the document. This version only supports MySQL databases. It has been tested on Linux, but should work an all platforms where Perl is installed. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission --- subfigure and captcont packages.
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

Steven Douglas Cochran writes (making it possible for me to produce two separate announcements, but it's late and i'm bundling them into one): > BEGIN======================== subfigure package ======================== > 1. Name of your contribution: > subfigure > > Your name: > Steven Douglas Cochran > > Summary description: > LaTeX package for providing support for the inclusion of > small, `sub', figures and tables. It simplifies the > positioning, captioning and labeling of them within a single > figure or table environment. In addition, this package > allows such subcaptions to be written to the List of Figures > or List of tables if desired. > > Suggested CTAN directory: > macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure/ > > Short text for announcement: > > The subfigure package version 2.1 is finally (officially) > released. If you have been using version 2.0 or earlier, > than you should notice no difference in its default behavior. > If you have been using a beta release of version 2.1, you may > need to add the tight option to maintain the same > look-and-feel that you are used to. In addition, if you > use the options: RM, SF, TT, MD, BF, IT, SL, SC, or UP; you > will need to add their lowercase counterparts to get the same > output (see below). > > The main differences are: > > 1. Bug fixes. > > 2. Second optional argument to subfigure to allow control > over the list-of-figures entry separately from the > subcaption. > > 3. A tight option for a more compact and better looking > arrangement of your subfigures, the subcaptions and the > main caption. > > 4. A subref command to allow references to the subfigure > without the associated figure number (useful in the main > caption). > > 5. New raggedright option for the subcaption. Also, > changed the RM, SF, TT, MD, BF, IT, SL, > SC, and UP options to only affect the label portion > of the subcaption. Their lowercase counterparts affect > the subcaption text as before. You can now combine some > of these options for different effects---see the > documentation. > > 2. Indicate the license: > LaTeX Project Public License > > 3. Uploaded file(s): > The uploaded subfigure.tar.gz file unzips and untars into a > local ./subfigure directory. The contents of this directory > are: > > Makefile To install or process documentation on > a UNIX system. > README Manifest and overview of these files. > > subfigure.dtx Code and documentation. > subfigure.ins > > test.tex Test / example files. > test2.tex > test3.tex > test4.tex > END========================== subfigure package ======================== > > > BEGIN======================== captcont package ========================= > 1. Name of your contribution: > captcont > > Your name: > Steven Douglas Cochran > > Summary description: > > LaTeX package for providing support for retaining a figure or > table number across several float environments---usually over > several pages. It also allows control over the contents of > the List-of-Figures and the List-of-Tables pages. > > Suggested CTAN directory: > macros/latex/contrib/supported/captcont/ > > Short text for announcement: > > The captcont package provides the ability to continue the > numbering in your float environment (figure, table, etc.) > with a minimal overhead. This package adds three commands: > caption*, captcont, and captcont*. Along with the > caption command, these give full control over the caption > numbering, caption text and the entries in the list-of > pages. > > o caption and captcont generate list-of page entries. > o caption and caption* increment the figure or table > counter. > > This package also fully supports the subfigure package. > > 2. Indicate the license: > LaTeX Project Public License > > 3. Uploaded file(s): > The uploaded captcont.tar.gz file unzips and untars into a local > ./captcont directory. The contents of this directory are: > > Makefile To install or process documentation on > a UNIX system. > README Manifest and overview of these files. > > captcont.dtx Code and documentation. > captcont.ins > > test.tex Test / example file. > END======================== captcont package ========================= i've installed the files as suggested. thanks for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- webfiles 1.0.1
by Reinhard Zierke 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Mark Potse ----- I just uploaded version 1.0.1 of the WEBFILES package to CTAN. Although the last release was two years ago, there are few changes. The code for PDF links has been improved, the color of links changed from red to blue to conform with other packages, and the documentation now mentions that recent versions of Levy & Knuth's cweave should be run with the +e flag to work correctly with webfiles.sty! Mark Potse ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/web/webfiles/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: TeXaide
by Jim Hefferon 05 Mar '02

05 Mar '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and 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: TeXaide Author's name: Design Science Location on CTAN: support/texaide Summary description: TeXaide is a special version of Equation Editor that generates TeX & LaTeX. License type: nosource Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeXaide TeXaide(TM) is a special version of our Equation Editor that generates TeX using MathType's TeX translator technology. Whereas Equation Editor can be used with any application that supports OLE or can paste a graphic from the clipboard, TeXaide only generates TeX on the clipboard, where it can be pasted into any TeX system. Now you can generate TeX equations using Equation Editor's easy-to-use interface! Insert hundreds of characters and symbols without having to look them up! The following TeX translators are supplied: Plain TeX AMS TeX AMS LaTeX LaTeX 2.09 and later TeXaide is available for Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, XP, NT 4.0 and newer, and comes with a comprehensive help file that describes how to use the product. The download is only 1MB. TeXaide is free; all we ask in return is for your email address. From time to time we'll send you information related to our mathematical typesetting products but will not use your email address for any other reason. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN update -- snapshot pkg version 1.13
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Mar '02

05 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Michael John Downes ----- I have submitted a new version 1.13 of the LaTeX package snapshot. There are two main changes in this version: 1. Give suitable warnings for files listed in an embedded RequireVersions statement that do not appear in @filelist, and vice versa. (This was on the to-do list.) 2. Add a test option that might be used, with some auxiliary scripting, as a sort of system-independent way to resolve file names to a full path for the files listed in the RequireVersions info. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/snapshot/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: FixpPak 8 for emTeX/TDS (OS/2)
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Mar '02

04 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file emtexfix8.zip to the /incoming directory at ftp://dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack it in the CTAN directory systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS . Doing so will replace the present files readme.eng readme.ger README.fixes and create a new subdirectory fix008 . (Please, do not specify the option -a for unzip; text files have already Unix line endings.) Please, remove the existing subdirectories fix004, fix005, fix006 and fix007; they are obsolete now. This is FixPak 8 for emTeX/TDS; see the file README.fixes for an overview. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the update in CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS as suggested and removed the old fix00? directories. -- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: mathdots.sty
by Jim Hefferon 01 Mar '02

01 Mar '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror on 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: mathdots.sty Author's name: Danial H. Luecking Location on CTAN: macros/generic Summary description: Defines an inverse ddots and improves ddots and vdots. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mathdots packages provides the command iddots for diagonal dots slanting the opposite of ddots. It also modifies the LaTeX/plainTeX ddots and vdots so that they change size with LaTeX's size changing commands (such as large), and also change size appropriately in sub- and superscripts. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: smartref 1.9 uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

Giuseppe Bilotta writes: > + what you've uploaded > > smartref19.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > + where you want the files to go > > the three files (smartref.sty, byname.sty and readme.txt) > should overwrite the previous ones in > > macros/latex/contrib/other/smartref > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > This is version 1.9 of my SmartRef package, which adds deep > reference capabilities: the user can choose which extra counters > (usually part, chapter, section) number are to be stored > with labels so that they can be retrieved to know in which > part, chapter, section a certain equation, figure, table was > set, without having to mark the part, chapter or section. > > This release solves an issues where equation labels were not used > when using AMS-LaTeX, and it makes the smartref command > robust. i've installed the contents of the .zip file as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Uploads to CTAN -- tex4ht and AlProTex
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

Eitan Gurari writes: > ============================== tex4ht ===================== > > > + what you've uploaded > > tex4ht.zip > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org / incoming > > > + where you want the files to go > > Replacement for tex4ht.zip at > > support/TeX4ht/ > > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > > below). > > lppl > > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > The system translates (la)tex files to hypertext. The upload is a > yearly upgrade for the previous version. > > ============================== AlProTex.sty =================== > > > + what you've uploaded > > AlProTex.sty > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org / incoming > > > + where you want the files to go > > Replacement for AlProTex.sty at > > web/protex/ directory > > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > > below). > > lppl > > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > The file is an extension of the (la)tex based literate programming > system ProTeX. The upload adjusts the hypertext component to address > changes made in tex4ht. i've installed both files as requested. thanks for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: nth.sty put on ctan: uk
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

Donald Arseneau writes: > I see there is no nth.sty on ctan, so I uploaded a new-revised version > to Cambridge. > > Public domain license. > > To go in macros/latex/contrib/other/misc or in macros/generic/? > > % nth.sty version 2002/27/02 Donald Arseneau > % Ordinal numbering style, 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th... 12th... 101st 102nd... > % > % (Public domain: take, include, extract, whatever) > % > % In LaTeX: > % usepackage[super,negative]{nth} > % where option [super] gives superscript `th' > % and option [negative] allows ``st, nd, rd'' suffixes on negative numbers. > % > % example: enewcommand{ hesection}{ordinal{section}} > % or enewcommand{ hesection}{@ordinalc@section} > % or enewcommand{ hesection}{ thc@section} > % > % In plain TeX: > % input nth.sty > % use: th{<number>}. > % Change formatting by redefining thscript and thtest i've installed the file in macros/generic/nth.sty (since it looks as if it is just that). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission -- draftcopy
by Rainer Schoepf 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Jürgen Vollmer wrote: > I put a new version (2.16) of my draftcopy package to ftp.dante.de > > This package is used to print on some pages the word `DRAFT' > (or the language dependent analogon) ``behind'' the intended stuff. > > The following files are contained in draftcopy.tar.gz > draftcopy/draftcopy.ins > draftcopy/draftcopy.doc > draftcopy/Makefile > draftcopy/README > draftcopy/THIS-IS-VERSION-2.16 > > Please put it into > CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/draftcopy/ > > I'm looking still for translations for the word DRAFT. > Have a look into draftcopy.sty, which are missing and send me some... > > Note: PDF support is still missing, but many people gave me hints how to do it. > If I have some spare time .... > > Changes since the last version: > - replaced a count99 by count@ > > With best regards > Jürgen Vollmer > > PS: > Thanks to all people, sending me new ideas and code, your are mentioned in the > package code. Thanks for the update. I installed it as you requested, replacing the old version in macros/latex/contrib/supported/draftcopy For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: txt2latex
by Jim Hefferon 20 Feb '02

20 Feb '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: txt2latex Author's name: Tristan Miller Location on CTAN: support/txt2latex Summary description: Converts text files for use with LaTeX by escaping special characters and fixing quote marks License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a small Perl script intended to facilitate batch conversion of largely unformatted ASCII text for use with LaTeX. In contrast to txt2tex, it does not assume the document has any underlying structure. Its sole purpose is to escape special LaTeX characters and to fix single and double quotation marks. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload --- titling package
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Feb '02

20 Feb '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded titling.dtx to the UK incoming directory. Please > use this to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/titling/titling.dtx > > From the README > > The titling package provides controls over the typesetting of the > maketitle and hanks commands, makes the itle, author, and date > information permanently available, and allows multiple titles in a single > document. > > There is no technical change but some new examples have been added to > the documentation. i've installed the package as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex 0.6
by Reinhard Zierke 19 Feb '02

19 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.6.tar.gz and preview-0.6.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.6.tar.gz under support/preview-latex/ and unpack the README from it to support/preview-latex/README Create a symbolic link from support/preview-latex/preview-latex.tar.gz to preview-latex-0.6.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.6.tar.gz in the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ It contains just README-preview, preview.dtx and preview.ins. The reason is that the preview.dtx file can also be used as a standalone LaTeX style for extracting selected elements from a LaTeX source into separate pages of a DVI file. Previous versions of preview-latex can be deleted. Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.6 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex is a system for displaying inline images of selected parts of a file in Emacs source buffers. It is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, GNU Emacs-21.1, AUC TeX, a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. XEmacs support is not yet operative, and contributions would be welcome. Due to missing image support of Emacs-21.1 under Microsoft Windows, this platform is not usable at the current point of time, either. Release focus is user interface improvements and documentation. Main point has been an attempt to refrain from disabling previews unless the text under it has indeed changed and not just been replaced by something identical or decorated with font-lock. This makes preview-latex behave better when filling paragraphs, for example. Menu entries for clearing out previews again have been added, and temporary directories are removed when leaving Emacs. A TeXinfo manual has been started. Provision has been made for configuration files prdefault.cfg and prauctex.cfg for commonly defined operations. The latter file is provided and installed. User feedback about errors and suggested feature improvements is welcome and heeded. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. For users of RedHat linux, a RPM is provided at the above site primarily for RH 7.x. The RPM requires a few packages: * GhostScript 6.51 is included in RH 7.2, but if you use an earlier release it can be downloaded from the RH7.2 updates, <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/> * AUC TeX can be found at several places, but if you want the latest 11.11 (alpha, but stable AFAIK) with no known issues concerning preview-latex, an RPM can be found at the project homepage. * Finally, Emacs-21.1 can be downloaded from rawhide, <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/>. I installed this using 'rpm -i --nodeps --force', which worked for me, but since it does not follow the usual emacs + emacs-X11 + emacs-nox, YMMV. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex/ and CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: Rotpages
by Jim Hefferon 18 Feb '02

18 Feb '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Rotpages package Author's name: Sergio Callegari Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotpages Summary description: Multiple page rotation in latex 2e License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The rotpages.sty package for latex 2e permits to format documents where small sets of pages are rotated by 180 degrees and rearranged, so that they can be read by turning the printed copy upside-down. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload: webo.tar.gz
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Feb '02

18 Feb '02

Maurizio Loreti writes: > + what you've uploaded > A file calles webo.tar.gz > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > they are intended to replace the files in tex-archive/fonts/webomints > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > public domain > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > This is an upgrade to a previous upload. Some files have been > added, and the Makefile modified. Here follows the included > README file: > > On Tuesday 05 Feb 2002, Walter Schmidt (wal_schmidt(a)arcormail.de) has > posted a message on comp.text.tex about a freely downloadable > PostScript Type-1 font containing various types of ornaments. > > The URL is http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/index.html, and > contains the following lines: > > Galapagos Design Group is pleased to make available to the > Internet community free downloads of original typefaces and > clipart. > > Our first offering is a tasty border and ornament font called > Web-O-Mints. Created by George Ryan, Web-O-Mints contains a > rich assortment of typographic decorations inspired by > historical sources. > > The Web-O-Mints font is available in TrueType or PostScript > format, for use on PCs or Macs. Web-O-Mints can be downloaded > and used immediately in all environments. We hope you enjoy > using this original collection of images. > > Here are all the files needed to use these fonts in LaTeX (generated > with the fontinst package) and three small example LaTeX files: > download these files in a local directory, cd there and type make > samples. Requires the fancyhdr package, and config.cmz for dvips. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- esint package
by Reinhard Zierke 17 Feb '02

17 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Eddie Saudrais ----- 1. I upload the esint package on ftp.dante.de. They are 3 files: esint.ins, esint.dtx and esint.readme. 2. Please, put the files on macros/latex/contrib/supported. 3. As usual, this is a GNU General Public Licence. 4. This package provides several alternate integral symbols (like oiint) using the Computer Modern font. Run latex on esint.ins to generate the files, install them (see the esint.readme), and run latex on esint.dtx file to obtain the documentation. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/esint/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: dvispell-dvistats
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

daniel taupin has uploaded: A linux or MSDOS/djgpp version of dvispell is provided (no more limited to 8+3 file names). Install specifications are included as well as a comprehensive set of dictionaries for spelling check. Win9x/MSDOS executable are provided. i have installed the files at support/dvispell thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: EC fonts of size more than 3583
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

daniel taupin has uploaded: Three upper size extensions for EC fonts, corresponding to standard size increase of 1.2 above 3583. Fit for higher sizes 'giant', 'Giant' and 'GIANT' (above 'huge', 'Huge' and 'HUGE') as provided by Taupin's version of 'moresize.sty' i have installed the .zip files of these extensions in fonts/ec/contrib thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Uploads: smallcap.sty, moresize and varsects.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

Daniel taupin has provided various things to ctan: 1. smallcap.sty: smallcap.sty make small caps be a font family rather than a shape. This allows bold and slanted small caps to be available (EC fonts do exist). This family is called T1cmsc, and t1cmsc.fd is provided with the style. 2. moresize.zip Daniel Taupin's moresize.sty provides upper sizes corresponding to standard size increase of 1.2 above 3583. Fit for higher sizes 'giant', 'Giant' and 'GIANT' (above 'huge', 'Huge' and 'HUGE'). Compatible but more extended with Christian Cornelssen's version of 'moresize.sty'. Requires extended *.fd, provided with the package. 3. varsects.sty Package varsects.sty redefines chapter, section, subsection... etc. with optional parameters changing vertical space before and after the title, and the font size, series, shape or family of this title. Usage is obvious when looking in the contents of the file. i have installed all these files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/taupin thanks, daniel, for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: york-thesis
by Jim Hefferon 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it 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: york-thesis Author's name: Norm Gall Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/york-thesis Summary description: A LaTeX2e thesis class definition for York University (Toronto, Canada) License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This takes care of almost everything for generating a thesis or dissertation. I've included the class file and a sample latex source file. Kudos to York for not having an insanely complicated format. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- g-brief 3.0
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Michael Lenzen ----- please update 'g-brief' rel. 2.4 to rel. 3.0. (a) uploaded to ftp.dante.de (b) 'g-brief-3.0.tar.gz' to /incoming (c) g-brief is a document class for LaTeX 2e and serves for formatting formless letters in german or english language (d) macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/ (please replace and remove the old and obsolete files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief) ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- rotfloat v1.1
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Axel Sommerfeldt ----- I just uploaded a new version of the LaTeXe `rotfloat' package to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/rotfloat. What I've uploaded: rotfloat.ins + rotfloat.dtx + examples.tex Which CTAN node I've uploaded to: ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/rotfloat. Where you want the files to go: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotfloat (replacing the old version 1.0) What licensing conditions you apply to your software: LPPL A brief summary of what your upload is intended to do: The float package provides commands to define new floats of various styles; the rotating package provides new rotated environments. This rotfloat package builds a bridge between both packages and extend the commands from the float package to define rotated versions of the new floats, too. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the update. I Installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotfloat/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- BibTool 2.46
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Gerd Neugebauer ----- I have uploaded the following two files to ftp.dante.de/incoming BibTool-2.46.tar.gz BibTool-html.tar.gz The first one is meant to replace the file biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool/BibTool-2.45.tar.gz. The second file should be unpacked in the same directory to update the HTML gif and dvi files residing there (The new HTML version of the manual isn't availlable yet). BibTool is distributed under the GPL. The Readme file follows. ====================================================================== BibTool: A Tool for Manipulating BibTeX Data Bases BibTeX provides an easy to use means to integrate citations and bibliographies into LaTeX documents. But the user is left alone with the management of the BibTeX files. The program BibTool is intended to fill this gap. BibTool allows the manipulation of BibTeX files which goes beyond the possibilities --- and intentions --- of BibTeX. The possibilities of BibTool include * Pretty-printing BibTeX data bases adjustable by lots of parameters. * Syntactic checks with error recovery superior to BibTeX and helpful error messages. * Semantic checks can be specified by the user. * Sorting and merging of BibTeX data bases according to a free definable sort key. * Generation of uniform reference keys according to predefined rules or according to an own specification. * Selecting references used in one publication which are found by analyzing an .aux file. * Selecting references by a set of criteria (regular expressions). * Controlled rewriting of fields utilizing regular expressions to specify the rewriting rules. * Macro (String) expansion to eliminate the need of extra string definitions. * Collecting statistics about one or more BibTeX data bases. BibTool contains a documentation written in LaTeX of more than 60 pages (and still growing). BibTool is written in C and has been compiled on various operating systems like flavors of UN*X and MSDOG machines. It is distributed in source code. No compiled versions are available from the author (Useless to ask!). BibTool can be obtained from the CTAN archives: * ftp.dante.de:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool * ftp.tex.ac.uk:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool * ctan.tug.org:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool Get the file BibTool-x.xx.tar.gz where x.xx is the version number. Unpack it with the command (on UN*X) gunzip < BibTool-x.xx.tar.gz | tar -xvf - Alternatively get the file BibTool-x.xx.zip where x.xx is the version number. Unpack it with the command unzip BibTool-x.xx.zip It will create a directory named BibTool-x.xx which contains the installation instructions in the file INSTALL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool/ replacing the ild files. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: LogFilter
by Jim Hefferon 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. A word about the license: this package is `nosource', meaning that it is supplied in binary format (a .jar file) and the source code for it is not made available. This renders the software non-free in the sense of the Debian Free Software Guidelines and many other free software advocates. Please note, however, that the license *does* allow free use and distribution of the software, but modification is generally not possible. For more, see the following link. http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.html Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LogFilter Author's name: Kasper B. Graversen Location on CTAN: nonfree/support/logfilter Summary description: LogFilter is a program that monitors the logfiles (La)TeX/PDF(La) produces and presents them in an interactive environment to the author License type: nosource Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LogFilter is a program that monitors the logfiles TeX/LaTeX produces and presents them in an interactive environment to the user. The program lets the user choose which errors he cares to see. Furthermore LogFilter integrates with your editor so that when pressing an error, your editor will open the tex file and jump to the according line. It should work on any sane OS with Java (or JRE) installed - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Submission: The AcroTeX eDucation Bundle
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

D P Story writes: > -- mail the administrators (ctan(a)dante.de) to report: > + what you've uploaded > > I've uploaded to the uk ctan server, in the incoming/webeq directory > the following files: > > 154606 Feb 10 23:32 acrotex.zip > 12863 Feb 10 23:45 dljslib.dtx > 2174 Feb 10 23:45 dljslib.ins > 13221 Feb 10 23:32 eq_pdfs.zip > 63311 Feb 10 23:46 insdljs.dtx > 1963 Feb 10 23:46 insdljs.ins > 3080 Feb 10 23:32 readme.txt > 815769 Feb 10 23:39 webeqman.pdf > 542565 Feb 10 23:44 webeqman_p.pdf > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > uk: ftp.tex.ac.uk > > + where you want the files to go > > I have a directory > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/webeq > > delete all files in that folder, and replace with the files listed above. > > + 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. > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy > processing) > > > I've just uploaded the Web/Exerquiz Packages, now bundled > together under the name AcroTeX eDucation Bundle, read, > AcroTeX Education Bundle. > > The AcroTeX Bundle is a series of LaTex packages, as the name > implies, is intended for, but not limited to, the creation of electronic > education materials, authored using LaTeX, with final file form of > PDF. > > The materials are available for users of Distiller 5.0 or later (though > prior will work too), pdftex or dvipdfm. Distiller users must make > their postscript document using either dvips or dvipsone. > > The bundle comes with four componets > (1) The Web.sty : for good screen design > (2) The Exerquiz Package : for online exercises and quizzes > (3) The insdljs Package : for introducing document level JavaScript > into the PDF document from a LaTeX source > (4) The dljslib Package : A library of JavaScript functions, with the > package, you can check out a function for use in your document > > What's New: The introduction of the insdljs Package enables the > LaTeX author to write his/her own JavaScript in the LaTeX source, > the functions end up at the document-level of the final PDF > document. This is a standalone package that needs only hyperref > and verbatim. > > Exerquiz has been rewritten to use this package, and new > arguments of the math fill-in macro are introduced that lets the > author specify a JavaScript procedure that will process a given > question. As such, Exerquiz becomes quite programmable. See > jqzspec.pdf for example to see how Exerquiz can now process > math fill-in questions for which the answer is expected to be a > vector. In addition to math fill-in questions, there is now text fill-in > as well, this too has many options. > > In anticipation of the usefulness of insdljs, I recently wrote the > dljslib package. This package acts as sort of a library of routines > you can insert into your document. Very cool. i've installed the macros (and other things) as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixa package
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memfixa.sty to the UK incoming directory. Kindly > use this to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixa.sty, and please announce the > update. > > The package provides temporary fixes to the memoir class until the next > version is released. Current fixes include: > o unfortunate interaction between the memoir class and the calc package > o mismatch between oneside/showtrims options > o 11pt option headheight too small > o one line narrow captions not centered > o provides class option to reinstate the deprecated font commands i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new on CTAN: osa.bst
by Jim Hefferon 12 Feb '02

12 Feb '02

This material has been installed at tug.ctan.org and 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: osa.bst Author's name: Richard J Mathar Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/osa.bst Summary description: BibTeX style file for OSA (Optical Society of America) journ License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- osa.bst is a BibTeX style file that follows guidelines for OSA journals (Applied Optics,...). It has been generated by running latex makebst.tex and by-hand manipulation of the result to get roman-style (non-italicized) names of the proceeding's names. See http://www.osa.org/pubs/authors/style/ - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- webomints update
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Feb '02

10 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Maurizio Loreti ----- + what you've uploaded A file calles webomints.tar.gz + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de + where you want the files to go They are intended to replace the files currently in tex-archive/fonts/webomints + what licensing conditions you apply to your software public domain + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. A .tfm file was missing in the previous upload; sorry for any inconvenience, and thanks to Andreas Matthias (<amat(a)kabsi.at>) for signalling that error. Here follows the included README file: On Tuesday 05 Feb 2002, Walter Schmidt (wal_schmidt(a)arcormail.de) has posted a message on comp.text.tex about a freely downloadable PostScript Type-1 font containing various types of ornaments. The URL is http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/index.html, and contains the following lines: Galapagos Design Group is pleased to make available to the Internet community free downloads of original typefaces and clipart. Our first offering is a tasty border and ornament font called Web-O-Mints. Created by George Ryan, Web-O-Mints contains a rich assortment of typographic decorations inspired by historical sources. The Web-O-Mints font is available in TrueType or PostScript format, for use on PCs or Macs. Web-O-Mints can be downloaded and used immediately in all environments. We hope you enjoy using this original collection of images. Here are all the files needed to use these fonts in LaTeX (generated with the fontinst package) and two small example LaTeX files. Just make samples in the directory to generate the PostScript output; needs fancyhdr and config.pdf (for dvips). ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/webomints/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- eqlist 1.2, guitar 1.5, toolbox 4.2
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Feb '02

10 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from M. Vaeth ----- I have uploaded the three latex packages eqlist.zip guitar.zip toolbox.zip to the incoming directory. (toolbox.zip is only an update). The description of the packages is appended. Sincerely. Martin Väth Name of contribution: eqlist v1.2 Name and email: Martin Väth <vaeth(a)mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/eqlist Summary description: With this package you can write lists with equal indentation. The eqparbox package is required. License type: Free (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a list environment which typesets a description-like list but with the difference that the indentation corresponds to the longest item of the list. The eqparbox package is required. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: guitar v1.5 Name and email: Martin Väth <vaeth(a)mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/guitar Summary description: (La)Tex package for typesetting guitar chords over song texts. The toolbox package is required. License type: Free (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains (La)TeX macros for typesetting guitar chords over song texts. The toolbox package is required. Note that this package only places arbitrary TeX code over the lyrics. To typeset the chords graphically (and not only by name), I recommend to use an additional package like e.g. gchords.sty by K. Peeters. Further references to packages which allow to typeset songs or guitar chords can be found in the documentation of the package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: toolbox v4.2 Name and email: Martin Väth <vaeth(a)mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/toolbox (should replace previous release) 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 and splitting -controlled expansion -redefinition of macros -concatenated macro names The new release keeps '#' in certain arguments unexpanded. I would like to thank David Kastrup <David.Kastrup(a)neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> for pointing out the problem and solutions. ----- End of forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the updated toolbox and the two new packages in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/{eqlist,guitar,toolbox} as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload: webo.tar.gz
by Rainer Schoepf 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Maurizio Loreti wrote: > + what you've uploaded > A file calles webo.tar.gz > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.dante.de > + where you want the files to go > tex-archive/fonts/webomints (or tex-archive/fonts/webo if this name is > too long) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > public domain > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > Here follows the included README file: > > On Tuesday 05 Feb 2002, Walter Schmidt (wal_schmidt(a)arcormail.de) has > posted a message on comp.text.tex about a freely downloadable > PostScript Type-1 font containing various types of ornaments. > > The URL is http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/index.html, and > contains the following lines: > > Galapagos Design Group is pleased to make available to the > Internet community free downloads of original typefaces and > clipart. > > Our first offering is a tasty border and ornament font called > Web-O-Mints. Created by George Ryan, Web-O-Mints contains a > rich assortment of typographic decorations inspired by > historical sources. > > The Web-O-Mints font is available in TrueType or PostScript > format, for use on PCs or Macs. Web-O-Mints can be downloaded > and used immediately in all environments. We hope you enjoy > using this original collection of images. > > Here are all the files needed to use these fonts in LaTeX (generated > with the fontinst package) and two small example LaTeX files. Thanks for the upload. As you requested, I installed the files in the CTAN directory fonts/webomints For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: jDVI - DVI viewer and printer coded in Java
by Jim Hefferon 06 Feb '02

06 Feb '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process shortly. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: jDVI - DVI viewer and printer coded in Java Author's name: James Hurt Location on CTAN: dviware/jdvi Summary description: DVI viewer and printer coded in Java License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the initial release of jDVI, a DVI viewer and printer coded in Java. You will need Java RTE 1.3 to run this application, as well as the BaKoMa True Type fonts for which I am endebted to Basil K. Malyshev. For completeness, a copy of the BaKoMa fonts are included in a Zip file, the format suitable for use with jDVI. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN update: LaTeX for Word Processor Users
by Jim Hefferon 05 Feb '02

05 Feb '02

An update of a CTAN package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should by now have made it through the mirroring system. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX for Word Processor Users (update) Author's name: Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. Location on CTAN: info/latex4wp Summary description: This is a LaTeX guide specifically designed for word processor users. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX for Word Processor Users is a guide that helps converting knowledge and techniques of word processing into the LaTeX typesetting environment. It aims at helping WP users use LaTeX instead. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN update: ncctools
by Jim Hefferon 04 Feb '02

04 Feb '02

The ncctools package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should have made its way throught the mirroring process. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ncctools Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/ncctools Summary description: A new release of the NCCTOOLS bungle for LaTeX Project License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ------------------------------------------------------------------- % % NCCTOOLS, Release 2.0 %====================== % % HISTORICAL NOTES % ================ The `ncctools' bundle consists of a number of packages extracted from NCC style (developed by A. Rozhenko in 1992-1996 for LaTeX-2.09) while reimplementation it for LaTeX-2e. This job is not completed yet. So, some packages will be added to the bundle later. Four of the packages, namely dcounter, extdash, manyfoot, and nccfoots, are documented in corresponding `.dtx' files. Others are partially documented just inside `.sty' files. % % CONTENTS OF THE NCCTOOLS BUNDLE % =============================== cropbox.sty Implements the cropbox command which prepares a box with crop marks at its corners looking like angles. Angle parameters are customizable. cropmark.sty Implements the cropmark command producing crop box around page text area (header area, footer area and marginal notes are optionally taken into consideration). The cropmark command is used inside watermark commands. It accurately interprets current state of two-column, two-side, and reverse-margin modes. dcounter.dtx Dynamic counters. The counter declared as dynamic is really created at the first use and receives at that moment the count style which was established by the countstyle command. The special use of counstyle command with optional parameter allows modifying of subordination of existing counter. For example, while using the book class you can reject the subordination of the section counter to the chapter counter and resubordinate figures, tables and equations to sections. desclist.sty Implements the desclist environment. It is considered as an improvement of the description environment. The appearance of item markers is easy customizable on the fly. An optional parameter allows set a marker prototype for calculation of hang indentation skip. The description environment is redefined to use an optional parameter also. extdash.dtx The package implements the commands, Hyphdash, Endash, Emdash, and their *-forms, to control hyphenation of compound words and ordinary words dashed by em-dash. You can also use the shortcuts -/ =/ -- == --- === instead. On contrary to germanb style of the Babel package no active symbols added. You can also decrease the length of em-dash by the option `cyremdash' to satisfy the russian typesetting rules. manyfoot.dtx The package implements a command, ewfootnote, that adds footnote levels to the standard LaTeX's footnote mechanism. Footnotes of every additional level are automatically grouped together on a LaTeX-2e output page and are separated from another levels by the special vertical space and (maybe) rule. You can customize the typesetting style of additional footnotes choosing between ordinary footnotes and run-in paragraph footnotes (useful for critical editions). nccbbb.sty Implementation of poor Black Board Bold symbols. Ported from old NCC-LaTeX. It is useless in modern LaTeX but kept just in case. nccboxes.sty Additional boxes from NCC-LaTeX. The jhbox and jvbox can horizontally and vertically align a body with respect to a prototype. The addbox adjusts the height and depth of the box body (it is alternative to using the `calc' package). The pbox is a simple version of one-column table. It is independent on arraystretch value. The cbox is intended for design of fancy headers in tables. nccfancyhdr.sty Absolutely new implementation of functionality of the fancyhdr package. It is more transparent, simple, non-aggressive (redefining of standard page styles is optional), and bug-free (I hope :). Header width control is improved with two commands, namely extendedheaders (extended upon marginal notes) and ormalheaders. The command hispagestyle correctly works with fancy page styles (in fancyhdr, it didn't work because of use of global definitions). nccfoots.dtx The package implements commands for generating footnotes with manual marks. For example, to mark footnote by star you can write Footnote{*}{Footnote text}. nccmath.sty Extension of the `amsmath' package. Its main aim is to combine AMS's typesetting of display equations and NCC-LaTeX's one. In amsmath, the `eqnarray' environment leaves unchanged. This package redefines `eqnarray' to allow using of amsmath tag control features and display breaks. Intercolumn distance is reduced to the distance typical for relation operations. All columns are prepared in the displaystyle. A new `darray' environment is a mix of the AMS's `aligned' environment and LaTeX's `array' environment. It is typed out in the same way as `aligned' environment but has columns definition parameter as `array' environment. The use of column specifications is restricted to the necessary commands only: l,c,r,@, and * are allowed. The implementation is compatible with the array package. Some additional commands are introduced also. nccpic.sty Envelop for the `graphicx' package. It customizes graphics extensions list for most popular drivers, namely dvips, dvidpf, and dvipdfm, and for use with pdftex also. Extension list now contains extensions of graphics files which are processed on the fly without additional efforts. Using this feature simplifies typesetting. You need not specify a graphics file extension when use the includegraphics command. Depending on a dvi driver specified, a graphics file with an appropriate extension is searched. So, you only need to create a number of versions of a graphics file in different formats (for example, `.bmp' for dvips or Yap and `.png' for pdftex). After that you can produce resulting `.ps' and `.pdf' file without any changes in the source file. The recommended storage for graphics files is the graphics/ subdirectory of the directory the `.tex' file is translated. Some additional commands are introduced also. nccsect.sty Extension of LaTeX's section, caption, and toc-entries generation technique. The package contains many improvements. More interesting of them are: * simple declaring of sections of any level (including sections of 0th level and captions for floats); * user-controlled typeout for display sections (user can select one of the following typeout styles: hangindent, parindent, center); * customizing of section or caption tag by the manner similar to AMS equation tag; * simple declaring of toc-entries using prototypes for calculation of hang indentations; * umberline command newer overlaps the text going after; * PnumPrototype{} is used for calculation of right margin in table of contents; * different captions for different float types; * simple handle of new types of floats (after registration of a new float in the package you can declare a caption and toc-entry for it; be sure that the chapter command will automatically produce a vertical skip in a toc for the new float also). nccthm.sty Yet another extension to the ewtheorem command. Four orthogonal properties of theorems are used: numbering mode - standard or APAR (a number before header); theorem type - defines an appearance of a theorem (what fonts are used for header, comment, and body). The `theorem' and `remark' types a predefined; indent style - margin, nomargin, indent, noindent (selected in package options); break mode - do break after header or not? Hardcoded when a new theorem is declared. Can be overridden on the fly for concrete math statement. Easy customization of spacing and commands inserted after headers. Two types of QED symbol (white and black). The proof command is introduced. The ewtheoremtype command allows create new theorem types. The likeTYPE command is automatically created for every new type. It simplifies typeout of rare math statements. Instead of creation of a new theorem environment you can use liketheorem{Header}{Number}[Comment] for it, or likeremark, or ... Every theorem environment and theorem type can be redefined with enewtheorem and enewtheoremtype. Counters of all theorem-like environments are dynamic. So, they are created at the first use. This is very helpful for package writer. A number of theorem-like environments can be created in a package or class, and a user only selects the count style for them (in simple case this can be done with only one countstyle command in the document preamble). parskip.sty Useful for documents with non-zero skips between paragraphs. In this case, the additional vertical space inserted by lists is unlikely. The package provides identical distance between all paragraphs except section markups. It redefines control list commands and suppress opskip, partopskip, and itemsep in lists. As a result, the distance between ordinary paragraphs and paragraphs prepared by lists is the same. The command SetParskip{distance} is described to control this distance. tocenter.sty Provides two commands, namely ToCenter and FromMargins, which simplify the customization of page layout. It is now easy to change text width and height and center the text area on the page (the header, footer, and marginal note fields are optionally taken into consideration). Other way is like-Word declaring of paper layout: you set margins from the left, right, top, and bottom. watermark.sty Provides watermarks on output pages. A watermark is some text or picture printed at the background of paper. A watermark is usually stored in the page header. This way is inconvenient: it needs redefinition of page style commands. We use another method that is orthogonal to page mark commands and needs no redefinition of page marks. The left and right watermarks are allowed. Temporary hiswatermark acts on the current page only. Using this way it is easy to substitute a page header by your own page header with the hispageheading command.

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Re: Uploaded new labels.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Julian Gilbey writes: > I've uploaded labels.tar.gz to ftp.tex.ac.uk. > > This tarball contains a replacement for the files in > macros/latex/contrib/supported/labels, and I have the permission of > Sebastian Rahtz to do this. > > It provides a new package option `newdimens' which allows a much more > flexible specification of the label layout. Without the option, the > package functions identically to the way it used to. > > No change in licensing conditions. i've installed the new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: DCpic
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Feb '02

02 Feb '02

Pedro Quaresma writes: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20020131.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: DCpic > Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/generic/diagrams/dcpic/ > Summary description: Commutative diagrams in a LaTeX or TeX document. > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > DCpic is a package of TeX macros for drawing Commutative Diagrams > in a (La)TeX or ConTeX t document. Its distinguishing features > are: the use of PiCTeX a powerful graphical engine, and a simple > specification syntax. A commutative diagram is described in terms of > its objects and its arrows. The objects are textual elements and the > arrows can have various straight or curved forms. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files in the submission, replacing the old version. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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VTeX/Free 7.530 for Linux and OS/2
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Release 7.530 of VTeX/Free is now mirrored in the CTAN directory sytems/vtex/ . VTeX/Free is a free TeX system, which is available for the Linux-x86 and OS/2 platforms. Unlike traditional TeX systems, VTeX/Free can generate PDF and PostScript output immediately from the TeX source. No intermediate DVI files are generated, no dvi driver programs are required, and there is no need to care for their -- sometimes problematic -- setup. Common PostScript and PDF viewers such as Ghostscript and Acrobat Reader can be used for (pre)viewing and printing. VTeX/Free includes a PostScript distiller, thus inclusion of PostScript graphics as well as inline PostScript programming (PSTricks, psfrag etc.) are supported, even when generating PDF output. VTeX/Free comes with a comprehensive LaTeX systen and many additional packages and fonts, now including also the full collection of the EC/TC fonts in Type 1 format. See the file CTAN:systems/vtex/NEWS for a list of all additions, changes and fixes with this release. VTeX/Free is a partial port of the commercial TeX system VTeX/Win by MicroPress Inc.

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Re: CTAN Submission -- cd-cover
by Rainer Schoepf 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Christian Holm Christensen wrote: > * I've uploaded an update (now version 1.4) of the cd-cover class > > * cd-cover resided in > > macros/latex/contrib/other/cd-cover > > though Robin Fairbanks has suggested to put it in > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/cd-cover > > * The lisence of cd-cover is GPL > > * Typesetting CD covers for various case formats > > Changes: > > Automatic detection of the grpahics driver (if any) and automatic > emmision of |special| (or similar) so that the document will be > printed in landscape mode. Only supported for DVIPS, PDFLaTeX, and > VTeX. Some minor documentation changes. Thanks for the update. I removed the old version and installed your new version in macros/latex/contrib/supported/cd-cover For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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new packages from GUST on CTAN
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Stanis/law Wawrykiewicz ----- I've just downloaded to dante://incoming/ 1. qfnt.zip -- it contains all set of the new qfonts families, generated by metapost; gpl Please remove first all stuff from fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/ even pl-qx.zip (obsolete) *except* of fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/qxcm/ Then unzip qfn.zip in fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/ Do not unpack zip files which are in qfnt.zip 2. antt.zip -- contains some files added; pd to be concise with all distributions like teTeX, TL, etc. it should go rather to fonts/psfonts/polish/antt/ so please unpack it in fonts/psfonts/polish/ Please *remove* fonts/psfonts/polish/antyktor 3. tap077.zip, 0README.TAP updated, pd; please replace the old contents of macros/generic/tables/ oops, and unpack 0README.TAP, as before (cannot upload) 4. tex-ps.zip contains 2 files updated: epsfx.tex and trans.tex please unpack it in macros/generic/TeX-PS 5. tiff2ps.zip updated, pd please unpack it in support/pstools/tiff2ps/ Updated xml files will go soon to Graham's Catalogue. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed all these files on CTAN as suggested. BTW, pl-qx.zip was in fonts/psfonts/polish/ not in fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/. I hope it was OK to remove it anyway. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.2d
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Andreas Matthias ----- I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages.zip' to ftp.dante.de/incoming. Please, extract this archive and replace the files in /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfpages/ The `pdfpages' package makes it easy to insert pages of external PDF documents. Several logical pages can be arranged onto each sheet of paper. (Like psnup.) The package provides hypertext operations like hyperlinks and article threads. This version provides a new option `fitpaper', which adjusts the paper size to the one of the inserted document. It is distributed under the LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfpages/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: Makor, version 1.0
by Jim Hefferon 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

An update of the Makor package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next few days. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ============================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Makor, version 1.0 Author's name: Alan Hoenig Location on CTAN: language/hebrew/makor Summary description: A system for typesetting Hebrew with TeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Makor is my system for typesetting Hebrew with TeX. It uses an intuitive interface---that is, you type characters on the English keyboard according to more-or-less what they sound like, and Makor renders them in proper Hebrew, both with and without vowels (nekudot). The vowels are properly centered on their letters, and final letters are selected automatically by Makor+TeX. This package works with both plain TeX and LaTeX. This new version is formally version~1.0. In addition to many bug fixes, the new version includes: * support of many more fonts: -- OmegaSerifHebrew, which is like David or David light; -- Ezra (in regular, italic, bold, bold italic, and outline variants); -- Rashi (regular and bold); and -- Hadassah (regular, italic, bold, and bold italic); * ability to typeset numbers properly amid Hebrew text; * special typesetting treatment of the defective cholem; * Hebrew table macros---you enter the columns left-to-right, and Makor typesets them right-to-left; and * much, much more! The package is documented in the file makorman.tex. Please check out the file makorman.pdf which is replete with examples to see if this package might be of interest to you.

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Re: memfixa
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

Peter Wilson has provided another copy of his memfixa.sty, which patches memoir.cls. he writes: > I think that it does need another announcement > as the person who tested the fix has distributed it to some others, so an > announcement would make it official. > > The fix now covers the memoir showtrims and oneside options and the calc > package. i've installed the replacement file as macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixa.sty Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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