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New CTAN package: slovak-lshort
by Jim Hefferon 09 May '02

09 May '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: slovak-lshort Author's name: Jan Busa (Jan Buv{s}a) Location on CTAN: info/lshort/slovak Summary description: slovak translation of Not So Short Introduction ... License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The source files, PostScript and PDF files of slovak translation of the Not so Short Introduction to System LaTeX 2e - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Uploaded update to dvii to CTAN
by Rainer Schoepf 07 May '02

07 May '02

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Adam H. Lewenberg wrote: > * Uploaded: Files dvii.c, dviiman.dvi, dviiman.pdf, dvii.exe, > and README to /incoming on ftp.dante.de > > * Location: place in tex-archive/dviware/dvii replacing old files > > * License: these files are licensed under the LPPL (Latex Project Public > License) > > * What this upload does: > > Updates dvii to version 0.44. Added an option to suppress display of > `physical' pages as well as another option to ignore certain opcodes > when computing checksums. Updated manual. > > More information on dvii can be found at > > http://www.macrotex.net/dvii/dvii.html > > > > From the README file: > > dvii is a utility written in C that extracts information from a TeX > dvi file and displays it on the command line. Information displayed > can include a summary: > > File comment (usually the date file was compiled) > File size > Number of (physical) pages > Number of fonts > > as well as more detailed information: > > Font names for all fonts used > List of physical page number/TeX page number pairs > List of all specials and the page on which they appear > List of all fonts on a per page basis > > More information can be found at the dvii home page > > http://www.macrotex.net/dvii/dvii.html > > Currently, there are some pre-compiled executables (DOS, Win 9X/NT, > Solaris, OSF1, and Linux) available at the dvii website > www.macrotex.net/dvii/dvii.html. If none of these are suitable, > you will need to compile the C source. To compile, you need to have > a C compiler along with the standard C libraries. For example, if > you have the C compile gcc, type > > gcc dvii.c -o dvii.exe (assuming DOS/Windows platform) > gcc dvii.c -o dvii (assuming Unix platform) Thanks for the update, I installed it at the location indicated: dviware/dvii For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: ziffer.sty v2.1
by Rainer Schoepf 06 May '02

06 May '02

On Mon, 6 May 2002, M. Vaeth wrote: > I have uploaded a new release of ziffer.sty (v2.1). It should replace > macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/ziffer.sty > This is a small package which allows typesetting of numbers according to > the conventions used in Germany and some other countries. More precisely: > . (within a number in math-mode) becomes a small space [1000-separator] > , (within a number in math-mode) becomes a 'decimal-separator comma' > -- (in math-mode) gets a more natural spacing (customizable). > In other contexts, the above symbols can be used as usual (also in math-mode). > In the new release, the '--' conversion is not the default anymore and can > be switched on/off separately. The reason is that this conversion causes > (unavoidable) problems with newer versions of amsmath. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/ziffer.sty For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: revised cases.sty on ctan.uk
by Robin Fairbairns 03 May '02

03 May '02

Donald Arseneau writes: > A revised cases.sty (2.5) to fix bug with formatting of over-full > displays, to replace macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/cases.sty, > is uploaded to Campridge ctan. so i've now installed it in the proper place. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Eurosym
by Robin Fairbairns 02 May '02

02 May '02

A submission was uploaded to cam.ctan.org: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: Eurosym > Name and email: Henrik Theiling <---> > Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/eurosym > Summary description: Officially Shaped Euro Symbol for LaTeX in Metafont > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package contains the Metafont source for a Euro symbol > that conforms to the official shape construction. Moreover, > there is LaTeX style to use it and several extensions that > do not conform to the official shape but are still thought > to be useful. > Version 1.3 contains a Licence and Type1 fonts generated by > textrace and modified by pfaedit. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files as a replacement for the previous fonts/eurosym thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: How to Package Your LaTeX Package
by Jim Hefferon 01 May '02

01 May '02

A new tutorial has been installed on 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: How to Package Your LaTeX Package Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: info/dtxtut Summary description: Tutorial on writing .dtx and .ins files License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This tutorial is intended for advanced LaTeX2e users who want to learn how to create .ins and .dtx files for distributing their homebrewed classes and style files. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Upload: ntheorem.dtx
by Rainer Schoepf 01 May '02

01 May '02

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Wolfgang May wrote: > I have uploaded a new version (1.203) of the ntheorem package > to ftp.dante.de/incoming. The file ntheorem.dtx should replace the old > one in > macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntheorem/ntheorem.dtx Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixb package
by Robin Fairbairns 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memfixb.sty to UK incoming. Please install this in > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. > > The memfixb package provides temporary fixes for the memoir class, > version 1.1. This release fixes: > o Not initializing maxsecnumdepth > o Bad interaction between subcaption and pdfLaTeX with the hyperref package i've installed the file as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: mathabx
by Jim Hefferon 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mathabx Author's name: Anthony Phan Location on CTAN: fonts/mathabx Summary description: mathabx, quite large series of mathematical symbols License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mathabx series are at their development's first stage. The ``me'' suffix means ``Merely for Evaluation''. Their author hopes to have time one day to design anew some symbols, especially large ones. Thus, he claims no stability about metrics and encoding of these fonts, nor about plain TeX and LaTeX input files. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload: LaTeX Songbook Style version 4.0
by Jim Hefferon 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and is making its way through the mirroring process. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX Songbook Style version 4.0 Author's name: Christopher Rath Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/songbook Summary description: Latest version of LaTeX Songbook style License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.0 of my LaTeX Songbook style has now been posted to CTAN as well as the Songbook homepage (http://www.rath.ca/Misc/Songbook). The Songbook style provides an all purpose songbook style for LaTeX2e. The package allows for three types of output from a single input file: words and chords books for the musicians to play from, words only songbooks for the congregation to sing from, and overhead transparency masters for congregational use. The style will also print a table of contents, an index sorted by title and first line, and an index sorted by key. It attempts to handle songs in multiple keys, as well as songs in multiple languages. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- WP2LaTeX
by Reinhard Zierke 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from J.Fojtik ----- + what you've uploaded wp2latex package update + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de/incoming + where you want the files to go support/wp2latex + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list below). GPL + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) New: Supported style epsfig.sty, fixed problem with filenames. New: RTF parser now working. Try make rtf. New: Small attempt to do something with raster images. New: Gamma version of Windows GUI. New: Ability to read WP3.x Macintosh files. New: Make install perhaps works under Linux. New: Supported package fontenc[T1]. New: Better windows GUI. Nested tables supported. New: German localization (Thanks to Hillmar Preusse). New: Make install should work under DOS/WINDOWS. New: T602 parser. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/wp2latex/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: skull
by Jim Hefferon 25 Apr '02

25 Apr '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. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tugn.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: skull Author's name: Scott Pakin (uploader only; package written by Henrik Christian Grove) Location on CTAN: fonts/skull Summary description: Skull-and-crossbones symbol License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Metafont version of a skull-and-crossbones symbol, with LaTeX bindings. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN uploads -- showlabels, textpos, urlbst and feyn
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Apr '02

25 Apr '02

Norman Gray writes: > I've just uploaded four packages to ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming. Two are > updates, two are new. > > =========================================================================== > > + What you've uploaded > > showlabels-1.4.tar.gz > > + where you want the files to go > > Replacing macros/latex/contrib/supported/showlabels/ > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > > Showlabels: put the names of labels into the margins of a draft document > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > %%VERSION%% > Version 1.4 > > This package helps you keep track of all the labels you define, by > putting the name of new labels into the margin whenever the > label command is used. > > The package allows you to do the same thing for other commands. The > only one for which this is obviously useful is the cite command, but > it's easy to do it for others, such as the ef or egin commands. > > Changes in v1.4, 24 July 2001 > ------------------------------ > > Significant alteration to the mechanism for displaying the labels, > which makes it easy to do the same trick for the cite command. It's > also fairly easy to extend this to any other commands which might want > it, through the new showlabels command, though ef is the only one > which immediately springs to mind. > > Also, the package option [inline] was introduced, giving an > alternative format for displaying the labels. This route is ripe for > generalisation. > > Corrections to the code which places labels in the margin. This is > manifest in that the package is now (more) compatible with the wrapfig > package. > > =========================================================================== > > + What you've uploaded > > textpos-1.2.tar.gz > > + where you want the files to go > > Replacing macros/latex/contrib/supported/textpos/ > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > > Textpos: absolute positioning of text on the LaTeX page > ------------------------------------------------------- > > %%VERSION%% > Version 1.2 > > This package facilitates placing boxes at absolute positions on the > LaTeX page. There are several reasons why this might be useful, but > the main one (or at least my motivating one) is to help produce a > large-format conference poster. > > This package provides a single environment, which contains the text > (or graphics, or table, or whatever) which is to be placed on the > page, and which specifies where it is to be placed. > > > Changes in v1.2, 21 April 2002 > ------------------------------- > > Rolf Niepraschk <niepraschk(a)ptb.de> provided code to make textpos > compatible with the {calc} package. > > Added the [verbose] and [quiet] package options. > > > =========================================================================== > > + What you've uploaded > > urlbst-0.1.tar.gz > > + where you want the files to go > > I suppose in biblio/bibtex/contrib/urlbst ? > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Adds a `webpage' BibTeX entry type, and support for general `url' and > `lastchecked' fields, to arbitrary BibTeX style files. > > %%VERSION%% 0.1 > > The Perl script urlbst.pl can be used to add this support to an > arbitrary .bst file which has a reasonably `conventional' structure. > The result is meant to be robust rather than pretty. > > Usage: urlbst.pl [input-file [output-file]] > > if either the input-file or the output-file is omitted, they default > to stdin and stdout respectively. If the input file already has a URL > entry type, then the script objects. > > For example: > > urlbst.pl `kpsewhich siam.bst` siamurl.bst > > The distributed files abbrvurl.bst, alphaurl.bst, plainurl.bst and > unsrturl.bst are versions of the standard style files which have been > pre-converted. > > Only the style files which result from conversion of the standard > styles are checked in the regression tests. Other style files which > are known to work include > > acm.bst, amsalpha.bst, amsplain.bst, apalike.bst, gerabbrv.bst, > geralpha.bst, gerapali.bst, gerplain.bst, gerunsrt.bst, ieeetr.bst and > siam.bst > > Style files known not to work, because they are too different from the > standard styles, include the koma-script styles and the refer styles > (they are not designed to produce conventional .bbl files). The > natbib and revtex style files already have URL fields. If you have a > BibTeX style file which you think ought to work, but with which the > script fails, send it to me, and I'll try to work out what I've missed. > > > > =========================================================================== > > + What you've uploaded > > feyn-0.1.tar.gz > > + where you want the files to go > > I suppose in fonts/feyn ? > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > > Feyn: a Metafont for Feynman diagrams > ------------------------------------- > > %%VERSION%% > Version 0.1 > > This describes the font `feyn', which can be used to produce relatively > simple Feynman diagrams within equations in a LaTeX document. > > The other Feynman diagram package which exists is Thorsten Ohl's > `feynmf/feynmp' package. That works by creating Metafont or MetaPost > figures using a preprocessor. It's more general than this package, > but is at its best when creating relatively large diagrams, for > figures. In contrast, the present system consists of a > carefully-designed font with which you can write simple diagrams, > within equations or within text, in a size matching the surrounding > text size. i've installed all four packages as suggested (i.e., i've adopted your proposed locations for urlbst and feyn). thanks for the uploads. (sorry about the delay in installing: an emergency at [real] work intervened.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Announcement Greek kerkis fonts
by Rainer Schoepf 24 Apr '02

24 Apr '02

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Antonis Tsolomitis wrote: > I have uploaded to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de (nova.dante.de) > the file kerkis.zip > > The package contains the first (I believe) Type1 font to > fully support Greek (polytonic included) through Babel. > The support of the latin alphabet is also at a very good level > as kerkis supports ot1 and t1 encodings. It is an extension > of the Bookman Old Style fonts. In addition to Greek it contains > many missing ligatures from URWBookman and true Small Caps. > > Since the package supports the latin languages I suppose that > it is proper to be placed among the other Type1 fonts. > Since it especially supports Greek I think that a link should be placed > inside the Greek directory pointing to kerkis (for the moment it is the > only free way to create descent pdf files in Greek as the default > support for Greek provides only Metafont fonts). > > Licensing: They are free to redistribute. There is only one restriction > that is if they are used for commercial purposes (eg books) > the Copyright section must include a note about the fonts saying that > the document uses > kerkis fonts (C) Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean Thanks a lot for the upload, I installed these files in fonts/greek/kerkis For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission - protocol.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Thomas Leineweber ----- I have put a new version of protocol.sty in the incoming directory on ftp.dante.de. The file protocol.tgz is intended to replace the contents of the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/protocol/ on CTAN. It is a new version of the protocol package for typesetting meeting-protocols (in german). It is licensed 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/protocol. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview latex 0.7.2b
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.2b.tar.gz and preview-0.7.2b.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. 0.7.2b is a post-release hotfix for a build problem. Upgrading from 0.7.2 is not necessary unless building the release failed. A separate announcement is probably not necessary. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.7.2b.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-0.7.2b.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.7.2b.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 0.7.2 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex is a system for displaying inline images of selected parts of a file in Emacs source buffers. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system, AUC TeX (11.11 recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. This version for the first time also fully supports XEmacs with a version of at least 21.1.14. Some issues with the display engine have been uncovered in the course of porting; consult the PROBLEMS file for more information. No Emacs versions of preview-latex have yet been tested to run under the MS Windows operating system. Recent CVS versions of Emacs could possibly be made to run preview-latex there, and we have had a positive report with Cygwin XEmacs. Please report your experiences. Release 0.7.2 is a consolidation release containing mostly bug fixes. Its stability should be sufficient for third party package providers of GNU Emacs packages. The XEmacs part still has rough edges, partly due to XEmacs internal bugs that are expected to be ironed out in future XEmacs releases. The README file provides adequate information for preinstalled distributions. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. 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. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. 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/>. The current beta of RedHat 7.3 (see below) includes GhostScript 6.53. * Emacs-21.2 is part of the beta release for RedHat 7.3 at <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/skipjack/en/os/i386/RedHat/R…> unless it has already been superceded by the regular release. 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 it as suggested replacing the old version 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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CTAN package upgrade: subfigure package version 2.1.3
by Jim Hefferon 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

An upgrade of a package on CTAN has been installed on 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: subfigure package version 2.1.3 Author's name: Steven Douglas Cochran Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure 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. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The subfigure package version 2.1.3 fixes an incompatability with several packages including the tocloft and the ccaption packages when used with the hyperref package. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXtopo
by Rainer Schoepf 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 Eric Beitz wrote: > Name of contribution: TeXtopo > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/textopo > Summary description: Plotting, shading and labeling of membrane protein topologies > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is an update (v1.3) of the LaTeX package for plotting, shading > and labeling of membrane protein topologies. The new version introduces > two more helical wheel styles and the indication of the hydrophobic > moment. Further, the DVIPS driver is not mandatory anymore as is > 'rotating.sty'. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: datetime
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

Nicola Talbot writes: > Name of contribution: datetime > Name and email: Nicola Talbot <> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/other > Summary description: Changes format of oday. Provides commands > for current time. > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package datetime.sty provides various different formats for the > command oday, and also provides commands for displaying the > current time, either in 12hr or 24hr format. In addition, there are > macros for displaying the value of a count register as an ordinal > (e.g. ordinal{3} would print 3rd, and ordinalstring{3} would print > third) as well as macros for displaying the value of a count > register as a string (e.g. umberstring{3} would print three). i've installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/other/datetime thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: WinShell 2.2 upload
by Rainer Schoepf 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Ingo H. de Boer wrote: > I have uploaded the WinShell 2.2 Release to > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/winshell > > Please move the files to > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/win32/winshell/ > > and delete all the older files. > > thanks & greets > > Ingo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > What is WinShell ? > > WinShell is a graphical user interface for easy working with LaTeX or > TeX. It includes a text editor, different tool bars and user > configuration options. It is NOT a LaTeX system. An additional LaTeX > package for Windows is needed. > > WinShell falls under the 'nosource' licence. Thanks for the update, I installed it in systems/win32/winshell For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Submission -- rcsinfo
by Rainer Schoepf 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Jürgen Vollmer wrote: > Hi, > > I put a new version (1.9) of my rcsinfo package to ftp.dante.de > > The rcsinfo package is used to extract information of the RCS (Revision > Control System) and use it in a LaTeX document. > For users of LaTeX2HTML, a perl-package translating LaTeX documents to HTML, > rcsinfo.perl is added, which adds the functionality to that tool. > > The following files are contained in rcsinfo-1.9.tar.gz > rcsinfo-1.9/rcsinfo.dtx > rcsinfo-1.9/rcsinfo.ins > rcsinfo-1.9/Makefile > rcsinfo-1.9/README-1.9 > > Please put it into tex/macros/latex/contrib/supported/rcsinfo > > HISTORY > 1.9 : the initial $ of $Id may be omitted. > 1.8 : rcsinfo.perl can deal now with latex2html version 99.1. > Restructured package files. > 1.7.1 : Make does not abort, if laext2html is not found > 1.7 : Underscores in file names are now handeled correctly. > 1.6 : Fixed problems with the french-option of `babel'. > (The `:' is made active when using the french language. > Now rcsinfo can handle this situation). > 1.5 : - The Babel-package is not loaded automagically anymore. > This avoids problems within the `babel'-package when other > packages (like `ifthen' or `varioref') are loaded _and_ no > language was given in the `documentclass'. > - Fixed the `notoday' option. > 1.4 : Support fancyhdr-package, added rcsinfo.cfg configuration file. > 1.3 : Fixed documentation, new address, reimplemeted parts, added > rcsinfo.perl. > 1.2 : New Makefile. > 1.1 : (internal changes). > 1.0 : Initial Version, submitted to CTAN. > > License: > This program can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms > of the LaTeX Project Public License Distributed from CTAN > archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either > version 1 of the License, or any later version. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/rcsinfo For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- checkend and titlesec macros
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Javier Bezos ----- I uploaded to the dante server the following 2 files to /incoming/bezos: checkend.sty readme checkend.sty should be added to the files under macros/latex/contrib/supported/bezos while readme should replace the file with the same name in that directory. From the style file: % When an environment is left open, LaTeX gives an error at the % end of the document. However it only informs about the first % of them, while the rest are shown with meaningless errors: % % (end occurred inside a group at level N) % % This package replaces them with more useful messages % which show which environments (in reverse order) were % not closed. % % That's all. There are no user macros. Just use the package. ============ I've uploaded as well the following 2 files to /incoming/titlesec/ frame.tss readme which should replace the files with the same name under macros/latex/contrib/supported/titlesec It's a bug fix (mispaced top rule in frame). ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed all files as suggested updating the directories macros/latex/contrib/supported/bezos and macros/latex/contrib/supported/titlesec Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: new version of OzTeX for CTAN (over 10MB)
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Apr '02

18 Apr '02

Andrew Trevorrow writes: > oztex5.sit > > It's a StuffIt archive and needs to be transferred in binary mode > (it's NOT a MacBinary file). > > The oztex5.sit file replaces ALL the existing files in > CTAN/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex/ > > OzTeX is shareware but I don't place any restrictions on its > distribution so you can put it in the free tree if you like. > Whatever you decide is fine by me. > > OzTeX is a Macintosh implementation of TeX. More details here: > > http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ > > The site will be updated when oztex5.sit is available from CTAN. i've installed the file in nonfree/systems/mac/oztex on the cambridge ctan -- it'll propagate to the rest in due course. thanks for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex 0.7.1
by Reinhard Zierke 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.1.tar.gz and preview-0.7.1.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. 0.7.1 is a bug fix release mainly interesting for XEmacs users (some performance and error handling enhancements for GNU Emacs have been done as well). A potentially fatal XEmacs display bug in connection with dired and installation issues has been fixed. Please refer to the previous announcement and the RELEASE file for details. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it replacing the a few days old version 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 Upload - BaKoMa TeX 4.30 with Instant Preview
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Apr '02

15 Apr '02

Basil K. Malyshev writes: > I have uploaded to `ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/bakoma-430' directory > > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. > > General new feture of this version is *Dynamic Preview* of the > selected text. It is like to `Instant Preview' by Jonathan Fine. > > In details see at end of this message. > > Bye. > Basil K. Malyshev > 15-Apr-2002 > > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. > > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.30 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.20 > > 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 > > * PostScript enabled TeX system. > Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. > * 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. > * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. > * 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 9.0, Adobe Streamline 4.0, > MatLab, CorelDraw, 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: > * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), > * PostScript Type 3, > * TrueType, > * OpenType, > * 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. > > USER INTERFACE > > * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, > * Typesetting a selected part of a document (styles may be precompiled as format). > * 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. > * 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. > > 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. > > NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 4.30 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.20 > > DYNAMICAL PREVIEW > > Dynamical Preview is a new feature of BaKoMa TeX, > that allows the user to preview instantly selected region > of the file being edited. > > This feature is like to well known package: Instant Preview > (see: http://www.activetex.org). > > Dynamical Preview reformats the selected text on demand. > On modern computers, it refreshes preview window with every keystroke. > On old and slow computers, it will skip some editting stages. > In other words, this feature will not hang your input. > > Dynamical Preview is useful for completing following applications: > * typesetting complex paragraphs; > * typesetting complicated math formulas; > * designing a diagrams with LaTeX picture environment, > and with such macro packages as *PSTricks*, *Xy-Pic*, etc. > > MISCEANY: > * Handling of Mouse Wheel. > * `Generate as a Mirror Image' and `Generate as a Negative Image' > options was added to PDF Generation dialog. > * Del-key deletes non-persistent region. > * Shift + Left mouse click provides advanced way for selecting a text. > > For more information about changes see > <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes3.html> > > ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- i have installed the files as requested (they actually live in nonfree/, since the distribution is shareware, but there are links to that tree from the main tree). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex 0.7
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Apr '02

15 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.tar.gz and preview-0.7.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-0.7.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-0.7.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.7.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 0.7 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex is a system for displaying inline images of selected parts of a file in Emacs source buffers. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, GNU Emacs-21 under the X window system, AUC TeX, a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. This version for the first time also fully supports XEmacs with a version of at least 21.1. Some non-critical issues with the display engine have been uncovered in the course of porting; consult the PROBLEMS file for more information. No versions have been tested to run under the MS Windows operating system. Recent CVS versions of Emacs could possibly be made to run preview-latex there, and you stand a chance of trying XEmacs there, too. Please report your experiences. Release focus have been documentation improvements, staggering performance enhancements, better error handling and new features. For the first time, workable XEmacs support is included. The LaTeX style has gained a load of new options. It is now possible to generate all image files for a document with a single run of GhostScript on a single PostScript file from Dvips. The README file has been changed in order to provide adequate information for preinstalled distributions. In that case, including the separate INSTALL file will not be necessary. 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. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. 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/>. The current beta of RedHat 7.3 (see below) includes GhostScript 6.53. * Emacs-21.2 is part of the beta release for RedHat 7.3 at <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/skipjack/en/os/i386/RedHat/R…> unless it has already been superceded by the regular release. 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 it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex/ CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- jurabib package v0.52h
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Apr '02

13 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Jens Berger ----- I've just uploaded the file jurabib-052h.zip to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/ This archive contains an updated version (0.52h) of the jurabib package. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License. The following files are included: jurabib.ins jurabib.dtx jbgerdoc.tex (German documentation) jbendoc.tex (English documentation) changes.txt Changes since 0.51n: bugfix regarding starred cite-commands, produced fatal error, reported by Jan Reidar Oeverland. small bugfix regarding jbfirstcitepageranges. wrong order of publisher and address in jureco.bst corrected (reported by Klaus Hellermann), all hardcoded : replaced by pubaddr. some improvements on norwegian language file nojbbib.ldf, contributed by Jan Reidar Oeverland. bugfix for indexing macros, reported by Andrea Rossato. bugfix for ibidem, reported by Matthias Steinbrink. command jbfirstcitepageranges introduced, it enables the output of pageranges for first citation of @ARTICLE and @PERIODICAL and adds an `here' before the page given via the optional argument of the cite command: `Author: Title [...], p. 192-225, here: p. 200' jbbookedaftertitle introduced, for a @BOOK-entry with author and editor you are able to switch from `author; editor (ed): title ...' to `author: title, ed. by editor, ...' this command is experimental! Markup for volume improved, it's possible to set a (globally) separation command after volume: aftervolsep. New field `totalpages' for @BOOK type introduced, produces `n pages' at the end of the bibliographic entry. A new macro called ibtotalpagesname can be used to adapt the sequence after the total pages number, but beware of using abbreviations with a period at the end, this can result in unwanted double dots! This feature is experimental too. again minor bugfix regarding formatpages and `pages=format'. jurunsrt.bst reintroduced. small bugfix regarding formatpages and `pages=format', reported by Klaus Hellermann. automatic formatting of second page removed, when using formatpages and `pages=format' (suggested by Benjamin von Engelhardt). bugfix for jblookforgender, reported by Benedikt Welter. markup for volume and indexed authors introduced, both suggested by Otto Janschek. small bugfix regarding `annote' option and `bibformat=tabular'. markup for ISBN and ISSN introduced. some modifications in frjbbib.ldf, contributed by Hélène Fernandez. some modifications in spjbbib.ldf and itjbbib.ldf, contributed by Pablo Rodriguez. some bugfixes for missing author in @COMMENTED. markup for numbered bibliography introduced (ibnumberformat). ibbudcsep added, configurable separation of urldatecomment (suggested by Carsten Mennenoeh), docs adapted. some bugfixes regarding gender handling: you have to use jblookforgender explicitely in the preamble now. again bugfix regarding `bibformat=ibidemalt', fsted and snded macros rewritten. hardcoded dot replaced by ibatsep in incolledformat check for jhuman.bst reintroduced. bugfix for `bibformat=ibidemalt', reported by Matthias Damm. jbshowbibextralabel introduced to show extra label for works from same year in the bibliography. bugfix for `pages=format', wrong `s' removed (reported by Maarten Wisse). bugfix for `hypercite=false'; check for loaded hyperref package removed, caused wrong hyperlinks (reported by Maarten Wisse). par added in jbannoteformat (suggested by Robert Schlicht). ib[e]imfont is using ib[e]fnfont instead of ib[e]lnfont by default (suggested by Robert Schlicht). minor bugfixes, some reported by Robert Schlicht. annote files for bibliography are useable now. These files have to be named like the bibliography database entry with .tex extension and are used if the annote field is empty. With ibAnnotePath you can give a path to your annote files (suggested by Robert Schlicht). dummy year reintroduced, needed for correct label generating. superfluous whitespace in cite removed. natbib emulation commands bug fixed and improved, much better endnotes-support now. natbib emulation commands are able to recognize a second optional argument. tilde removed from jb@deactivate@babel. citefield knows value `url' now. cite command can print out url, if no shortauthor and shorttitle is given. jurabib speaks now italian, first trial. (Thanks to Pablo Rodriguez). small bug inside jurabib.bst fixed, reported by Tilman Finke. bugfix regarding formatpages and `commabeforerest', found by Tilman Finke. again some definitions changed in spjbbib.ldf (thanks to Pablo Rodriguez). formatpages has now two optional arguments, I added one to make the separation before the start page configurable; is influenced by `commabeforerest' by default. new commands added to adapt the separation of formatpages automatically Please replace the current files in the directory CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/supported/jurabib/ ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/jurabib/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- dtk: A Document Class and Style for ``Die TeXnische Komoedie''
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Gerd Neugebauer ----- I have uploaded a new version of dtk-1.8.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. This file replaces the file usergrps/dante/dtk/dtk_1_6.tar.gz and the contents of the directory usergrps/dante/dtk/unpacked. The files are distributed under the GPL. Some words aout it: dtk: A Document Class and Style for ``Die TeXnische Komoedie'' written by Gerd Neugebauer gene(a)gerd-neugebauer.de dtk is a document class and style file which has been written to be used for the communications of the German speaking TeX users group Dante e.V.: ``Die TeXnische Komoedie''. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/usergrps/dante/dtk/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- shorttoc package
by Rainer Schoepf 10 Apr '02

10 Apr '02

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 Jean-Pierre Drucbert wrote: > I just have uploaded a new version of the package: > > shorttoc (shorttoc.tar.gz) > > in the /incoming directory of the ftp.dante.de CTAN node. > > The contents of shorttoc.tar.gz should replace the contents of > > /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/shorttoc > > The licence is LPPL. > > This version adds the macro > > anothertableofcontents (or anothertoc) > > to import and display the table of contents of another > document. It can also import and display the list of figures > (or similar things) from another document. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/shorttoc For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- ccaption package
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Apr '02

09 Apr '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ccaption.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/ccaption. > > the distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The ccaption package provides commands for `continuation captions', > unnumbered captions, and a legend heading for any occasion. Methods are also > provided to define captions for use outside floats, to define new floats and > subfloats, and to style captions. > > Changes in version 3.1a (2002/04/01) > o subfigure option code changed to support version 2.1.2 of the subfigure > package (coming to a CTAN near you soon). i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- tocbibind package
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Apr '02

09 Apr '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded tocbibind.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current 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 the LoF/LoT > and/or bibliography and/or index etc., to the Table of Contents listing. > > Changes in version 1.5c (2002/04/09) > o Fixed problem with occhapter in non-chaptered documents. i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Upload report [lettre]
by Rainer Schoepf 09 Apr '02

09 Apr '02

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, MEGEVAND Denis wrote: > I've uploaded the latest version (2.345) of my LaTeX class lettre.cls, > which is a designed to write letters > with LaTeX in french, german, english. The letter aspect is entirely > configurable, through a number of dimension and macros, that can be put also in > a so-called institute package called at initialization. > > The whole documentation, with examples of letters and faxes in english, german > and french is included in the subdirectory doc, the class file itself, with > templates files, default institute and my institute files is located in the > subdirectory inputs, and the package is completed by README files in english > and french, plus the lppl.txt file. Thanks for your update. I replaced the old version at macros/latex/contrib/supported/lettre For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: MSC Macro Package
by Jim Hefferon 09 Apr '02

09 Apr '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: MSC Macro Package Author's name: V. Bos Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/msc Summary description: With the MSC Macro Package you can draw Message Sequence Charts in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The MSC Macro Package, version 1.10 is available. This package was written by S. Mauw and V. Bos. The MSC Macro Package provides LaTeX users with functionality to draw Message Sequence Charts. Version 1.10 is a major update since the previous version (which was available at http://www.win.tue.nl/~sjouke/mscpackage.html). It supports the ITU standard MSC2000, including MSCs, Hig-level MSCs, and MSC documents. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN Submission - titlesec 2.5
by Rainer Schöpf 09 Apr '02

09 Apr '02

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Javier Bezos wrote: > I've uploaded to the Dante server the following 13 files > in /incoming/titlesec: > > titlesec.tex > titlesec.sty > titletoc.sty > block.tss > drop.tss > wrap.tss > frame.tss > margin.tss > leftmargin.tss > rightmargin.tss > ttlkeys.def > ttlps.def > readme > > Please delete the contents of macros/latex/contrib/supported/titlesec > a place the new files in it. > > This release of titlesec/titletoc fixes some bugs as > for example: > - the extended settings didn't work properly in itlespacing, > - the page class added a blank page after it even > if openany. > > There are a few new features in titlesec (titletoc remains > almost unchanged): > - Now it's calc-savvy > - * shortand in lengths now accepts non INT numbers > and the unit is not hardcoded. > - More meaningful errors at some places. > > License is still lppl. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested in macros/latex/contrib/supported/titlesec > I've also uploaded gloss.tex (in incoming/), which should replace the > file with the same name under macros/latex/contrib/supported/gloss > (a new explanation about the steps to follow and a important > typo fixed). Thanks, I installed it as macros/latex/contrib/supported/gloss/gloss.tex For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: gauss.sty
by Rainer Schoepf 09 Apr '02

09 Apr '02

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 Manuel Kauers submitted an update for the gauss package. > Name of contribution: gauss.sty > Summary description: A Package for Typesetting Matrix Operations > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Update of the package version which is currently online. > The old version was not compatible with the latest version of amstex. But new version is. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/other/gauss/ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: FigSize
by Jim Hefferon 06 Apr '02

06 Apr '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: FigSize Author's name: Anthony A. Tanbakuchi Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/figsize Summary description: Dynamic and automatic sizing of graphics and other elements relative to page. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The FigSize package enables automatic sizing of graphics, especially when including graphics with the graphicx package. The user only has to specify the number of graphics that should fit to a page or fraction there of and the package will dynamically calculate the correct graphics sizes relative to the page size. Thus, graphics can be auto-sized to fill a whole page or fraction and manual changes of graphic sizes are never needed when changing document layouts! Finally, the package's dynamic lengths can be used to allow other document element sizes to be dynamic. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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new CTAN package: plates
by Jim Hefferon 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: plates Author's name: Anthony A. Tanbakuchi Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/plates Summary description: Float environment that is gathered to end of doc for special printing (eg. plates, photos, color diagrams) License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The plates package provides a simple facility for inserting color figures in documents they should be gathered and printed together - --- just like in books with a section of color plates. The benefit of such a facility is to allow these special figures to be printed separately and later slipped into the final document. The package provides the plates environment to handle this situation. The user need only place these special figures in a plate environment instead of a figure environment and issue a command to print the plates at a chosen location in the document. Additional, if the author wishes to have a version of the document where the color figures are included in the text merely including the figures option will change the behavior of the plates environment to a figure environment, causing the plates to be printed directly in the text. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: purifyeps
by Jim Hefferon 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to you local 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: purifyeps Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: support/purifyeps Summary description: Make EPS files work with both latex+dvips and pdflatex License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format in the LaTeX world. purifyeps converts EPS files into a purified form that can be read by *both* LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick is that the standard LaTeX2e graphics packages can parse MetaPost-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that MetaPost outputs. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package update: FiXme
by Jim Hefferon 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

An update to the package FiXme has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: FiXme Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/supported/fixme Summary description: FiXme, insert fixme notes in your documents License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce a new *major* release of FiXme, a package for inserting fixme notes in your documents, version 2.0. Many new features in this release, including a new layout option (inline), notes counters, a usage summary at the end of processing, more translations, and most important, three additional macros for including non-critical notes (meta comments about the document actualy) of different importance levels. FiXme provides you with a way of inserting fixme notes in your documents. Such notes can appear inline, as marginal notes, footnotes, index entries, in the log file and as warnings on stdout. It is also possible to summarize them in a list. When you switch from draft to final mode, any remaining fixme note will be logged, but removed from the document's body. Additionally, critical notes will abort compilation with an informative message. FiXme also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package update: CurVe
by Jim Hefferon 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

An update to the package CurVe has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: CurVe Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/supported/curve Summary description: CurVe, a LaTeX2e class for making curriculum vitae's License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce a new release of CurVe, a class for making curriculum vitae's, version 1.2. New in this release: more translations, a starred form for the entry macro, with a simplified syntax, and most important, support for standard bibliography inclusion. CurVe is a class package that hopefully will make your life easier when you want to write your CV. It provides you with a set of commands to create rubrics, entries in these rubrics etc. CurVe will then properly format your CV for you (possibly splitting it onto multiple pages, repeating the titles etc), which is usually the most painful part of CV writing. Another nice feature of CurVe is its ability to manage different CV flavors simultaneously. It is in fact often the case that you want to maintain slightly divergent versions of your CV at the same time, in order to emphasize on different aspects of your background. CurVe also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa TeX 4.20
by Reinhard Zierke 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 4.20 and macro packages coming with BaKoMa TeX. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 1-Apr-2002 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.20 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.20 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 * PostScript enabled TeX system. Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. * 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. * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * 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 9.0, Adobe Streamline 4.0, MatLab, CorelDraw, 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: * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * OpenType, * 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. USER INTERFACE * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * Typesetting a selected part of a document (styles may be precompiled as format). * 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. * 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. 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. NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 4.20 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.10 * Text Editor + Document Tabs for switching between Document Windows. + Windows of Console, Messages, Log-file, are managed inside Centaur Frame window (switched via TAB Control). + GUI Control bars are switched via TAB Control instead of radio buttons. GUI Control bars may include bitmaps. Added GUI Bar for insertion of LaTeX frequently used commands. + Show states of document tabs, toolbar, GUI Bar, status bar, and other control bars are controlled from context menu which is opened by right mouse button pushed under a control bar or program menu. + `File|Exit All BaKoMa TeX Programs' - new command. + Buttons for browsing through TeX Log file to TeX Control bar were added. + Alarm button is added at left edge of status bar. It is green when some warnings are in Message Window. It is blinked red when some errors are in message window. Pressing on this button shows Message Window. + Key binding list: list was changed to TAB Control. + Contents of text window is redrawn while dragging scroll bar thumb. + Moving mouse with pressed right mouse button drags text inside window. + Multiple click of left mouse button (without a moving) sequentially selects: Word, Line, Paragraph. * DVI Viewer + Added support for new HyperRef options: pdfpagemode, pdfstartview, pdfstartpage, pdfpagescrop, pdfpagetransition, pdfpageduration, pdfpagehidden. + Options pdfstartview and pdfstartpage are handled by DVI Viewer. * Bug fixing + Fixed conflict between LaTeX packages: PSfrag and Color. + Font handling is refined to import EPS files produced by Corel 9/10. + Fixed incorrect handling of T1-fonts (CM+CX) (baseline quotes) + Fixed a buffer overflow at embedding DOCINFO object into PDF. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes3.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version of BaKoMa TeX in CTAN://tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/ as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Korean version of lshort
by Reinhard Zierke 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Cheol Ju ----- I uploaded `lshort-kr.pdf', `lshort-kr-src.tar.gz' and `README-kr' to dante.ctan.org/incoming/lshort-kr. I want these files to go `CTAN:/tex-archive/info/lshort/korean/ lshort-kr is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or higher. lshort-kr is the korean translation of `The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2e'. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/info/lshort/korean/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.2g
by Reinhard Zierke 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '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. Changes in version 0.2g: The new option `addtotoc' adds entries to the table of contents. This may be useful, if putting together conference proceedings. It is distributed under the LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfpages/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Mar '02

29 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK/incoming. Please use this to replace > the current contents of macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. Also, delete > memfixa.sty from that directory (it has also been sitting in /incoming for > some time now). my desk is untidy, too. > From the README: > Memoir is a configurable class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematics. It encompasses the standard book and report > classes and can simulate the article class, as well as double-spaced > typewritten manuscripts. > > It provides a variety of predefined page, chapter and caption styles > together with easy means of creating new ones. There is a reasonably > intuitive way of specifying page margins, etc., with an option for printing > trimming marks. Documents can use 9, 10, 11, 12 or 14pt as the normal font > size. > > Changes in version 1.1 (2002/03/28) > o Incorporated all fixes from memfixa.sty that applied to version 1.0 > o Removed memfixa.sty > o Minor change to *.clo files > o Native support for subfigures > o Fixed incompatibility with the natbib package > o Additional facilities for verse typesetting > o Experimental marginpar-like extensions > o New edition of the user manual i've installed (and deleted) files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New material on CTAN: ama.bst
by Jim Hefferon 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

New material 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: ama.bst Author's name: Eric Kort Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib Summary description: AMA (JAMA, Cancer, NEJM, etc) Style File for Bibtex License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ama.bst is a modification of IEEE bibtex style file to conform to the American Medical Association Style Guide guidelines for references. This is the style required by numerous biomedical journals (including JAMA, NEJM, Cancer) for manuscript submissions. Don't forget to rebuild the file database after placing this file somewhere such as bibtex/bst/base - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXshade v1.6
by Rainer Schoepf 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Eric Beitz <eric.beitz(a)uni-tuebingen.de> uploaded a new version of the sequence alignment shading package TeXshade (v1.6). Thanks for the upload, I installed it at the usual place in macros/latex/contrib/supported/texshade For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: doublestroke font
by Rainer Schoepf 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Olaf Kummer wrote: > I have uploaded to ftp.dante.de the file ds.tar, > which contains replacement files for the files in > /tex-archive/fonts/doublestroke . > > This upload clarifies the license, which is > essentially public domain with the restriction that > Donald Knuth's conditions for modifying the CM fonts > (from which the doublestroke fonts are derived) > still apply. Thanks for the update, the new files have been placed in fonts/doublestroke For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: marvosym
by Rainer Schoepf 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Thomas Henlich wrote: > I've uploaded the file LICENSE to the ftp.dante.de/incoming/marvosym > directory. > > This file describes the licensing conditions (GPL) of the marvosym package > and should be placed along with it, in the fonts/psfonts/marvosym/ tree Thanks for your upload. I placed the LICENSE file in fonts/psfonts/marvosym/LICENSE For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- verse package
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > Dear CTAN/Robin, > > I have uploaded verse.tar.gz to UK/incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/verse directory. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > verse provides some aids for typesetting simple verse (poems). > > Changes in version 2.1 (2002/03/28) > o Added repeating patterns > o Added \> as a linebreaking command > o Fixed label when used with the first line of a poem. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- verse package
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded verse.tar.gz to the UK /incoming directory. Please us this > to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/verse. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > Verse provides some aids for typesetting simple verse (poems). > > Changes in version 2.0 (2002/03/24) > o Lines in a poem may be numbered (and label ed) > o Verses may be numbered or otherwise distinguished > o Line-end macros (\ and friends) work as advertised. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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