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Re: CTAN upload notification: footbib
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

this 'ere upload daemon saith: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030726.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: footbib > Name and email: Eric Domenjoud > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/footbib/ > Summary description: make bibliographic references appear as footnotes > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 2.0.3 of the footbib package > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Touched-up package lazylist on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

i've just installed lazylist on ctan, in macros/latex/contrib/lazylist this package, formerly known as lambda (by Alan Jeffrey), has been renamed, with the author's agreement, to avoid conflict with the upstart omega lambda (which is believed to have a greater momentum). the package does lists in tex's mouth, and provides a bunch of lambda-calculus and list handling macros. the licence is lppl (again changed with alan's permission). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-circ
by Rainer Schöpf 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Christophe Jorssen and Herbert Voß submitted an update to pst-circ: > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > update: > - added dipolestyle triac and use rectangle option > also for the transformer; > - added quadrupol optoCoupler; > - added transistor option circle Thanks for the update, I installed it in graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class update
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memupdate2.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use > this to replace some of the files in macros/latex/contrib/memoir. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README > Memoir is a flexible class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematical works as books, reports, articles or > manuscripts. Documents can use 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 17pt as the > normal font size. Many methods are provided to let you create your > particular design. > > Changes (2003/07/23) > o New version 1.7 of mempatch.sty (improved odd/even page checking, > spacing in the bibliography, minor tweaks with the article option, > and bug fixes) > o New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf) > o Apart from these files (and the README) no changes to any other > documents i have installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: [CTAN submission] Prosper Preview class
by Rainer Schöpf 23 Jul '03

23 Jul '03

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Mathieu Goutelle wrote: > Dear CTAN maintainers, > > Here are the informations about the upload of a new document class: > > > + what you've uploaded > > /incoming/ppr-prv.tgz > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > dante.ctan.org > > > + where you want the files to go > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/ppr-prv > > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > > below). > > LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License) > > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > This class is to be used with LaTeX presentations using the prosper > class. ppr-prv stands for Prosper Preview. The aim of this class is > to produce a printable version of the slides written with Prosper, with > two slides per page. Further informations can be found in the > 'ppr-prv.txt' file. Thanks for your upload, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv (The supported subdirectory does no longer exist.) For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- polytable
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Jul '03

22 Jul '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: polytable Name and email: Andres Loeh <polytable(a)andres-loeh.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/polytable Summary description: tabular-like environments with named columns License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package implements a variant of tabular-like environments where columns can be given a name and entries can flexibly be placed between arbitrary columns. Complex alignment-based layouts, for example for program code, are possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=polytable datestamp=2003/07/22 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>polytable</name> <caption>tabular-like environments with named columns</caption> <author> <name>Andres Loeh</name> <email>polytable(a)andres-loeh.de</email> </author> <license type=LaTeX Project /> </about> <description> <abstract> This package implements a variant of tabular-like environments where columns can be given a name and entries can flexibly be placed between arbitrary columns. Complex alignment-based layouts, for example for program code, are possible. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/polytable</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** Thanks for the upload. I installed you package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/polytable Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- LaTeXPiX
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Jul '03

22 Jul '03

> A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX > Name and email: Nick van Beurden <beurden(a)email.com> > Suggested location on CTAN: as is > Summary description: LaTeXPiX is a LaTeX figure editor for Windows. > License type: Public Domain > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeXPiX already exists within the CTAN archive. Could you please update the distribution with the supplied new version. Maybe you could announce it, for it removes some bugs compared with the previous release. Thanks a lot for your help. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested replacing the old one in CTAN:systems/win32/latexpix/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: betababel
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

A new package was uploaded to CTAN: > Name of contribution: betababel > Name and email: Felix Berkemeier > Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ > Summary description: Betababel is a macro that allows to insert ancient greek text coded in Beta Code into your document. > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The betababel package provides a simple way to insert ancient greek > texts with diacritical characters into your document through the > commonly used Beta Code transliteration. You can directly insert Beta > Code texts - as they can be found at the Perseus project, for example - > without modification. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your submission. I installed the package in macros/latex/contrib/betababel For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: lm085.zip on dante:/incoming
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote: > I've just uploaded to dante:/incoming/lm085.zip > The package contains latin modern fonts in type 1 format > and can be considered as outline replacement for ec+tc fonts. Thanks for the fonts, I installed them in fonts/ps-type1/lm For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- PSNFSS 9.0c
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the files psnfss9c.zip, lw35nfss.zip and > freenfss.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. > > Please, unpack psnfss9c.zip in the directory > > macros/latex/required/psnfss > > and copy the other zip files to the same directory, without > unpacking them. > > This is version 9.0c of the PSNFSS collection, the interface > to use the Base 35 and other free PostScript fonts with LaTeX. Thanks for the update. I replaced the directory macros/latex/required/psnfss with its new contents. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf > From the change log: > > * mathptmx,sty, mathpazo.sty: upOmega and UpDelta are of > type mathord now, to make sure that they are always upright > > * pifont.sty: Pifill and dingfill should no longer fail at > the beginning or end of a paragraph. (Bug fix suggested by FMi.) > > * mathptm(x).sty: jmath, coprod, and amalg will now generate > error messages rather than print black squares. (Suggested by > FMi.) > > * Small changes to the documentation. > > * Enhanced test0.tex to test also the math alphabets. > > * 8r.enc: version 2.0, comprising all of the Mac Roman > character set, too. > > * The *.map files and the file 8r.enc have been moved out of the > ZIP archives, since their final location in the texmf tree may > vary due to changes in the TDS specs. > > > Notice that the font metrics, virtual fonts and fd files > are unchanged for the time being. The archives lw35nfss.zip > and freenfss.zip were updated only because the .map and .enc > files are no longer included there. (See the last item of > the change log.) > > The license of PSNFSS is, of course, LPPL.

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Re: CTAN upload: The Font Installation Guide 1.20
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded the file 'fontinstallationguide.pdf' to the incoming > directory on ftp.dante.de. This is a maintenance release. > > Please install it as CTAN:info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide.pdf, > replacing the previous version. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-circ
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

Christophe Jorssen and Herbert Voss uploaded: > Name of contribution: pst-circ > Summary description: pst-circ is a PSTricks package to draw electric curcuits > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > this version fixes some bugs and has new symbols for > thyristor/GTO/coil. > > Please delete _all_ files in the above dir and > save the new ones from the tgz. > thanks > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: tclldoc upload
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Lars Hellström wrote: > I have to ftp.dante.de uploaded an archive tclldoc.tar.gz into /incoming. I > would like to have the contents placed in macros/latex/contrib/tclldoc. The > contents replace those of macros/latex/contrib/supported/tcldoc, so that > directory can be replaced by a link to macros/latex/contrib/tclldoc. (The > package has been renamed since I uploaded that.) Thanks for the upload, I installed the update to macros/latex/contrib/tclldoc and a link in macros/latex/contrib/tcldoc Note that the supported subdirectory does no longer exist, except as a link. The the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf > The license is LPPL. > > From the README: > > The purpose of the tclldoc package and class is to > simplify using the classical doc/docstrip style of > literate programming with Dr. John Ousterhout's > Tool Command Language (Tcl, pronounced tickle, > a.k.a. The Cool Language). The tclldoc package is > a bit like the doc package is for LaTeX, whereas > the tclldoc class more parallels the ltxdoc class. > > The tools subdirectory of this directory contains > two tools that you may find useful complements to > the tclldoc package. Both are Tcl scripts that make > it possible to source Tcl code stored in a .dtx file > without using docstrip to generate any .tcl file in > between. Naturally, they are both distributed as > pairs of .dtx and .ins files, so they can also be > used as examples of using the tclldoc package. > > The examples subdirectory of this directory contains > two more examples of Tcl packages written in the > doc/docstrip style of literate programming. One is > a package for writing PDF files, the other a package > for parsing Tcl scripts. > > Lars Hellström

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Re: CTAN submssion -- gensymb.sty v1.0
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the file gensymb.dtx to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, move it to the > directory macros/latex/contrib/was/, thus replacing the > existing dtx file > > This is version 1.0 of the LaTeX macro package gensymb. > It provides generic commands degree, celsius, > perthousand, micro and ohm, which work in both text > and math mode. The license is LPPL. > > As compared with the previous version 0.99, the error > handling has been improved and a potential clash with > the next LaTeX release is avoided. The user interface > and the output are unchanged. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/was/gensymb.dtx For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: framed.sty + headings
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jul '03

20 Jul '03

Donald Arseneau writes (quoting a post on c.t.t): > > if a framed environment is split across pages, the headings will be > > placed too high on the page where the environment starts. > > I've uploaded version 0.8 to ctan/uk and i've installed the new version to replace the old one in macros/latex/contrib/misc; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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

18 Jul '03

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

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

18 Jul '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded combine.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/combine. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The combine class lets you bundle individual documents into a > single document, such as when preparing conference proceedings. > > Changes in version 0.51 (2003/07/17) > o Added macro to fix stack overflow for the combination: pdflatex + > combine + graphicx + caption2. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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

17 Jul '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and is right now making its way through the wire to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: isi2bib-vim Author's name: Ajit Thakkar Location on CTAN: support/vim Summary description: Vim script to convert a bibliographic database from ISI to BiBTeX format License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- isi2bib.vim is a script that enables Vim (a popular text editor) to convert a bibliographic database from ISI (Institute of Scientific Information, Web of Science) export format to BIBTeX format. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

16 Jul '03

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

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

16 Jul '03

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

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Re: package decimal
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Jul '03

15 Jul '03

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

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

15 Jul '03

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

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

14 Jul '03

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

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

13 Jul '03

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

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

13 Jul '03

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

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

11 Jul '03

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

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ecltree updated
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Jul '03

11 Jul '03

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

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Re: xdoc upload
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Lars Hellström wrote: > I have to ftp.dante.de uploaded an archive xdoc.tar.gz into /incoming. It > contains a directory xdoc with the six files: > README.txt > docindex.dtx > docindex.ins > xdoc2.dtx > xdoc2.ins > xdocdemo.tex > and I would like to have them put in /macros/latex/contrib/xdoc. The > licence that applies is the LPPL. > > This is an update of the material in /macros/latex/exptl/xdoc, so that > directory and its contents can be removed. It should probably be replaced > by a link to the new contrib/xdoc directory. > > BTW, am I right if I assume that you are in a process of moving the > previous contents of /macros/latex/contrib/other and > /macros/latex/contrib/supported to simply /macros/latex/contrib? (It > certainly looks that way in the archive.) Yes, we are. We announced this on the ctan-ann mailing lsit a while ago. Thanks for the upload, I installed the new material in macros/latex/contrib/xdoc and changed the directory macros/latex/exptl/xdoc to a link to the new one. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf > > On what these files are: > > xdoc2.dtx: > The xdoc2 package contains reimplementations of some of > the features found in the standard LaTeX doc package > by Mittelbach et al. Amongst other things, these > reimplementations provide support for: > * definiting new commands similar to DescribeMacro and > new environments similar to the macro environment, > * two-sided document layouts, > * sorting of version numbers as 2 < 11 < 100 > (if they are marked up using uintver), > * external cross-referencing, > * making index entries for invisible characters, > * optionally ignoring certain prefixes (such as @ and > @@) in macro names when sorting them. > The xdocdemo document demonstrates a couple of these > features. > > I consider the xdoc2 package to merely be the second > prototype for an (as yet nonexistant) package xdoc which > should provide the same features (and more). I have > decided to release the prototype to make its functionality > generally avaiable, but under a variant name to avoid > future incompatibility problems. (E.g., the final xdoc > package will probably use many LaTeX2e* features that are > still on the prototype stage. xdoc2, on the other hand, > uses no LaTeX2e* features.) > > docindex.dtx: > docindex.dtx contains a reimplementation of the doc mechanisms for > sorting and formatting a sorted index. docindex.ins installs two forms > of this package: docindex (which is a LaTeX2e* package) and docidx2e > (which works with the normal LaTeX2e). The main advantage of these > packages over the doc mechanisms is that configuration has been made > much easier.

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CTAN package update: LaTeX4Jed
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX4Jed Author's name: Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. Location on CTAN: support/jed Summary description: A much enhanced LaTeX mode for the Jed editor. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This LaTeX4Jed update introduces many new features: the ability to work on compressed files, new shortcuts, improved indentation of environments, and better documentation. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: sorry ...
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memupdate.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace some of the files in > macros/latex/contrib(/supported?)/memoir. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > Memoir is a flexible class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematical works as books, reports, articles or > manuscripts. Documents can use 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, or 17pt as the > normal font size. Many methods are provided to let you create your > particular design. > > Changes (2003/06/28) > O New version 1.6 of mempatch.sty (improved even/odd page checking, > page layout, and bug fixes). > O New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf) > O New version of the README. > O NO CHANGES TO ANY OTHER FILE. i've moved memoir down to macros/latex/contrib/memoir, and i've installed the files. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ps2eps 1.45
by Reinhard Zierke 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

----- Forwarded message from Roland Bless ----- - I just uploaded an updated version of the ps2eps tool to ftp.dante.de. It's all in the subdir /incoming/ps2eps. - You can replace the existing version in support/ps2eps - The program is licensed under gpl. Due to a major bugfix, please announce the update -- if admissible -- as follows to CTAN-ANN. ps2eps 1.45 in CTAN:support/ps2eps ================================== ps2eps is a tool to produce Encapsulated PostScript Files (EPS/EPSF) from usual one-paged Postscript documents. It calculates correct Bounding Boxes for those EPS files and filters some special postscript command sequences that can produce errorneous results on printers. You need: - perl (an interpreter for the perl language, see http://www.perl.com) - ghostscript (an interpreter/raster image processor for the PostScript language, see http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/) - maybe an ANSI-C compiler if you don't use Linux, Solaris, Digital Unix, HP-UX or Windows 9x/NT/2000. - The program is licensed under gpl. Main changes 1.39 -> 1.45 ---------------------------- Please note: Versions <=1.42 may have changed postscript output by filtering too much postscript instructions. This could have been lead to wrongly colored boxes and text. Please consider re-running ps2eps over your files now. Sorry for the inconvenience! - corrected filter for deleting initclip instead of rectangles - option processing is done by GetOpt, i.e. long options are available, too. Syntax for -s has changed therefore. - Wildcards are resolved within the program, thus Windows users will profit from it. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/support/ps2eps/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload announcement (octavo class)
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Stefan A. Revets writes: > Please find here hopefully complete and relevant details of an > upload I have made today to CTAN. As this is my first attempt at > writing a LaTeX package, I welcome any comments or suggestions you > may have before putting the package on CTAN. i've had a quick look, but i see no reason not to install your submission as it stands. > Name of the package: octavo.zip (containing octavo.dtx, octavo.ins, read.me) > CTAN upload node: ftp.tex.ac.uk > Suggested repository: macros/latex/contrib/supported/octavo > Licensing conditions: lppl > Summary of the package: > Octavo provides a modification of the standard LaTeX book class > to typeset books following classical layout and design > principles. In particular, book formats are set to classical > sizes such as foolscap, crown, post, demy, etc., margins are set > harmonically, an attempt is made to maintain a constant grid of > printed lines throughout the text, and the page styles are > defined more discretely. The documentation includes methods to > produce signatures so that books can actually be made by the > user. i've actually installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/octavo, since the supported/misc distinction is disappearing and all of both directories is being moved into contrib/ thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: Progress
by Jim Hefferon 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

An upgrade has been made to the CTAN package described below and by now it should have made its way to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Progress Author's name: Kasper B. Graversen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/progress Summary description: Progress is a package which when compiling LaTeX documents, generates a HTML file giving an overview of the documents state (of how finished its parts are). License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package has become more configurable and now allows a graphical representation of progress as an alternative to the textural one. Finally, the two representations can easily be combined or used alternativly as done in the progress.dvi file in the archive. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package upgrade: Manuscript
by Jim Hefferon 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

The a package has been upgraded on the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN and through the magic of automatic mirroring should make its way to your favorite local mirror quite soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ======================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Manuscript Author's name: Matej Cepl Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/manuscript Summary description: LaTeX package emulating look of document typed on typewriter License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose of this package is to emulate appearance of the document written on classical typewriter as much as possible. Originally created as a response to backward looking demands for layout created for typewriters, it now tries to emulate them as much as possible. It may be even useful, when the directions are non-negotiable. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New on CTAN: numalg.bst
by Jim Hefferon 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: numalg.bst Author's name: Richard J Mathar Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib Summary description: BibTeX style for Kluwer's Numerical Algorithms License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A BibTeX style file for the journal Numerical Algorithms published by Kluwer. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: upload (new version of) mimetex.zip to ftp.tex.ac.uk
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

John Forkosh writes: > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > (version 1.01, or 3.14 if you prefer, to replace > support/mimetex/mimetex.zip) > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex > Please REPLACE all existing files (mimetex.zip and README) in > support/mimetex (please unzip mimetex.zip README and place > this separate copy of README alongside mimetex.zip in the > support/mimetex directory) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > (a) New features: optional lowpass text anti-aliasing for gif images, > and optional HTTP_REFERER check blocks use from unwanted domains. > (b) Also: several (very obscure:) bug fixes. > From original submission... > MimeTeX parses LaTeX math expressions, and emits either > mime xbitmaps or gif images of them, rather than TeX dvi's. > Therefore, mimeTeX's images can be directly used by html > documents in the form, e.g., > <img src=../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=int_{-infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt > border=0 align=absmiddle> > without intermediate dvi-to-gif conversion, and without storing > lots of resulting little gif files, one file for each converted > expression. This makes your html documents more readable and > easily maintained. See > http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html#examples > for examples demonstrating mimeTeX's features and usage. > MimeTeX isn't primarily meant for latex2html-like tasks > where you're maintaining native LaTeX documents that are later > redistributed in several formats, including html. Rather, mimeTeX > is primarily meant to help maintain native html documents containing > math. In this sense it's a kind of lightweight alternative to > MathML, with the advantage that mimeTeX preserves LaTeX syntax. > Similar non-MathML packages, like textogif and gladTeX, > require setup procedures that use TeX to help generate external > gif images of your equations, which are later included > in your html document as it's being rendered. MimeTeX, as far > as I know, is the only such non-MathML package that has its > own built-in parser and rendering engine, entirely independent > of TeX, and therefore requires no setup procedure or external > images whatsoever. It renders realtime, on-the-fly images > directly from LaTeX math expressions embedded in html documents. i've installed the (revised) file as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new package on CTAN: MLA package
by Jim Hefferon 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon propagate to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mla-paper Author's name: Ryan Aycock Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mla-paper Summary description: This package allows for proper MLA formatting License type: bsd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX is a wonderful tool that has long been known for typesetting scientific papers books. Unfortunately, when it comes to the humanities, writers are left out in the cold due to the lack of packages for writing in the MLA style. The aim of this package is to allow students and other academics properly typeset their materials with minimal effort on their part. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: References
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

> A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030626.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: References > Name and email: Volker Kiefel > Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/support/references > Summary description: Bibliographic software supporting LaTeX/BibTeX > License type: GNU Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > REFERENCES is bibliographic software for authors of > scientific manuscripts and for management of > bibliographic data of ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, of BOOKS > and of CHAPTERS IN BOOKS and other document types > including notes and electronic documents. REFERENCES > supports LaTeX including BibTeX. Bibliographic records > in MEDLINE format are easily converted. Retrieval of > references by keywords, authors' or editors' names, > date of publication, title of article, book title, > journal name or combinations thereof is possible. > Lists of references can be compiled in any > bibliographic style required by the publishers of > scientific journals. REFERENCES is provided with a text > based console interface compiled for win32-systems, an > external text editor is required for editing data. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:support/references/. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload: bitfield.dtx
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

Reuben Thomas writes: > I want to withdraw a package I have previously submitted to CTAN. The > reason for this is that there's now a superior package on CTAN that > performs the same function rather better, and I want to avoid confusion > among users. I have often wasted time when I have found two or three > different packages that do the same job, because I have to evaluate them > in order to pick the one I should use. I want to spare other users this > tedium by removing my inferior package. > > In my opinion my bitfield package is superseded by bytefield. I would > certainly use bytefield in future rather than my package. The few features > that bytefield does not provide which bitfield provides are, I think, > unnecessary, and a result of my lack of understanding of typesetting. > > Below is a list of what I originally uploaded: > > > As per README.uploads: > > > > + what you've uploaded > > > > bitfield.dtx, bitfield.ins > > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > > > cam.ctan.org > > > > + where you want the files to go > > > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/bitfield/ i have moved bitfield from the macros tree (it had migrated to macros/latex/contrib/bitfield) to the corresponding place on the obsolete tree, but it will remain in the incorrect place in the catalogue until that is next updated (not under my control). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk -- textpos v1.3
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

Norman Gray writes: > + what you've uploaded > > textpos-1.3.tar.gz > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming > > + where you want the files to go > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/textpos/ > ...replacing the files already there in fact, it's become macros/latex/contrib/textpos (we're phasing out the supported directory). > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > GPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Version 1.3 adds the extblockcolour command, specifying the > background colour of text blocks. thanks for the upload: installed as noted. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: pst-circ
by Jim Hefferon 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: pst-circ Author's name: Christophe Jorssen Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ Summary description: PSTricks package for drawing electric circuits License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-circ is a package built above PSTricks and in particular pst-node. It can draw easily current dipoles, some tripoles and quadrupoles used in elecronic or electric theory. For a presentation, see http://pstcirc.free.fr - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.3a
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jun '03

21 Jun '03

On 21 Jun 2003, Andreas Matthias wrote: > I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages-v0.3a.tar.bz2' to > ftp.dante.de/incoming. > > Please, extract this archive and replace the files in > > /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages/ > > This version adds support for VTeX. > > The `pdfpages' package makes it easy to insert pages of > external PDF documents. Several logical pages can be > arranged onto each sheet of paper. The package provides > hypertext operations like hyperlinks and article threads. > > It is distributed under the LPPL. Thanks for the update, I installed it in: macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf v0.6c
by Rainer Schöpf 21 Jun '03

21 Jun '03

A submission was uploaded to CTAN by Rolf Niepraschk: > Name of contribution: ps4pdf v0.6c > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ > Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdfLaTeX documents > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > o The name of the graphics container can now be changed. > o A document without any PSforPDF commands creates now > an empty container file. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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uk tug faq v3.7
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jun '03

20 Jun '03

i've just installed v3.7 of the faq, on the web (www.tex.ac.uk/faq) and on ctan in directory help/uk-tug-faq. apart from the steady accretion of answers, there have been big changes in: - quality of pdf from postscript, which has been split into several bite-sized chunks, following a complaint from a user that it was too daunting (http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dvips-pdf) - installing files, which has gained the first few of a series about installing fonts. these have proved extremely difficult to write: striking a balance between accessibility and completeness, while retaining the crucial compactness needed of a faq answer, has taxed my feeble writing skills something rotten (http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instfont is the first of the series; follow next question to review the set) in addition, the ctan distribution also includes an archive of the static html version of the faq that i've been offering to distribution builders for some time: see FAQ-html.tar.gz Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team (my apologies to c.t.t people: i can't announce things to ctan-ann without bothering you.)

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new package on CTAN: igo
by Jim Hefferon 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: igo Author's name: Étienne Dupuis Location on CTAN: fonts/igo Summary description: Fonts and macro to typeset Go diagrams License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package igo is based on go, a package written in 1991 by Hanna Kolodziejska which provides typesetting facilities for Go games and positions. Although igo contains roughly the same commands as the original package and uses the fonts created by Kolodziejska, it has (hopefully) been improved by 1. Using command names less likely to conflict with standard AMS packages; 2. Allowing different board sizes to be used; 3. Understanding a standardized notation for board coordinates; 4. Providing the facility to work on more than one board. Moreover, a few commands were reworked to define positions or game sequences more conveniently. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps 1.0.7
by Rainer Schöpf 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

A submission was uploaded CTAN. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > Name of contribution: bmeps 1.0.7 > Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps > Summary description: bmeps 1.0.7 - Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS > License type: GNU Library > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Overview: > This package contains a library and a command line program > to convert from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS. Different > compression and encoding mechanisms are available > when producing the EPS output file. > Suggestions how to modify dvips to use the library are > included too. > > Update contents: > When running as a filter the program calls setmode() > to switch standard input into binaray mode before > the image is read. This is neccessary on some operating > systems - i.e. Windows - to process images from standard > input properly. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thnaks for the update, it was installed as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Directory language/spanish
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

----- Forwarded message from Javier Bezos ----- I've uploaded to the Dante server the file spanish.zip. Until now, the language/spanish directory was a mess, with several hyphenation files (some of them wrong) and very outdated information. Please, remove the whole contents of that directory and replace it by the files inside spanish.zip, namely: readme.txt obsolete/eshyph.tex obsolete/sphyph/shyphen.sh obsolete/sphyph/sphyph.tex hyphen/readme.txt hyphen/division.pdf hyphen/eshyph.tex Replace the file eshyph.tex under language/hyphenation by the new one (ie, hyphen/eshyph.tex), too. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for cleaning this up. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:language/spanish and a link from language/hyphenation/eshyph.tex to language/spanish/hyphen/eshyph.tex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXlogos
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

A submission was uploaded to CTAN The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > Name of contribution: TeXlogos > Name and email: Jacek Ruzyczka > Suggested location on CTAN: > Summary description: Defines a number of ready-to-use LaTeX logos. > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > TeXlogos defines an assortment of frequently used logos > not contained in base LaTeX itself - for instance: > *) the METAFONT, METAPOST, AMS, BibTeX and SliTeX logos > (you only need the appropriate CM/Logo/AMS fonts) > *) currency symbols which do NOT require TCRM fonts: > Euro, Cent, Yen, Won, Naira > *) the C++ logo with the '+' signs properly positioned > *) the logo of the Vienna University Business > Administration Center (BWZ) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the submission. It was installed in macros/latex/contrib/texlogos For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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