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

25 Mar '03

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

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

25 Mar '03

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

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

21 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and the new version should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Kerkis Font Family Author's name: Antonis Tsolomitis Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/greek/kerkis Summary description: Kerkis Font Family with complete Greek support License type: other Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version of the Kerkis Font Family. Complete support of polytonic greek in all shapes and series. Initial release of KerkisSans. Polytonic support for KerkisSans included as well. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Prosper update
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

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

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

19 Mar '03

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

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

18 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org and the new version should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: sffms Author's name: M. C. DeMarco Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/sffms/ Summary description: A LaTeX class for typesetting fiction manuscripts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sffms, a LaTeX class for typesetting science fiction and fantasy manuscripts, has been updated to version 2.0. Sffms now includes several options for specific publishers as well as extensive documentation aimed at new LaTeX users. The code has been cleaned up for version 2.0 and the geometry package made optional. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

17 Mar '03

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

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

17 Mar '03

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

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

16 Mar '03

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

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Re: excludeonly
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

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

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

14 Mar '03

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

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

13 Mar '03

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

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

13 Mar '03

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

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

12 Mar '03

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

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

11 Mar '03

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

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

11 Mar '03

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

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new release of uk tex faq (v3.5)
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

i've installed a new version of the uk tex faq, on ctan (help/uk-tex-faq), on the www.tex.ac.uk/faq web page, and for distributors on the private address they will already know. this new version has a few more questions answered, a number of updates and corrections of old answers, but textually there's been little change. the web appearance has changed slightly, but the big difference is that there is now a seach via google link (which specialises the search you request so that it only looks at the faq: Hans Nordhaug found this facility for me). i would welcome users' views on this addition: the existence of the google facility obviously saves me the trouble of writing a proper search mechanism (which has long been delayed on my list of things-to-do), but if users dislike the google arrangement, it won't continue. as always, i welcome comments about, or suggestions or (best of all) actual text, for the faq. submissions should be sent to faq(a)tex.ac.uk Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=maillists+askquestion

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new sansmath on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Mar '03

09 Mar '03

donald arseneau has submitted a new package sansmath.sty (pd licence), and i've installed it in macros/latex/contrib/other/misc the package defines a new math version 'sans', and a command sansmath that behaves somewhat like oldmath. detailed documentation is to be found in the package file itself. as always, thanks, donald. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN material: latexcount
by Jim Hefferon 08 Mar '03

08 Mar '03

A new package has been installed at the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN and should make its way to your favorite mirror soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: latexcount Author's name: P.D. Magnus Location on CTAN: support/misc Summary description: Perl script generates word count of LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The latexcount script gives a reasonably accurate count of the number of words in the main text of an article, the number of words in footnotes, and the number of words total. The list of tags that don't get counted can be added to as needed. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upgrade: WinTeX 2000
by Jim Hefferon 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org. I should make its way to a mirror near you quite soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================================= Name of contribution: WinTeX 2000 Author's name: Michael Muecke Location on CTAN: systems/win32/wintex2000 Summary description: WinTeX 2000 is a 32bit Windows TeX editor with a modern MDI-Interface and the MS Office look and feel. WinTeX 2000 offers powerful editing functions in a comfortable and easy to use environment. License type: shareware Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WinTeX 2000 is a Windows TeX editor with a modern MDI-Interface and the MS Office look and feel. WinTeX 2000 offers powerful editing functions in a comfortable and easy to use environment. Key features: * MS Office look & feel * VBScript enabled application * Syntax highlighting * Auto spell automatically underlines misspelled words in your text * Thesaurus finds synonyms * Super fast editing of large files * Sophisticated BiBTeX editor - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submissions -- cmtiup and cmslup
by Reinhard Zierke 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Sergei V. Znamenskii ----- + what you've uploaded cmtiupsr.zip archive (27.04k) contains just the cmtiup.dtx file with all sources; cmtiup.zip archive (57.86k) contains all files packed for tds-compliant distribution; cmtiupem.zip archive (25.35k) packed for use with emTeX without sources and virtual fonts. cmtiup.txt (1.16k) contains brief plain text annotation; cmtiup.pdf (133.15k) contains short version of user documentation in PDF format; cmtiup.tpm (1.95k) serves the fpTeX installation routine. + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de + where you want the files to go CTAN/fonts/cm/cmtiup (replace old files, please) + what licensing conditions you apply to your software LPPL + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to The new version of cmtiup package contains the following modification of cmti* fonts, named cmtiup*: (1) all Punctuation chars turns Uprighted (no slant), (2) corresponded italic corrections added as kerning; Replacement of cmti* fonts fy cmtiup* simplifies typesetting of articles where otherwise author or editor have to use additional tex commands to upright punctuation in italic text with formulas. No changes made in fonts; fatal bug in cmtiup.sty fixed (thanks to Shingo SAITO <new(a)ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp>) and documentation improved. License: LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License) Contents: - METAFONT sources, - corresponding tfm files, - virtual font set to use type1 cm fonts, - latex2e style file to switch from cmti* to cmtiup*. -------------------------------------------------------------------- + what you've uploaded cmslupsr.zip archive (17.76k) contains just the cmslup.dtx file with all the sources; cmslup.zip archive (40.74k) contains all files packed for tds-compliant distribution; cmslupem.zip archive (27.03k) packed for use with emTeX without sources and virtual fonts. cmslup.txt (1.16k) contains brief plain text annotation; cmslup.pdf (128.55k) contains short version of user documentation in PDF format; cmslup.tpm (1.73k) can serve the fpTeX installation routine. + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de + where you want the files to go CTAN/fonts/cm/cmslup/ + what licensing conditions you apply to your software LPPL + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to The cmslup package contains the following modification of cmsl* fonts, named cmtiup*: (1) all Punctuation chars turns Uprighted (no slant), (2) corresponded italic corrections added as kerning; Replacement of cmsl* fonts fy cmslup* simplifies typesetting of articles where otherwise author or editor have to use additional tex commands to upright punctuation in slanted text with formulas and add appropriate kerns which may differ from italic correction. License: LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License) Contents: - METAFONT sources, - corresponding tfm files, - virtual font set to use type1 cm* fonts, - latex2e style file to switch from cmsl* to cmslup*. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed both packages as suggested in the directories CTAN:fonts/cm/cmtiup/ and CTAN:fonts/cm/cmslup/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: EPM TeX Front End 4.0 (OS/2)
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Mar '03

01 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file epmtfe.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, delete all files and subdirectories from the CTAN directory systems/os2/epmtfe and unpack the uploaded ZIP file to this directory then. (Please, do not unpack the enclosed archives.) This is version 4.0 of the EPM TeX Front End, a module for the OS/2 Enhanced Editor EPM. It turns the EPM into an integrated TeX environment, providing (La)TeXing, previewing and executing of auxiliary programs from the editor menu. Remarkable features are: * (La)TeX errors are highlighted in the document source; * Postscript support (dvips conversion on-the-fly); * optional TeXing of a marked region of a file; * support for split source file; * OS/2 shell and WPS interface; * optional LaTeX syntax assist; * additional user-definable menu items; * works also in conjunction with VTeX/2; * stable, reliable, and esay to use. Two flavors of the TeX Front End are provided: * classic: for use with any TeX system, including emTeX and VTeX/2 * VTeX: for use with VTeX/2 _only_, making the use of this system particularly convenient Each variant is available with English or German user interface. Changes over version 3 are listed in the file NEWS. Main items are: * fully interactive configuration (except for the user-defined menu items); * thorough clean up of menus, window titles and error messages; * menu item to control VTeX's path cache; * improved log file parsing facility, making use of VTeX's particular log file format; ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:systems/os2/epmtfe Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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wrapfig.sty moved, extra documentation
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '03

28 Feb '03

i suggested to donald arseneau that i should move wrapfig.sty to a directory of its own, and add to it a copy of his recipe for multiple- column inserts using wrapfig; he agreeed, and supplied a copy of his latest version of the recipe. i have now made the change: the new directory is macros/latex/contrib/supported/wrapfig the new directory will propagate to the other servers in due course. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: LaTeX Font Sampler
by Jim Hefferon 27 Feb '03

27 Feb '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX Font Sampler Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: info/fontsampler Summary description: Samples of free typefaces available with LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the sampler which has previously been available on our Web site. It has been extended to include a few more faces, and this version comes with the complete source code. The fonts themselves you have to install from the CTAN. Contributions of code are welcomed to enable us to include the omitted fonts. License: GNU GPL. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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ctan upload: sam2p
by Jim Hefferon 27 Feb '03

27 Feb '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It will make its way to your favorite mirror shortly. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: sam2p Author's name: Szabó Péter Location on CTAN: graphics/sam2p Summary description: A sophisticated raster image-converter to PostScript and PDF License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sam2p is a UNIX command line utility written in ANSI C++ that converts many raster (bitmap) image formats into Adobe PostScript or PDF files and several other formats. The images are not vectorized. sam2p gives full control to the user to specify standards-compliance, compression, and bit depths. In some cases sam2p can compress an image 100 times smaller than the PostScript output of many other common image converters. sam2p provides ZIP, RLE and LZW (de)compression filters even on Level1 devices. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: bbcard10.zip
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Feb '03

26 Feb '03

Patrick TJ McPhee writes: > I've uploaded bbcard10.zip to cam.ctan.org. The files it contains are > either public domain or under a bsd-style licence. > > I suggest installing under graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bbcard. > > The files are metapost examples which are useful in their own right > and may provide value as models. > > bbcard.mp -- a bullshit bingo playing card > breakwidth.mp -- a macro which breaks text into paragraphs without > using an external formatter > calendar.mp -- a monthly calendar, which can generate a year's > worth of calendars in one step > scorecard.mp -- a baseball score card i've installed the files as you suggest. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- numprint.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Feb '03

25 Feb '03

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders ----- I have uploaded the file numprint.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace the files in CTAN://macros/latex/contrib/supported/numprint by its contents. >From the README: Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers given as 123e456 to 123cdot 10^{456}. If an optional argument is given it is printed upright as unit. Change log: - 0.20 2003/02/24 Added support for pm sign, Fixed bug which made units fragile. - 0.10 2003/01/08 Changed several command from <commandname> to p<commandname> because of an incompatibility with the french language of babel. This makes numprint.sty incompatible with older versions in some cases. License is LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for submitting the new version. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN://macros/latex/contrib/supported/numprint/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: DCpic
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Feb '03

24 Feb '03

our upload daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: DCpic > Name and email: Pedro Quaresma <xxx> > Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/generic/diagrams/dcpic > Summary description: Commutative diagrams and Graphs in a (La)TeX or > ConTeXt document > License type: GNU Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > DCpic is a package of TeX macros for graph modelling in a (La)TeX or > ConTeXt document. Its distinguishing features are: the use of PiCTeX > a powerful graphical engine, and a simple specification syntax. the new (v4.0) version of the package has now been installed as suggested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: Matthias Clasen's TeX extensions
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Feb '03

21 Feb '03

----- Forwarded message from Werner LEMBERG ----- With permission of Matthias I've just uploaded his bundle of TeX extensions (clasen.tar.bz2) to ftp.dante.de. Note that this stuff is about five years old -- the old ftp address is no longer valid. I'm not sure where to install since I couldn't find similar stuff; I suggest `systems/extensions/' as the place where to unpack the archive (which creates an additional subdirectory called `clasen'). Below some text for ctan-ann. ====================================================================== This bundle contains some proposals for extensions to TeX which I have implemented in a series of change files. These have only been tested with web2c 7.2 as contained on the TeX live III CD. glue/glue.ch Adapt Knuth's glue.web to replace all cases of floating-point arithmetic in TeX by fixed-point counterparts. hyphenation/classes.ch: Implements hyphen classes. hyphenation/count.ch: Implements demerits for more than 2 consecutive hyphens. math/accent.ch: Implements nestable and under math accents. math/cramp.ch: Implements primitives to switch to cramped styles. math/radical.ch: Implements generalized radicals with a left and right delimiter. math/fraction.ch: Implements mathstyle and fraction. hz/hz.ch Implement the hz-algorithm, ie using variants of a font to achieve better justification. margin/margin.ch Implement marginchar for hanging punctuation and hyphenation and optical margin correction. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for your upload. I installed it in CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/tex-extensions/clasen/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class update
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Feb '03

20 Feb '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memoir.tar to UK incoming; this is not the > same contents as the memoir.tar.gz which I found to be in > incoming. Please use this to replace some of the contents of > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. The distribution is under the > LPPL. > > The changes are (2003/02/20): > o New version 1.3 of memhfixc.sty which should fix a problem with > hyperref's handling of memoir's appendices environment. > > o New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf) with a description of > how to restyle footnotes. > > THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS I have installed the files (including a README) as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: shadow.sty --- new version for CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

With the original author's permission, Frank Mittelbach has corrected some spacing bugs in shadow.sty, and changed its licence to lppl. i've installed the new version as macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/shadow.sty i've moved the old version, macros/latex209/contrib/misc/shadow.sty to obsolete/macros/latex209/contrib/misc/shadow.sty Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: SciWordConv
by Jim Hefferon 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It should make its way to your favorite 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: SciWordConv Author's name: Berik I. Tuleuov Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/sciwordconv Summary description: For use Scientific Word/Scientific WorkPlace source files with another TeX compiler. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These macros allows to combine the power of graphical front-end of Scientific Word/Scientific WorkPlace (SW/SWP) with one's favourite TeX compiler (for example, MiKTeX). Currently included support for russian language, other languages can be handled easily. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upgrade: latex4jed
by Jim Hefferon 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org. It should make its way to your favorite 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: latex4jed Author's name: Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. Location on CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/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 is a major upgrade to latex4jed. This release features greatly improved syntax highlighting and math menus, some minor enhancements, and three colour schemes. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Nath release 2003
by Rainer Schoepf 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 M.Marvan(a)math.slu.cz wrote: > I would like to update my previous, one-year-old contribution to the CTAN > archive. > > Name: Nath > Description: Natural math notation > License: GPL > Location: macros/latex/contrib/supported/ > > I have just uploaded four files to dante.ctan.org/incoming/Nath, intended > to raplace the old material. Thanks for the update, i installed it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/nath For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: upload musixps-unix.tar.gz 1.13
by Robin Fairbairns 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

Takanori Uchiyama writes: > I uploaded musixps-unix.tar.gz at cam.ctan.org. > > Please replace previous one on fonts/musixtex/ps-type1/. > > The license of the fonts is LPPL. > > VERSION 1.13 > > CHANGES > + Fix a problem that xslz20 disappears with Acrobat 5. > > OUTLINES > > This package provides PostScript (type 1) fonts (PFB format), and > dvips and dvipdfm map files for MusiXTeX. The fonts are based on the > original METAFONT sources, such as musix20.mf, which are distributed > with MusiXTeX. The fonts provided here may be used to produce > printer-independent Postscript files. PDF files generated using type > 1 fonts are well displayed by the Acrobat Reader and xpdf. > > The fonts were generated from the METAFONT sources in the TeX Live > CD 2000 July using TeXtrace 0.45 or mftrace 1.0.12 but musix11-20, > xslhz20 and xslhz20d were upgraded to those in musixtex-T102.tar.gz. > > Here is a list of the 71 generated fonts. > > musix11.pfb xgreg24.pfb xsld29.pfb xslhd24.pfb xslhu24.pfb xslu20.pfb > musix13.pfb xgreg29.pfb xsld29d.pfb xslhd24d.pfb xslhu24d.pfb xslu20d.pfb > musix16.pfb xsld11.pfb xsldd20.pfb xslhd29.pfb xslhu29.pfb xslu24.pfb > musix20.pfb xsld11d.pfb xsldu20.pfb xslhd29d.pfb xslhu29d.pfb xslu24d.pfb > musix24.pfb xsld13.pfb xslhd11.pfb xslhu11.pfb xslhz20.pfb xslu29.pfb > musix29.pfb xsld13d.pfb xslhd11d.pfb xslhu11d.pfb xslhz20d.pfb xslu29d.pfb > musixsps.pfb xsld16.pfb xslhd13.pfb xslhu13.pfb xslu11.pfb xslud20.pfb > musixspx.pfb xsld16d.pfb xslhd13d.pfb xslhu13d.pfb xslu11d.pfb xslup20.pfb > xgreg11.pfb xsld20.pfb xslhd16.pfb xslhu16.pfb xslu13.pfb xslz20.pfb > xgreg13.pfb xsld20d.pfb xslhd16d.pfb xslhu16d.pfb xslu13d.pfb xslz20d.pfb > xgreg16.pfb xsld24.pfb xslhd20.pfb xslhu20.pfb xslu16.pfb xtie20.pfb > xgreg20.pfb xsld24d.pfb xslhd20d.pfb xslhu20d.pfb xslu16d.pfb > > Note: musix25 and xgreg25 were not generated because they are not used in > musixgre.tex or musixtex.tex. > > The control points were reduced with Fontographer. > The fonts were hinted automatically with Fontographer. musix11 - 29 were > hand tuned by Takanori Uchiyama. thanks for the upload (i was worrying about this font -- i should have guessed you would do the right thing :-). i have installed it here, and it will make its way to the other ctan sites soon. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class updates
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Feb '03

18 Feb '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please put its > contents into 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 (2003/02/13) > o Reference sections, etc., by name as well as number > o Now 3 `need space' macros > o New macros for `slash' fractions (fractions like 6/19) > o Use of footnote in titling macros (e.g., author) ignored > o New version 1.4 of mempatch.sty > o New version 1.2 of memhfixc.sty > o new version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pf) > o NO CHANGES TO OTHER DOCUMENTS i've installed the new files as requested (leaving the majority of memoir in place). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: update to register package
by Rainer Schöpf 16 Feb '03

16 Feb '03

On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Matthew Lovell wrote: > I have uploaded register.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. This is a new > version of the register package for typesetting hardware Control & > Status Registers, similar in some ways to the bitfield package. > > Please replace the files in > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/register > > with the contents of the tarball. > > The modifications allow register to work consistently with the > parskip package. Thanks for the update, I installed it as you requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-optic
by Rainer Schöpf 16 Feb '03

16 Feb '03

On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 Herbert Voss submitted: > Name of contribution: pst-optic > Summary description: Drawing lenses and mirrors for optical systems > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This new version 0.9 has macros for refraction, reflection > and for spherical lenses/mirrors. > There are also some new utility macros for rotating nodes, > lines with arrows inside. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. I installed it in graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload -- ruhyphen package update
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

Vladimir Volovich writes: > i've uploaded the file ruhyphen.tar.gz to the incoming directory of > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > this is an update to the ruhyphen package (collection of Russian > hyphenation patterns), version 1.6. > > please replace the files under language/hyphenation/ruhyphen directory > with the contents of this tarball (it may be unpacked in the > language/hyphenation, as it contains the ruhyphen subdirectory). > > the license is as previously, LPPL 1.2. > > the changes are not significant - accompanying patterns for the letter > yo were regenerated with the latest version of Alexander Lebedev's > rus-ispell dictionary; more important is that all 7 different patterns > are now fully redistributable (the files ruhyphas.tex and ruhyphzn.tex > previously had some restrictions on commercial usage, which were > removed by their authors), so that these 2 files can be re-included > into teTeX distribution. i have installed the files as requested, in language/hyphenation/ruhyphen. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Ukrainian translation of lshort
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

----- Forwarded message from Maksym Polyakov ----- I have uploaded to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/lshort-ukr Ukrainian translation of 'Not so short introduction to LaTeX', v. 4.00 files lshort-ukr-4.00.src.tar.gz lshort-ukr.dvi lshort-ukr.pdf lshort-ukr.ps.gz Files should be placed to CTAN:/tex-archive/info/lshort/ukrainian ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for the submission. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/info/lshort/ukrainian/ Now we have 2^4 versions of this fine document. Will we reach 2^5 too? Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: corelfonts
by Jim Hefferon 13 Feb '03

13 Feb '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite 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: corelfonts Author's name: Tony McClelland Location on CTAN: fonts/utilities/corelfonts Summary description: Perl script to install all Bitstream fonts on a Corel Ventura CD for use with LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are several Bitstream PostScript Type1 fonts on the Corel Ventura 5 CD (and probably other Corel products). This perl script will automatically install them to your TeXMF tree and create LaTeX package files to use with them. You will need a Corel CD, perl and fontinst for this to work. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 5.25
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Feb '03

13 Feb '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 5.25 (issued 12-Feb-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. This version has Patch status and may be freely installed by holders of NON-UPGRADABLE license for BaKoMa TeX 5.20. This version has following bug fixing and refinments: TeX4HT improvements: * Improved appearance of imported graphics in HTML4 output mode. * Fixed copying images from Common Picture Directory. * Sets background color in css to keep it consistent with image background. * Fixed tabbing translated via picture. Other fixes: * Updated Mathematica support, added wrisym, notebook2e, and notebook. * Buffer overflow (RunPL) at converting documents in too deep directories. * HTML external links, generated by DVI2HTML, now overloads frameset, * Fixed translating of URL directories (terminated by `/') to PDF and HTML. * Added Belleek fonts to PSFONTS.BKZ. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 12-Feb-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.25 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.25 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 HIGHLIGHTS * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (It is analog of Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). * PostScript enabled TeX system. ** Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. * Font Setup Wizard installs Postscript/TrueType fonts almost in one click * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. * Easy to install and use. * Much less expensive than other analogues. GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2*, which is tested for compatibility with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 10, Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, CorelXARA, HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: PostScript, HPGL, DXY, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP. FONTS BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: * 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. Font Setup Wizard lets you to install most of commercial (and free) Postscript Type 1 and TrueType fonts in one click. USER INTERFACE * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, mathematics, pictures, etc. * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * Quick navigation via document structure, * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), * Powerful support for different input encodings, * Project support, * Graphics import assistant, * Assitance for multi-file documents: context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * Syntax Completion is context sensitive and flexible. * Support for Multi-User systems. OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS * View on Windows Display. * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. * PostScript (really scalable), * PDF, * HTML. Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. PDF GENERATION FEATURES * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). * Creating PDF files which share fonts. Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. * Handles HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. HTML GENERATION FEATURES BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX documents into HTML files. * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, such as slides. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX into generated HTML pages. *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 5.25 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.10 *** Font Setup Wizard (`Options|Install TrueType/Postscript fonts ...') ----------------- * supports installation of *Postscript Type 1* in advance to TrueType/OpenType fonts. * works faster, because of using dynamic update of ls-R files. BibEdit - new application ------------------------- BibEdit is new utility in BaKoMa TeX. It is intended for browsing and editing BIB files used by BibTeX program. It is launched for openning BIB files (Windows Explorer) or from Centaur Text Editor (Insert|Edit Bibliography, Insert|cite).. Features: * Edits several BIB files simultaneously, that is very useful to handle situation when `ibliography' command includes several files. * Easy to use - Help window provides user with useful hints for every editing mode; * Provide user with hints for preparing fields of different types; * Chroma codidng for fields: `Required', `Optional', and `Ignored'. * Tells user when one or more `Required' fields are missed. * Quick insertion of reference on string into the currently edited field; * Quick insertion of citation into your document. User Interface -------------- * Improved `Insert' menu. + `Complete Word' (Ctrl+Enter) LaTeX Syntax completion command. Context sensitive, adding/removing words, definable extra code. + `LaTeX Environment ...' (Alt+Enter) now it is implemented as dialog (instead of submenu) whicj lets you: (1) add/remove environments immediately in dialog (2) modify default arguments for environment. + `Edit Bibliography ...' Provide simple way to start edit of bibliography: In case of ibliography command launches BibEdit, In case of `thebibliography' environment opens file with him. If no bibliography in you document it helps to create it. + `cite' (Alt+C) inserts `cite' LaTeX command. However, at second call (when cite{} is already under cursor) it launches BibEdit or dialog with list of available bibliography entries. + `Insert Indexing Stuffs' lets you prepare document for indexing in one click. + ` ef' (Ctrl+R) and `pageref' (Ctrl+P) like to cite command, at second click, show list of labels in current document. + `Graphics|Graphics File' (inserts `includegraphics') detects that cursor is already under some `includegraphics' command and edit it instead of inserting another command. DVI Viewer ---------- * Support for `colorlinks' option of HyperRef</i> package. * `Document Properties|Outline' - more robust refreshing outline. * `File|Read PDF' and `File|View Postscript' commands check existing and date of PDF/PS file to suggest user (re)generate it if one is absent or older then DVI file. * `File|Edit Source TeX File' command is disabled when TeX source isn't available for currently opened DVI file. In advance, it works with non standard file extensions (DTX, DRV, LTX, etc.). Also, cursor isn't jumped into BOF when file is already opened. * Fixed Problem with mishandling negative deltas by ExtTextOut under Win98. * Handling kerning in Readable mode was refined. TeX4HT ------ * Copying imported PNG and GIF images into TeX4HT subdirectory (see texmf/tex/latex/tex4ht/tex4ht.fix). Fixes done in BaKoMa TeX 5.25 ----------------------------- TeX4HT improvements: * Improved appearance of imported graphics in HTML4 output mode. * Fixed copying images from Common Picture Directory. * Sets background color in css to keep it consistent with image background. * Fixed tabbing translated via picture. Other fixes: * Updated Mathematica support, added wrisym, notebook2e, and notebook. * Buffer overflow (RunPL) at converting documents in too deep directories. * HTML external links, generated by DVI2HTML, now overloads frameset, * Fixed translating of URL directories (terminated by `/') to PDF and HTML. * Added Belleek fonts to PSFONTS.BKZ. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing and expanding the old version in the nonfree CTAN tree at CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: evweek.cls (extension of Latex Calendar Bundle)
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Feb '03

13 Feb '03

----- Forwarded message from Emanuele Vicentini ----- I've uploaded in incoming/evweek a small spinn-off/bugfix of weekly.cls of the LaTeX Calendar Bundle. Licese is lppl. I'd put evweek.{dtx,ins} in a new subdirectory of calendar: macros/latex/contrib/supported/calendar/contrib Here's the summary: evweek.cls is a small extension of weekly.cls, the class for the weekly calendar format of the LaTeC Calendar Bundle. I've fixed a little problem with the height of titleboxes; the only extensions of this first release are five new options that allow a greater control over fonts used to typeset titleboxes. ===== Saluti, Emanuele. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you for the submission. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/calendar/contrib/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: LaTeX package gensymb.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Feb '03

13 Feb '03

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt <w-a-schmidt(a)arcor.de> ----- I have uploaded the file gensymb.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack it to the CTAN directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/was . Doing so will add the files gensymb.dtx and gensymb.ins and update the files upgreek.dtx and readme.1st. The other files in this directory are to remain unchanged. This is the first (and somewhat experimental) release of the LaTeX package gensymb.sty. It provides generic commands degree, celsius, perthousand, micro and ohm, which work both in text and math mode. Various means are provided to fake the symbols or take them from particular symbol fonts, if they are not available in the default fonts used in the document. This should be perfectly transparent at user level, so that one can apply the same notation for units of measurement in text and math mode and with arbitrary typefaces. Note that the package has been designed to work flawlessly in conjunction with the famous units.sty. This upload updates also the source file of my package upgreek.sty. However, only the documentation has been changed with respect to the new gensymb package, which can coopereate with upgreek. The macro package upgreek.sty is actually unchanged. thank you in advance Walter Schmidt ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new and updated files in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/was/ as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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withdrawal of systems/unix/teTeX/1.0
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Feb '03

12 Feb '03

with the arrival of teTeX 2.0, all traces of teTeX 1.0 are being removed from the archive. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Need file to be removed from server
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

Ross Maloney writes: > I have uploaded xbibfile-0.7.tar.gz to the /incoming directory of > ftp.tex.ac.uk for consideration for inclusion in CTAN. > > I suggest it be located in CTAN at biblio/bibtex/utils. The package > xbibfile is released under the GNU Public License. > > Xbibfile is used to create and search BibTeX databases. It is > written in C and uses the GTK graphics libraries to create its user > interface. It was written under Linux using the X Window system. > It was written out of my need for such a research tool and has > performed satisfactory in that role. At some future stage I may get > around to increasing its capabilities so some hooks are in place for > doing that expansion. However, it is usable in its current state. > > This is the first public release of this package. The 0.7 is a > version number for my own records. i have installed the contents of your .tar.gz in a new directory biblio/bibtex/utils/xbibtex, which is now set off to propagate. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- needspace package
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Feb '03

07 Feb '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded needspace.sty to UK incoming. Please ue this to > replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/needspace.sty. It is released > under the LPPL. > > Package Description: > > Provides commands to reserve space at the bottom of a page. If > there is not enough space on the current page a new one is started. > > Changes in version 1.3 (2003/02/07) > o Added new Needspace and Needspace* commands (providing a new algorithm) i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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installed up-to-date version of scripttex
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Feb '03

06 Feb '03

macros/scripttex, on ctan, was dated 1991; an eager user spotted a newer version on the web. i've therefore contacted the author, adrian mccarthy, and with his permission have installed the latest version (v.104 of march 2002) to replace the older version. beware: some file names in the previous version have changed. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN (Cambridge) upload: varwidth.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Feb '03

06 Feb '03

Donal Arseneau writes: > I have uploaded varwidth.sty and varwidth.xml (for the catalogue) > to ftp.tex.ac.uk:incoming. Please put it in > macros/latex/contrib/other/misc. > > I am releasing this as version 0.9 because it has gotten mouldy > waiting for me to get back to it. (It does work, mostly.) > Anyone who tries it should be sure to make bug reports. > > It is released under LPPL. > > % The varwidth environment is based on minipage, and takes the same > % parameters, but the specified width is just a maximum value -- the > % environment will be typeset with a narrower natural width if > % possible. > % > % In a varwidth environment, paragraph line-breaks are chosen > % according to the specified width, but each line is reset to > % match a narrower natural width, if there is one. > % > % The arrowragged command works like aggedright, but produces > % generally narrower lines in paragraphs, but more text in the last > % line (the lines have more-equal lengths). > % > % This version works fine, but there are still many questions about > % how it would work best. Should there be a version that avoids the > % usual minipage formatting style? > % > % Numbered equations are not handled well, especially with leqno. > % AMSmath environments have not been tried, and undoubtedly fail. > % > % It also defines a ewcolumntype{V} that is the {varwidth} > % counterpart of a p column in tabulars. i've installed the file as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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minor update of uk faq
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Feb '03

06 Feb '03

i've updated the faq in a very minor way, and reinstalled on ctan and the web. changes: correct links for tetex v2.0 new text (and revised link) for question tds Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=maillists+askquestion

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