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Re: New version of authorindex uploaded
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Andreas Wettstein wrote: > I just uploaded the file authorindex.tar.gz to the /incoming directory > of ftp.dante.de > > This is a new version of my authorindex package, and should replace the > old version, which is located in indexing/authorindex. > > The licence is lppl. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested ,in indexing/authorindex For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: CJHebrew
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 Christian Justen wrote: > Name of contribution: CJHebrew > Suggested location on CTAN: /texarchive/language/hebrew/cjhebrew > Summary description: Hebrew typesetting package including fonts. > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > CJHebrew is a package for typesetting Hebrew text. It includes two > Hebrew Type1 fonts. eLaTeX is required for the right-to-left > typesetting. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the new package as languages/hebrew/cjhebrew For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission: urw2.zip
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the file urw2.zip to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, remove everything from > the directory fonts/urw and unpack the archive urw2.zip > in the directory fonts/urw then. > > Doing so will create the subdirectories urw/antiqua and > urw/grotesq, with the free URW fonts URW Antiqua Condensed > and URW Grotesk Bold, accompanied by detailed installation > instructions and ZIP archives with all required files to use > them with LaTeX. > > The Nimbus fonts are no longer included, because the present > versions on CTAN are hopelessly obsolete and are superseded > by the collection that comes with Ghostscript. Thanks for the upload, I installed the files in fonts/urw > Please, remove also the present metrics for these fonts, > i.e., the directories > > fonts/psfonts/urw/antiqua > fonts/psfonts/urw/grotesq > fonts/psfonts/urw/nimbus > > These metrics are now obsolete and are lacking decent > documentation, anyway. Metrics, VFs etc. are now > distributed with the fonts. I deleted these directories from CTAN. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Update for custom-bib
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Daly Dr., Patrick wrote: > I have uploaded an update to my custom-bib bundle to the dante CTAN server > under /incoming. > > There are 4 files in custom-bib.zip: > merlin.mbs (Replacement) > geojour.mbs (Replacement) > slovene.mbs (New file) > README.404 (Replaces Readme.403) Thanks for the update, I isntalled it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/custom-bib For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

Maurizio Loreti writes: > + what you've uploaded: > > A new release of the auxilliary files for the webomints font. > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to: > > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/ > > + where you want the files to go: > > Remove all the existing files from the directory > tex-archive/fonts/webomints, and replace them with the new ones. > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software: > > Public domain. > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do: > > Here follows a part of the enclosed README file: > > ============================================================================ > On Tuesday 05 Feb 2002, Walter Schmidt (wal_schmidt(a)arcormail.de) has > posted a message on comp.text.tex about a freely downloadable > PostScript Type-1 font containing various types of ornaments. > > The URL is http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/index.html, and > contains the following lines: > > Galapagos Design Group is pleased to make available to the > Internet community free downloads of original typefaces and > clipart. > > Our first offering is a tasty border and ornament font called > Web-O-Mints. Created by George Ryan, Web-O-Mints contains a > rich assortment of typographic decorations inspired by > historical sources. > ... > This collection includes all the files needed to use this font in > LaTeX and three small LaTeX examples. > ... > Important changes have been introduced with the current release of this > package; these changes were performed by the same Walter Schmidt who > first named in comp.text.tex these fonts. > ... > In case you have installed a previous release, please update your TeX > system accordingly. thanks for the upload. i've installed the files as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: comicsans
by Jim Hefferon 12 Sep '02

12 Sep '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It will make its way, through the magic of mirroring, to a location 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: comicsans Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/comicsans Summary description: Use Microsoft's Comic Sans font with LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The comicsans package makes Microsoft's Comic Sans font available to LaTeX2e. comicsans supports Roman text, boldface text, small-caps text, and -- with a little extra effort -- italic text; it supports both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets; and, it supports mathematical typesetting with Comic Sans to the best of the font's ability. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- PSNFSS 9.0a bug-fixing release
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Sep '02

12 Sep '02

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file psnfss90a.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. It provides some bug fixes for the PSNFSS bundle, which is updated to version 9.0a. Please, unpack the archive in the directory macros/latex/required/psnfss . Doing so will replace the following files: psfonts.dtx lw35nfss.zip freenfss.zip changes.txt >From the change log: * Fixed TFM and VF files for mathpazo. The size of certain symbols was wrong, because of a bug in the fontinst package. * mathpazo.sty: Changed definition of hbar with better spacing. * Fixed identification strings in 8rpcr.fd and t1put.fd. * Fixed comments in 8r.enc. * Unneeded file removed from lw35nfss.zip. The changes to the mathpazo fonts may result in changed line and page breaks. I'm really sorry for the mess; the bug in the fontinst program was unnoticed for a long time. All changed files in the archives, as well as psfonts.dtx, show the time stamp as of 2002-09-08. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new files as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- needspace package
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Sep '02

11 Sep '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded needspace.sty to UK /incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/needspace.sty. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > Decription: > > Provides a command to reserve space at the bottom of a page (column). If > there is not enough space left, a new page/column is started. > > Changes in version 1.2 (2002/09/11) > o Calc package commands can be used in the command's argument (courtesy > Robin Fairbairns). i've installed the file; thanks for the upload (and for the speedy response to my suggestion!). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: hebclass
by Jim Hefferon 11 Sep '02

11 Sep '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: hebclass Author's name: Tzafrir Cohen Suggested location on CTAN: language/hebrew/hebtex Summary description: classes for Hebrew documents License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hebclass 0.1: an initial release hebclass is a package of Hebrew LaTeX classes for some documents. I generally intend them to be used as a basis for modifications. For that reason I avoided the use of docstrip: keeping the source and comments in one file makes hacking easier. I tested them with recent version of heblatex from http://ivritex.sf.net/ . Specifically, they use hebalef rather than alef, and thus will not work with heblatex 2.0c from babel. I hope to commit that version to babel soon . - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- ps2eps 1.39
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Sep '02

11 Sep '02

----- 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 necessary changes for Windows XP please announce the update as follows to CTAN-ANN. ps2eps v1.39 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. Important changes since version 1.35: - This is an update that allows also to convert postscript files created under Windows XP (or PScript.dll 5.2) to eps. I found that the original postscript output drew white boxes that erased portions of the text above the bounding box of the embedded image, although the .eps image was clipped by includegraphics*! ps2eps fixes this. - Added filter for Star/Openoffice 5.2 - Added /setpagedevice {pop} def to prolog in order to fix problems with pdf creation, pstricks and nested dvips output (thanks to Hans Fredrik Nordhaug <hansfn(a)mi.uib.no> for suggesting this addition) - Improved processing of binary files with beginimage endimage ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/ps2eps/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa TeX 5.0
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Sep '02

10 Sep '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 5.0. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Most important new features: * Support for LaTeX -> HTML conversion * Dynamical Preview improved * Flexible window management (docking model) More details are explained at end of this message. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 9-Sep-2002 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.0 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.0 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. * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. * Easy to install and use. * Much less expensive than other analogues. GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2*, which is tested for compatibility with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 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. USER INTERFACE * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. * 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. * 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. *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 5.0 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.60 *** * (La)TeX to HTML Conversion * Dynamical Preview Improvemets * Window Docking (La)TeX to HTML Conversion -------------------------- 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. Dynamical Preview Improvements ------------------------------ * New flexible way for managing windows provide much more optimal use of display space in Dynamical Preview mode. So, console and DVI window may be reattached to different edges of main window. Commonly it is based on new Docking approach. * TeX Daemon is running in separate console. It enables running TeX (or another utilities) without terminating Dynamical Preview. * Text in Dynamical Preview window is automatically adjusted to be visible in window. * GUI Control Bar was extended to simplify Visual Design of math formulas with help of Dynamical Preview. Window Docking -------------- BaKoMa Text editor supports docking another windows at any edge of own window. It supports four docks: `Left', `Right', `Bottom', `Top'. Dockable windows have `Docking' option in context menu activated by clicking right mouse button in the window. This option enables choose desired dock for a window, including virtual dock: `None', that disable docking of the window. Currently, dockable windows are: * Console Windows (new version manages several consoles) * Messages Window * DVI Windows (!!!) It is important, that every copy of DVI Viewer has own docking settings. So, you can choose different docks for regular document Windows (DView-0, ...), Character Map (DView-F), Partial Preview (DView-P), Dynamical Preview (DView-B), and Help Viewer (DView-H). In advance, BaKoMa TeX 5.0 introduces different consoles for compiling regular documents (Console), for `Dynamical Preview TeX Daemon' (Console-B), and for generating Postscript files (Console-G). This approach enables: (1) choosing different docks for running these processes, and (2) compiling entire document without stopping Dynamical Preview. Sizes of window docks may be adjusted under `Docking' tab of dialog opened by `Options|Appearance ...' editor menu command. You can specify which dock will occupy bottom corner of the editor window. Width of bottom dock or height of other docks may be adjusted by dragging rulers whose divide docks from another window space. `Top dock' is slightly non standard object. It is positioned at right top corner of editor window. It shares top area of window with control bars. This dock is small dock. However, it may be useful for managing `Console Window' and `Messages Window' on large displays, that will save a lot of space for another tasks. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I added the new files to the existing directory CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/ upgrading it to the new version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: KOMA-Script
by Rainer Schoepf 06 Sep '02

06 Sep '02

> Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the September > '02 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka What we made > wrong in out previous release. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > What is KOMA-Script > -------------------------------------------------------- > > KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document > classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to > the standard LaTeX2e classes. > KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from > the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities > in order to provide the user an almost complete working > environment. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Versions of classes and packages at this release: > -------------------------------------------------------- > > scrartcl.cls 2002/09/04 v2.9i > scrbook.cls 2002/09/04 v2.9i > scrreprt.cls 2002/09/04 v2.9i > scrlttr2.cls 2002/09/04 v2.9i > scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) > scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m > scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m > scrpage2.sty 2002/03/28 v2.1 > typearea.sty 2002/09/04 v2.9i > scrlfile.sty 2002/09/04 v2.9i > scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) > scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b > > -------------------------------------------------------- > What is new in this KOMA-Script release > -------------------------------------------------------- > > This is only a bug-fix-release. There are no more known > bugs left. One additional change was made at the letter > class scrlttr2. You may find this change, using the > List of changes at scrguien (English) or the > Aenderungsliste at scrguide (German). > > Go discover. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- iso class and step packages
by Robin Fairbairns 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded 3 files to UK incoming. Please do: > > o Use README.std (minus the extension) to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/isostds/README file > > o Use iso.tar.gz to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/isostds/iso directory > > o Use iso10303.tar.gz to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/isostds/iso10303 directory. > > The distribution is under the LPPL > > From the iso/README: > > The iso class is for typesetting ISO International Standard documents > according to the requirements specified in ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, > Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards, Fourth > edition, 2001. Configuration files for TeX4ht are also provided. > > Changes (2002) > o Class updated from Directives Edition 3, 1997 > o Supports use of the hyperref package > > From the iso10303/README > > The step packages are for typesetting the ISO 10303 International > Standard. The iso class is required for the use of these packages. > Configuration files for TeX4ht are also provided. > > Changes (2002) > o Updated to match the 2002 iso class and the current (July 2002) SC4 > Supplementary Directives. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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corrected version of type1cm.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

i have contacted david carlisle, the author of type1cm.sty, and with his permission i have corrected the errors in the package that i know about. i have installed the new version of the package source on ctan - macros/latex/contrib/supported/type1cm/type1cm.fdd there were two errors i knew of (in the coding of the use of cmbx and cmti fonts), and bob tennent pointed out a third, in the use of euex10. if anyone should spot any further problem with this new version of the package, they should report it to me and i'll put it right on the archive. there shouldn't be any, since i've scanned the file for other errors ... but i missed euex :-( Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- bmeps 1.0.3
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

----- Forwarded message from Dirk Krause ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20020904.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bmeps Name and email: Dirk Krause Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/TIFF/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS (program+library) License type: LGPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains the updated version 1.0.3 of bmeps including libbmeps and modification suggestions for dvips. The update fixes a bug in DSC comment output and provides a makefile dll.mak to build a DLL version of libbmeps. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/bmeps/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- combine class and friends
by Robin Fairbairns 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded combine.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/combine. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The combine class lets you bundle individual documents into a single > document, suach as when preparing a conference proceedings. > > The auxiliary combinet package puts the titles and authors from > maketitle commands into the main document's Table of Contents. The > auxiliary combnat package enales the combine class and natbib packages to be > used harmoniously together. > > Changes in version 0.5 of combine.cls > and version 0.2 of combnat.sty (2002/08/24) > o Options for individual bibliographies, or a global bibliography, or both > local bibliographies and a global combined bibliography. i've installed the updated files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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what i did on my holidays (uk tex faq)
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

i have just installed, on ctan and on the web, a new release of the uk tex faq. changes: 1. this is the first time for ages that i've looked at the faq with an editorial eye: this occupied some of the time on my holiday... 2. yet more rearrangement of the section structure of the faq; in particular introducing new fonts and graphics sections. the fonts section hasn't had much technical work (though there is one new contributed answer in there), but the first three answers in graphics are completely new, and replace the old using postscript graphics. 3. several corrections and enhancements to existing answers, from contributors. 4. a select few additions from my (huge) backlog of questions to be answered. [distribution builders will find a new copy of detached html files in the usual place.] Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: outline
by Jim Hefferon 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will 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: outline Author's name: Seth Flaxman Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/outline Summary description: Update to the outline package License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the original outline package for use with LaTeX 2e. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- apa.cls v1.3.0
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Aug '02

30 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Athanassios Protopapas ----- I have just uploaded to ftp.dante.de the file apa.tar.gz which contains the following: apa/CHANGELOG apa/LICENCE apa/README apa/apa.cls apa/apacls.txt apa/apaenum.txt apa/endfloat.cfg apa/examples.txt This is a major upgrade for apa.cls, the LaTeX2e class for typesetting documents according to the APA manual (5th ed) recommendations for manuscript submission, or in an APA-journal look, or as regular LaTeX documents, with the switch of a class parameter. The current version is 1.3.0 and is datestamped as 2002/08/30. It replaces version 1.23 (which should have been 1.2.3) of apa.cls (and accompanying documentation) currently found at CTAN under tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/apa There are several bug fixes and new features in this new version, most notably an upgrade to the latest edition of the APA manual, handling of appendices and long tables, and miscellaneous minor corrections and improvements, all detailed in the CHANGELOG. The licensing terms for this package are as specified by the LaTeX Project Public License (lppl) -- a note to this effect is included in apa.cls and also as a separate LICENCE file. Please replace the contents of the aforementioned directory with the contents of the uploaded archive. Thank you for maintaining CTAN! Thanassi Protopapas ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/apa/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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DANTE CTAN snapshot on CD ROM
by Klaus Hoeppner 29 Aug '02

29 Aug '02

As the years before there will be a CTAN snapshot on CD ROM produced by DANTE, the German language users' group, and Lehmanns bookstore in Germany. My time schedule isn't fixed, yet, but expect that I will copy the data from CTAN to my machine about mid of September. So if you are a package author and have an update in your queue, it might be a good idea to do it in the next 2--3 weeks. Regards Klaus

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir directory. > > Changes this time: > o Minor typos fixed in the manual (and the postscript version is current, > not one edition behind). > o Minor bug fixed in mem12.clo > > Maybe it would be as well to make a brief announcement. > > BTW Adriano Pascoletti (who I have cc'd) says that when trying to print > memman.pdf the CM fonts are substituted by Courier, although noting that > Acrobat Reader 5.0 says that the document has embedded 10 CM Type 1 fonts. > It prints OK for me. Do you have any ideas? i've installed teh new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new version of footmisc installed
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

i have just installed a new version (v5.0) of footmisc.dtx on ctan this represents a substantial revision of the previous version. 1. new package options 1a: side - put notes into marginpars rather than at the foot of the page; this option isn't terribly satisfactory, but it addresses at least one user's requirements 1b: ragged - set notes ragged right in their box; also a parameter footnotelayout that determines how the notes are to be set 1c: hang - set footnote marker flush with the margin and hang-indent the footnote text according to the value of footnotemargin 2. new commands 2a: setfnsymbol and DefineFNsymbols - these commands permit control of the way fnsymbol-style footnote marks operate (i.e., they allow you to define the sequence of symbols) 2b: mpfootnotemark - like footnotemark, but referring to minipage footnotes if you're inside one 2c: footref - make reference to a footnote label as if a footnotemark (this is a copy of a command in the memoir class, at the suggestion of peter wilson) 3. improvements 3a: i've worked on the documentation somewhat. several things are noticeably better, i think. 3b: the multiple option has been completely re-implemented using a scheme that is compatible with alexander rozhenko's manyfoot package -- i.e., his package and my package will each respect the other's footnote marks when checking for multiple footnote markers. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload - doublestroke 1.111
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

Olaf Kummer writes: > I have uploaded to ftp.tex.ac.uk the file > doublestroke.tar.gz > which contains the updated version 1.111 of the > doublestroke font for typesetting the mathematical > symbols for natural numbers, real number etc. > > This package replaces the files in > /tex-archive/fonts/doublestroke. > > In this version PostScript variants of the fonts > were added, which were kindly provided by Marco > Kuhlmann. thanks for the upload; i've installed the files, as requested, to replace the old version. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Eukleides (geometry drawing language)
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Christian Obrecht ----- As a mathematics teacher using LaTeX, I needed a tool to draw geometry diagrams in my documents. Since I didn't find anything satisfying I decided two years ago to create Eukleides, a Euclidean geometry drawing language. The Eukleides distribution comes with a compiler which translates Eukleides code into PSTricks code, and a graphical frontend named Xeukleides. It is released under GPL. Various kinds of binaries are available: RPM, Debian, Free BSD, and soon Mac OS X. You'll find more informations in the home page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/obrecht/ Eukleides is now used by people all over the world, for instance in Japan, see: http://www.mlb.co.jp/linux/science/eukleides/ It has been referenced by the FSF: http://www.gnu.org/directory/Mathematics/Misc/eukleides.html Last year, Dr James Foster, Membership Secretary of the UK TUG, made a presentation about it at the annual general meeting: http://uk.tug.org/UK-TuG/AGM-2001/ Since some TeX users may be interested in Eukleides, I thought you may want to add the Eukleides distribution to CTAN. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for your submission. I installed the new files in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/eukleides/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: lilypond
by Jim Hefferon 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

A package has been upgraded 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: lilypond Author's name: han-wen nienhuys Location on CTAN: support/lilypond/ Summary description: LilyPond version 1.6 - Print music beautifully License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LilyPond is the GNU Project music typesetter. LilyPond produces beautiful sheet music using a description file as input. This release is focused on improved output quality. For some pieces, LilyPond produces publication quality output. To achieve this, we have completely overhauled the spacing engine, the font and the beaming code. Version 1.6 also adds support for figured bass, tablature and (limited) ancient notation. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the REAME: > > Memoir is a configurable class for typesetting books, reports and > articles. It encompasses the standard book and report classes and simulates > the article class as well as typewritten double spaced maunscripts. > > It provides a variety of predefined page, chapter and caption styles, > plus easy ways of creating new ones. There is an intuitive way of specifying > page margins, etc, with an option for printing trimming marks. Documents can > use 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 17pt as the normal font size. > > Changes in version 1.2 (2002/08/10) > o Incorporated all fixes from memfixb.sty that applied to version 1.1 > o Minor changes to *.clo files > o added 17pt class option > o Boxes that break over pages and/or contain verbatim text > o Several ways of dealing with verbatim text > o Convenient methods for file input and output > o Additional provide... commands > o User=specified footnote configuration, and footnotes tha can include > verbatim text > o Additional optional argument to chapter and chapter* for short header > texts I have installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: new version of bibtopic package
by Rainer Schoepf 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Stefan Ulrich wrote: > I've just uploaded to > ftp.dante.de/incoming > an archive > bibtopic.tar.gz > containing the files: > bibtopic.ins > bibtopic.dtx > > Please unpack the archive into > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/bibtopic/ > replacing the existing files. > > License (unchanged): GPL > > Bibtopic is a package to include several bibliographies covering > different `topics' or bibliographic material into a document. > > Changes in this version (1.0k): > > - fixed a bug with bibitem counter not being reset > properly at the beginning of a new btUnit > > - fixed an incompatibility with KOMA classes v2.9 > > - updated author email info Thanks for the update, I installed the files. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: gatech-thesis upgrade
by Jim Hefferon 21 Aug '02

21 Aug '02

An upgrade has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: gatech-thesis Author's name: Charles Wilson Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/gatech-thesis Summary description: Georgia Institute of Technology thesis class License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have uploaded an update for the gatech-thesis class. This new version (ver 1.5) is compliant with the June 2002 revision of the Georgia Tech Style Manual, and adds a number of new features and add-on styles. I've also updated the documentation -- see the COMPLIANCE, NEWS, CHANGES, and INSTALL docs, especially. The output generated by using this class has been approved by the Georgia Tech Office of Graduate Studies. Older versions are available here: http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/gatech-thesis/ Also, note that version 1.4 was never publicly released. - --Charles Wilson - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: todo
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Aug '02

21 Aug '02

our web upload daemon tells me: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20020806.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: todo > Name and email: Federico García <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/todo > Summary description: Macros for fully cross-referenced `to do' lists > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > With `todo' package the user can collect lists of things > to do, to by typeset at the end of the document, with > (hyper)references from and to the text itself. There are different > options for the appearance of the marks in the text, and a one-step > way to ignore the to-do list and marks for final or semi-final > printing. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new package as suggested (sorry for the delay -- i've been relaxing in cretan sunshine ;-). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- appendix package
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Aug '02

21 Aug '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded appendix.tar to the UK incoming directory. Please use > this to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/appendix. The > distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The appendix package provides various ways for formatting the titles of > appendices. Also (sub)appendices environments are provided that can be used, > for example, for per chapter/section appendices. > > Changes in version 1.2 > o The ifthen package is not required > o Supports hyperref bookmarks i've installed the package as requested (sorry for the delay: even ctan maintainers have holidays ;-); thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- eqlist 2.1
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Aug '02

20 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from M. Vaeth ----- I have uploaded the new release 2.1 of the eqlist package. The new version should replace the old one in macros/latex/contrib/supported/eqlist Description: With this LaTeX package you can write lists with equal indentation. The new release also provides mechanisms to treat lists with exceptionally long labels. The eqparbox package is required. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version of the eqlist package as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex-0.7.3.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Aug '02

15 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.3.tar.gz and preview-0.7.3.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.7.3.tar.gz under support/preview-latex/ and unpack the README from it to support/preview-latex/README Create a symbolic link from support/preview-latex/preview-latex.tar.gz to preview-latex-0.7.3.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.7.3.tar.gz in the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ It contains just README-preview, preview.dtx and preview.ins. The reason is that the preview.dtx file can also be used as a standalone LaTeX style for extracting selected elements from a LaTeX source into separate pages of a DVI file. Previous versions of preview-latex can be deleted. Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.7.3 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex could be the greatest thing since sliced bread, were it not just the same. Sliced bread provides you with a handle on conveniently sized chunks of the real matter as well as unhampered creative freedom for the space in between. It obliterates the unwieldy handling of loaf-sized chunks and puts the bread right on your plate where it belongs. preview-latex similarly chops unwieldy pages of subpixel-accurate LaTeX previews into handily sized fully dressed chunks (such as single formulas) that get placed right into your Emacs/XEmacs source buffer, freeing the desktop space otherwise required for separate carving plates, while keeping the original source readily accessible. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system, AUC TeX (11.11 recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. This version also supports XEmacs-21. For best results, at least version 21.4.9 is recommended since it incorporates several fixes necessary for proper operation of preview-latex. Under the Windows operating system, we have had positive reports for both native and Cygwin ports of XEmacs. Recent CVS versions of GNU Emacs could conceivably be made to run preview-latex under Windows, but we have had no reports for this combination yet. Release 0.7.3 is a consolidation release containing mostly bug fixes. It has to disable a broken security implementation that persists into version 7.05 of GNU GhostScript. A complete lack of developer response makes it likely that future versions of GhostScript will not work unless preview-latex gets configured to disable security for them as well. For further information, please read the PROBLEMS file or the respective manual section. One new feature is dumping of precompiled preambles in order to facilitate faster regeneration of previews. You can do this via a key combination or from the Preview menu which has been moved to the menu bar from the LaTeX menu. This further improves the already impressive performance even on bottom-line computers. The README file provides adequate information for preinstalled distributions. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. User feedback about errors and suggested feature improvements is welcome and heeded. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * AUC TeX can be found at several places, but if you want the latest 11.11 (alpha, but stable AFAIK) with no known issues concerning preview-latex, you can find it there as well. * RPMs for preview-latex and AUC TeX are provided for users of RedHat Linux. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. The RPMs require a few packages that should be readily available in current distributions. As of RH 7.3, Emacs-21.2 and GhostScript-6.52 are included. The current RedHat beta Limbo contains the security-impaired GhostScript-7.05 (see above). XEmacs in those distributions will still be affected with a serious display bug, see the PROBLEMS file or the respective manual section. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old versions in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex/ CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- allrunes 2.0
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Aug '02

13 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Carl-Gustav Werner ----- I have uploaded a new version (2.0) of the allrunes font collection and LaTeX package to ftp.dante.de/incoming/ (as allrunes.zip). Please remove the files in /fonts/allrunes and replace them with the new ones. The allrunes is still free (dfsg). Keep the CTAN Catalogue description: Fonts and LaTeX package for almost all runes. This collection of fonts and the LaTeX package gives access to almost all runes ever used in Europe. It covers not only the main forms but also a lot of varieties. The new version has more runic characters, other minor enhancements, and in addition to the mf-source, the main varieties of the fonts also comes as type1 fonts. Carl-Gustav Werner ----- End forwarded message ----- Tack så mycket! I have installed the new version as suggested replacing the old one in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/allrunes/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: upload mceinleger
by Rainer Schoepf 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Florian Benischke wrote: > Report on upload of directory 'mceinleger': > > + what you've uploaded > > 3 files in the named directory: > mceinleger.sty > mceinleger.pdf > mceinleger.tex > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.dante.de > > + where you want the files to go > /support/mceinleger > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl GNU General Public Licence > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do > > package for creating MC-covers on your own; allows creation of simple > covers as well as covers with an additional page for more information > about the cassette (table of contents e.g.). needs package 'rotating' to > work. > mceinleger.tex and mceinleger.pdf are files to explain the use of the > package. Thanks for your upload. Since your package is mainly a LaTeX package, I decided to install it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/mceinleger For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- caption v2.1 update
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Axel Sommerfeldt ----- I just uploaded a new version of the LaTeXe `caption' package to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/caption2. What I've uploaded: 4 files: caption2.ins + caption.dtx + caption2.dtx + anleitung.tex Which CTAN node I've uploaded to: ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/caption2. Where you want the files to go: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/caption (replacing completely the old version 2.0) What licensing conditions you apply to your software: LPPL A brief summary of what your upload is intended to do: The caption package provides an easy-to-use interface to customise the layout of the figure and table captions. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/caption replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: bib-fr
by Jim Hefferon 01 Aug '02

01 Aug '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: bib-fr Author's name: Nicolas MARKEY Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/bib-fr Summary description: French translation of classical BibTeX styles License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These are complete and easy-to-adapt translations of classical BibTeX style files (abbrv, alpha, plain, unsrt). - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN Upload: miller.sty
by Rainer Schoepf 01 Aug '02

01 Aug '02

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded the file miller.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please unpack it > to CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/miller/. > > It contains a package that typesets Miller indices used in material > science, where negative numbers are written with a bar over them. It > provides the command hkl which can be used in one of the following ways: > hkl[1-10], hkl<1-10>, hkl(1-10), hkl{1-10}. > > License is LPPL. Thanks for the upload, I installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/miller For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: SIunits
by Rainer Schoepf 01 Aug '02

01 Aug '02

A submission was uploaded to CTAN: > Name of contribution: SIunits > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/SIunits > Summary description: Package for using general markup for al your SI units in LaTeX > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated version of the SIunits package. > > Bug Fixes + added functionality. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- fonts/LuxiMono
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Jul '02

30 Jul '02

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file luximono.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, create a new directory fonts/LuxiMono and unpack my ZIP file there. (Do not unpack the inner ZIP file ul9.zip.) This bundle includes the free LuxiMono Type1 fonts and all required files to use them with LaTeX on the Un*x or PC platform. It is already part of the TexLive7 CD-ROM. LuxiMono is a family of general-purpose monospaced (typewriter) fonts. The Luxi fonts include the Euro symbol. Accessing it through the textcompanion encoding and the command exteuro needs at least version 9 of the PSNFSS system. The installation instructions cover any TDS-compliant TeX system, such as teTeX, MikTeX or VTeX/Free. Font mapping files are provided for dvips and pdfTeX as well as for VTeX/Free. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/LuxiMono/ as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- eso-pic 0.9
by Rainer Schoepf 29 Jul '02

29 Jul '02

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Rolf Niepraschk wrote: > I uploaded a new version of the `eso-pic' package to `/incoming' > on ftp.dante.de (file: `eso-pic-0.9.zip'). Please remove the > contents of > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/ms/contrib > > and put the new files to the same place. The package is now > compatible with the package `crop' and a small vertical > misplacement is corrected. Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN -- gloss 1.5.2
by Rainer Schoepf 29 Jul '02

29 Jul '02

On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Javier Bezos wrote: > I've uploaded to /incoming/gloss in the Dante server the > following 8 files: > > gloss.sty gloss.tex glsbase.bib glsplain.bst > glsshort.bst readme sample.bib sample.tex > > They are still under lppl and they should replace the files > currectly under macros/latex/contrib/supported/gloss. > From the readme: > ================== > Gloss is a package which allows the creation of glossaries > using bibTeX. This approach has several advantages: > - bibTeX is available in every platform where TeX is. > - Glossary entries can be stored in databases, and you needn't > rewrite the definitions. > - There are a lot of tools for managing bibTeX databases. > - bibTeX is a programable tool and you can define your own > styles for acronyms, symbols, and so on. > ================== > > Release 1.5.2 fixes a bug (sometimes the space following > gloss was gobbled). Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission: lucidabr.yy
by Rainer Schoepf 24 Jul '02

24 Jul '02

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the file lucidabr.yy to the /incoming directory > at dante.ctan.org. Please, move it to the CTAN directory > macros/latex/contrib/supported/psnfssx/lucidabr, thus replacing > the present file. > > This is the installation script for the lucidabr.sty package > and the related .fd files, using LY1 encoding for the text fonts > and the original (not KB-style) font names for the math fonts. > > I have fixed a bug, which would cause the generated macro > package not to include the code for the vargreek option, > i.e., the option would not have any effect. > > Notice that most TeX distributions are not affected, because > they use the alternative installation script lucidabr.ins > (for standard encoding and KB-style font names), which does > not exhibit the bug. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload report
by Rainer Schoepf 24 Jul '02

24 Jul '02

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, MEGEVAND Denis wrote: > I've uploaded the latest version (2.346) of my LaTeX class lettre.cls, > which is a designed to write letters > with LaTeX in french, german, english. The letter aspect is entirely > configurable, through a number of dimension and macros, that can be put also in > a so-called institute package called at initialization. > > The whole documentation, with examples of letters and faxes in english, german > and french is included in the subdirectory doc, the class file itself, with > templates files, default institute and my institute files is located in the > subdirectory inputs, and the package is completed by README files in english > and french, plus the lppl.txt file. > > I've uploaded that package on ftp.dante.de, in /incoming/lettre directory. I > propose to install the files in /pub/tex/macros/latex/supported/lettre. That > package is distributed under the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) terms. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/lettre For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: oinuit package
by Rainer Schoepf 24 Jul '02

24 Jul '02

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > I have uploaded to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming the file oinuit.zip. You should > create the directory language/inuktitut/ and inflate there the zip file. The > system is released under the LPPL license. The ``oinuit'' system is a set of > Lambda (Omega LaTeX) typesetting tools for Inuktitut documents. Thanks for the upload, I installed the package as requested, in language/inuktitut/oinuit For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN update: Circuit_macros5.2
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

Dwight Aplevich writes: > Circuit_macros5.2.tar.gz has been copied into the incoming directory > of ftp.tex.ac.uk. Its expanded contents are to replace the contents > of graphics/circuit_macros. The copyright is almost public domain. > > From the README: > ... > This is a set of macros for drawing high-quality line diagrams to > include in TeX, LaTeX, or similar documents. The macros were > originally intended for electric circuit diagrams containing > fundamental elements, amplifiers, transistors, and basic logic gates, > but several tools and examples for other types of diagrams are also > included. The advantages and disadvantages of such a system are > similar to those of TeX itself, which is macro-based, non-wysiwyg, > and which uses ordinary character input. > > The macros evaluate to drawing commands in the pic little language, > which is easy to read and learn. The programming elements in pic are > well suited to line drawings requiring parametric or conditional > components, fine tuning, significant geometric calculations or > repetition, or to drawings that are naturally block structured or > tree structured. Arbitrary formatted text can be included. Free > TeX- and LaTeX-compatible interpreters for m4 and pic are readily > available for Unix and PC machines. > > View or print the file examples.ps in the examples directory, or try > http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/ > > A collection of examples and hints intended for his colleagues has > been produced by Alan Robert Clark at http://ytdp.ee.wits.ac.za/cct.html > ... > CHANGES: > Version 5.2: New macros arrowline, nport, vlength, boxcoord, reversed. > Improved s_box, sfg_init, cross, fitcurve, sinusoid, transformer, darrow, > mosfet, psset_, battery, diode, capacitor. > ... i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- verse package
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded verse.tar to the UK incoming directory. Please use this > to replace the current contents of macros/latex/contrib/supported/verse. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > verse provides some aids for typesetting simple verse (poems). > > Changes in version 2.2 (2002/07/18) > o Adjustable spacing between stanzas. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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minor faq changes
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

a public-spirited user pointed out that one answer descended into gibberish; investigating the cause, i found a general (small) problem with the html-generation code, which i corrected. i've installed the update on http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq in the course of making the change, i spotted a small number of minuscule updates that needed doing and typos that needed correction. i've therefore also pushed the source release to ctan (help/uk-tex-faq). distribution-builders will find a copy formatted for them in the usual place. Robin Fairbairns As FAQ maintainer, and for the CTAN team

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Re: Booktabs (at long last!)
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jul '02

20 Jul '02

Claire Connelly writes: > I have uploaded Simon Fear's booktabs package to > cam.ctan.org/incoming (in booktabs.tar.gz). > > The files in that archive should replace the current version of > booktabs on CTAN, located in > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/booktabs > > (Simon didn't send me the readme file -- it can presumably stay > the same.) there isn't a readme file: i guess we have to make do with the excellent documentation found (in the usual way) in the .dtx source. > Booktabs is, with Simon's okay, now licensed under the GPL -- see > below for details. > > Booktabs is, of course, a package that allows you to produce > publication-quality tables (ala _The Chicago Manual of Style_), as > opposed to the standard tableaux seen in nearly every book on > LaTeX. Relicensing it means that it can once again be included in > teTeX (and Debian). > > Simon's okay to replace the current version follows: > > SF> From: simoncfear(a)netscape.net > SF> Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 12:34:34 -0400 > SF> To: cmc(a)debian.org > SF> Subject: booktabs package license > SF> Message-ID: <0F3134B7.65CB45D5.1077F333(a)netscape.net> > > SF> Dear Claire, > > SF> sorry for not responding sooner. Robin Fairbairns phoned > SF> me to remind me, I promised to send it to him this weekend > SF> but my normal server is down, and I don't have his email - > SF> would you please forward this to him. > > SF> Please (either of you) insert the necessary LaTeX > SF> copyright where it currently says Copyright Simon > SF> Fear. You have my complete permission to do this. (I > SF> think LaTeX rather than GPL, since it has no meaning > SF> outside LaTeX, but if you prefer GPL, that's fine by me.) > SF> Also, please run and correct the checksum, which will > SF> obviously now be wrong. Last but by no means least, please > SF> suitably edit the .ins file, which currently claims this > SF> is part of the LaTeX distribution (because I stole it more > SF> or less wholesale from one of the main packages). (this has been done, i presume by claire.) > SF> Sorry I haven't been able to do this myself, if there is a > SF> problem please email both simon.fear(a)serono.ch and > SF> simoncfear(a)netscape.com but I may not be able to be online > SF> until Monday week, so fingers crossed this is all OK. > > SF> Please keep this package under supported. I know I kept > SF> you waiting but when I get user queries I do still try to > SF> reply by return. > > SF> Thanks for your encouragement thanks to all involved, in helping us find simon, and especially to claire for being the point of contact through which this new version has arrived. i've installed the files in the tarball, replacing the originals at macros/latex/contrib/supported/booktabs Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload musixps-unix.tar.gz 1.12
by Robin Fairbairns 19 Jul '02

19 Jul '02

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 1.12 > > CHANGES > + Fix broken fonts, xslhd11, xslhd11d, xslhd13, xslhd13d, xslhd16d, > xslhd24, xslhd29d > > 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 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. i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- jkthesis 1.1
by Reinhard Zierke 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

----- Forwarded message from Jochen Küpper ----- I have uploaded jkthesis 1.1 to CTAN. + what you've uploaded jkthesis.tar.gz + which CTAN node you've uploaded to Ftp.dante.de/incoming + where you want the files to go replace all files in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/jkthesis/ + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list below). LPPL + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. Just one more thesis class. Of course the one I like most:)) It has a German manual that hopefully describes it's usage and gives a little bit of background. This class should solve all your formatting hassles for a dissertation at a German school and give you a great looking thesis:) I am not sure how well it goes with the often more stringent (and sometimes very ugly) requirements in other countries. For an example look at http://science.jochen-kuepper.de/publications.shtml --> D2 ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/jkthesis/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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