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another ctan update: ifetex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

the daemon is determined to operate when i'm out of the office. i was at lunch when it said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ifetex > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v1.2 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ifetex/ > Summary description: Update to v1.2: New macro NeedsETeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update adds a LaTeX macro NeedsETeX[<version>] which works like > NeedsTeXFormat but tests if e-TeX is avaiable, in a version not older > than stated if the optional argument is used. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/ifetex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ifetex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: titleps
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

the daemon said, this morning (while i was in a meeting): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: titleps > Author's name: Javier Bezos > Package version: 1.1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/titlesec/ > Summary description: Page styles (headers and footers) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Now titleps is a fully autonomous package, providing > a complete alternative to other packages for page styles > (headers and footers), with a one-stage higher-level > mechanism not requiring leftmark's and ightmark's. > With titleps you have: > > * Working top marks, compatible with floats (unlike > the standard opmark, which does not work correctly > in LaTeX). > * Access to top, first and botttom marks in a single > headline/footline (e.g., the first and last section > numbers). > * Auto-defining of suitable sectionmark and the like. > * Simple (and not so simple) headrules and footrules. > * Headlines and footlines for pages with floats. > * Headlines and footlines for specific floats (a sort of > hispagestyle for floats). > > New in version 1.1.0 are: > * Marks for more than 2 sectioning levels. > * Multiple sets of marks (here named marksets and > extra marks). Requires e-TeX or compatible. > * Separate marksets for different sectioning commands. > * Fixed a serious bug with @mkboth (with was not even > taken into account). > > These changes also apply to titlesec (2.10.0), which > is not required for titleps to work. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/titleps.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/titlesec/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: apa6
by CTAN Announcements 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

the daemon had written, by the time i had my mailer going, this morning... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: apa6 > Author's name: Brian Beitzel > Package version: 1.12 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/apa6 > Summary description: Format documents in APA style (6th Edition) > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Very sorry to send another update so soon, but another bug was brought to > my attention by a user. I must send this update now because this bug > violates APA guidelines under certain circumstances. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/apa6.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/apa6/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: apa6
by CTAN Announcements 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 Brian Beitzel submitted an update to the apa6 package. Summary description: Format documents in APA style (6th Edition) License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes from the initial release: - default mode changed from doc mode to jou mode - added German language support (thanks to the input from a user) - blank lines now permitted after subsubsection (and lower) sectioning commands - lmodern and fontenc [T1] now loaded by default (can be disabled; see documentation) - disabled the automated rotation of figures - new class option 'noextraspace' (see documentation) - other minor fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/apa6 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/apa6 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN Package: copyrightbox
by CTAN Announcements 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 Ives van der Flaas submitted the copyrightbox package. Summary description: Define a command that places a copyright notice near an image. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The copyrightbox package provides the command copyrightbox, which is used to put a small amount of text, usually a copyright notice, close to an image. This text can be either below the image, it can be to the right of the image (and rotated counterclockwise respective to normal text orientation) and it can be to the left of the image, also rotated counterclockwise. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/copyrightbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/copyrightbox (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: libertine
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 Michael Niedermair submitted an update to the libertine package. Summary description: New version of the libertine font, now with a monospace font License type: other-free Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - new package only for xelatex, lualatex - new monotype font (beta) - enhanced documentation - new makros and envirionments ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertine . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/libertine (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard submitted an update to the luamplib package. Summary description: Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011/12/09 1.09 * Fix bug reported by Paul Vojta: spurious spaces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: l3kernel
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 The LaTeX3 Project submitted an update to the l3kernel packages. Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot of SVN 3036 -------------------- - Rename seq_(g)set_reverse:N as seq_reverse:N for consistency with other parts of expl3 - Modify l_set_rescan:Nnx to do the 'x' before the rescan - Rename seq_split:Nnn as seq_set_split:Nnn and improve logic when empty arguments are given - Extend SplitList to use seq_set_split:Nnn internally making multi-token splits possible - Add experimental l_item:nn - Add clist_const:Nn - Add methods to show :n type arguments for clist, in, dim, skip and muskip modules - Bug fix for clist_length:n - Bug fix for clist_map_break:n to correctly tidy up input stream after loop - Bug fix for l_if_head_space:n(TF) when used with LuaTeX, due to differences between (pdf)strcmp primitive and Lua-based implemenation - Simplify documentation of local versus global functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 Thomas F. Sturm submitted the tcolorbox package. Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tcolorbox provides an environment for colored and framed text boxes with a heading line. Optionally, such a box can be splitted in an upper and a lower part. The package tcolorbox can be used for the setting of LaTeX examples where one part of the box displays the source code and the other part shows the output. Another common use case is the setting of theorems. The package supports saving and reuse of source code and text parts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: chemnum
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the chemnum package. Summary description: a comprehensive approach for the numbering of chemical compounds License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New in v0.4: - input of lists better customizable - a more intuitive way to use labels with lists or ranges of sublabels - usage with hyperref is now supported ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemnum/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemnum (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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