the daemon tells me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: chemfig
> Author's name: Christian Tellechea
> Package version: 1.0a
> Location on CTAN: macros/generic/chemfig/
> Summary description: Draw molecule with an easy syntax
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ChemFig v1.0a
>
> * new optional argument for lewis and Lewis
> * new macro setlewisdist
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chemfig.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/chemfig/
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[second attempt at announcing...]
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the
bidi
package.
Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting in plain TeX and LaTeX.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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1) Documentation for usage of bidi package in Plain XeTeX is added.
2) New command eqnewif is added that makes old and new bidi conditionals
identical, e.g. if@rl and if@RTL. Generally this new command eqnewif makes
two conditionals identical such that whenever first conditional is true, the
second one is also true and whever the first conditional is false, the second
contional is also false. For more details see the documentation.
3) Support for lettrine package is added.
4) Support for the new package paracol by Hiroshi Nakashima is added.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bidi
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bidi
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 Christine Römer submitted the
translation-filecontents-de
package.
Summary description: New documentation: German translation of filecontents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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German translation of filecontents. The translation was created by Ronny Berndt (FSU Jena).
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/info/translations/filecontents/de
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/translation-filecontents-de
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the daemon writes:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: currfile
> Author's name: Martin Scharrer
> Package version: v0.5
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/currfile/
> Summary description: Support for files with multiple dots in their
> names and for input@path.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This update adds support for file name with multiple dots. Before everything after the first dot was taken as the file extension.
> Now only the part after the last dot is taken as the extension. If no
> dot is included 'tex' is used as extension (in catcode 12 other to
> match with jobname).
>
> Support for the input@path feature, used by packages like 'import',
> got added as well.
>
> Thanks goes to Heiko Oberdiek for pointing out the missing support on
> comp.text.tex.
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/currfile.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/currfile/
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this time, i was out shopping when the daemon cried:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xits
> Author's name: Khaled Hosny
> Package version: 1.012
> Location on CTAN: fonts/xits
> Summary description: A Scientific Times-like font with support for mathematical typesetting.
> License type: other-free
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Fix bug in scriptscriptstyle primes with XeTeX
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xits.html
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> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/xits/
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the daemon witters more:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: fontspec
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Author's email: will.robertson(a)latex-project.org
> Package version: v2.2a
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/
> Summary description: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This minor bug fix release addresses compatibility with other packages
> such as mathspec that use old fontspec internals.
>
> This update does NOT address the current problem with polyglossia
> introduced with v2.2; to work around this yourself, please load
> xkeyval at the same time as you load polyglossia:
>
> usepackage{xkeyval,polyglossia}
>
> The advantage for fontspec with not loading xkeyval is to be able to
> load the package before documentclass, which can be useful when
> compiling custom formats and preloading fonts.
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fontspec.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math/
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the daemon burbles:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: unicode-math
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Package version: v0.6
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math/
> Summary description: Unicode mathematics support for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The latest version of unicode-math adds several features, including
> mathversion support and a large number of internal improvements.
>
> Apologies for any inconvenience caused while unicode-math was broken
> after I updated fontspec last week. My plans to do the updates
> simultaneously went awry.
>
> Complete change notes for this release are:
>
> * Math versions (finally) implemented; can now change maths fonts
> mid-document without reinitialising everything
> (thanks to Ulrike Fischer and Ulrik Vieth)
> * Symbols file `unimath-symbols.pdf` now uses maths versions to compare
> all of the OpenType maths fonts I currently have access to
> * Over- and under- braces, brackets, and parentheses now work in XeTeX
> (thanks to Claudio Beccari)
> * Many internal changes, including a re-write of the `range` feature;
> it should now be faster and more robust
> * Tentative programmer's interface for querying the current math style:
> `l_um_mathstyle_tl`.
> * Remove (outdated) interaction with beamer; you must specify
> `professionalfonts` manually for now
> * Quieten the console output when loading maths fonts with incomplete maths
> style coverage
> * Synonym added: `lnot` -> `
eg`
> * Two added Unicode symbols (names tentative): `lanksymbol` and `openbox`
> (thanks to Apostolos Syropoulos)
> * Fixed literal sub-/super-script input.
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/unicode-math.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math/
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i get back from my concert, and find the daemon's little note:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: minted
> Author's name: Konrad Rudolph
> Author's email: konrad_rudolph(a)madrat.net
> Package version: 1.7
> Location on CTAN: /
> Summary description: Highlighted source code for LaTeX
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Version 1.7 of minted incorporates the following changes:
> * Improved documentation
> * Option for float placement added
> * PHP specific formatter options added
> * label option added
> * Fixed a bug resulting from an unportable shell flag
> * tabsize option fixed
> * Detection of shell escaping improved
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/minted.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minted/
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For the CTAN team
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 Hiroshi Nakashima submitted the
paracol
package.
Summary description: a multi-column package to typeset columns in parallel.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The package provides yet another multi-column typesetting mechanism by which you
produce multi-column e.g, bilingual document switching and sychronizing each
corresponding part in parallel.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/paracol
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/paracol
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 Stefan Majewsky submitted the
delim
package.
Summary description: Simplifies formatting of delimiters in mathematical expressions
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Annoyed by the overly redundant delimiter syntax in formulas? Get mostly rid of
igl, Bigm and iggr while retaining full control with the delim package.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/delim
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http://www.ctan.org/pkg/delim
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