On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 Boris Veytsman submitted the
rviewport
package.
Summary description: Relative Viewport for Graphics Inclusion
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Package graphicx provides a useful keyword viewport which allows to
show just a part of an image. However, one needs to put there the
actual coordinates of the viewport window. Sometimes it is useful to
have relative coordinates as fractions of natural size. For example,
one may want to print a large image on a spread, putting a half on a
verso page, and another half on the next recto page. For this one
would need a viewport occupying exactly one half of the file's
bounding box, whatever the actual width of the image may be.
This package adds a new keyword rviewport to the graphicx package
specifiying Relative Viewport for graphics inclusion: a window defined
by the given fractions of the natural width and height of the image.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/rviewport
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/rviewport
(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 .
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 Arno L Trautmann submitted an update to the
tex-overview
package.
Summary description: The document gives a short overview of TeX and its children, as well as the macro packages LaTeX and ConTeXt.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Updates, bug fixes, corrections and new information about the development of TeX, its children and their friends.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/info/tex-overview
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tex-overview
(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
joseph wright wrote:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contributions: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental
> Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org
> Package version: SVN2678
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
> Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Snapshot of SVN 2678
> --------------------
>
> - The CTAN distribution now includes the 'interface3' PDF:
> this contains the 'documentation' part of source3, but
> not the detail of the implementation.
>
> - Some repetition in source3/interfaces3 has been removed
> to shorten the documentation.
>
> - A number of documentation errors, etc., have been fixed.
>
> - Documents 'l3styleguide' and 'l3syntax-changes' are
> added to the CTAN release.
>
> - Base 'coffins' concept is moved from l3packages to
> l3kernel. This means that the programmatic concept of a
> coffin is now 'stable'. Coffin resizing and the
> higher-level interface remains in l3experimental, as it
> is still more flexible.
>
> - The function family prop_get:NnN(TF) is moved from
> 'experimental' status to full inclusion in l3kernel.
> This function family has better performance and clarity
> than other alternative constructs.
>
> - A number of experimental properties have been added to
> l3keys. '.choices:nn' is an alternative approach to
> '.generate_choices:' for creating choice keys.
> '.mulichoice:nn' is similar, but for choices where
> multiple values can be active at the same time.
> '.bool_set_inverse:N' sets boolean variables to the
> logical inverse of the input. The possibility to set
> only keys defined for a module is also
> added as the experimental 'keys_set_known:nnN' function.
>
> - An internal bug in l3keys, which would cause some
> variables to be set to
elax, has been removed.
>
> - The l3keyval and l3keys modules are merged into a single
> source file. No functionality changes result from this.
>
> - Work on xgalley is under way, with some changes to the
> code level carried out. Further work on this module is
> expected in the near future, and will be included in the
> next CTAN snapshot.
thanks for the 3 uploads; i have installed all the files and updated the
cataloge repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entries at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html
> or they may browse the package directories at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/
The catalogue entries will change (somewhat) overnight tonight (at the
latest).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
earlier today, the daemon tried to lead me astray by saying:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: Braids
> Author's name: Andrew Stacey
> Package version: 1.0
> Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/braids/
> Summary description: A package for drawing braid diagrams with PGF/TikZ.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> This is a package for drawing braid diagrams with PGF/TikZ using a
> simple syntax. The braid itself is specified by giving a word in the
> braid group, and there are many options for styling the strands and
> for drawing floors.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the package and created an entry
for it in the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/Braids.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/braids/
The catalogue entry will first appear on the web, some time overnight
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 Christine Römer submitted the german translation of the
documentation for the
auto-pst-pdf
package.
License type: lppl
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The translation was created by Gérome Bochmann und Christine Römer (FSU Jena).
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/auto-pst-pdf
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/auto-pst-pdf
(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
the daemon saith:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: mathalfa
> Author's name: Michael Sharpe
> Package version: 1.03
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mathalfa
> Summary description: A package to load math alphabets
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> This is a small update to add support for bickham math calligraphic
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
entry in the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mathalfa.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mathalfa/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon wrote:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: bickham
> Author's name: Michael Sharpe
> Package version: 1.0
> Location on CTAN: fonts/bickham
> Summary description: Virtual fonts for Adobe Bickham Script Pro
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Virtual fonts and LaTeX support files for Adobe Bickham Script Pro as a math
> calligraphic font in regular and bold weights. The most recent version of
> mathalfa adds support fort these virtual fonts.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and made an
entry in the catalogue repository for the package
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/bickham.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/bickham/
The catalogue entry will first appear on the web some time overnight
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon told me:
> Name of contribution: keyval2e
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Package version: 0.0.2
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keyval2e/
> Summary description: Lightweight and robust key-value parser.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Automatically check user value when setting boolean keys.
> Raise error for keys that have no user input and no default
> value.
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/keyval2e.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keyval2e/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 Pavel Farar submitted an update to the
dejavu
package.
Summary description: LaTeX support for the fonts DejaVu
License type: other-free
Announcement text:
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This package contains LaTeX support for the fonts DejaVu. They are derived
from the Vera fonts and contain more characters and styles.
Changes:
- Added the QX encoding (requested by Mojca Miklavec).
- Added the LGR encoding (it may be usable as it is, but
I think that it needs an improvement--see the
documentation).
- I moved the documentation of the fonts to its own subdirectory.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dejavu
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf