the daemon said, yesterday (unfortunately, there's been a cascade of
ctan work, and i've fallen behind):
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: serbianc
> Author's name: Filip Brcic
> Location on CTAN: language
> Summary description: Serbian cyrillic support for babel
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Serbian cyrillic package for Babel
thanks for the upload. despite your suggestion of where to put the
package, the ctan team decided to make it the first of a new bundle of
babel contributed packages; i have installed the package accordingly,
and have made a catalogue entry (in the repository only, as yet).
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/serbianc.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/serbian…
The catalogue entry will first appear some time overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 Raimund Niedrist submitted an update to the
hypdvips
package.
Summary description: Hyperref extensions for use with dvips
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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v2.03 - fixes broken links within cleveref references
- breaks up links between pages and columns into individual links
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hypdvips
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hypdvips
(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 Sun, 5 Jun 2011 Stefan Hoening submitted the
schwalbe-chess
package.
Summary description: An extension to the chess-problem-diagrams package to typeset the german chess problem magazine Die Schwalbe.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Initial publication of the schwalbe-chess package. This package contains the
style which is used to typeset the german chess problem magazine Die Schwalbe.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/schwalbe-chess
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/schwalbe-chess
(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
On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 Alain Matthes submitted an update to the
alterqcm
package.
Summary description: Multiple choice questionnaires in two column tables.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New documentation.
I fixed some bugs and added some features.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/alterqcm
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/alterqcm
(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 Fri, 3 Jun 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
ifnextok
package.
Summary description: make commands not skipping spaces, cf. amsmath/mathtools
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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After hints on texhax by Heiko Oberdiek and on LATEX-L by
Bruno Le Floche (May 11) and Frank Mittelbach (May 15;
that I now finally read, 2011-06-02), IfNextToken and
IfStarNextToken of v0.21 essentially (not exactly) are
ew@ifnextchar and @ifstar, resp., from amsmath;
main own features (i) control of where to employ them,
(ii) use outside math, indeed rather thinking of humanities.
Documentation now mentions amsmath and mathtools.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ifnextok
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ifnextok
(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
the daemon continues to keep me busy...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: l3kernel
> Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel
> Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> SVN 2453 (bug fix):
> - Corrects issue with l3keys, where l_keys_choice_int was
> not correctly defined
> (see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/20032/)
thanks for the upload; i've installed the fixed version and tweaked the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
as always, the micro-change to the catalogue file may not appear until
some time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon's been busy (and so have i):
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental
> Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel
> /macros/latex/contrib/l3packages
> /macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental
> Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> LaTeX3 coding and concepts as LaTeX2e packages
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As work continues toward LaTeX3, a number of programming
> conventions and higher-level ideas are being developed by The
> LaTeX3 Project. These are designed to be available as LaTeX2e
> packages, meaning that they can be used now by both developers
> and day-to-day LaTeX users.
>
> The material released to CTAN is currently divided into three
> parts:
> - l3kernel: code which will be present in a LaTeX3 kernel in
> its current form. Currently, this part contains the coding
> layer for LaTeX3 ('expl3').
> - l3packages: code which is broadly 'stable', and which adds
> new functionality to LaTeX2e. Material from l3packages may be
> present in a LaTeX3 kernel, but the interfaces may change.
> - l3experimental: code which is more experimental, and which is
> intended mainly for testing by interested users. Over time,
> material from this area may move to one of the other two
> divisions.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This release (SVN 2448)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This release is a major overhaul of the CTAN release of the
> LaTeX3 development code. As described above, the arrangement of
> the code on CTAN has been altered, with material which was
> previously available as 'l3in2e' moving broadly to 'l3kernel'
> while 'xpackages' has been split into 'l3packages' and
> 'l3experimental'. This arrangement has been adopted to make the
> status of the different parts of LaTeX3 clearer, and also means
> that the CTAN structure now aligns with that off the development
> repository.
>
> As part of the code rearrangement, the status of all of the
> LaTeX3 modules has been reviewed. A small number of modules have
> been removed from the CTAN release as a result, as they are not
> currently suitable for general use in their current form. At the
> same time, the xfrac package has been integrated into the main
> LaTeX3 release. This will allow the team as a whole to keep
> xfrac up to date with any changes to the 'template' concept.
>
> The code and documentation for the 'expl3' programming layer has
> been reviewed, and this release features a range of performance
> enhancements. At the same time, several inexact sections in the
> documentation have been revised to make the detailed behaviour
> of the code clearer, and with more attention to covering edge
> cases. At the same time, a number of functions have been renamed
> or removed from the code. Notification of these changes has
> already been given on the LaTeX-L list. While the team hopes
> that these changes will not break any existing code, developers
> using LaTeX3 for programming should of course test their code
> against the new release.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Discussion
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for
> improvements, changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to
> the list LaTeX-L.
>
> You can subscribe to this list by sending mail to
>
> listserv(a)urz.uni-heidelberg.de
>
> with the body containing
>
> subscribe LaTeX-L <Your-First-Name> <Your-Second-Name>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Bugs
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The issue tracker for LaTeX3 bugs is currently located at
>
> https://github.com/latex3/svn-mirror/issues
>
> Please report specific issues with LaTeX3 code there. More
> general discussion should be directed to the LaTeX-L lists.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> The LaTeX3 Project
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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/l3kernel/
The catalogue entries will first appear, on the web, overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 Sven van der Meer submitted an update to the
skb
package.
Summary description: Create and maintain a repository for long-living documents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package provides macros that help to build a document repository for
long living documents. It focuses on structure and re-use of text, code,
figures etc. The basic concept is to first separate structure from content
(i.e. text about a topic from the structure it is presented by) and then
separating the content from the actual published document, thus enabling
easy re-use of text blocks in different publications (i.e. text about a
protocol in a short article about this protocol as well as in a book about
many protocols); all without constantly copying or changing text. As a side
effect, using the document classes provided, it hides a lot of LaTeX from
someone who just wants to write articles and books.
Updates in v0.52: added moderncv to the supported classes, changed package
structure to be compliant with CTAN requirements and added information in
the README file.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/skb/
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/skb
(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
just as i was going to bed last night, the daemon crept out of his
hole. i was dog-tired, so i left installation until now...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: mbenotes
> Author's name: Matthias Borck-Elsner
> Author's email: matthias(a)kleinesnetzwerk.net
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mbenotes/
> Summary description: notes in texts,tables,images,equations
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Update of mbenotes. Notes in texts,tables,images,equations
thanks for the update; 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/mbenotes.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mbenotes/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team