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New CTAN package: thumbs
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '11

14 May '11

the dante upload daemon call across the north sea, saying: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: thumbs > Version number: 1.0a > Author's name: H.-Martin Münch > Author's email: Martin.Muench(a)Uni-Bonn.de > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/thumbs/ > Summary description: This package allows to create one or more > customizable thumb index(es), providing a quick and easy reference > method for large documents. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > CTAN has a new package: thumbs > > This package puts running, customizable thumb marks in the outer > margin, moving downward as the chapter number (or whatever shall be > marked by the thumb marks) increases. Additionally an overview > page/table of thumb marks can be added automatically, which gives the > respective names of the thumbed objects, the page where the > object/thumb mark first appears, and the thumb mark itself at the > respective position. The thumb marks are probably useful for > documents, where a quick and easy way to find e.g. a chapter is > needed, for example in reference guides, anthologies, or quite large > documents. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have pulled the files back to cambridge, installed them and made an entry in the catalogue repository. > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thumbs/ and for the tds: install/macros/latex/contrib/thumbs.tds.zip > . More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thumbs The catalogue entry will not appear anywhere until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: dviout
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '11

14 May '11

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: dviout > Provider's name: Karl Berry > Location on CTAN: dviware/dviout > Summary description: 3.18.3a6 > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A small update to the dviout previewer written by Toshio OSHIMA, > Yoshiki OTOBE, and Kazunori ASAYAMA. This release increases font > sizes and explicitly states the license (as Expat). (Akira Kakuto > built the new Windows binary.) This is the version we expect to > include in TeX Live 2011. > > Please email bug reports or any other discussion to dviout(a)tug.org. thanks for the upload; i have 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/dviout.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/dviware/dviout/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mynotes
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '11

14 May '11

the daemon told me (just after i went to bed last night): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Mynotes > Author's name: Matthias Borck-Elsner > Author's email: matthias(a)kleinesnetzwerk.net > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes > Summary description: Flexible notes in texts,tables and images. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A package to place notes into text,tables and images and list them. > New commands are defined: uler, imgwidth and imgheight. The > package is based on endnotes.sty (which still works!). thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository accordingly. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tablenotes.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: xhfill
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '11

14 May '11

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded xhfill.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > put the files in the _new_ directory > > /macros/latex/contrib/xhfill > > xhfill provides extended macros for the default > hrulefill. It allows to modify the width and > colour of the line. > > version 1.00 2011/05/13 thanks for the upload; i have installed the package as suggested, and created an entry in the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xhfill.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xhfill/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: UNAMThesis
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '11

13 May '11

the dante daemon said, a day or so ago: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: UNAMThesis > Version number: 2.0 > Author's name: Julio A. Freyre-Gonzalez > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/unamthesis > Summary description: Style for Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico theses (grad and undergrad) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This style provides a customizable format to typeset Thesis according > to the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico guidelines. This is > provided with support to be also used in Scientific Workplace (SWP) > 3.x. It also includes a bibliographic style enabling the use of > author-year schemes using the natbib package. thanks for the upload; it has already been installed, and i have completed the job by making an entry for the package in the catalogue repository. > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/unamthesis > More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/unamthesis > (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 . Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN bundle updated: Eskdx
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '11

13 May '11

dante's daemon continues to prove troublesome. i've pulled the upload to cambridge: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: Eskdx > Version number: 0.98 > Author's name: Konstantin Korikov > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eskdx > Summary description: Modern Russian typesetting > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Eskdx is a collection of LaTeX classes and packages to typeset textual > and graphical documents in accordance with Russian (and probably post > USSR) standards for designers. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eskdx > More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/eskdx > (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to > appear). the cambridge ctan node is supported by the uk tex users group (http://uk.tug.org) and the university of cambridge computer laboratory (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk) > Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: mathalfa
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '11

13 May '11

the dante daemon taunts me, suggesting i can't install from there. i've fooled him... > Name of contribution: mathalfa > Version number: 1.0 > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Author's email: msharpe(a)ucsd.edu > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mathalfa > Summary description: A package to load math alphabets. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package provides the means to load math alphabets usually called > by mathcal, mathbb, mathfrak, mathscr and their bold variants > without relying on the default sty and fd files, so that every font > may be scaled arbitrarily and no metafont-related size restrictions > are imposed. Support is offered for a number of new math alphabets. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and made an entry in the catalogue repository. > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mathalfa/ > . More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mathalfa The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. (of course, this being a dante upload message, the given package location will only work as mirrors pick up the package). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latex2e-help-texinfo
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '11

13 May '11

slithering out of his little home, the daemon declaims: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: latex2e-help-texinfo > Author's name: Karl Berry > Location on CTAN: info/latex2e-help-texinfo > Summary description: background info, bug fixes, width parameters > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > An update of the unofficial LaTeX2e reference manual is available. > This version has slightly expanded background information, discussion > of the various width parameters, and the inevitable bug fixes. > Suggestions, bug reports, discussion welcome. The package home page > (with links to the mailing lists, etc.) is > http://home.gna.org/latexrefman. thanks for the upload; i have 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/latex2e-help-texinf… > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latex2e-help-texinfo The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: toptesi 5.05
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '11

13 May '11

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: toptesi 5.05 > Author's name: Claudio Beccari > Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/toptesi > Summary description: Package for typesetting multilingual theses > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Revised documentation and expanded functionality for this new release > of the multilingual thesis package, particularly suited for Erasmus > students. 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/toptesi.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/toptesi/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex 1.4c
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '11

13 May '11

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> wrote: > I've uploaded a new biblatex release to the incoming directory of the > UK node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > This is a maintenance release. > It requires Biber 0.9. > > CHANGES > > See the changelog in biblatex.pdf. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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