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CTAN Update: thumbs
by CTAN Announcements 18 May '11

18 May '11

On Wed, 18 May 2011, H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the thumbs package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CTAN update: thumbs Thumbs now supports more than six thumb marks at one page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thumbs/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thumbs (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: chet
by CTAN Announcements 18 May '11

18 May '11

On Tue, 17 May 2011 Andreas Stergiou submitted the chet package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chet is a class that introduces a set of commands that make TeXing faster. It is inspired by Paul Ginsparg's harvmac. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chet . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chet (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: upca
by CTAN Announcements 18 May '11

18 May '11

On Tue, 17 May 2011 Jiří Mrkus submitted the upca package. Summary description: Macros for printing UPC-A barcodes License type: lppl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/upca . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/upca (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 package on CTAN: regstats
by CTAN Announcements 17 May '11

17 May '11

On Mon, 16 May 2011 H.-Martin Münch submitted the regstats package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CTAN has a new package: regstats This package allows to count the number of used registers (counter, dimen, skip, muskip, box, token, input, output, math families, languages, insertions) and compare these to the maximum available number of such registers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/regstats/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/regstats (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: chemmacros
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '11

15 May '11

ctan-upload(a)dante.de wrote: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: chemmacros > Version number: 1.0 > Author's name: Clemens Niederberger > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: a collection of macros to make typesetting > chemistry documents more convenient > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > chemmacros is a collection of macros and commands which are intended > to make typesetting chemistry documents faster and more > convenient. This includes some nomenclature commands, oxidation > numbers, thermodynamic data, newman projections... thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created an entry describing the package, in the CTAN catalogue. > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/ > More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemmacros > (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to > appear). > > The CTAN service in Cambridge runs on hardware donated by the UK TeX > Users Group (http://uk.tug.org/), and with infrastructure support from > the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory > (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: savetrees
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '11

15 May '11

the dante daemon pokes its head above ground *yet again*: > Name of contribution: savetrees > Version number: 2.0 > Author's name: Scott Pakin > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/savetrees > Summary description: Pack as much text as possible onto each page of a > LaTeX document > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The goal of the savetrees package is to pack as much text as > possible onto each page of a LaTeX document. Admittedly, > this makes the document far less attractive. Nevertheless, > savetrees is a simple way to save paper when printing draft > copies of a document. It can also be useful when trying to > meet a tight page-length requirement for a conference or > journal submission. > > This new release, version 2.0, includes major -- and > non-backwards-compatible -- changes to savetrees. Package > options, all of which have been renamed from the previous > version, now let each of savetrees's space-saving techniques > be enabled or disabled individually or en masse. Two new > space-saving techniques are incorporated into savetrees: > reducing inter-character spacing and reducing inter-word > spacing. savetrees.bib can now work independently of > savetrees.sty. The seldom-used makethin script has been > removed. The documentation has been improved and now > includes text samples of some of savetrees's space-saving > techniques. thanks for the upload; i've installed the update, and changed the catalogue repository appropriately. > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/savetrees > More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/savetrees the catalogue change won't make it to that other information until some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: uothesis
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '11

15 May '11

the dante daemon attracts my attention again: > Name of contribution: uothesis > Version number: 2.5.2 > Author's name: Michael Anderson > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/uothesis > Summary description: Class for the creation of dissertation and theses > that meet the requirements of the University of Oregon Graduate School > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Update to the uothesis class to reflect a recent change by the > graduate school in the page number position. This update is strongly > recommended to all users of the class. thanks for the upload (and sorry about the delays -- i'm the only ctanner working this weekend). i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/uothesis > More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/uothesis the more information (catalogue entry) will change a bit overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: ctex
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '11

15 May '11

the dante daemon troubles me _again_: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: ctex > Version number: 1.02c > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/ctex > Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fix bookmarks and hyperref compatibility issues. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/language/chinese/ctex/ > More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ctex The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: xecjk
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '11

15 May '11

another from that dante daemon: > Name of contribution: xecjk > Version number: 2.3.19 > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xecjk/ > Summary description: A LaTeX package for typesetting CJK documents in > the way users have become used to, in the CJK package. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Added fallback font option. > 2. Improved ellipsis handling. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk/ > More information is at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk thanks for the upload, i have transferred it to cambridge, installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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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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