This should be at your local mirror within a day.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: pst-sigsys
Version number: 1.3
Author's name: Farshid Delgosha
Summary description: An update to the pst-sigsys package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package is a collection of useful macros for disciplines related to signal
processing. It defines macros for plotting a sequence of numbers, drawing the pole-
zero diagram of a system, shading the region of convergence, creating an adder or a
multiplier node, placing a framed node at a given coordinate, creating an up-sampler
or a down-sampler node, drawing the block diagram of a system, drawing adaptive
systems, sequentially connecting a list of nodes, and connecting a list of nodes to one
node using any node-connecting macro.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-sigsys
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-sigsys
(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 .
This should be at your local mirror within a day.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Circuit_macros
Version number: 6.8
Author's name: Dwight Aplevich
Summary description: Updated Circuit_macros package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New configuration file svg.m4 and other changes to support
dpic svg output. Inkscape-aware changes. Opamp option. New macros
ptrans and tgate. Tweaks to switch macros, color,
variable, centerline, intersect_, inductor(,W), inductor(,L).
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/circuit_macros
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/circuit-macros
(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 .
This should be at your local mirror within the day.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: luaotfload
Version number: 1.12
Author's name: Khaled Hosny
Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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* populate MathConstants table for OpenType math fonts, now
such fonts
can be really used in math mode.
* sync with ConTeXt beta 2010.06.18
* change cache dir to $TEXMFCACHE/luatex-cache/generic
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload
(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 .
This should within the day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Asymptote
Version number: 1.99
Author's name: John Bowman
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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A segmentation fault was fixed. Perspective animations were
fixed. A bug in the bezulate topological sorting algorithm
was fixed. A settings.framedelay parameter was added for
working around OpenGL animation rendering buffer overruns.
Further optimizations were made. A portability issue was
addressed.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote
(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 .
i was busy on other matters last night, and couldn't act on the daemon's
message until this morning:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: jmlr
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/jmlr
> Summary description: Class files for the Journal of Machine Learning Research
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> jmlr bundle v1.06 provides:
>
> * jmlr class (for authors)
> * jmlrbook class (for production editors)
> * makejmlrbook Perl script
>
> The jmlr class is a LaTeX2e class for articles for the Journal of
> Machine Learning Research (JMLR) or for the JMLR Workshop and
> Conference Proceedings (JMLR W&CP).
>
> The jmlrbook class is a LaTeX2e class that can be used to combine
> articles written using the jmlr class into a book. The jmlrbook class
> uses the combine class and the hyperref package to produce either a
> colour hyperlinked book for on-line viewing or a greyscale
> nonhyperlinked book for printing.
>
> The makejmlrbook Perl script can be used to create the colour
> hyperlinked and greyscale nonhyperlinked PDFs of a document using the
> jmlrbook class. It can also create a set of HTML files that list the
> included papers with links to their abstracts and the individual
> articles as PDFs.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created an entry
in the catalogue source repository
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/jmlr.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jmlr
though the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until tonight's
processing run.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should within a day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: ryethesis
Version number: 1.1
Author's name: Jason Lassaline
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ryethesis
Summary description: Bug fixes to existing Ryerson University Thesis class
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Bug fixes for the Ryerson University Thesis class including:
- Fix for location of previous degrees
- Fix for including List of Appendices
- Updated sample usage, including output of additional required commands
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ryethesis
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ryethesis
(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 .
the weather's almost like summer, and the daemon staggers in with a new
package:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: texapi
> Author's name: Paul Isambert
> Location on CTAN: macros/generic
> Summary description: Macros to write format-independent packages.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Texapi provides utility macros to write format-independent (and
> -aware) packages. It is similar in spirit to Philipp Lehman's
> etoolbox, except it isn't tied to LaTeX.
>
> Tools include: engine and format detection, expansion control, command
> definition and manipulation, various testing macros, string
> operations, and highly customizable while and for loops.
>
> The package requires e-TeX.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and created an entry in
the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/texapi.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/texapi/
the catalogue entry won't appear until after the processing run some
time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon's struggling to keep up:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: yax
> Author's name: Paul Isambert
> Author's email: zappathustra(a)free.fr
> Location on CTAN: macros/generic
> Summary description: Yet Another Key System.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> At first sight, YaX is just a key-system (and at second sight
> too). However, YaX rather organizes attributes in parameters, and the
> latter can be executed, so that YaX is halfway between key management
> and macro definition (and actually aims at being a user's interface).
>
> Values to attributes can be retrieved and tested in various ways, with
> full expandability ensured as much as possible.
>
> Finally, YaX's syntax is a quite peculiar (as few braces as possible),
> but can be customized.
>
> It is based on texapi and thus requires e-TeX.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and created an entry in
the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/yax.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/yax/
the catalogue entry will appear some time overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk ctan node.
> Please replace _all_ files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
> pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot
> of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a...
>
> This update has a modified macro psComment
>
> v 3.41 - fix bug with psComment and the if@star
> added another optional argument for the
> put command
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks-add.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team