On Sat, 15 May 2010 Nico Schlömer submitted the new package
tex-font-errors-cheatsheet
to CTAN.
Summary description: Cheat sheet outlining the most common TeX font errors
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is a compact three-pages document highlighting the TeX
flow of integrating fonts, and explains how some of the most
common font-related error messages occur. Also, hints are
given on how to address those.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/info/tex-font-errors-cheatsheet/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tex-font-errors-cheatsheet
(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 Sun, 16 May 2010 Herbert Voss submitted the new package
pst-magneticfield
to CTAN.
Summary description: plotting a magnetic field
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pst-magneticfield is a PSTricks related package to draw the
magnetic
field lines of Helmholtz coils in a two or three dimensional
view. There
are several parameters to create a different output. For more
informations or some examples read the documentation of the
package.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-magneticfield
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-magneticfield
(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 Fri, 14 May 2010 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the
mdframed
package.
Summary description: auto split frame environment
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Working with the command fbox or fcolorbox, one has to
handle page breaks by hand. The present package defines the
environment mdframed which automatically deals with page breaks.
Author's name: Marco Daniel and Elke Schubert (!new)
License type: lppl
changes in version 0.4a:
- fixes bug in fontcolor (Elke Schubert)
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mdframed
(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
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded frame.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please _delete_ the file frame.tex in
>
> /macros/plain/contrib/misc/
>
> and put the new ones into the new directory.
>
> /macros/generic/frame/
>
> This version 1.0 has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a new LaTeX style file
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
i have installed the new files in their directory, and updated the
catalogue repository. thanks for the upload.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/frame.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/frame/
The catalogue entry is new (a reworking of the entry for the previous
version of the package). It will appear on the web some time overnight
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded poster.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please delete the files in
>
> /macros/generic/poster/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
>
> This version 1.1 has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a modified LaTeX style file
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the
catalogue repository.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/poster-mac.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/poster/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote:
> I uploaded fancybox.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please delete the files in
>
> macros/latex/contrib/fancybox/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the
catalogue repository.
> This version 1.4 has
> -- small changes to the code
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/fancybox.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fancybox/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded twoup.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please delete the files in
>
> macros/generic/2up/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload. (users should note that this is the _generic_
2up package, not the one written for LaTeX 2e.)
> This version 1.3 has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a modified LaTeX style file
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/twoup-gen.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/2up/
The catalogue entry will change (quite noticeably) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
that clever old daemon interrupted me just as i was getting *really*
bored with housework...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: TOPtesi
> Author's name: Claudio Beccari
> Author's email: claudio.beccari(a)gmail.com
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/toptesi
> Summary description: Major upgrade of the TOPtesi package for writting theses
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> TOPtesi version 5.01 is a major upgrade of the existing package; some
> bugs have been eliminated; the Italian documentation ha been
> completely revised; the English documentation reports the new
> changes.
>
> TOPtesi is supposed to save the PDF version of a thesis in PDF/A-1b
> compliant mode and with all the necessary metadata.
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/toptesi.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/toptesi
and, of course, the catalogue entry on the web will change a bit
overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote:
> I uploaded multido.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please delete all files in
>
> macros/generic/multido/
>
> and put the new ones in there
>
> This version 1.42 has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- an updated documentation
i have installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/multido.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/multido/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded xcomment.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please install the files in
>
> macros/generic/xcomment
>
> This version has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a modified LaTeX style file
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version in its new
directory, and updated the catalogue entry.
users should note that this package was previously part of the seminar
presentation bundle.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/xcomment.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/xcomment/
The catalogue entry will change (rather a lot) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team