On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 Dominik Wassenhoven submitted an update to the
biblatex-dw
package, a small collection of styles for the biblatex package. It was designed
for citations in the humanities and offers some features that are not provided
by the standard biblatex styles. Biblatex-dw is dependent on biblatex (at least
version 0.8) and cannot be used without it.
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/
Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 1.2o
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Note that this version is NOT COMPATIBLE WITH BIBLATEX 0.9!
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- BUGFIX: When using the options 'xref=true' and
'useeditor=false', the editor was not printed in the
bibliography. This is now fixed. Also, some bugs
regarding the xref functionality in citations could be
fixed.
- BUGFIX: The editors in @incollection, @inproceedings and
@inreference entries were printed using the name format
'sortname' ('Lastname, Firstname') where it should have
been the name format 'byeditor' ('Firstname Lastname').
This is now fixed.
- New option 'omiteditor': If one uses 'useeditor=false'
and 'omiteditor=true', the editor in citations will be
omitted. The same applies to the xref functionality in
the bibliography. With 'useeditor=true', this option has
no effect. The standard for this option is 'false'.
- The limitation regarding the combination of 'xref=true',
'edbyidem=true' and 'useeditor=false' is no longer valid.
That means, it is not necessary to have the editor in the
child entry as well in order to get an 'idem' string.
- Extended the documentation.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-dw
(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, 14 Feb 2010 François Charette submitted the new package
biber
to CTAN.
Location on CTAN: /biblio/biber
Summary description: A BibTeX replacement for users of biblatex
License type: artistic
Announcement text:
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Biber is a BibTeX replacement for users of biblatex, with full Unicode
support, written in Perl. This release coincides with the
release of biblatex 0.9. This version of Biber was in fact
specifically developed for that version of biblatex 0.9. See
the accompanying README file for requirements and
installation instruction.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/biber
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biber
(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
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-3dplot
Version number: 1.89
Author's name: Herbert Voß
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot
Summary description: 3D objects in parallel projections
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pst-3dplot ist a PSTricks related package for 3D operations
in parallel projection. This update has the following changes:
pst-3dplot.pro --------
0.30 2010-01-01 - add the subroutine /tx@ProjThreeD from pst-3d
to get rid of the dependency
pst-3dplot.tex --------
1.89 2010-01-28 - enable coordinates for calculations
- new optional argument CoorOffset
- fix problem with defpst@par{} for objects
- new boolean CheckCoor=true
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-3dplot
(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 .
Philipp Lehman wrote:
> I've uploaded 'biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK
> node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. As of this
> release, I will also be preparing a biblatex.tds.zip file for
> install/macros/latex/exptl. Please purge the old files, install the
> new ones, and announce the upload as usual.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> RELEASE NOTES
>
> This version is not fully backwards compatible!
> See the file RELEASE for details before installing this version!
>
> Note that this release comes with a biblatex.tds.zip file which
> simplifies the installation process.
>
> CHANGES
>
> Please refer to the full list at the end of biblatex.pdf and to the
> release notes.
thanks for the upload (my wife, at the other side of the room was
startled by my excited cry we've got a new biblatex! i had guessed it
would be 0.9). i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue
repository. (i also installed CTAN:install/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex.tds.zip)
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/biblatex.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/biblatex macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This update 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: geometry
Version number: 5.0
Author's name: Hideo Umeki
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/geometry
Summary description: Flexible and easy interface to page dimensions
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Release 5.0
* Changing page layout mid-document.
* A new set of options to specify the layout area.
* A new driver option 'xetex' (fixed for XeLaTeX)
* New paper size presets for JIS B-series.
* Changing default for underspecified margin.
* The option 'showframe' works on every page.
* Loading geometry.cfg precedes processing class options.
* Deleted options: 'compat2' and 'twosideshift'.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/geometry
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/geometry
(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.
Thanks again,
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: onrannual
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Adam R. Maxwell
Summary description: Office of Naval Research Ocean Battlespace Sensing annual report class
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is an unofficial document class for writing ONR annual reports using
LaTeX, as ONR has had numerous problems with LaTeX-generated PDF
submissions in the past.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/onrannual
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/onrannual
(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 .
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 Herbert Voß submitted an update to the
pst-3d
package.
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3d
Summary description: basic macros for 3D operations
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pst-3d provides basic macros for plotting 3D objects, for tilting and
affin transformation of any object, like a text, a graphic or something
else. This version comes with a new PostScript prologue file to speed
up operations for 3D elements.
pst-3d.tex --------
1.10 2010/02/13 - created a pro file
- add macro pstAffinTransform
1.00 2005/09/08 - using the extended pst-xkey instead of the old pst-key package;
- creating a dtx file
- new LaTeX wrapper file to load pstricks.sty first (hv)
0.90 2001/02/16 - First public release. (tvz)
pst-3d.pro --------
0.01 2010/02/13 - first public version
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> This package is located at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3d
> . More information is at
> http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-3d
> (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 finished his night's work with:
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>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: luainputenc
> Author's name: Elie Roux
> Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/
> Summary description: inputenc package for LuaTeX
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> removing the files eu2* that now belong to the euenc package.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luainputenc.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/
the catalogue entry on the web change almost imperceptibly, overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon was busy as i slept:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: euenc
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/euenc
> Summary description: Unicode font encoding definitions for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> This is the first released version of euenc to support LuaTeX as an engine as well
> as XeTeX. This does not yet mean that fontspec is working under LuaTeX, but
> we're (slowly) ironing out the bugs right now.
>
> There's no .ins file in these zip files, everything being done with a
> Makefile that runs some sed scripts. This isn't ideal, but having
> everything in the pre-built .tds.zip I hope means the .ins file won't
> often be used. If people would like me to provide the .ins file
> anyway (which will generate the .def files but not the .fd files) just
> let me know.
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i have installed the package as requested, and updated the catalogue
repository. thanks for the upload.
(i have removed the older macros/xetex/latex/euenc directory; it's no
longer appropriate to keep the package there.)
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/euenc.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/euenc
the catalogue entry on the web can't be relied upon again until some time
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team