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CTAN update: biblatex-historian
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '10

20 May '10

This should within the day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-historian Version number: 3a Author's name: Sander Gliboff Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-historian Summary description: A citation- and bibliography style for use with the biblatex system of programmable bibliographies. Implements the Chicago style, as described in the Turabian Manual for Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Corrected error that aborts the typesetting run and produces the message about an undefined childsubtype macro in an ifthen statement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-historian (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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Updates and new packages for luatex applications
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '10

20 May '10

a while back, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard, uploaded a bunch of packages for the luatex area of ctan. i now finally get around to announcing them (all but luainputenc and luamplib, whose changes were pretty small...). the uploads comprised: Luatexbase: The bundle provides basic facilities for LuaTeX macro programmers, mostly resource allocation and convenience packages. Provided are: * luatexbase-regs: allocation of registers and the like; * luatexbase-loader: Lua module loading; * luatexbase-attr: attribute allocation; * luatexbase-cctb: catcode table allocation; * luatexbase-modutils: Lua module declaration; and * luatexbase-compat: compatibility helpers; * luatexbase-mcb: register many functions in a callback. location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexbase/ catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luatexbase.html Lualibs: Lualibs is a collection of Lua modules useful for general programming. The bundle is based on lua modules shipped with ConTeXt, and made available in this bundle for use independent of ConTeXt. location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/lualibs/ catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/lualibs.html Luatextra: Two essential part of this package have been moved to the new packages luatexbase (basic facilities for programmers) and lualibs (lua modules for general programming), which are now loaded by this package. It also provides additional user-level goodies, as well as complements to luatexbase-mcb. location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luatextra.html Luaotfload: * using the new luatexbase package * synchronizing with latest ConTeXt stable 2010.05.08 * adding support for microtypography * adding support for color and transparency * adding a script to generate a font database with TeX and system fonts * more verbose log file location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luaotfload.html apart from the catalogue entry for luatextra (still propagating), all this lot will be up-to-date on all mirrors by now. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 19 May '10

19 May '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexmk Version number: 4.16a Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor improvements: 1. Corrected problem under preview-continuous mode that some previewers (e.g., kpdf) would not see a changed file on an NFS file system. 2. Perform sanity check on the sleep time between tests for file changes in preview-continuous mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (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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Re: CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 19 May '10

19 May '10

the daemon stirs again. up so early!... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Packages supporting LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1905) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is an intermediate release of expl3. The standard > behaviour of the package is altered so that less information > is added to the log: this information is still available when > the package is loaded with the log-functions option. Some > box-related functions have been subject to bug fixes. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project thanks for the upload. i've installed the new files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3 the web copy of the catalogue entry will change a bit overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 19 May '10

19 May '10

i'm moving slower in the evenings, now. nearly midnight, and i'm only now responding to the daemon's cry of two and a half hours back: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: LaTeX3 Team > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/ > Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1902) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is an intermediate release, adding the argument processor > SplitList. This processor can be used for lists of arguments > of unknown length, to make each entry into a TeX group. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/ the change to the catalogue entry will hardly be noticeable, and will happen in the wee small hours of the morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: thmtools
by CTAN Announcements 18 May '10

18 May '10

This should within the day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: thmtools Version number: v24 Author's name: Ulrich M. Schwarz Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/thmtools/ Summary description: A collection of extensions to theorem environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update time! v24 of thmtools adds: - a new version numbering scheme :) - support for cleveref and nameref - a key-val frontend to the beast with nine arguments, i.e. ewtheoremstyle, for both ntheorem and amsthm - optional note argument of theorems can now be key-val - per-environment qed symbols for amsthm - for shaded theorems, the shade color may either be a color name or a color spec - major rewrite of the user's guide. (still incomplete, but hopefully more approachable than the old one.) - bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/thmtools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/thmtools (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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CTAN update: listings-ext
by CTAN Announcements 18 May '10

18 May '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: listings-ext Version number: v58 Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext/ Summary description: Automated input of source code into LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package provides means for marking up source code, so that samples of it may be included in a document (by macros of the listings package) in a stable fashion, regardless of any change to the source. The markup in the source text defines tags for blocks of source. These tags are processed by a shell script to make a steering file that is used by the package when LaTeX is being run. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/listings-ext (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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CTAN has a new package: TeX font error cheat sheet
by CTAN Announcements 16 May '10

16 May '10

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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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CTAN has a new package: pst-magneticfield
by CTAN Announcements 16 May '10

16 May '10

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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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CTAN Update: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 16 May '10

16 May '10

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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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