ctan-ann

ctan-ann@ctan.org

4 participants
20893 discussions

CTAN update: dashrule 1.2
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Sunday, 9 August 2009, Scott Pakin submitted an update to the dashrule package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/dashrule Summary description: Draw dashed rules License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dashrule package makes it easy to draw a huge variety of dashed rules (i.e., lines) in LaTeX. dashrule provides a command, hdashrule, which is a cross between LaTeX's ule and PostScript's setdash command. hdashrule draws horizontally dashed rules using the same syntax as ule, but with an additional, setdash-like parameter that specifies the pattern of dash segments and the space between those segments. Because dashrule's rules are constructed internally using ule (as opposed to, e.g., PostScript specials) they are fully compatible with every LaTeX back-end processor. Version 1.2 of dashrule fixes a bug (reported by Piazza Luca) that prevented hdashrule from working properly within a tabular cell and adds support for empty dash patterns for more consistency with PostScript's setdash command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dashrule . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dashrule (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, Joachim Schrod

1 0

CTAN update: pkfix-helper
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Saturday, 8 August 2009, Scott Pakin submitted an update to the pkfix-helper package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: /support/pkfix-helper Summary description: Make PostScript files accessible to pkfix License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding resolution-independent vector fonts. Unfortunately, pkfix needs to parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips. pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable for processing by pkfix. pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed, correct its decisions. Version 1.2 of pkfix-helper provides a --cache option that can speed up the processing of multiple PostScript files by analyzing TFM font metrics once, storing the results in a specified cache file, and reusing that cache file on subsequent runs. This feature was requested by M. S. Dousti. The accompanying encoding-samples.pdf document, which shows samples of various TeX font encodings to help a user identify obscure document fonts, has been enhanced to include samples of eufm10, msam10, msbm10, wasy10, ptmr8r, cmtex10, and stmary10. This enhancement was requested by Rogério Brito. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pkfix-helper . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pkfix-helper (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, Joachim Schrod

1 0

CTAN update: pict2e
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Saturday, 8 August 2009, Josef Tkadlec submitted an update to the pict2e package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pict2e Summary description: enhancement of the LaTeX picture environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Support for XeTeX added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pict2e (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, Joachim Schrod

1 0

CTAN update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

raised again from its slumbers, the upload daemon rises, roaring: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso > Summary description: Support for American Chemical Society journal submissions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.2f: > - Better support and bug fixes for Biochemistry submissions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the update, and brought the catalogue repository up to date. thanks for the uploaded. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso the catalogue entry will change, a bit, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN package update: etoolbox 1.8
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded etoolbox.tar.gz and etoolbox.tds.zip to the incoming > directory of the UK node. This is an update for > macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox and install/macros/latex/contrib, > respectively. Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and > announce the upload. Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The etoolbox package is a toolbox of programming facilities geared > primarily towards LaTeX class and package authors. It provides LaTeX > frontends to some of the new primitives provided by e-TeX as well as > some generic tools which are not related to e-TeX but match the > profile of this package. > > CHANGES > > See the manual for a list of changes. I have installed the new version, 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/entries/etoolbox.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN package update: biblatex 0.8g
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

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. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file RELEASE for release notes. > > CHANGES > > This is bug fix release. The following files have been modified: > > VERSION > RELEASE > bibtex/biblatex.bst > latex/biblatex.def > latex/biblatex.sty I have installed the new version, 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/entries/biblatex.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: xwatermark
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xwatermark Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Puts graphic and text watermarks on select pages of document. License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Active characters can now be submitted as part of text watermark in the key-val setup. Reference has been made to xkvltxp package in the user manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xwatermark (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 .

1 0

CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

ooh! an upload to cambridge! my daemon said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: The LaTeX Team > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: An Experimental LaTeX3 Programming Convention > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX > programmers with special syntax conventions, completely > separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands > provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for > use in describing design layouts in document class files. > > This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel > and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been > taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as > regular packages. > > The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according > to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the > primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules > define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language. > > At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{expl3} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1441) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release includes two notable changes from the previous > snapshot (SVN 1422). First, the documentation in expl3.pdf has > been updated to make it clearer that expl3 is ready for general > use by LaTeX programmers. At the same time, some older parts of > the documentation were removed. > > The second change is the inclusion of a new module, l3keys. This > is intended as a high-level programmers interface for creating > key-value input, such as used in the optional arguments of many > modern packages. l3keys creates keys using key-value input > itself, inspired by the pgfkeys package. > > Two new functions have been added to the clist module: > - clist_set_from_seq:NN > - clist_gset_from_seq:NN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. the catalogue link, above, will change minutely overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

ctan update: the lhfonts package
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

the dante upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: The lhfonts package > Version number: 3.5g > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /fonts/cyrillic/lh > Summary description: CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of > LaTeX standard encodings. > The LH fonts address the problem of the wide variety of > alphabets that are written with Cyrillic-style > characters. The fonts are the original basis of the set > of T2* and X2 encodings that are now used when LaTeX > users need to write in Cyrillic languages. > > LH offers the latex/lhfonts bundle of packages for > standard LaTeX Cyrillic and traditional encodings. > > The fonts are available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the CM- > Super family of fonts. > > See also cyrillic t2 ccfonts cmbright concrete ecc. > > The authors are Andrey Khodulev, Olga Lapko, Alexander > Berdnikov and Vladimir Volovich. > > ----- > > Changes: > > Bug fixes in ff-ligatures in T2* typewriter fonts -- that > changes metrics of the monospaced fonts > > Bug fix with ligature of letter TSE -- that changes > metrics of all fonts in OT2 encoding. > > I hope that these fixes are the last which change metrics. > > I'm very sorry for my mistakes. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cyrillic/lh > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=The lhfonts package > (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 have pulled the upload to cambridge and installed the files. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: xecjk
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

This package has been updated a tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xeCJK Version number: 2.3.5 Author's name : Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xeCJK 2.3.5 has the following updates: 1. Produces error message when running on a XeTeX engine it does not support. 2. Significantly improve processing speed. 3. You can customize underline decorations when used in companion with CJKfntef.sty (available in the latest version of CJK package) 4. Add support of fontspec addfontfeature, xeCJK will pass options it does not recognize directly to fontspec 5. Fix a linebreaking problem caused by punctuations at the end of paragraphs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (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 .

1 0

Jump to page:

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

ctan-ann