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CTAN update: epstopdf
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

This update should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: epstopdf Version number: 2.11 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /support/epstopdf Summary description: improved binary file and (atend) handling; new maintainer License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- epstopdf 2.11 improves handling of binary files, the various line-ending conventions, and (atend) BoundingBoxes, as well as error checking and a plethora of minor changes. epstopdf now has a web page at http://tug.org/epstopdf with its basic coordinates. Finally, Gerben Wierda has passed maintainership of epstopdf to me. Thanks to Gerben, Sebastian, and all the many contributors to this script over these many years. For this release, I especially thank Martin von Gagern, who made most of the substantive improvements. Happy converting, Karl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/epstopdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf (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: eqexam
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

This package should by now be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: eqexam Version number: v1.9a Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eqexam Summary description: A stand alone exam package, yet tightly integrated with AeB when certain PDF options are taken. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eqExam is a LaTeX package for writing exams, tests, quizzes, homework assignments, etc. It is a stand alone package, yet is tightly integrated with the AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (AeB). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eqexam . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/eqexam (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: ctantools
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

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: ctan.tools Version number: 1.5.2 Author's name: Anh K. Huynh Location on CTAN: /support/ Summary description: A jiffy to search CTAN file list License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * smaller cache file * fix minor problems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ctantools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctantools (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: tablor
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

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CTAN update: dox
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This should reach your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: DoX Version number: 2.1 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Extensions to the doc package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What's new in version 2.1: ** New lisp functions doxitem[s] to register new documentation environments with AUC-TeX. What's DoX: The doc package provides LaTeX developers with means to describe the usage and the definition of new commands and environments. However, there is no simple way to extend this functionality to other items (options or counters for instance). DoX is designed to circumvent this limitation, and provides some improvements over the existing functionality as well. DoX homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#dox ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dox (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: chklref
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This package should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chklref Version number: 2.4 Author's name: Jérôme Lelong Location on CTAN: /support/chklref Summary description: check for useless labels in LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It is quite common that after modifying a tex file, many unused labels remain in it. The purpose of chklref is to automatically find these useless labels. It also looks for non starred mathematical environments with no labels and advises to use a starred version instead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/chklref . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chklref (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: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 1.87 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Support for SVG output was added (requires dvisvgm-0.8.4). Billboard labels were implemented for the OpenGL renderer. OpenGL animations were improved: reverse and step menu items were added, along with a framerate setting. An addStereoViews function and example stereoscopic.asy were added. The addViews function was generalized to handle any layout; the default layout was changed from ThreeViewsFR to SixViewsUS. PRC node names are now implemented for curves, surface, labels, and dots. OmitTick was generalized to omit both major and minor ticks. A graphicx.tex workaround was implemented to parse paths properly. A viewportsize bug was fixed. A memory deallocation bug was fixed. The ENDIAN test was fixed. The ucyclic and vcyclic parameters are no longer set for conditional surfaces. The erase() function clears the PostScript canvas again. A projection() function that returns the interactive camera parameters was implemented. A hyperrefOptions setting was implemented. The tutorial was improved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .

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CTAN has a new package: widetable
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: widetable Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/widetable/ Summary description: A new environment for typesetting specified width tables License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This small package defines a new environment that, unlike tabularX, typesets a table of specified width by working on the inter column glue; the tabular cells will all be stretched (or shrinked) according to the need. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/widetable/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/widetable (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: bclogo
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This update should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bclogo Version number: 2.24 Author's name: Chupin Maxime Location on CTAN: / graphics/ bclogo Summary description: This package facilitates the creation of colorful boxes with a title and logo. It relies mainly on PSTricks and/or Tikz. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- new logos, new features (line width, setting margins, line color ...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/bclogo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bclogo (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: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: notes2bib > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib > Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The notes2bib package defines a new type of note, bibnote, > which will always be added to the bibliography. The package > allows footnotes and endnotes to be moved into the bibliography > in the same way. The package can be used with natbib and > biblatex as well as plain LaTeX citations. Both sorted and > unsorted bibliography styles are supported. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2 is a complete re-working of notes2bib using LaTeX3 > (expl3) syntax internally. The basic functions of the package > are unchanged, but package options and function names have > been revised to improve the interface. > > To use notes2bib, you will need current versions of the > expl3 and xpackages bundles, both of which are available on > CTAN. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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/notes2bib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib the catalogue entry will change (more than usual) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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