Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-abspos.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put
> all files into the _new_ directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-abs/
>
> pst-abspos (v 0.20) is a PSTricks related package and provides a
> macro pstPutAbs(x,y) to put any object on absolute or relative
> coordinates of a page.
thanks for that; i've installed the package and made an entry in the
catalogue repository, describing it.
users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-abspos.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-abspos/
The catalogue entry will only appear overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: mattens
Version number: 1.3
Author's name: Danie Els
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mattens
Summary description: Matrices/tensor/vector typesetting.
License type: lppl
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The mattens package contains the definitions to typeset
matrices, vectors and tensors as used in the engineering
community for the representation of common vectors and
tensors such as forces, velocities, moments of inertia, etc.
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Name of contribution: cachepic
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Tomasz M. Trzeciak
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cachepic
Summary description: A tool for conversion of document fragments into graphics
License type: lppl
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The purpose of cachepic package is to simplify and automate conversion
of document fragments into external EPS or PDF file(s). The package
consists of two parts: the LaTeX2e style implementing the document
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Name of contribution: cleveref
Version number: 0.14.2
Author's name: Toby Cubitt
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref
Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version significantly overhauls the new capitalise
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Saint Michael's College
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Name of contribution: luamplib
Version number: 1.01
Author's name: Elie Roux
Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamplib
Summary description: Using LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter.
License type: pd
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Saint Michael's College
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Name of contribution: luaotfload
Version number: 1.04
Author's name: Elie Roux
Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/
Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX.
License type: pd
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Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra, fixing bugs when mixing
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Name of contribution: luainputenc
Version number: 0.94
Author's name: Elie Roux
Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc
Summary description: inputenc package for LuaTeX
License type: pd
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Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra, adapting for the new
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recent LuaTeX, luainputenc has the same behaviour with
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Name of contribution: luatextra
Version number: 0.94
Author's name: Elie Roux
Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/
Summary description: extra functions for LuaTeX
License type: pd
Announcement text:
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Adaptation for the new TeXLive 2009 LuaTeX formats,
prefixing all with luatex instead of lua (to be consistent
with the new formats), but keeping backward compatibility,
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LuaTeX 0.43.
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Name of contribution: mailmerge
Version number: 1
Author's name: Miguel V. S. Frasson
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib
Summary description: repeat amount of text merging fields
License type: lppl
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The LaTeX package mailmerge provides an interface to produce
text from a template where fields are replaced by actual
data, like in a database. It is useful to produce several
letters from a template, certificates or other such
documents. It allows to access the entry number, number of
entries and so on.
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Name of contribution: texdiff
Version number: 0.4
Author's name: Cengiz Gunay
Location on CTAN: /support/texdiff
Summary description: Compares two (La)TeX documents to create a merged version showing
changes, similar to that of 'Change Tracking' in some word processors.
License type: artistic
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The first two files are compared and a new TeX
file is output. When the output file is processed
with (La)TeX it marks new changes with blue and
old text with red with a strike-through line.
Furthermore, passages with changes are marked at
the margin with grey bars by the LaTeX changebar
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