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CTAN package update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

this message appeared in my inbox... > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.18: > * fixed missing closing } in glossaries-babel.sty > > * added glstarget so that glossary styles can be modified > in the document without using internal commands. > > * glossary-super.sty isn't loaded if supertabular.sty isn't > installed. > > * added nolong, nosuper, nolist, notree and nostyles package > options to prevent loading unnecessary packages. > > * added oldacronym (emulates the old glossary package's > ewacronym command). > > * added sublistdotted style. > > * fixed bug caused by misspelt glspagewidthlist (should be > glspagelistwidth). > > * fixed border in super4colheaderborder and > altsuper4colheaderborder styles. > > * fixed sort sanitization when package option sanitize={name=false} > is used. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > _______________________________________________ i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. updates to catalogue entries (such as they are) will take place overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: visualtex 3.98
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and is making its way through the mirror system. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: visualtex 3.98 Author's name: Alex Romanenko Location on CTAN: / systems/ win32/ visualtex Summary description: new version 3.98 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- completely rewritten code ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/visualtex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/visualtex (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 package update: Voss Mathmode
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > I have uploaded Mathmode.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace the files with the existing ones in > /info/math/voss/mathmode/ > > This new version has the following changes: > > 2.37 2009-01-14 - updated bibliography > - switch to utf8 thanks for the upload; i've installed it as suggested, and updated the catalogue repository. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html or visit the directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/math/voss/mathmode/ (the catalogue entry will be updated overnight, but the change doesn't amount to much.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 8.40 - Choose Font Dialog, Using Windows Fonts.
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma/ > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 8.40 are: > > * Dialog to choose document fonts. > Supports both TEXMF fonts and Windows system fonts. > It displays font families common for most windows applications. > > * Direct usage of Windows fonts in LaTeX documents. > Just use code: enewcommand{ mdefault}{@times@new@roman) > Magical '@' links latex font family with windows font family. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php> or > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.40 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 8.40 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE. > They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use > depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document. > > About BaKoMa TeX Word. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > > The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: > > 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. > It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. > It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, > PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface > (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables. > > TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. > TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. > It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up > in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. > In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. > So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use > powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work. > > Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as > good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some screenshots are available at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/screenshots.php> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 8.40 are: > > * Dialog to choose document fonts. > Supports both TEXMF fonts and Windows system fonts. > It displays font families common for most windows applications. > > * Direct usage of Windows fonts in LaTeX documents. > Just use code: enewcommand{ mdefault}{@times@new@roman) > Magical '@' links latex font family with windows font family. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php> or > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> > _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: sageep
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: sageep v1.0 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/sageep Summary description: LaTeX Style for Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society's Annual Meeting Papers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) is an international scientific organization with about 700 members. One of its main activities is its annual meetings, the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP). The papers for this meeting are accepted as PDF files. This class typesets papers according to the guidelines, intended for SAGEEP-2009. It should probably work for the future SAGEEP, unless EEGS changes its guidelines. The class was commissioned and paid for by US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sageep . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/sageep (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: varsfromjobname
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

This package has been updated. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: varsfromjobname bugfix Author's name: Uwe Ziegenhagen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/varsfromjobname Summary description: License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In version 0.4 was an error due to some missing % chars ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/varsfromjobname . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/varsfromjobname (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: newlfm
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '09

11 Jan '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and is making its way through the mirroring system to your local neighbor. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: newlfm Author's name: Paul Thompson Author's email: paul(a)wubios.wustl.edu Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/newlfm Summary description: Letter, fax, memo formatting class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- newlfm v 9.1 is uploaded. This is a slight upgrade in functionality. The system now supports the inclusion of letterhead form as wallpaper, so that the letter info is superimposed on the letter. Additionally, spacing commands for the closing line are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/newlfm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/newlfm (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 . -- Please reply to the list ctan (at) dante.de, not directly to me.

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CTAN update: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

quoth my upload daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: chemstyle > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle > Summary description: Writing chemistry with style > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3d: > - Alkyl radicals now work with mhchem > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chemstyle.html the (very minor) update to the catalogue will appear on the web overnight tonight. > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle thanks for the update; i've installed and updated things as needed. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: biblatex-chicago-notes-df
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and within a day should be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-chicago-notes-df Author's name: David Fussner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib Summary description: Chicago notes + bibliography style files for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version (0.8.5) adopts the American punctuation tracker provided by biblatex, thereby fixing many small formatting errors and eliminating the need for the awkward custpunct commands, but now requiring, at least in some circumstances, that you use mkbibquote when quoted material appears inside a bibliography field. The package also now supports several new entry types provided by biblatex 0.8. Please see the docs for all the details of these and other changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-chicago-notes-df (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: language/spanish reorganization
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

Some changes to /language/spanish are propagating through the mirror system at this very moment. See for instance http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/spanish for the new layout. Thanks to Javier for his work and his patience. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... What's new ---------- - The language/spanish directory has been reorganized and will become a permanent place for the latest version of the spanish style for babel, including the Spanish doc. - spanish 5.0h has two changes: - fixed wrong kerning with '' - added two package options: noitemize and noenumerate

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