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new CTAN package: logreq 1.0
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'logreq.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. There's also a logreq.tds.zip file. This is the initial release > of the logreq package which should go into: > > macros/latex/contrib/logreq. > > ABOUT > > The logreq package helps to automate a typical LaTeX workflow that > involves running LaTeX several times, running tools such as BibTeX > or makeindex, and so on. It will log requests like please rerun > LaTeX or please run BibTeX on file X to an external XML file > which lists all open tasks in a machine-readable format. Compiler > scripts and integrated LaTeX editing environments may parse this > file to determine the next steps in the workflow in a way that is > more efficient than parsing the main log file. In sum, the package > will do two things: 1) enable package authors to use LaTeX commands > to issue requests, 2) collect all requests from all packages and > write them to an external XML file at the end of the document. thanks for the upload. i've installed the files, and made an entry in the catalogue repository for the package. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/logreq.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/logreq/ The catalogue entry will first appear (on the web) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 2.03 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An optional asydir parameter that allows asy files to be generated in a subdirectory was added to version 1.18 of asymptote.sty; XeLaTeX support was fixed. Nonrendered preview images via render=0 are now implemented. Blank 3D labels were fixed. Problems with arc directions and ellipses in the geometry module were fixed. The definition of the Dotted linetype was improved. Missing pen and margin parameters were added to the flowchart blockconnector function calls. Virtual methods were optimized. Makefile dependencies were fixed and autogenerated files are cleaned up. The dependence of the source tarball on perl was removed. Minor improvements were made to the documentation and man page. The Asymptote installation directory is now automatically added to the MSWindows path. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: pst-plot
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-plot.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > delete all files in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > ----- pst-plot.tex > 1.18 2010-08-03 - added plotstyle ybar > - added optional arguments xLabels, yLabels, > xLabelsRot, and yLabelsRot thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-plot.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: Iwona and Kurier fonts
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

On Tuesday, 3 August 2010, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the Iwona and Kurier font packages. Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier Summary description: A two-element sans-serif typeface License type: GUST Font License Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona Summary description: Alternate version of kurier License type: GUST Font License Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In the current version 0.995b some missing .fd files were readded and the TDS layout was slightly changed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at: http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/{iwona,kurier} More information is at: http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=iwona http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=kurier (If the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear.) We are supported by TeX Users Groups, please join one of them; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN has a new package footmisc_de
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

This should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: footmisc_de Version number: 1 Author's name: Christine Römer Summary description: a translation into German of the documentation for footmisc License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Students in my latex seminar and i translated into german the documentation to footmisc. Also, in the first part a few examples are given to illustrate the options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/translations/footmisc/de . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/footmisc_de (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 luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luamplib Version number: 1.04 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/ Summary description: Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * fixing a bug in LaTeX's detection (made Tikz fail) * setting luamplib-luatex as the default name for the format, it's the case in TeXLive 2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (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: fontspec v2.0c
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

the upload daemon stirred me to action ... on an earlier upload ... by saying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fontspec v2.0c > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fontspec > Summary description: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0c of fontspec contains a bug fix and a documentation tune-up: > > * Significant bug fix reported simultaneously by Enrico Gregorio and > Don Hosek. > * Many documentation improvements and additions due to David Perry. > * Documentation typo thanks to John McChesney-Young 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/fontspec.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/ the catalogue entry will change very slightly, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN font: adforn
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

before i had got to my computer this morning, the daemon had said > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: adforn > Author's name: Clea F. Rees > Location on CTAN: fonts/adforn > Summary description: OrnementsADF with TeX/LaTeX support > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > OrnementsADF font in postscript type 1 format with TeX/LaTeX support files. > > Font is licensed under GPL v2 or later with font exception. (See > NOTICE, COPYING, README.) > > TeX/LaTeX support is licensed under LPPL. (See README, manifest.txt.) thanks for the upload; i have installed the font and its support files. it will make its way to mirrors over the next 24 hours or so. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/adforn.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/adforn that address for the catalogue entry will become active overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: gillcm
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: gillcm Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /fonts/gillcm Summary description: Unslanted Italic Computer Modern Fonts Based on Eric Gill's Ideas License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a demonstration of the use of virtual fonts for unusual effects. We employ virtual fonts to implement an old idea of Eric Gill. This package was written for the author's talk at TUG'2010. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/gillcm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gillcm (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 metauml
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: MetaUML Version number: 0.2.5 Author's name: Ovidiu Gheorghies Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml Summary description: Human-friendly UML textual notation for LaTeX/MetaPost License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to the latest stable upstream version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/metauml (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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