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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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CTAN Update: todonotes
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 Henrik Skov Midtiby submitted an update to the todonotes package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/todonotes/ Summary description: The package lets the user mark things to do later, in a simple and and visually appealing way. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A lot of things happened in this release. Added three new translations french, spanish and Catalan thanks to Richard Dominique and Joan Queralt. Improved the visual appearence of the inserted notes (rounded corners and optional shadows) with code from Joan Queralt. Found an untranslated textstring ''Figure'' in the source. Added a figwidth option to the missingfigure command, patch by Paul Ivanov. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/todonotes/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=todonotes (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 Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk node. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ i've done that and updated the catalogue entry for the package in the repository; thanks for the upload. > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, a.s.o. > > This update has new PostScript routines for the > Chebyshev polynomials first and second kind. > > pst-func.tex -------- > 0.58 2008-12-08 - add ChebyshevT and ChebyshevU (first and second kind) > the macros are only wrappers for the PS routines > - take the optional argument comma from pstricks-add > into account for psPrintValue > > ..... pst-func.pro > 0.10 2009-01-08 added ChebyshevT and ChebyshevU (first/second kind) users may view the catalogue entry at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-func.html or browse the package itself at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ the catalogue entry (on the web) will be updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: xecolour
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xecolour Author's name: Vafa Khalighi Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ Summary description: Colour is XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xecolour package is a simple package which defines about 140 different colours by XeTeX's colour feature that can be used in bidirectional texts without any problem. All the command names are the names of the colours (i.e. lue for blue colour) except `` ancolour'' for ``tan colour'' and the general syntax of the command is colourname{<text>} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecolour . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecolour (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: keys3
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

my little daemon wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keys3 > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/keys3/ > Summary description: Key management for LaTeX3 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Added .store in skip properties > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keys3.html (which will be updated overnight) > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/keys3/ thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: todonotes
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 Henrik Skov Midtiby submitted an update to the todonotes package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/todonotes/ Summary description: The package lets the user mark things to do later, in a simple and and visually appealing way. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed a typo in a macroname. Added a textsize option for the package and the prepend / noprepend option for the todo command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/todonotes/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=todonotes (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 Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bclogo
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Please note the change of location. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bclogo Author's name: Chupin Maxime Author's email: notezik(a)gmail.com 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 version of bclogo, a new option, new logos, and now we can use it with pdflatex with the use of tikz : we charge the package bclogo with an option pstricks or tikz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: ctanify
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

CTAN is happy to announce Scott Pakin's ctanify package, designed to prepare packages for CTAN. Thanks, Jim Hefferon CTAN and Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ctanify Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/ctanify Summary description: Prepare a LaTeX package for upload to CTAN License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ctanify is intended for developers of LaTeX packages who want to distribute their packages via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). Given a list of filenames, ctanify creates a tarball (a .tar.gz file) with the files laid out in CTAN's preferred structure. The tarball additionally contains a ZIP (.zip) file with copies of all files laid out in the standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which facilitates inclusion of the package in the TeX Live distribution of TeX. So far, ctanify has been tested only on Linux. Volunteers willing to help port ctanify to other platforms are especially welcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ctanify . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctanify (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: ArsClassica package
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 Lorenzo Pantieri submitted an update to the arsclassica package. The package changes some typographical points of the ClassicThesis style, by André Miede. It allows to reproduce the look of the guide http://www.lorenzopantieri.net/LaTeX_files/ArteLaTeX.pdf (the web page is in Italian). Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/arsclassica/ Summary description: The manual is now in English. Support for the English, French, Spanish and German language. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in version 2.5.3 (January 2009) o Documentation both in English and in Italian; o Support for the English, French, Spanish and German language, via the new options english (default), french, spanish and german, respectively. o New name, arsincludegraphics, for the command which allows to include graphics with ``Alice Blue'' coloured background. The old name, myincludegraphics, is still manteined (for now), but deprecated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/arsclassica/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=arsClassica (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 Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: CJK version 4.8.2
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 Werner LEMBERG submitted an update to the cjk package. CJK is a macro package for LaTeX, providing simultaneous support for various Asian scripts in many encodings (including Unicode): – Chinese (both traditional and simplified), – Japanese, – Korean and – Thai. A special add-on feature is an interface to the Emacs editor (cjk-enc.el) which gives simultaneous, easy-to-use support to a bunch of other scripts in addition to the above: – Cyrillic, – Greek, – Latin-based scripts, – Russian and – Vietnamese. Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/CJK/ License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > CJK 4.8.2 > ========= > > CJK 4.8.2 is available from > > http://mirror.ctan.org/language/chinese/CJK > > and other CTAN hosts and its mirrors. Following the CTAN rules, the > source files of CJK are unpacked. Additionally, the archive > cjk-4.8.2-doc.tar.gz is available which provides some CJK > documentation and example files in various output formats. > > Current development snapshots are available from > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=cjk.git;a=summary > > which also shows the commitments to the git repository of the CJK > package. > > Bug reports should go to cjk-bug(a)ffii.org. > > > CJK is a macro package for LaTeX, providing simultaneous support for > various Asian scripts in many encodings (including Unicode): > > Chinese (both traditional and simplified) > Japanese > Korean > Thai > > A special add-on feature is an interface to the Emacs editor > (cjk-enc.el) which gives simultaneous, easy-to-use support to a bunch > of other scripts in addition to the above: > > Cyrillic > Greek > Latin-based scripts > Russian > Vietnamese > > See below for the relevant snippet from the history file. > > Enjoy! > > > Werner > > > ====================================================================== > > > Version 4.8.2: > 29-Dec-2008 > new: > CJKnumb.sty: > The new command CJKdigits* is the same as CJKdigits > but uses the traditional glyph for digit zero. > > changed: > The various directories `norasi' and `garuda' have been > changed to `norasi-c90' and `garuda-c90', respectively. > > Thai support has been updated to use the fonts from > thailatex version 0.4.2. For easier maintainance it is > now expected that the PFB and AFM files (for `norasi' > and `garuda') are no longer renamed. > > errors: > Poor-man's bold fonts could work incorrectly for > substituted fonts. > > Unicode didn't use proper glyph representation forms in > vertical mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/chinese/CJK/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cjk (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 Rainer Schöpf

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