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CTAN update: makecell
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

quoth dante's upload daemon: > Name of contribution: makecell > Version number: 0.1e > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makecell > Summary description: Managing tabular column heads and cells > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > > Added: > *) command and environment for usage of cells inside text; > *) commands for creation of empty rows or rows with > repeated text. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/makecell > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=makecell > (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 . i have retrieved the package from the dante machine and installed it in cambridge. i have also updated the catalogue repository, noting the new documentation in russian. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: hyph-utf8
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: hyph-utf8 Version number: N/A Author's name: Mojca Miklavec, Arthur Reutenauer Location on CTAN: /language/hyph-utf8 Summary description: Hyphenation patterns in UTF-8 with converter scripts for 8-bit encodings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adding Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) patterns by Jörg Knappen et al. The Spanish patterns are updated to version 4.5 (by Javier Bezos). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyph-utf8 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hyph-utf8 (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: titlepic
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: titlepic Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Thomas ten Cate Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/titlepic Summary description: Displays a picture on the title page License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The titlepic package allows you to place a picture on the title page (cover page) of a LaTeX document. Example of usage: usepackage[cc]{titlepic} usepackage{graphicx} itlepic{includegraphics[width= extwidth]{picture.png}} Note: the package currently only works with the document classes article, report and book. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/titlepic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/titlepic (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: cellspace
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

coming in thick and fast... > Name of contribution: cellspace > Version number: 1.6 > Author's name: Josselin Noirel > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/ > Summary description: The package defines a S modifier in tabular > preambles to space out cells > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package defines a S modifier in tabular preambles to > space out cells. Now, an option [math] has been added to > allow to space out matrices too. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/ > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cellspace > (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 . i pulled your upload to cambridge, installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: The floatrow package
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

that dante upload daemon is still mythering me: > Name of contribution: The floatrow package > Version number: 0.3b > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/floatrow > Summary description: Modifying the layout of floats > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > > Bug fixes of hisfloatsetup settings for floats with > [H] option and > inside floatrow environment. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatrow > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=The floatrow package > (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 . i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

the dante upload daemon says: Name of contribution: dvisvgm Version number: 0.8.1 Author's name: Martin Gieseking Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: release of dvisvgm 0.8.1 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest release fixes a bounding box computation bug and corrects some issues related to x64 systems. Additionally, parameters of the psfile special are now evaluated more completely. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (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 . i have installed the new version (at cambridge) and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: dvisvgm
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

the dante upload daemon also says: Name of contribution: dvisvgm Version number: 0.8.1 Author's name: Martin Gieseking Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: release of dvisvgm 0.8.1 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest release fixes a bounding box computation bug and corrects some issues related to x64 systems. Additionally, parameters of the psfile special are now evaluated more completely. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. (the slight changes to the catalogue will appear overnight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: bidi
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

Quoth the dante upload daemon: Name of contribution: bidi Version number: 1.0.3 Author's name: Vafa Khalighi Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/bidi/ Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version of the bidi package fixes few bugs that were present in v1.0.2 and adds full support for the hyperref package. We also have deleted bidimemoir class in this version and instead added support for the original memoir class, therefore you should be using memoir class instead using bidimemoir class. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/bidi/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bidi i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. users should note that the (limited) changes to the info in that last link will actually appear overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: blindtext
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: blindtext Version number: 1.9b Author's name: Knut Lickert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/blindtext Summary description: blindtext.sty: Create dummy text. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes blindtext 1.9: - Added mathematical blind text - support of polyglossia - added a interim solution for French ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/blindtext (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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New CTAN package: boolexpr
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

that upload daemon is testing my excitement threshold: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: boolexpr > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Author's email: florent.chervet(a)free.fr > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ > Summary description: A purely expandable way to evaluate boolean expressions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The oolexpr macro evaluate boolean expressions in a purely > expandable way. > oolexpr{ A OR B AND C } expands to 0 if the logical > expression is 1. > A, B, C may be : > - numeric expressions such as: x=y, x<>y, x>y or: x<y > - boolean switches: iftrue 0else 1fi > - conditionals: ifcsname whatsitendcsname 0else 1fi > - another oolexpr: oolexpr{ D OR E AND F } > > oolexpr may be used with ifcase: > ifcaseoolexpr{ A OR B AND C } > What to do if true > else > What to do if false > fi > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new package, and created a catalogue entry for it (as yet, only in the repository). thanks for the upload (i've printed the doc to read in bed tonight...). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/boolexpr.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ of course, the catalogue entry won't appear until the processing has run. the only safe assumption is that it will happen overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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