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TL 2010 available
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

karl berry writes: > We've gone ahead with the network release of TeX Live 2010. It is now > or will be soon available from CTAN sites > (http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive). As with last year, we > recommend doing a network install in one way or another instead of > downloading the large (2gb) ISO -- http://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html. > > Package updates will start propagating in another day or two. > > If anyone notices stale or missing information on the TL web pages, or > problems with the release, please report as usual. > > MacTeX 2010 has also been released and is available from CTAN. Its web > pages will be updated soon. > > The TeX Collection DVD will be released as soon as possible; hopefully, > it will go out in October. Issues with it (unrelated to TL) made me > decide it was not desirable to delay the TL release any longer. i believe ctan and its mirrors have more or less settled down with the new release. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: softmakerfreefont
by CTAN Announcements 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 osef Kleber submitted additional packages for the softmakerfreefont package: softmaker-broadway softmaker-egyptiennestd softmaker-grenoble softmaker-heliumtwo softmaker-inverserif softmaker-marseille softmaker-nevada softmaker-newcastle softmaker-quadrat softmaker-velo softmaker-veracruz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmakerfreefont/softmakerfreefont . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmakerfreefont (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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Re: CTAN package upload: etoolbox 2.0a
by CTAN Announcements 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded etoolbox.tar.gz and etoolbox.tds.zip to the incoming > directory of the UK node. This is an update for > macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox and install/macros/latex/contrib, > respectively. Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and > announce the upload. Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The etoolbox package is a toolbox of programming facilities geared > primarily towards LaTeX class and package authors. It provides LaTeX > frontends to some of the new primitives provided by e-TeX as well as > some generic tools which are not related to e-TeX but match the > profile of this package. > > CHANGES > > See the manual for a list of changes. i've installed the update, and made minor changes to the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/etooolbox.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: needspace
by CTAN Announcements 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

and finally (for his efforts before i switched my computer on, today), the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: needspace > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/needspace > Summary description: Insert pagebreak if not enough space > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > On a Sunday during a break from piles of marking, here's a bug fix to > needspace. It allows better behaviour for eedspace when followed by > addvspace, such as inserted by a section-like command. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/needspace.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/needspace thanks for this one, too; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. the web version of the catalogue will change slightly, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ifxetex
by CTAN Announcements 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

the daemon carried on with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ifxetex > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/ifxetex > Summary description: Am I running under XeTeX? > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bug fix update for ifxetex to ensure that XeTeXrevision isn't accidentally set to > elax in the case that XeTeX is not being used. (High time for me to fix this > behaviour!) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/ifxetex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/ifxetex thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue entry on the web will change, a bit, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xetexref
by CTAN Announcements 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

been quiet for a bit, that daemon, but today it started by saying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xetexref > Author's name: Will Robertson > Author's email: wspr81(a)gmail.com > Location on CTAN: info/xetexref > Summary description: Reference documentation for XeTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update on top of TL2010 brings the addition of some missing primitives and > expansion of one section in particular that was marked This description is > incomplete. > > Many thanks to Heiko Oberdiek, Paul Isambert, and William Adams for their help > for these updates. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xetexref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/xetexref i've installed the update and made the necessary change to the catalogue repository. (the web catalogue will change slightly, overnight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: Antykwa Poltawskiego fonts
by CTAN Announcements 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 at 15:50 +0200, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted the new package poltawski to CTAN, replacing the old antp package. Location on CTAN: fonts/poltawski > Package: Antykwa Poltawskiego fonts > Version: 1.10 > Date: Sep 9 2010 > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/poltawski > > Maintenance status maintained. The Current Maintainer > of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki. > > The package contains the Antykwa Po{l}tawskiego family of fonts in the > PostScript Type 1 and OpenType formats. > The original font was designed in the twenties of the XX century by > the Polish typographer Adam Po{l}tawski (1881-1952). > > Following the route set out by the Latin Modern and TeX Gyre projects > (http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry), the Antykwa Poltawskiego > digitisation project aims at providing a rich collection of > diacritical characters in the attempt to cover as many Latin-based > scripts as possible. To our knowledge, the repertoire of characters > covers all European languages as well as some other Latin-based > alphabets such as Vietnamese and Navajo; at the request of users, > recent extensions (following the enhancement of the Latin Modern > collection) provide glyphs sufficient for typesetting of romanized > transliterations of Arabic and Sanskrit scripts. > > The Antykwa Poltawskiego family consists of 4 weights (light, > normal, medium, bold), each having upright and italic forms and one > of 5 design sizes: 6, 8, 10, 12 and 17pt (in the OTF lingo: extended, > semiextended, normal, semicondensed, and condensed, respectively). > Altogether, the collection comprises 40 font files, > containing the same repertoire of 1126 characters. > > The preliminary version of Antykwa Poltawskiego (antp package) > released in 2000 becomes obsolete. > > --------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: suftesi
by CTAN Announcements 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. im Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: suftesi Version number: 0.3 Author's name: Ivan Valbusa Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Document class for typesetting theses, especially in the Humanities License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/suftesi (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: ctex
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '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: ctex Version number: 0.99b Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/ctex Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix compatibility issues with expl3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/chinese/ctex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctex (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 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '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 > 1.20 2010-09-09 - new optional arguments for setting a variable > linewidth and variable color for plotstyle curve > > read pst-news10.pdf of the base package pstricks for more > informations. 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/entries/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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