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CTAN package update: PSTricks documentation
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-user.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > two files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/base/doc/ > > pst-user.pdf is the original documentation of the PSTricks core > files. The source files are in pst-user.tgz, which can be > compiled with the current pdftex in dvi mode. There is also > a Makefile. > > This version comes with hyperref support, the toc and the > index pagenumbers are now hyperlinks. i have reinstalled the base PSTricks distribution to update the documentation; thanks for the upload. Users may view PSTricks' catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html and visit the updated document itself at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/doc/pst-user.pdf Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete _all_ > files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for drawing > 3-D objects in parallel projection. > > This update has some bug fixes and new options > for rotating objects > > pst-3dplot.pro -------- > 0.25 2007-12-22 - add code for special rotating (Darrell Lamm) > > pst-3dplot.tex -------- > 1.78 2007-10-11 - fix bug in parametricPlotThreeD > - add option Debug=false|true for addtional > comments written into the log file > - add extended rotation stuff (Darrell Lamm) i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ the package itself should be well on its way around the world; the catalogue entry was only updated a few minutes ago in cambridge. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: polski package
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 at 09:37 +0100, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the polski package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/polski License: LPPL Announcement Text: > --------- > Package: polski > Authors: Mariusz Olko, Marcin Woliski > Version: 1.3.2 > Date: 18 XII 2007 > License: LPPL > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/polski > > Bundle `Polski' provides tools to typeset documents in Polish using > LaTeX2e. Documented source code is in *.dtx and *.fdd files. > > `Polski' is free software redistributable in according to LaTeX > Project Public License version 1.2 or above (see lppl.txt in base LaTeX > distribution). > > In the current version (1.3.2) all remaining stuff from the previous > 'platex' package was cleaned out. > > ------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: text2bib
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

A new package has gone up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: text2bib Author's name: Martin J. Osborne Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/text2bib Summary description: PHP script to convert references to BibTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- text2bib is a PHP script for converting references to BibTeX format. (It is currently implemented at http://theory.economics.utoronto.ca/text2bib.) It aims to convert accurately references in any reasonable format. Here are three examples of references that it converts correctly: Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, and H. Uzawa (1961), Constraint qualifications in maximization problems, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly 8, 175-191. Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, and H. Uzawa [1961], ``Constraint qualifications in maximization problems,'' {it Naval Research Logistics Quarterly}, 8(2), 175-191. Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, & H. Uzawa. Constraint qualifications in maximization problems. extit{Naval Research Logistics Quarterly}, 8(2): 175--191. 1961. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/text2bib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/text2bib (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: The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

The material below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Have a nice holidays, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /info/symbols/comprehensive Summary description: Tables of symbols that are accessible from LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List is an organized list of almost 5000 symbols that are available to LaTeX users. Some of these symbols are guaranteed to be available in every TeX distribution. Others require font files that come with some, but not all, TeX distributions. The rest require font files that must be downloaded explicitly from CTAN (http://www.ctan.org) and installed. The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbols List currently showcases symbols from 111 separate typefaces. Weighing in at 4948 symbols, this version of the symbol list documents over 1600 more symbols than the previous (September 2005) version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/comprehensive (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: xskak
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

The package below has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xskak v.1 Author's name: Ulrike Fischer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xskak/ Summary description: xskak --- An extension to the package skak for chess typesetting License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The main point of xskak is to save informations about a chess game for later use e.g. to loop through a game to make an animated board. It also extends the input that the parsing commands can handle and offers an interface to define and switch between indefinite levels of styles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xskak/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xskak (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: chessboard v1.5
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chessboard v1.5 Author's name: Ulrike Fischer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chessboard/ Summary description: This package offers commands to print chessboards. It can print partial boards, hide pieces and fields, color the boards and put various marks on the board. It has a lot of options to place pieces on the board. Using exotic pieces (e.g., for fairy chess) is possible. The documentation includes an example of an animated chessboard, for those whose PDF viewer can display animations. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important changes are some internal adaptions to the new package xskak (which I will upload soon). Apart from this, I corrected some bugs and added key getpiecelists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chessboard/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chessboard (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: aichej
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

The material below has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: aichej Author's name: Spencer D. Schaber Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/ Summary description: bibliography style file for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Jounal (AIChE Journal) License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bibliography style file for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal (or AIChE Journal or AIChE J or AIChEJ). Generated using custom-bib package using docstrip utility. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/aichej.bst . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: ant
by CTAN Announcements 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Achim Blumensath submitted an update to the ant package. Location on CTAN: /systems/ant Summary description: ant is not TeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm pleased to announce the release of ant version 0.8. The archive can be found at http://ant.berlios.de ant is a typesetting system inspired by TeX. It does not aim at complete compatibility with TeX but focuses instead on a flexible, clean, and modular design. ant is public domain. New in this release are: o support for margin kerning o many improvements of the built in scripting language o various bug fixes and minor improvements ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/ant . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ant (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 package update: bpolynomial
by CTAN Announcements 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

The package below has had an update. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bpolynomial Author's name: Stephan Hennig Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomial/ Summary description: Drawing polynomials with MetaPost. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bpolynomial v0.5, released on 2007-12-12 Description ----------- The MetaPost package bpolynomial helps plotting polynomial and root functions. It provides macros to calculate one-segment Bezier curves exactly matching a given cubic polynomial or square or cubic root function. Additionally, tangents on all functions and derivatives of polynomials can be calculated. Changes in v0.5: * New: + The package can now compute paths of square and cubic roots. + Added a plain interface. * Changes: + Improved documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomia… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bpolynomial (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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