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CTAN Update: animate
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the animate package. The package provides an interface to create portable, JavaScript driven PDF animations from sets of graphics files or from inline graphics, such as LaTeX picture environment, PSTricks or pgf/TikZ generated pictures, or just from typeset text. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate Summary description: Create PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- improved documentation of the timeline option -- New: transparency stack can be cleared using `c' in the timeline file -- animated Lorenz Attractor added as an inline animation example ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/animate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=animate (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: zhspacing package
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

yet again, that upload daemon is nagging me... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: zhspacing > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic > Summary description: A simpler solution to typeset CJK documents in XeTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Renamed some files according to Karl Berry's suggestion. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/zhspacing.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/zhspacing (the catalogue entry hasn't changed at all, so all the information up there is correct, even now.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: bmeps
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the bmeps package. Bmeps is a library and a command line tool for conversion of different bitmap graphics types to EPS. It can produce EPS levels 1, 2 and 3. Level 2 allows the use of run-length compression and ASCII-85-encoding instead of ASCII-Hex-encoding, while level 3 allows the use of flate compression. TIFF- and PNG-alpha channels can be converted into EPS level 3 image masks. Modified dvips sources are included to allow image conversion directly from dvips. Version number: 2.1.3 Location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/Tgb81AIFF/NetPBM to EPS License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several bug fixes, new features: - Perl script mkpdfsls.pl to create a slide show of photos - Developer documentation created by doxygen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/bmeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bmeps (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: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Version number: 1.82 Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote/ Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Threaded exports were fixed. The texpath fontsize was fixed for PDF tex engines. A default currentprojection argument was added to transform3(projection). The -gray and -bw settings are now respected in PRC output. A consistent approximation is now used for drawing tube centers. Missing pt units were added to all fontsize examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: ctex
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

Thus spake the upload daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ctex > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/ > Summary description: A collection of document classes and macro > packages for Chinese typesetting > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.93 with a few bug fixes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ctex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//language/chinese/ as usual, the catalogue entry will change, in a small way, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

just when i thought i might get to bed early, the upload daemon popped up with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keycommand > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: CTAN home/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand > Summary description: keycommand provides an easy way to define commands with keys > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > keycommand is a eTeX/LaTeX package that provides a very > natural way to define commands with optional keys. > > The package provides : > ewkeycommand, enewkeycommand, providekeycommand > ewkeyenvironment, enewkeyenvironment > > and also keycmd for a more advanced interface. > > It is based on the kvsetkeys package by Heiko Oberdiek. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the package and written a description for the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keycommand.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand of course, the catalogue entry won't even appear until the overnight processing run has happened. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pdfcrop
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdfcrop package. Pdfcrop is a Perl script that can either trim pages of any whitespace border, or trim them of a fixed border. Location on CTAN: support/pdfcrop License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: 2009/07/17 v1.16: Security fixes: * -dSAFER added for Ghostscript, * -no-shell-escape added for pdfTeX/XeTeX. 2009/07/17 v1.17: Security fixes: * Backticks and whitespace are forbidden for options --(gs|pdftex|xetex)cmd. * Validation of options --papersize and --resolution. 2009/07/18 v1.18: * Restricted mode added. * Option `--version' added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pdfcrop/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcrop (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 has a new package: biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Thomas Titz submitted a new biblatex style to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/ Summary description: author-year style with compact multiple-reference-citations and ibidem mechanism License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a citation scheme that combines the features of the styles authoryear-comp (omission of recurring author/year in multiple-reference-citations) and authoryear-ibid (replacement of repeated citations by the abbreviation ibidem). The implementation relies heavily on unmodified biblatex macros, and no attempt has been made to add further features not present in core biblatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-authory… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt (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 has a new package: lshort-persian
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Mehdi Omidali submitted the persian (farsi) translation of the (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e. Location on CTAN: info/lshort/persian Summary description: Persian (Farsi) Translation of The not so short introduction to Latex2e License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This directory contains Persian Translation of The Not So Short Introduction to Latex2e by Tobias Oetiker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/persian . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=lshort-persian (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: jpgfdraw
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

that upload thingy wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jpgfdraw > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: graphics/jpgfdraw > Summary description: Vector graphics application for LaTeX users > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 0.5.3b: > > * Fixed bug causing NullPointerException on startup when using > JRE6 with XP or Vista. > > * Added text along a path facility (added new JDR/AJR version > to accommodate this). > > * Added export to a complete single-paged LaTeX document. > (In addition to export to a file containing just the > image code.) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/jpgfdraw.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/jpgfdraw my regular readers will expect statement about the triviality of the update to the catalogue entry, overnight. oddly, this time, there's a change of substance (as well as the trivia). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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