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CTAN has a new package: hexgame
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

The package below has been installed at 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: hexgame Author's name: Meron Brouwer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/hexgame Summary description: Hexgame introduces a new environment to easily draw a hexgame-board License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hex is a mathematical game invented by the Danish mathematician Piet Hein and independently by the mathematician John Nash. This package defines a new environment that enables the user to draw such a game in a trivial way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hexgame . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hexgame (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 location change: GraphicxSP
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Please note that the package described below has moved to macros/latex/contrib. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: GraphicxSP Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/graphicxsp Summary description: GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. GraphicxSP embeds the graphic in the PDF document once, and allows the document author to use and re-use that same graphic without significantly increasing the file size. Additionally, GraphicxSP supports Adobe transparency imaging model. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/graphicxsp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/GraphicxSP (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: trivfloat
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

The package below has been updated 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: trivfloat Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat Summary description: Quick floats in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.3b: * Fixed error with hyperref Note licence change to LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/trivfloat (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: chemscheme
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

The package below has been updated 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: chemscheme Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemscheme Summary description: Support for chemistry schemes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2a: * Instructions for use with pdfLaTeX (many thanks to Stefan Pinnow for these) * Bug with hyperref fixed Notice that the license of the package has been changed to LPPL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemscheme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chemscheme (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: GraphicxSP
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

The package below has just gone into tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: GraphicxSP Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /graphics/graphicxsp Summary description: GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. GraphicxSP embeds the graphic in the PDF document once, and allows the document author to use and re-use that same graphic without significantly increasing the file size. Additionally, GraphicxSP supports Adobe transparency imaging model. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/graphicxsp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/GraphicxSP (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: caption v3.1a
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1: - combination KOMA-Script + longtable should work now - combination listings + hyperref should work now - combination longtable + subfigure should work now - the load order longtable->caption->hyperref should work now ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (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: oberdiek bundl
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek License: LPPL Announcment text: ------------------- New packages: * intcalc v1.0 This package provides expandable arithmetic operations with integers. * pdfcol v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports color stacks. The driver file `pdftex.def for package `color' defines and uses a main color stack since version v0.04b. Package `pdfcol' is intended for package writers. It defines macros for setting and maintaining new color stacks. * pdfcolparallel v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This package uses them to fix color problems in package `parallel'. * pdfcolparcolumns v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This package uses them to fix color problems in package `parcolumns'. * soulutf8 v1.0 This package extends package `soul' and adds some support for UTF-8. Namely the input encodings `utf8.def' from package `inputenc' and `utf8x.def' from package `ucs' are supported. New main version: * alphalph v2.0 The package provides methods to represent numbers with a limited set of symbols. Both LaTeX and plain-TeX are supported. * New implementation that uses package `intcalc'. This removes the dependency on e-TeX. * ewalphalph is extended to support new methods `wrap' and 'multi'. * Documentation rewritten. Updates: * Catcode section updated for some packages. * embedfile v1.2 * Fixes for plain-TeX, wrapper for package `keyval' added. * iflang v1.4 * Bug fix: IfLang@StrEqual -> IfLangStrEqual * kvsetkeys v1.2 * Using package `infwarerr' for error messages. * pdfcolfoot v1.1 * Use of package `pdfcol'. * Test file added. * stringenc v1.2 * Uses EdefSanitize instead of PE@sanitize from package `pdfescape'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=oberdiek (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: hepthesis
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Andy Buckley wrote: > Name of contribution: hepthesis > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis > Summary description: A class for academic reports, especially PhD theses. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hepthesis is a LaTeX class for typesetting large academic reports, in > particular PhD theses. It was originally developed for typesetting the > authors high-energy physics PhD thesis and includes some features > specifically tailored to such an application. In particular, hepthesis > offers: > -- Attractive semantic environments for various rubric sections; > -- Extensive options for draft production, screen viewing and > binding-ready output; > -- Helpful extensions of existing environments, including equation and > tabular; and > -- Support for quotations at the start of the thesis and each chapter. > > This release is version 1.4, which contains many improvements, > including layout bug fixes and tweaks, reduced external package > dependencies, improved multi-lingual interaction with babel, and > improved documentation. Users of previous versions are encouraged to > upgrade. i have installed the package, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hepthesis.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis since the installation happened last night, the package should have progressed around the world a fair bit, by now; the catalogue entry itself won't be updated until some time overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Nicola Talbot writes: > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.07: Fixed bug causing incorrect page number for entries in the > first paragraph of a page. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries installation happened last night, so the package is well on its way around the globe; the catalogue entry itself will be updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: TeX Gyre fonts
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the tex-gyre package. > Font: TeX Gyre Pagella > Design: Hermann Zapf > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.030 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/pagella > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Termes > Design: Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and Victor Lardent > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.030 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/termes > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > TeX Gyre Termes is based on the URW Nimbus Roman No9 L distributed > under GPL with Ghostscript. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters > were added by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Schola > Design: Morris Fuller Benton > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.010 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/schola > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Cursor > Design: Howard G. (Bud) Kettler > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.010 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/cursor > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > TeX Gyre Cursor is based on the URW Nimbus Mono L distributed under > GPL with Ghostscript. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were > added by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > > ----------- > The following changes have been made recently on the official web site > of the TeX Gyre project > (http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre): > > 12.09.2007: > TeX Gyre Cursor, ver. 1.010 (first release on CTAN) > TeX Gyre Pagella, ver. 1.030 > TeX Gyre Termes, ver. 1.030 > TeX Gyre Schola, ver. 1.010 > > * now, the widths of the TeX Gyre Cursor, Pagella, Schola and Termes glyphs > are almost consistent with the relevant Adobe metric data (for the glyphs > from the Adobe Standard Encoding). > > ------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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