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CTAN package update: findbib
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '07

08 Jun '07

The package below has been updated on 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: findbib Author's name: Kevin Goldstein Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/findbib Summary description: Find bibliographic details from SPIRES License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the findbib script which incorporates changes in the Spires website and arxiv numbering system. Findbib is a script that enables the user to avoid writing BibTeX database entries for papers that appear on SPIRES: if the citation key is in SPIRES standard form or in the form of an arxiv number, the bibliographic details are retrieved on-line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/findbib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=findbib (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: minitoc - version 54
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Jean-Pierre Drucbert <Jean-Pierre.Drucbert(a)onecert.fr> wrote: > I have uploaded a new version (#54) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (14665648 bytes) > > This package should completely replace its previous version in > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ > > > The licence is LPPL. > > This package allows the creation of mini-tables of contents, > lists of figures or lists of tables per part, chapter or > section, with language dependent titles. > > This new version has the following changes or improvements: > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Minitoc version #54 > -- Added the ``open'' and ``close'' features. > -- Indexing the features. > -- Added the mtc-ocf.tex example file. > -- Added the mtcfixnomenclature command. > -- Added the mtc-nom.tex example file. > -- Correction in the mtcsetfeature command and siblings. > -- Some mini-tables are set on two columns (or more) in the manual. > -- Indexing the messages. Messages noted in the right margin. > -- Corrected a bug in the mtcoff package. > -- Added latinc.mld and latinc2.mld for classical latin. > -- Added internal hyperlinks for messages. > -- Added mtcoffset and co. for an horizontal offset of a mini-table. > -- Added mtcsetoffset for an horizontal offset of a mini-table type. > -- Added the mtc-ofs.tex example file. > -- More internal links in the documentation. > -- Added a clickable table of all messages. > -- Added lithuanian2.mld, latvian2.mld and letton2.mld. > -- Updated the documentation. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > The administravive trivia are in the `CATALOG' file in the > distribution. > Please update my e-mail address: jean-pierre.drucbert(a)onera.fr > because the old one will be obsolete in few months. > > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form, > -- in (not perfect) english: minitoc.pdf > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf > The ``cmk'' script may be used to convert the PDF documentation > into PostScript. > > The INSTALL file (and, better, the ``Installation'' chapter in the > documentation) describes the files of this package (the list > of files is in minitoc.l). thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version, and committed a small change to the catalogue. the catalogue itself will be updated overnight. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html and the package's ctan directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: AeB Tiling Backgrounds
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

The package below has been installed 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: AeB Tiling Backgrounds Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/aeb_tilebg Summary description: Take a rectangular graphic and tiles it as the background of the page License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This newest package is a simple application of established packages graphicx, multido and AeB Web. The package takes a rectangular graphic and uses it to tile the background of the pages. Download your favorite tiled background swatch from the Internet, convert it to an .eps or a .pdf format (depending if you use distiller---should work for users of Ghostscript as well---or pdftex), place that image in the same folder as your source document. Now, anywhere in your document, use the command setTileBgGraphic to create your tiled background. Other features Turn tiling on or off. Draft mode (an package option) used during the content development stage. Change the way the tiles are laid out, change from top-to-bottom to bottom-to-top. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/aeb_tilebg . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=aebtilebg (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: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should by now 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: moderncv Author's name: Xavier Danaux Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/moderncv Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A lot of small fixes, some new elements and color variants for the two official styles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=moderncv (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: classicthesis
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jun '07

05 Jun '07

The package below has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: classicthesis Author's name: André Miede Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis Summary description: major update License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major update. Several bugfixes and new features such as MinionPro support, pdftex letterspacing capabilities (via microtype) and many more (see CHANGES for more information). Also included: examples how to use classicthesis for articles, CVs etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=classicthesis (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: fig2vect 1.1.8
by CTAN Announcements 31 May '07

31 May '07

On Thu, 31 May 2007, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the fig2vect package. The fig2vect program converts figures from jFig, XFig and WinFig to MetaPost, EPS, PDF, TeX and SVG. Program highlights: - Designed for use with LaTeX/pdfLaTeX. Handling of special text is left up to LaTeX, for non-special text you can choose whether or not to use LaTeX. For text handled by LaTeX you have three choices: - Use the fonts exactly as specified in the Fig file. - Convert to use fonts in the same features (serif/sans-serif/monospaced, normal/bold, upright/italic). This allows to use the same font families in the graphics as in the document where the graphics is included. - Write no font selection commands (text contains commands itself if necessary). - X-splines are approximated by a sequence of Bezier spline segments. - Fill patterns are drawn by vector graphics operations. - Image width and height are found by inspecting graphics elements (except texts), the paper format name is not used here. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Yet another Fig to vector converter. License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1.6: Bugfix in the mmp output driver 1.1.7: Support for UTF-8 encoded text in Fig files 1.1.8: Option -a allows to create an output file name automatically based on the input file name and the output driver. Note: the default for text handling changed. If your system uses UTF-8 encoding (i.e. LANG=``de_DE.utf-8'') fig2vect attempts to UTF-8 decode all texts. If you use jFig you must turn this off because jFig already decodes keyboard events and saves text correctly. For details see the http://fig2vect.sourceforge.net/faq.html#h4utf8setdef fig2vect FAQ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/fig2vect . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=fig2vect (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: mf2pt1
by CTAN Announcements 30 May '07

30 May '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: mf2pt1 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/mf2pt1 Summary description: Produce PostScript Type 1 fonts from Metafont source License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a Metafont source file. mf2pt1's advantage over tools such as TeXtrace and mftrace is that it does not rely on bitmap tracing and therefore can produce higher-quality Type 1 fonts than trace-based tools. The catch is that mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the Metafont input so it is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format. This update fixes a few minor bugs and adds support for a new --bpppix command-line option that lets the user specify the number of big points per pixel that MetaPost utilizes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/mf2pt1 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mf2pt1 (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: gcard
by CTAN Announcements 30 May '07

30 May '07

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: gcard Author's name: George McBane Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gcard Summary description: arrange text on a sheet to fold into a greeting card License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gcard.sty provides a simple LaTeX2e package for producing greeting cards. It arranges four panels onto a single sheet (typically, A4 or letter) so that when the sheet is folded twice the four panels are arranged as front cover, inside left and right pages, and back cover. It uses the textpos package for placement on the sheet and the graphicx package for the necessary rotation. The four panels are set in minipages for formatting by the user. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gcard . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=gcard (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: elatex 1.1
by CTAN Announcements 28 May '07

28 May '07

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `elatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/elatex. Please purge > the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The elatex 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 strictly related to e-TeX but match > the profile of this package. This package will not modify any part of > the LaTeX kernel. Its name is not meant to imply that it patches > LaTeX such that the kernel makes use of e-TeX facilities by default. i've installed this new version, and pushed it out to the other ctan nodes. thanks for the update. users may browse the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/elatex.html or the archive directory for the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elatex/ (the catalogue entry has been updated in the repository, but not much. the new version will appear on the archives overnight.) see below for details of the (extensive) updates in this new version of the package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team > CHANGES > > * Added protected@csedef > * Added protected@csxdef > * Added gluedef > * Added gluegdef > * Added csgluedef > * Added csgluegdef > * Added mudef > * Added mugdef > * Added csmudef > * Added csmugdef > * Added protected@eappto > * Added protected@xappto > * Added protected@cseappto > * Added protected@csxappto > * Added protected@epreto > * Added protected@xpreto > * Added protected@csepreto > * Added protected@csxpreto > * Fixed bug in ewrobustcmd > * Fixed bug in enewrobustcmd > * Fixed bug in providerobustcmd

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CTAN has a new package: LatexPaper
by CTAN Announcements 27 May '07

27 May '07

A new package has been installed on 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: LatexPaper Author's name: Silas S. Brown Location on CTAN: /support/latexpaper Summary description: Calculate LaTeX settings for arbitrary font and page sizes License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A python script to calculate LaTeX settings for arbitrary font and page sizes, helpful when producing documents for people with low vision. Compatible with any other LaTeX package and avoids the usual drawbacks of giant print (less weight in the font etc) by taking the approach of typesetting on small paper and then using magstep. Can also help for typesetting posters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexpaper . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=latexpaper (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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