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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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CTAN package update: dozenal
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

that there upload daemon flexed its little fingers, and wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: dozenal > Author's name: Donald P. GOodman III > Location on CTAN: /fonts/dozenal > Summary description: Typeset documents using base twelve numbering > (also called dozenal) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package supports typesetting documents whose counters are > represented in base twelve, also called “dozenal”. It includes a macro > by David Kastrup for converting positive whole numbers to dozenal from > decimal (base ten) representation. The package also also includes a > few other macros and redefines all the standard counters to produce > dozenal output. > > Fonts, in Roman, italic, slanted, and boldface versions, provide ten > and eleven (the Pitman characters preferred by the Dozenal Society of > Great Britain). The fonts were designed to blend well with the > Computer Modern fonts, and are available both as MetaFont source and > in Adobe Type 1 format. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/dozenal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//fonts/dozenal and, as usual, the catalogue entry will be updated in an hour or so. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: etextools
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: etextools Version number: 2e Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: e-TeX useful tools for LaTeX Users and package Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides mainly 4 categories of macros : - the expandnext macro and other expansion control macros - the FE@testopt and FE@ifstar macros for fully expandable (FE) (starred-)macros with option - fully expandable command list parsers : csvloop, listloop and a general constructor - three macros lacking from the etoolbox package : listdel, listgdel and listxdel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/etextools (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: ConTeXt Commands Top Ten
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ConTeXt Commands Top Ten Version number: 32 Author's name: Corsair Sun Location on CTAN: /info/ Summary description: The top ten ConTeXt commands. License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix a typo in page 22, change color and style of ref links, and add thank list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-top-ten . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context-top-ten (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: chitex
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chitex Version number: 6.1.2p15a37/ps635Mk27b38 Author's name: Hung-Yih Chen Location on CTAN: /systems Summary description: ChiTeX provides the means for typesetting Chinese in a TeX system, including the necessary fonts License type: nosell Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version of chitex was released in July, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/chitex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chitex (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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