On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Morten Høgholm submitted the
xbase bundle
on behalf on the LaTeX Project.
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/project/xbase
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The xbase bundle provides the packages xparse and template.
xparse provides a high-level interface for declaring document commands,
e.g., a uniform way to define commands taking optional arguments,
optional stars (and others), mandatory arguments and more.
template provides an interface for defining generic functions using a
key=val syntax.
All files are also available in the Subversion (SVN) repository of the
LaTeX3 Project, which is located at
http://www.latex-project.org/svnroot/experimental/trunk
The bundle on CTAN is a snapshot of the SVN repository as of 2006/12/12.
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Rainer Schöpf
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I have uploaded pst-code,tgz to the uk mirror. Please
> create the new directory /graphics/pstricks/doc/code
> and put all files in there.
>
> pst-code is the original code documentation of PSTricks
> from Timothy Van Zandt from 1997. All macros, dimensions and
> counters of the packages pstricks and pst-node are
> explained in detail.
i have installed the material as suggested: users may view the source,
etc., via
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/doc/code/
the stuff appears in the catalogue as one of the documentation links in:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html
thanks for the upload
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Peter Wilson wrote:
> I have done a terrible thing. The patch for memoir that you just put on
> CTAN for me had one backslash too many. I have uploaded
> memfixesDec06a.tar.gz which contains the correct versions of mempatch.sty
> and mempatch.dtx. Could you please use these in macros/latex/contrib/memoir.
>
> My apologies to you and to any user who has been quick off the mark to
> download the earlier incorrect version.
i've installed this new patch; as before, browse the package at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/
and view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Peter Wilson <herries.press(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> I have uploaded memfixesDec06.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the
> contents to update macros/latex/contrib/memoir.
>
> From the README
>
> The memoir class is for typesetting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and
> mathematical works.
>
> The normal font sizes range from 9 to 17pt. There is a range of
> page-styles and well over a dozen chapter-styles to choose from and methods
> for specifying your own layouts and designs. The class encompasses over
> thirty of the more popular packages.
>
> Changes (2006/12/11)
> o New version (4.6) of mempatch.sty providing bug fixes, options for wider
> interlinear and interparagraph spacing, new style for trimmarks, over a
> dozen new built-in chapterstyles, and some minor new commands.
>
> o New version (1.9) of memhfixc.sty. Thanks to Heiko Oberdiek versions of
> the hyperref package dated 2006/11/15 or later now automatically use the
> memhfixc package.
>
> o New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf).
>
> o NO CHANGES TO THE MANUAL (memman.pdf) or memoir.dtx
i have installed the updated files, and updated the catalogue. thank
you for the upload.
the memoir class is located at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/
interested users may proceed via the catalogue page:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Stephan Hennig submitted an update to the
textpath
package.
Location on CTAN: graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/textpath
Summary description: typesetting text along a path with the help of LaTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This MetaPost package provides macros to typeset
text along a free path with the help of LaTeX,
thereby preserving kerning and allowing for 8-bit
input, e.g., accented characters.
Changes:
* Renamed macro textpathVar to textpathFont.
* Added macro textpathRaw, that supports typesetting
mathematical formulae along a path.
* Added configuration variables
textpathRepeat,
textpathStretch,
textpathHSpace,
textpathShift,
textpathFancyStrokes,
textpathStrokePrecision,
textpathCureSqrt.
* Added more documentation and examples.
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http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/textpath
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=textpath
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted new packages
centernot, stackrel.
* centernot v1.0
This package provides centernot that prints the symbol
cs{not} on the following argument. Unlike
ot the symbol
is horizontally centered.
* stackrel v1.0
This package adds an optional argument to stackrel for
putting something below the relational symbol and defines
stackbin for binary symbols.
They are part of the oberdiek bundle.
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/
License: LPPL
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the
bakoma
package.
Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma
License: shareware
> Most noticeable improvements (in short):
>
> * Added keyboard shortcuts for symbol panels.
> It enables to insert math via keyboard.
> Alt+G - lowercase greek, Shift+Alt+G uppercase greek.
> Alt+Q - Big Operators.
> Alt+N - Binary Operators.
> Alt+R - Binary Relations.
> Alt+M - Mics Math Symbols.
>
> * Also added one shortcut for text mode.
> Alt+T - Text Symbols
> dots (d) vdots (v) S (q) P (p) copyright (c)
> extregistered (r) exttrademark (t)
> extdagger (g) extbullet (b) extsterling (s)
> euro (e)
>
> * We have done pretest of BaKoMa TeX under VISTA beta.
> Version 7.80 includes some performance improvements.
>
> * BaKoMa TeX Support Site (http://www.bakomatex.com)
> is opened to provide News (RSS Feed) and
> technical support via `Support Tickets'.
>
> More details about changes and another bug fixing see at:
>
> <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html
> >
>
> Bye.
> Basil K. Malyshev
> 4-Dec-2006
>
> PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists.
>
> -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.80 ------------------
>
> BaKoMa TeX 7.80 supports two coexisting IDE:
> 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - Visual (True WYSIWYG) LaTeX Editor.
> 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE.
>
> About BaKoMa TeX Word.
>
> BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
>
> The word `True' is used to highlight two following
> facts:
>
> 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor.
> It means that display shows precisely the same
> what will be printed. It looks as if you edit
> your document immediately in DVI Viewer window.
> 2) It is True LaTeX Editor.
> It edits LaTeX source text without any
> import/export procedure. It means that
> you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document.
>
> BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX
> graphic engine and consequently it inherits all features
> of BaKoMa TeX related with import graphics,
> font support, and document export.
>
> It supports processors:
> (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX.
> Other processors such as Omega may be added in future.
>
> It imports:
> EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX,
> MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY.
> It supports fonts:
> OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM),
> PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF.
> It exports:
> DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT).
>
> It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS
> compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as:
> PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy,
> PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.
>
> Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is
> final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing.
>
> Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface
> (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.)
> is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'.
>
> Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as
> good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers.
>
> TeXWord is transparent for cooperation.
> TeXWord don't use additional macro packages.
> So that documents made with TeXWord may be compiled
> in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation.
> In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents.
> So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use
> powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work.
>
> More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at:
>
> <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html>
>
> Some snapshots are available at:
> <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/snapshots/>
>
> Root of BaKoMa TeX distribution is at:
> <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/>
>
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Thanks for the update.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the
grffile
package.
The package extends the file name processing of package graphics to
support a larger range of file names. For example, the file name may
contain several dots. Or in case of pdfTeX in PDF mode the file name may
contain spaces.
The package is part of the oberdiek bundle.
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek
License: LPPL
> Changes:
> * grffile v1.2
> New option xoption{babel}. Before this feature was part
> of option xoption{extendedchars}.
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at
your favorite mirror.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: ijqc
Author's name: Richard J. Mathar
Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/ijqc
Summary description: BibTeX style file for the Intl. J. Quantum Chem.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is a BibTex style file for Wiley's Intl. J. of Quantum Chemistry.
The publisher has multiple support for EndNote databases, but
there seems to be no such functionality for LaTeX users.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/ijqc
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Cambridge upload daemon wrote:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: datetime
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Author's email:
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datetime
> Summary description: Change format of oday with commands for current time
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Version 2.49: Fixed some of the multilingual problems, tidied up code
> documentation.
>
> The catalogue description needs updating:
>
> Provides various different formats for the command oday, and also
> provides commands for displaying the current time, either in 12hr,
> 24hr or text format. Requires fmtcount package.
i have installed the update as requested, at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datetime/
and updated the catalogue; interested users may browse the package via
the catalogue entry
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datetime.html
thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team