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CTAN update: png2pdf 1.0.6
by CTAN Announcements 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 Dirk Krause uploaded version 1.0.6 of his png2pdf package. Location on CTAN: /support/png2pdf Summary description: Converter from PNG to PDF, Update and Bugfix License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The png2pdf program converts PNG images to PDF. An alpha channel in the PNG file can be used to mix against a specified background color and/or to create a PDF image mask or PDF alpha channel. An option -n or --interpolation was created to add an /Interpolate true entry to the image dictionary. This suggests PDF viewers to show an interpolated image on screen. Previous versions possibly crashed/dumped core when problems occured while reading PNG files. The libpng routines use the setjmp()/longjmp() mechanism on errors but png2pdf did not set up a jump buffer. This is fixed now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bmeps 1.2.0
by CTAN Announcements 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 Dirk Krause submitted version 1.2.0 of his bmeps package. 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. Location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS, Upgrade and Bugfix License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. PNG-alpha channels can be converted into EPS level 3 image masks. Modified dvips sources are included to allow image conversion directly from dvips. An option -V (or EPSOUTPUT character V) was added to run in verbose mode. Previous versions (without verbose mode) did not write messages on errors, only the exit code was set. Previous versions possibly crashed/dumped core on problems in PNG files. The libpng routines use the setjmp()/longjmp() mechanism on errors but libbmeps did not set up the jump buffer. This is fixed now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xkeyval v2.2 and extract v1.6
by CTAN Announcements 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Hendri Adriaens submitted new versions of his packages xkeyval and extract. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval macros/latex/contrib/extract ---------------------------------------------------- xkeyval v2.2 ---------------------------------------------------- 1) Added a viewer utility for generating tables with defined keys per family or all families together. 2) Improved nesting mechanism. ---------------------------------------------------- extract v1.6 ---------------------------------------------------- 1) Added optional information header for extracted files. 2) Improved options section. ---------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the updates. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: minitoc package, update to version 41
by CTAN Announcements 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Jean-Pierre Drucbert submitted version 41 of his package minitoc. This package is useful to add mini-tables-of-contents (minitocs) at the beginning of every chapter. They are also minilofs and minilots. At the part level, they are parttocs, partlofs and partlots. If the type of document does not use chapters, they are section level secttocs, sectlofs and sectlots. Location on CTAN : macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ Kicence: LPPL updates versus version 40: ======================================================================= Version #41 Corrections in documentation. Message added if some sectionning commands are not available. Replaced ypeout commands in minitoc.sty by PackageInfo or PackageWarning commands. Hence, the package is less verbose (PackageInfo writes only in the .log file, not on the terminal). Added mtcsetfont (for Benjamin Bayart) and mtcsettitlefont. Added bibliography. Added test on amsart, amsproc and amsbook packages. The first two are incompatible with minitoc, the third needs precautions. Added mtcsetformat and: ptc | pnumwidth mtc | tocrmargin stc | dotsep plf | mlf | slf | plt | mlt | slt | Added mtcsettitle. Added a hint for recommending the insection option. Added a hint about the presence of dominitoc & co. Added a hint about coherence dominitoc/minitoc & co. Improved documentation about hints. Added a hint about more that 99 parts/chapters/sections with short extensions. ptifont: Hugefseries becomes LARGEfseries. Added mtcsetpagenumbers. Added serbianc.mld. Added chinese1.mld, chinese2.mld, hangul1.mld, hangul2.mld, hangul3.mld, hangul4.mld, hanja1.mld, hanja2.mld, japanese2.mld, japanese3.mld, japanese4.mld, japanese5.mld, thai.mld. Added mtcsetrules. Added plfrule, oplfrule, mlfrule, omlfrule, slfrule, oslfrule. Added pltrule, opltrule, mltrule, omltrule, sltrule, osltrule. Added the mtchideinmaintoc environment. Added latvian.mld and letton.mld. Added greek-mono.mld, greek-polydemo.mld, greek-polykatha.mld, polish2.mld, russian2m.mld, russian2o.mld. Added the mtchideinmainlof and mtchideinmain environments. Added mtcfixindex. ======================================================================= Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXshade v1.9
by CTAN Announcements 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 Eric Beitz submitted version 1.9 of his TeXshade package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ Summary description: Update of the nucleotide and protein alignment LaTeX package TeXshade License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 1.9 of the TeXshade package for setting nucleotide and protein sequence alignments. New features cover: novel types of arrow labels, bounding boxes around sequence blocks, new input format HMMTOP, short version of the caption and bug fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: virtualfontshowto
by Jim Hefferon 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should have by this time made its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: virtualfontshowto.txt Author's name: Thomas A. Schmitz Location on CTAN: /info/virtualfontshowto Summary description: Tutorial on creating virtual fonts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This file gives a brief step-by-step tutorial on how virtual fonts can be created and used. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/virtualfontshowto although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: msg package update V 0.30
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

Bernard Gaulle writes: > Volunteers are really welcome to translate the short (13 lines) > default messages file in their own language. > Currently msg is localized in French, English, Norsk and German. > > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users who could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is also really > easy to use by class/package writers. > > Please, be free to try/test it on any existing package/class and > report any pb. No pb reported at that time. > > The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz > Ctan directory: macros/latex/contrib/msg > > % This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of > % the LaTeX Project Public License as of http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > % > % This file has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > % The current maintainer is Bernard.Gaulle at idris.fr > > V 0.30 mods: added hook for possible keyboard output reencoding; > few documentation changes. i've installed the new version as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: TeXtopo v1.4
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 Eric Beitz submitted version 1.4 of his TeXtopo package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/textopo/ Summary description: Update of the protein topology plotting LaTeX package TeXtopo License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 1.4 of the TeXtopo package for plotting transmembrane protein topologies. A new input format has been implemented: HMMTOP; and bugs have been fixed especially a rotation issue with classical flat helical wheels. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New version (3.13b) of faq released to ctan and web
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

this is an interim release, provoked by the discovery of a serious bug in the code that generates 'static' html files (see html.tar.gz in the distribution). Other changes of note: Revised answers: Label conditional: changes to cope with new release of extract package Label commercial: mention the self-help group for users of Y&Y TeX Label RCS: extend to cover subversion (packages svn and svninfo) Label spell: slightly restructured for CTAN changes New or revised packages (or just ones never before mentioned): pseudocode (mentioned in label algorithms) svn (mentioned in label RCS) svninfo (mentioned in label RCS) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ps4pdf v0.6i
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update for ps4pdf Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Summary description: Using Postscript commands inside a pdfLaTeX processed document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version has the new package option notightpage (needs additional external cropping after the `ps2pdf' call). And a small bug with the PfP@container macro is corrected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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