A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its
way to your favorite mirror.
Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: microtype
Author's name: R Schlicht
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/microtype
Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions
of pdfTeX
License type: lppl
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CHANGES (v1.5):
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* When output mode is DVI, font expansion will by default
be turned off, automatic expansion will be disabled
* New option: `selected, to enable selected expansion;
default is: false
* Changed default for expansion option `step: 4
(min(stretch,shrink)/5)
* Protrusion settings for Bitstream Charter
* Compatibility with turkish babel + chemsym
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You can have a look at the package at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype
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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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens submitted version 1.8 of his xkeyval
package.
This package is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional
macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package
options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the
name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key
definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define
their own sets of keys.
The license is lppl.
The location …
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macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval
Note that the official location has changed since the last update and is
not macros/generic/xkeyval anymore!
Changes:
1) fixed a small bug in the treatment of
spaces in key and family names. These
spaces are now untouched.
2) bug in @selective@sanitize has been
fixed and level control has been added
3) the package is robust for catcode changes
of = and , but characters with changed
catcode inside key values are left untouched
so, for instance, babel shorthand notation
with the `=' character is possible, if it
is inside a group in the key value.
4) simplified some internal macros.
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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i have just updated macros/latex/contrib/misc/topcapt.sty here at
cambridge.
the new release fixes a recently-discovered problem that arises when
topcapt is operating in the presence of hyperref.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 L. Nobre G. submitted an
update of his package FeatPost.
New version number is 0.6.2.
License is gpl.
Location on CTAN is graphics/metapost/macros/featpost
Description of the package:
FeatPost is an extension of the MetaPost language, works in two and three
dimensions, and has many features to facilitate the production of physics
diagrams, as you may need for the International Year of Physics.
Announcement text:
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1) photoreverse is functional but not very much documented;
2) closedline is new;
3) Only one macrofile.
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Thanks for the update.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Philipp Lehman submitted version 2.14 of his Font
installation guide.
This guide discusses the most common scenarios you are likely to encounter
when installing Type 1 PostScript fonts. While the individual tools
employed in the installation process are documented well, the actual
difficulty most users are facing when trying to install new fonts is
understanding how to put all the pieces together. This is what this guide
is about.
The license is dfsg. It has been installed …
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info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Walter Schmidt submitted the new release 5.4 of the
EPM TeX Front End, a module for the OS/2 editor EPM, which turns the
editor into an integrated TeX environment. The TeX Front End is primarily
made for use with the TeX system VTeX/2.
Main news with this release:
* All particular features of the former professional
version, including the live menu, are now made available
also with the precompiled (linkable) version. Special
thanks to Andreas Schnellbacher!
* The `…
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emTeX) is no longer shipped as a precompiled module.
It can, however, still be compiled from the sources.
* Both the source code and the ready-made module are
compatible with NEPMD 1.01 and later.
See the file NEWS for further details.
Thanks for the update
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma
package. The package is installed in
nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma
Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.73 are:
1. New option (CMYK Output) in PDF Generation dialog
forces conversion RGB/Gray colors into CMYK color space.
2. Refined DVIPS output avoids bug existing in GhostScript 8.xx
3. DVI Search: Improved selection of graphics after jumping to viewer.
4. Refined handling of Image Decode key for …
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5. DVI Viewer displays relative position of mouse cursor with pressed SHIFT.
This version has patch status and may be
used as free upgrade for BaKoMa TeX 6.70.
More information about changes is at:
<http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html>
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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Philipp Lehman submitted version 2.5 of his package csquotes.
This package provides markup for inline quotations by means of control
sequences and active quote characters. The quotation marks are context
sensitive, they alternate for nested quotes and can adapt to the document
language by interfacing with the babel package. The active quote
characters and all quotation styles are fully configurable.
License is lppl.
Changes:
* Added MakeBlockQuote
* Added MakeForeignBlockQuote
* Added …
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* Added ifblockquote
* Modified syntax of lockquote
* Modified syntax of foreignblockquote
* Modified syntax of hyphenblockquote
* Changed default threshold for block quotations
* Improved math mode compatibility
* Improved verbatim compatibility
* Improved backend and active character handling
* Improved validation of user-defined active characters
* Fixed bug suppressing kerning after block quotations
* Issue an error message for nested block quotations
The package is installed in
macros/latex/contrib/csquotes
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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Staszek Wawrykiewicz kindly supplied a new version of the antt package.
The old version, in
fonts/psfonts/polish/antt
has been removed and placed into
fonts/antt/antt-old.zip.
Thanks for the update.
Description:
Antykwa Torunska (meaning just ``Antiqua of Torun'') is a two-element
typeface designed by Zygfryd Gardzielewski, a typographer from Torun,
Poland.
Font author: Janusz Marian Nowacki
License: GPL
Version 1.0, which deserves to be called computerised in
that it was precise …
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the font, was released in 1998 and comprised (similarly as the
original) of three faces: upright, bold and italic. This is now
archived in antt-OLD.zip
The current distribution (ver 2.01) was generated using the METATYPE1
tools package authored by Bogus{l}aw Jackowski, Janusz M. Nowacki and
Piotr Strzelczyk. Version 2.01 contains a greatly extended character
set (e.g., cyrillic, greek, most often used mathematical symbols and
currency symbols, additional ligatures), as well as additional
typefaces (light, regular, medium and bold in normal and condensed
widths). Support files for LaTeX and various encoding files were also
added.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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Bernard Gaulle writes:
> I'm pleased to announce i'm releasing the first public version of
> the msg package which is a LaTeX package designed to localize any
> document class or package. Very usefull for end-users which could
> obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is really easy to
> use by class/package writers. File names and syntax are still under
> consideration; this is the main reason why it is a beta version 0.06
> which can be improved. …
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> and even localize the messages file in their own language.
> Documentation is provided in... English (-like).
>
> The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz
> They could go to: 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
i have installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/msg, as suggested.
thank you for the interesting upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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