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CTAN has three new packages: berling, frutiger, and palatinox
by Jim Hefferon 16 May '05

16 May '05

Three new packages have been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ========================================================== Name of contribution: palatinox Author's name: Marc Penninga Location on CTAN: /fonts/truetypemetrics/ Summary description: Metrics for TrueType versions of Monotype Berling, Linotype Frutiger, and Linotype Palatino License type: lppl ------------------------------------------------ These packages contain everything you need (apart from the fonts themselves) to use the Truetype version of these fonts in your Latex documents. ------------------------------------------------ You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/truetypemetrics 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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CTAN update: Bakoma 7.20
by CTAN Announcements 16 May '05

16 May '05

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Basil Malyshev uploaded an update to the bakoma package. > Most important improvements are: > > + `Options/Install DVIPS font MAP file' command > lets to setup packages of Type1 fonts preconfigured for DVIPS program. > + `Lat1-7' keyboard mapper lets to convenient way to convert input > eight-bit character codes into TeX's seven-bit codes like to U. > + Numerous improvements in graphics engine: > Robust extraction of bounding box from EPSF figures. > Importing PDF files with embedded TrueType/CID fonts. > Added processcolors key in statusdict to force use colors. > Added ScaleMatrix and OrigFont keys in font dict. > Added Predictor = 2, for Flate and LZW Decode filters. > PDF Generation Changes: > Version of generated PDF is 1.3 (gradient patterns). > Added `Embed even Base Fonts' option into generation dialog. > Enabled CMYK output option in PDF generation from TeXWord. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> > > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.20 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.20 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor [New in V 7.0]. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical 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 such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > 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: > Prosper, PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing Prosper's slides in WYSIWYG interface > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > 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 distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: corrected map files for LM fonts
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '05

14 May '05

On Sat, 14 May 2005, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted a number of small corrections to some map files in fonts/lm/ 05.14.2005 corrected pltext-lm.map and vnrtext-lm.map and comment typos in cmtext-lm.map and cmtext-lm-interpolated 00readme and newmaps.zip updated accordingly Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: csquotes 2.8
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '05

14 May '05

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Philipp Lehman submitted version 2.8 of the csquote package. 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. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/csquotes License: lppl CHANGES * Added DisableQuotes * Fixed bug causing kerning restoration to fail in some rare cases Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: lineno.sty (ednotes.sty) -- LaTeX: critical editions, revising ...
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '05

14 May '05

On Wed, 11 May 2005 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the lineno package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ednotes Summary description: miscellaneous improvements License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Restored global version of numbering lines of a parbox or minipage or ... (I had missed and disabled this in taking over lineno.sty, and disabled), explained in documentation. 2. Enabled flushbottom in two-column pagewise or switching mode. 3. Re-implemented modulo mode -- disabling certain users' tricks, see lineno.pdf sec. 5.5, also for a still supported substituting trick. 4. Tidied up setting the next line number globally vs. locally (TeXbook p. 301). 5. Tidied up discussions (in documentation) of possible changes in implementation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: jcc.bst
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '05

14 May '05

On Wed, 4 May 2005 Antonio Cervellino submitted an update to jcc.bst a Bibtex style file for J. Comp. Chem. current (2005) style to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/chem-journal/jcc.bst License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I made some modifications to the jcc.bst to make it really compliant with the journal's present style requirements, as : author's initials after the name, authors' names separated by ;, no brackets around the year... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: mfpic
by Jim Hefferon 14 May '05

14 May '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: mfpic Author's name: Daniel Luecking Location on CTAN: /graphics/mfpic Summary description: Macros to generate Metafont/Metapost for drawing pictures. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mfpic is a package of (La)TeX macros that produce drawings by writing a Metafont/post file. This is a fairly major upgrade adding facilities to create MF loops, to create picture variables and place copies of them, and to read results of an MF expression into a TeX macro. Also 7 new curve creation macros, one new curve modifier and one new rendering macro (double-line) have been added. Plus new options for arc, circle and arrow. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic 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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CTAN has a new package: LEd (LaTeX Editor)
by Jim Hefferon 14 May '05

14 May '05

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LEd (LaTeX Editor) Author's name: Sebastian Deorowicz and Adam Skorczynski Location on CTAN: /support/LEd Summary description: Environment for rapid TeX/LaTeX document development License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LEd (LaTeX Editor) is a free environment for rapid TeX/LaTeX document processing. The main goal of the development of the editor is to make the process of TeX/LaTeX document production easier thanks to the integration of most helpful tools in one application. HomePage: www.latexeditor.org - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/LEd 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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CTAN update: harmony
by CTAN Announcements 12 May '05

12 May '05

On Tue, 10 May 2005 uploaded an update to the harmony package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/harmony License type: lppl Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: The caption package v3.0e
by CTAN Announcements 12 May '05

12 May '05

On Tue, 10 May 2005 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table and cooperates with many other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is mainly a bugfix release of the caption package 3.0. Changes: - Increased compatibility: Behaviour of labelformat=default changed (algorithm2e package) (12.4.05) - Bugfix 05-04-28: labelformat=default,indention=<amount> works now again (28.4.05) - Code documentation & re-organisation (5.5.05) - Bugfix: caption{} now works correctly for sidecap captions, too. (5.5.05) - Bugfix: captionsetup[longtable]{width=...} overrides LTcapwidth now (5.5.05) - Bugfix: captionsetup[table/figure]{margin=...} has no effect on sidecaptions anymore and captionsetup[table/figure]{justification=...} will be overwritten by sidecap justification option, too. (5.5.05) - Improvement v3.0d: opcaption* and ottomcaption* implemented (5.5.05) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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