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CTAN upload -- xkeyval
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

----- Forwarded message from Hendri Adriaens ----- I just uploaded version 1.5 of xkeyval to ftp.dante.de. Please install it in the existing directory: tex-archive/macros/generic/xkeyval/ Information on the update: 1) a preset system has been added 2) commands for defining boolean keys now available 3) a LaTeX patch has been added to avoid premature expansions of class and package options 4) pst-xkey, a specialization of xkeyval for PSTricks packages 5) some minor bug fixes ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload, I installed the new version as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/generic/xkeyval Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- titling package
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded titling.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/titling. The distribution is under > thec LPPL. > > >From the README: > The titling package provides controls over the typesetting of the > maketitle and hanks commands, makes the itle, author and date > information permanantly available, and allows multiple titles in a single > document. > > Changes in version 2.1c (2004/09/26) > o No technical change but deleted mention of an unimplemented macro. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN packages update: ncclatex, ncctools
by Jim Hefferon 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Two related packages have been updated on tug.ctan.org and should have already appeared at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: NCCLATEX bundle Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ncclatex, macros/latex/contrib/ncctools Summary description: Improved support for Cyrillic License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Using non-ASCII symbols in math mode is very limitted in LaTeX (e.g. cyrillic letters simply disappear when they typesetted in math mode). This leads to many errors in typesetting LaTeX papers, especially for papers converted from MS Word. The introduced light version of CP1251 input encoding, cp1251-light, allows using common cyrillic letters in label names and solves the problem of typesetting common cyrillic letters in math mode. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the packages at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ncclatex and http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ncctools 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: CTAN submission --- pagenote package
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded pagenote.tar to UK incoming. Please add this to CTAN > under macros/latex/contrib. The distribution is under the LPPL. > > >From the README: > The pagenote package provides tagged notes on a separate page (aka end > notes). i've installed the package as requested (macros/latex/contrib/pagenotes), and sent it on its way around the world. thanks for the upload -- indeed ... welcome back to the world of ctan contributors! Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: microtype
by Jim Hefferon 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon. Thank you for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== 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 Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The `microtype' package provides a LaTeX interface to pdfTeX's micro-typographic extensions: character protrusion and font expansion. NEW: ===== * added protrusion settings for Adobe Minion (contributed by Harald Harders) * added protrusion factors for more characters * possibility to declare inheriting characters * characters may also be specified as hexadecimal or octal numbers CHANGES: ========= * configuration file names are now in lowercase * removed 8-bit characters from the default configuration files * several bug fixes - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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CTAN upload notification: KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm <komascript(a)gmx.info> Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the September '04 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka released to be ready for TeX Live. -------------------------------------------------------- What is KOMA-Script -------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------- Versions of classes and packages at this release: -------------------------------------------------------- scrartcl.cls 2004/09/16 v2.9t scrbook.cls 2004/09/16 v2.9t scrreprt.cls 2004/09/16 v2.9t scrlttr2.cls 2004/09/16 v2.9t scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2004/09/05 v2.2a typearea.sty 2004/09/16 v2.9t scrlfile.sty 2004/09/16 v2.9t scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- This is mostly a scrpage2-improvement release: - pre-set-line-commands, which may be used to colorize the lines at head and foot - part may be used at running head, if the class provides this (the KOMA-Script classes do so) - fix: captions at longtables improved (thanks to Axel Sommerfeldt) Go discover. -------------------------------------------------------- Distributors note: -------------------------------------------------------- Removing any of the files of the distribution made by the KOMA-Script maintainers prevents the users from using the provided makefile mentioned at the installation documentation: INSTALL.TXT or INSTALLD.TXT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: Ednotes [updates]
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: Ednotes [updates] Name and email: Uwe Luck <uwe.lueck(a)web.de> Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/supported/ednotes Summary description: ednotes (critical editions): changes for new lineno and manyfoot versions License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New features have been added to underlying lineno and manyfoot. (Thanks to Stephan Boettcher and Alex Rozhenko!) Some Ednotes components are withdrawn accordingly (linenox..., lnopatch). mfparxsp.sty is rendered a dummy file for reminding. Its MFparaxbuffer is replaced by manyfoot's ExtraParaSkip. Further rearrangements are planned for the next days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the changed files as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ednotes and removed from this directory the obsolete files linenox0.sty, linenox1.sty, and lnopatch.sty. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: Circuit_macros5.6
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: Circuit_macros5.6 Name and email: Dwight Aplevich <aplevich(a)uwaterloo.ca> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics Summary description: graphics/circuit_macros update License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >From the README: ... This is a set of macros for drawing high-quality line diagrams to include in TeX, LaTeX, or similar documents. The macros were originally intended for electric circuit diagrams containing fundamental elements, amplifiers, transistors, and basic logic gates, but several tools and examples of other types of diagrams are also included. Elements can be scaled or drawn in any orientation, and are easy to modify. The advantages and disadvantages of such a system are similar to those of TeX itself, which is macro-based and non-wysiwyg, with ordinary character input. The macros are to be processed by m4, and evaluate to drawing commands in the pic little language, which is easy to read and learn. Pic is well suited to line drawings requiring parametric or conditional components, fine tuning, significant geometric calculations or repetition, or to drawings that are naturally block structured or tree structured. Arbitrary formatted text can be included. Free TeX- and LaTeX-compatible interpreters for m4 and pic are readily available. ... EXAMPLES: Read the manual man.ps and view or print the file examples.ps in the examples directory, or for the possibly unstable development version, try http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/ A collection of examples and hints intended for his colleagues has been produced by Alan Robert Clark at http://ytdp.ee.wits.ac.za/cct.html ... CHANGES: Version 5.6: Better MetaPost, pdflatex, and xfig support. PDF examples. Reworked diode for easier customization and more options. Improved shade, sfgline, dline, darrow, gap, point_, Point_, opamp, bi_trans, variable, em_arrows, larrow, rarrow, FlipFlop6. New speaker, bell, microphone, buzzer. Negated logic gate inputs and IEEE box logic gates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:graphics/circuit_macros/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: sauerj (several small packages)
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: sauerj (several small packages) Name and email: Jonathan Sauer <jonathan.sauer(a)gmx.de> Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sauerj Summary description: Update for sauerj: collect (new), parcolumns (changed), zahl2string (changed) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New: 'collect' provides several environment to collect text in a macro or a file for later use. Changed: 'parcolumns' provides an environment for typesetting text in two or more columns columns in parallel. - colchunk now has an optional parameter to set the column number Changed: 'zahl2string' provides macros for formatting numbers as german words, i.e. `1' gets formatted as `eins'. - Typos fixed - Option 'publicnumstr' removed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new/updated packages as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/sauer Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Changes in CTAN directory fonts/psfonts (and its descendents)
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

fonts/psfonts was created long ago, when fontinst was new, and computers were so slow that running it (let alone preparing to run it) was a serious undertaking. The metrics created back then, kept on ctan in directories fonts/psfonts/(adobe|xadobe|monotype|xmono), have been extremely useful, over the years. However, they don't match modern ideas about using the commercial fonts they support. We now have a modern set of metrics, provided and maintained by Walter Schmidt, which substantially replace the old metrics. Therefore, we have deleted the directories fonts/psfonts/(adobe|xadobe|monotype|xmono) New directories are: fonts/psfonts/ly1 metrics for the basic 35 fonts set, using ly1 encoding fonts/psfonts/psnfss-metrics links to metrics for the basic 35 fonts set, using T1/TS1 encodings (and a set of pk files for the same fonts) fonts/psfonts/w-a-schmidt metrics for other commercial fonts fonts/psfonts/ly1 and fonts/psfonts/psnfss-metrics contain files and links that were previously in fonts/psfonts itself. Some README files remain to be updated/written, but we believe the changes will make life less confusing for users. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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