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New CTAN package --- fonttable
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded fonttable.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please put this into > macros/latex/contrib/fonttable or where you consider suitable. The > distiribution is under the LPPL. > > > >From the README > The fonttable package enables you to print tables (full and partial) of > the characters in a font, and/or some example text. > > (As far as I am aware all the other font table printers are interactive > stand-alone TeX documents. This is a package so it can be used in any LaTeX > document.) i've installed the new package, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload: it's really pretty surprising that of all the myriad font-table programs, there has (as far as i can tell) never been one designed to use as a package, until now. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New/revised CTAN packages --- B1 encoding and Artificial Uncial script
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded b1encoding.tar.gz and auncial.tar.gz to UK incoming. > These are under the LPPL. > > I leave it up to your judgement where they might go on CTAN. see below. > The auncial file contains a PostScript Type1 font of the Artificial > Uncial bookhand, plus supporting packages. (MetaFont code is buried inside > but unused). The Type1 was generated from original MetaFont sources extended > to cover 253 characters. > > Because the bookhands (used between the 1st and 16th centuries for > manuscripts) typically have a somewhat different character set to modern > fonts I created a new encoding for them which I have called B1 (for > Bookhands, and mainly similar to the regular T1 encoding). The encoding > files are in b1encoding.tar.gz. > > There is an existing (short) MetaFont version of Artificial Uncial on > CTAN in fonts/bookhands/auncial. > > The Type1 version and the B1 encoding are new endeavours --- they work > on my system but I don't know about anyone else being able to use them. I > think that it would be a reasonable idea to keep the present > bookhands/auncial and put the new stuff somewhere else (under the bookhands > directory?) so that others can try the fonts before coming to any final > decisions. Particularly, is the B1 encoding a good way to go? after some discussion, i understand that while the new version of auncial is intended as a replacement for the existing one, Peter would rather it stood on its own while potential users evaluate it. i have also discussed the proposed B1 encoding within the latex project, and we have agreed that there's no point in opposing it (its structure fits the stated requirements for latex-compatible encodings). i have therefore installed b1encoding for review at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/b1encoding/ and for download from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/b1encoding.zip and the new auncial font set for review at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/auncial-new/ and for download from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/auncial-new.zip we do of course anticipate that fonts/auncial-new will ultimately take the place of fonts/bookhands/auncial i have created a catalogue entry for b1encoding, and and entry for auncial-new is still in preparation. thanks, peter, for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: nddiss
by CTAN Announcements 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: nddiss Author's name: Sameer Vijay Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/nddiss Summary description: University of Notre Dame's Dissertation format class file License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This class file conforms to the requirements of the Graduate school of the University of Notre Dame, for using with LaTeX to be used for formatting the theses and dissertations. This release is version 3.0 dated 2005.07.27. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nddiss . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: flacards
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: flacards Author's name: Norbert Stuhrmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/flacards Summary description: Class for flashcards License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Class for typesetting flashcards. It will produce several user-defined cards per page with front- and backside. You can put associated pieces of information on each side like vocabularies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/flacards . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New CTAN package: har2nat
by CTAN Announcements 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Bas Straathof writes: > Name of contribution: har2nat > Author's name: Bas Straathof > Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib > Summary description: Redefines harvard citation commands for use > with natbib package. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This small package allows a LaTeX document containing the citation > commands provided by the Harvard package (Peter Williams and > Thorsten Schnier) to be compiled using the natbib package (Patrick > W. Daly). Migration from harvard to natbib thus can be achieved > simply by replacing > > usepackage{harvard} > > with > > usepackage{natbib} > usepackage{har2nat} > > ---IMPORTANT--- > har2nat must not be loaded before the natbib package as it redefines > the natbib commands cite and citeyear. All other natbib commands > remain unchanged and can be used alongside the Harvard commands. i have installed the package and created a new catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. users may view the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/har2nat/ or download it as a whole from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/har2nat.zip Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: substr package
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Harald Harders submitted an update to the substr package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/substr License: LPPL >From the README: This package provides commands to deal with substrings in strings: Determine if a string contains a substring, count appearances of a substring in a string. ChangeLog: 2005/11/29 v1.1 Harald Harders - Add IfBeforeSubStringEmpty and IfBehindSubStringEmpty. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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UK TeX FAQ, v3.15 installed
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

I've just installed a new version of the UK TeX FAQ as an interactive entity on the web: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq and as sources on CTAN: http://www.tex.ac.uk/help/uk-tex-faq/ There are now 396 questions answered in the FAQ, but the total number available is mostly limited by my spare time and energy. Those with an urge to submit suggestions for questions (preferably with answers) are urged to do so. Those who find something in the FAQ plain wrong (or merely confusing) are equally urged to do so. Details of such submissions (including an Email address) are to be found in http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=newans (which includes an email address in one of its URLs). Details of changes made are appended below. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ============================================================================== Changes in version 3.15 These are changes from 3.14, as at the first submission of the new version to the web. New answers: Label brkinline: line breaking in in-line maths Label errparnum: illegal parameter number error Label etex: describe e-TeX as a thing in its own right Label fllost: LaTeX floats lost error Label formbiblabel: jiffy on formatting numeric labels in bibliography Label gethelp: basic getting help answer Label ltxhash: defining latex commands within other commands Label maillists*: the other (La)TeX mailing lists Label srchpdf: searching PDF files with non-ASCII characters Label tutorials*: replaces tutorial, with a bunch of links to other answers: man-tex: introductory manuals for Plain TeX man-latex: introductory manuals for LaTeX tutbitslatex: tutorials covering small areas of (mostly) latex ref-doc: reference documents typo-style: typographic style Label varwidcol: variable-width columns in tabulars (using varwidth.sty) Answers removed: Label maillists: replaced by gethelp and maillists* Label NTS: the project is no longer (visibly) active, and e-TeX has entered the mainstream; see above about e-TeX Label tutorials: replaced by tutorials* and its dependents Revised answers: Label [several]: replace references to label NTS Label atsigns: rewrite for new companion, use example from there Label bold-extras: mention luximono font Label breaklinks: cover toc/lof/lot issues, describe where there's no hope Label eplain: revised with input from new maintainer Label fancyhdr: editorial work Label noans: statement of what happens to questions to new faq mail address Label nohyph: correct definition of hyph (!) Label overfull: clarify emergencystretch, discuss microtype package Label psfchoice: reinstate Lucida with pointer to upcoming sale site Label seccntfmt: mention @ commands Label slidecls: mention powerdot Label TeXsystems: mention TeXlive Mac distribution Label type1T1: editorial work Presentation: A serious problem with question cross-references in the PDF version has been mended. The tutorials section has been split into more manageable (and hopefully useful chunks (see above). The address for proposals for FAQ improvement has changed; the steady stream of requests for help, to the old address, from people who hadn't even read the FAQ, became too much for me. I have removed my name and address everywhere it appears in the FAQ; this follows the strong perception that I am widely despised on the texhax list, and is done in the hope that these people won't be put off using the FAQ as a result. Coming up: I have a far more efficient CGI engine for serving answers to the web: its output still needs tuning and more testing is needed before release. I am investigating mechanisms whereby I can point to the CTAN catalogue from FAQ answers. I feel I can write fuller descriptions of individual packages in the catalogue than I can in the FAQ; moreover, the catalogue has links to on-line documentation, which has always been a problem for FAQ readers.

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

The package described below 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: LaTeXPiX Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: As is License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The CTAN 20 version of LaTeXPiX is available. Changes are: * When opening or merging files when canvas is zoomed in, the drawing was incorrectly loaded. Bug reported by Robert Rutten. * When no objects are selected, dragging the when holding the left mouse button enables selecting of multiple objects. Idea came from Robert Rutten. * Added more information and exception handling when the Windows registry cannot be read/written. Thanks to Keith Mellinger for testing. * Renamed Generate Registration Request Number to Register and changed register procedure to name and key only (no registry file will be sent anymore). * Stripped ebb.exe from the style installer. * Version 1.1 of latexpix.sty now in the style installer (changed legal information). * Object resizing with fixed aspect ratio went had a bug. * Undo data now created when moving or resizing objects. Also the program could crash when an object is selected and undone. * Browsing through object shortcut key moved from CTRL+5 to CTRL+TAB. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xcolor 2.08
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 Uwe Kern submitted an update to the xcolor package. This package pProvides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of color tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors. It allows a user to select a document-wide target color model and offers complete tools for conversion between eight color models. Additionally, there is a command for alternating row colors plus repeated non-aligned material (like horizontal lines) in tables. Colors can be mixed like color{red!30!green!40!blue}. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005/11/25 v2.08 * New features: - more flexibility for fcolorbox arguments, e.g., fcolorbox[gray]{0.5}[wave]{580}{test}; - oxframe returns a frame of given dimensions; - new implementation of f(rame)box and fcolorbox as an extension of bug report latex/3655 to reduce pixel positioning errors in output devices; - `kernelfbox' option for those who prefer the previous f(rame)box approach; - experimental `xcdraw' option uses PostScript commands to draw frames and color boxes in case of `dvips'. * Bugfixes: - insufficient expression type detection within colorlet; - wrong calculation in the unit interval reduction for negative integers (affecting color series and extended color expressions). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. > > please replace all files with the existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst3d-plot/ > > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for 3d objects, > data and mathematical functions. > > this new version has: > > pst-3dplot.pro -------- > 0.21 2005-10-10 add PS-code for 3D sphere > > > pst-3dplot.tex -------- > 1.71 2005-11-27 - latest xcolor needs ...={[cmyk]{.3,.4,.1,0}} > - fix a bug with Dx > - new macro for pstThreeDSphere which needs no > package pst-vue3d > - fixes a bug with pst@tempa thanks for that. i've installed the new files and pushed them out to the other ctan sites. i've also updated the catalogue. users may browse the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot (the doc/ subdirectory has also been updated). users may download the whole package from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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