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Re: `framed.sty'
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

Rolf Niepraschk writes: > The new updated LaTeX style > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/framed.sty > > has zero length. Does the mirroring not work? it seems we installed a duff file. i've put the previous version back in place for the time being (i.e., while we wait for a new copy from the author). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: KIX font
by Jim Hefferon 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it will make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: KIX font Author's name: Rick van Rein Author's email: rick(a)vanrein.org Location on CTAN: /fonts/kixfont Summary description: KIX is a barcode font used for easy-scanned snail mail addresses License type: bsd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The postal services of a few countries accross the world use KIX to encode zipcode + home number. This version is (at least) compatible with the Dutch system. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/kixfont 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 package update: framed.sty
by Jim Hefferon 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

A packge has been updated on tug.ctan.org and it should appear at your favorite local mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: framed.sty Author's name: Donald Arseneau Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/misc Summary description: Create framed or shaded regions that can break across pages License type: dfsg Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patch (that went missing from previous fix) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc 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: beamer
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: beamer Name and email: Till Tantau <tantau(a)cs.tu-berlin.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/beamer Summary description: beamer update (replacement tarball) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.71: - Added bibliography environment and appropriate templates. - Added emporal command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer/. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Update of l2tabu
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

----- Forwarded message from Mark Trettin ----- I have uploaded `l2tabu-1.6.tar.gz' (l2tabu.{pdf,tex}, Version 1.6) to ftp.dante.de/incoming/ Name of contribution: Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users) Suggested location on CTAN: info/l2tabu/german/ Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small list of obsoleted commands and packages that are constantly posted in minimal examples to de.comp.text.tex. I further listed common mistakes (e.g. egin{appendix}...end{appendix} instead of appendix ...). This file should be considered an add-on to the available documentation like l2kurz and FAQs. This document is written in German. Changes: * Added sloppy * Added section numbers to FAQ references (changed FAQ Version to v72) * Some minor corrections ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please untar the archive to CTAN:info/l2tabu/german/ ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:info/l2tabu/german/ (It moved there a short while ago from CTAN:info/german/l2tabu/ when an English translation was established in info/l2tabu/english/) Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: interactiveworkbook
by Jim Hefferon 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: interactiveworkbook Author's name: Jonathan Kuhn Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/interactiveworkbook Summary description: latex-based interactive PDF on the web License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package interactiveworkbook gives the user the ability to write LaTeX documents which, ultimately, create interactive question-and-answer Portable Document Format (PDF) tutorials meant to be used by Internet students and that, in particular, freely use mathematical notation. - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interactiveworkbook 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 - --h8TIXrqO022670.1064860433/rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de-- ------- End of forwarded message -------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: l2tabuen
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 Juergen Fenn wrote: > Name of contribution: l2tabuen > Suggested location on CTAN: somewhere in /info (please see below) > Summary description: English Translation Of Mark Trettin's `l2tabu' > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I have uploaded `l2tabuen.zip' to ftp.dante.de. It contains my English > translation of Mark Trettin's guide to LaTeX called `l2tabu' v. 1.5, > giving a lot of practical advice about how to avoid the most common > mistakes a user can make (i.e., obsolete commands, and packages). > `tabu' in the German name of the guide literally means `taboo'. > > As Mark did, I provide both the LaTeX source `l2tabuen.tex', > and the PDF version ´l2tabuen.pdf'. > > It is published under the Open Publication License 1.0, or later, as > the original German version. > > `l2tabu' being installed in CTAN: info/german, I suggest you install > the files somewhere in > > CTAN: info > > It may be useful to create a new directory for `l2tabu', and > (hopefully ;-) more translations, such as > > CTAN: info/l2tabu/german, and ~/english. Thanks for your submission. I have created a new CTAN directory info/l2tabu and installed your files in info/l2tabu/english The german version is now in info/l2tabu/german (with the old directory linked to the new one) For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- babelbib v0.40
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded babelbib-0_40.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace all > files in CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib by its contents. An xml file > for the catalogue is included. License stays LPPL. > > From the README: > > This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in > cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation > may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can > be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version > supports Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, > Portoguese, Spanish, and Swedish. > In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography > of the bibliographies. > Supported bibliography styles are bababbrv.bst, bababbr3.bst, > babalpha.bst, babamspl.bst, babplai3.bst, babplain.bst, and babunsrt.bst. > > Change log: > - 0.40 2003/09/26 - babalpha.bst: Use long strings for Technical Reports > - Move the definition of the bst files into the > dtx file > - If no language field is given for an item, fall back > to the document's main language instead of an > undefined behaviour > - If no url command is defined, produce an error > message when using the url field Thanks for the update, I installed it in biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- numprint v0.32
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded numprint-0_32.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains yet > another bug fix for the numprint package (sorry for that). Please replace > the files in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/numprint by its contents. > > From the README: > Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers > given as 12345.6e789 to 12,345,6cdot 10^{789}. The decimal sign, the > thousand separator, as well as the product sign can be changed by the > user, e.g. to reach 12,345.6 imes 10^{789}. > If an optional argument is given it is printed upright as unit. > Numbers can be rounded to a given count of digits. > > Change Log: > - 0.32 2003/09/28 With wrong number format, generate only one error > message per umprint call > Reset the number of digits before and after the decimal > sign (Bugfix for nosepfour) Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/numprint For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.3c
by Rainer Schöpf 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

On 28 Sep 2003, Andreas Matthias wrote: > I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages-v0.3c.tar.bz2' to > ftp.dante.de/incoming. > > This is a bugfix version. The latest version of pdfpages > had some problems with crop.sty. This bug is fixed now. > > Pdfpages is distributed under the LPPL. Thanks for the update, I installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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