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Re: New software for mailing list ctan-ann
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote: > As I'm sure everyone has already discovered, ctan-ann-request is still > pointing at majordomo, so mailed mailman confirm replies end up there > instead of going to mailman. Yes, thanks for pointing it out. I changed ctan-ann-request to point to mailman. > Workaround is to GET the url in the confirm request instead of > replying to the message. Indeed. And it allows to set various useful options. Rainer

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New software for mailing list ctan-ann
by Rainer Schöpf 18 Apr '04

18 Apr '04

Dear CTAN-ANN list member, during the next week the ctan-ann mailing list will be changed to use a new mailing list software, namely GNU Mailman. Today you will receive an automatically generated message explaining how to confirm your subscription to this new incarnation of the ctan-ann mailing list. Until next weekend, messages will still be sent via the old (majordomo) software. Afterwards, they will be sent using the new software. This means: if you do not confirm your subscription until next weekend, you will not see new messages after that time. However, these messages will be archived can be accessed using the web interface. Thank you for your cooperation Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: ptptex
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: ptptex Name and email: Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics <ptp(a)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ptptex Summary description: Latex2e class files for Progress of Theoretical Physics License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package includes the main class file, related style files and manual for ptptex, which is the standard tex format file for the journal, Progress of Theoretical Physics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=ptptex datestamp=2004/04/15 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>ptptex</name> <caption>Latex2e class files for Progress of Theoretical Physics</caption> <author> <name>Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics</name> <email>ptp(a)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp</email> </author> <license type=nocommercial /> </about> <description> <abstract> The package includes the main class file, related style files and manual for ptptex, which is the standard tex format file for the journal, Progress of Theoretical Physics. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/ptptex</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new packages as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ptptex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: dante:/incoming/lm.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote: > I've just uploaded to dante:/incoming/lm.zip > it contains ver. 0.92 of LM fonts (corrected and added kerning). Thanks for your update. I installed the new files in fonts/ps-type1/lm For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- kerntest v1.32
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded kerntest-v1_32.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace all > files in ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/kerntest/ by > its contents. License stays LPPL. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/kerntest > >From the README: > > Print tables and generate mtx files that help to adjust kernings > > This class makes it easy to generate tables that show many different > kerning pairs of an arbitrary font, usable by LaTeX. > It shows the kerning values that are used by the the font by default. > > In addition, this class enables the user to alternate the kernings > and to observe the results. > Kerning pairs can be defined for groups of similar glyphs at once. > Automatically, an mtx file is generated that can be loaded by > fontinst to introduce the user-made kernings into the virtual font > for LaTeX. > > > >From the ChangeLog: > > v1.32 2004/04/13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Direct access on glyph names instead of parsing getpsname. > - Speed up writemtxkern, defglyphclass, ifglyphinclass, and > @ifglyphinclass (in total, app. factor 20). > - Allow to set relative kerning widths in glyph classes. > - Do not scale Helvetica by default because this breaks > testing Helvetica. > > v1.31 2004/04/13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Use setleftkerning and setrightkerning instead of writing > every kerning pair. > > v1.30 2004/04/12 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Add encodings OT1, T2A, T2B, and LY1. > - Template for OT1 encoding. > - Parameter-dependent encodings (for example with or without > ligatures). > - New option designsize for giving the design size of the font > explicitely. > > v1.11 2004/04/06 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Allow to give glyphs by number (decimal, hex, octal) or by > PostScript name. > - Write glyph name to table. > - Find and complain inconsistent kerning data. > - Introduce glyph classes to set the kerning for similar glyph > shapes by once. > - Reduce left margin. > > Yours > Harald > > For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Documentation policy for packages on CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Documentation of packages on CTAN ================================= For a long time, the CTAN team has relied on the users to find their own way to package documentation. This reliance is proving increasingly unsatisfactory, and we hope to improve things for archive users, at the cost of some extra work by package authors. Our aim is that all packages should have with them, on the archive, a documentation file. Since we want these files to be browsable, we would ordinarily expect that the documentation be provided as an Acrobat (.pdf) file; plain text (.txt) is just about acceptable, Postscript and DVI are definitely not acceptable. We are aware that this is a mammoth aim; it is not something the CTAN team could even hope to do unaided, even if we wanted to. How does this affect _you_? --------------------------- If you're merely browsing the archive (or downloading files), you should be aware that it will be worth looking for a separate file of documentation with packages of interest. (There are not many there, yet, but things should improve.) If you're an author submitting a new or revised package, you will need to consider how best to supply documentation. For many LaTeX package authors, no more is needed than to run the documented source file (.dtx) with pdfLaTeX, and to submit the result when submitting your package. Some packages come with separate documentation: that documentation should be distributed in pdf form. If you're the author of an established package, please try to find the time to submit a documentation file. If you're an author, and unsure how to proceed, please contact the CTAN team via ctan(a)dante.de to discuss your issues. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Estonian hyphenation patterns (moved)
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Yesterday I erroneously installed Enn Saar's Estonian hyphenation patterns in CTAN:language/estonian/eehyph.tex. I just moved this file to CTAN:language/hyphenation/eehyph.tex where it belongs. I'm sorry for the confusion. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- accfonts upgrade
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

John Smith writes: > I have uploaded an upgraded version of my gpl-licensed accfonts > package to ftp.tex.ac.uk. The archive file /incoming/accfonts.tgz > contains two files: (1) v. 0.221 of the program mkt1font, in which a > single bug has been fixed, (2) a CHANGES file specifying what is new > since release 0.22. The current version of the package is stored in > /tex-archive/fonts/utilities/accfonts: files for which I have *not* > supplied new versions can be left unchanged. i've installed the two files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: empheq
by Jim Hefferon 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and it is working its way to your favorite mirror even now. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: empheq Author's name: Morten Høgholm Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/empheq Summary description: empheq v2.00 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in v2.00: * New features: - Easy creation of new tag forms. - Extensible arrows, harpoons and hookarrows. - Extensible under- and overbrackets. - Starred versions of the `amsmath' matrices taking an optional argument specifying column alignment. - Added options `fixamsmath', `donotfixamsmathbugs', `overload, `overload2', and `ntheorem'. - The `overload' feature lets you use the syntax egin{<AmS env>}[<markup>] ... end{<AmS env>} - Scale non-delimiter material to the correct size of the math display yourself. * Bug fixes: - More `ntheorem' fixes: the optional argument of label is now caught in various `amsmath' environments. - Minor spacing bugs removed. * Documentation: - Added descriptions of all the new features. - Added descriptions of all the new options. * Code: - Now uses the new internal LaTeX3 syntax with _ and : except for user commands. - The fixes for `ntheorem' is now a separate module generated by the installation file and included by the option `ntheorem'. - Split up installation file for the obsolete version of the package, which now lives a (very quiet) life of its own. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/empheq 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: tpic2pdftex
by Jim Hefferon 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks again for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: tpic2pdftex.awk Author's name: Hartmut Henkel Location on CTAN: graphics/tpic2pdftex Summary description: Converting tpic special's into pdfliteral's by awk License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The experimental awk-script tpic2pdftex.awk builds one bridge between the pic graphics language and pdfTeX. What tpic2pdftex.awk does: We start from one or more graphics described by the venerable pic language (see e. g. file example.pic), embedded inline within pdfTeX or pdfLaTeX code, and limited by classical .PS and .PE markers as known from groff. The pic graphics might be annotated by TeX or LaTeX text. This pic/TeX language-mix file is piped through the (groff-)pic preprocessor and the tpic2pdftex.awk script. The result is a TeX file with inline pdfliteral{} sections, for further processing by pdftex or pdflatex. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/tpic2pdftex 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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