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Finally -- a pict2e.sty!
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

i have just installed a new directory macros/latex/contrib/pict2e, which contains a distribution of the new (real) pict2e package, as documented in lamport, 2nd edition. from the readme: This package was described in the 2nd edition of LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, but the LaTeX project team declined to produce the package. For a long time, LaTeX has included a pict2e package that merely produced an apologetic error message. The new package extends the existing LaTeX picture environment, using the familiar technique (cf. the graphics and color packages) of driver files. The package documentation (pict2e.dtx) has a fair number of examples of use, showing where things are improved by comparison with the LaTeX picture environment. Robin Fairbairns For the authors (Rolf Niepraschk and Hubert Gaesslein), and the LaTeX and CTAN teams

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CTAN package update: PerlTeX
by Jim Hefferon 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org. It should make its way to your favorite 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: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This upgrade (v1.1) corrects some unintuitive behavior regarding the way that macro parameters are expanded. Now, egin, end, and all robust commands are left unexpanded. PerlTeX v1.1 also supports new perlnewenvironment and perlrenewenvironment macros that enable environments to be constructed from Perl code. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex 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: arydshln
by Jim Hefferon 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: arydshln Author's name: Hiroshi Nakashima Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/arydshln Summary description: Horizontal and vertical dashed lines for array/tabular (v1.6) License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitions of horizontal and vertical dashed lines for the array and tabular environment. Horizontal lines are drawn by hdashline and cdashline while vertical ones can be specified as a part of preamble using `:'. The shape of dashed lines may be controlled through style parameters or optional arguments. Compatible with array (from v1.4), colortab (from v1.5), and longtable (new!!) packages. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/arydshln 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: pst-geo
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: pst-geo Name and email: Manuel Luque, Giuseppe Mattarazzo <MLuque5130(a)aol.com> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo Summary description: PSTricks geographical projections License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages provide to print two or three dimensional geographical maps. There are two databases, a small one (~1MByte) and a big one (~30MByte). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this package as suggested in CTAN:graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=pst-geo datestamp=2004/02/21 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>pst-geo</name> <caption>PSTricks geographical projections</caption> <author> <name>Manuel Luque, Giuseppe Mattarazzo</name> <email>MLuque5130(a)aol.com</email> </author> <license type=LaTeX Project /> </about> <description> <abstract> These packages provide to print two or three dimensional geographical maps. There are two databases, a small one (~1MByte) and a big one (~30MByte). </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ppr-prv class update (v0.11)
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from Mathieu Goutelle ----- I have uploaded an update of the ppr-prv class in /incoming/ppr-prv.tgz on dante.ctan.org. Please delete all files in macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv before putting the ones in the archive, because I now distribute ppr-prv as a dtx file. This class is used with LaTeX presentations using the prosper class. ppr-prv stands for Prosper Preview. The aim of this class is to produce a printable version of the slides written with Prosper, with two slides per page. Changes since previous version are: * New ppr-prv option: nopagebreak, to have more than two slides per page ; * ppr-prv is now distributed as a .dtx file ; * Better handling of options: you can now pass to the article class the usual options for setting the paper and font sizes ; * Use of the 'geometry' package to set margins ; * I set a minimum height for the frame around the slides ; * Bug: the optional argument of itemstep was not handle when using HA-prosper ; * ppr-prv supports HA-prosper 3.9 ('indent' option on dualslide and 'enumstep' environment). ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- update of HA-prosper
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from Hendri Adriaens ----- I just uploaded an update of HA-prosper to ftp.dante.de/incoming. The package is in zip format and is TDS compliant now. It should be installed in the existing dir macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper. The README file says: -------------------------------------------------------- HA-prosper is a patch for prosper that adds new functionality to prosper based presentations. Among the new features you will find automatic generation of a table of contents on each slide, support for notes, portrait slides support and lots more. And available styles demonstrate how to expand the functionality of prosper even further. The latest update contains support for a split toc and permanent highlighting of sections in the toc. Furthermore, an enumstep environment has been added, the possibility to nest this into itemstep environments has been added, these environments got extra options, the package option blackslide has been added and some small bugs have been solved. A mailinglist for HA-prosper is available here: http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/ha-prosper.html -------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- bugfix version 2.01 of beamer
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from Till Tantau ----- I have put version 2.01 of the beamer package (macros/latex/contrib/beamer) on fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/latex-beamer-2.01.tar.gz. This version contains only bugfixes. Change Log: beamer version 2.01 - Fixed bug with class options containing braces - Fixed bug in beamerbasecolor.sty - Fixed bug that caused footnotes not to be shown. - Fixed bug that caused ormalcolor to ignore mixins. - Fixed bug with french and spanish babel in article mode. - Fixed bugs in cite and ibitem commands. Will now correctly handle spaces in conjunction with babel. - Fixed bugs in beamerpresentation.lyx. - Fixed bug with @centercr in article mode. - cite now hyperlinks - eamertemplateballitems will now also project mini templates on balls. Write useenumerateitemminitemplate{color{beamercolor}insertenumlabel} to get the old behaviour. - footnote now takes an extra optional argument. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmini.sty experimental ledmac extension
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Feb '04

25 Feb '04

I have uploaded ledmini.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace the current /macros/latex/contrib/ledmac/ledmini.sty. ledmini.sty is an experimental package to enable ledmac's line numbering and footnotes to work in a minipage environment. This version (2004/02/24) includes an environment that can break across pages and puts enclosed footnotes at the end of the environment, which might be in the middle of a page. Further comments welcome before I decide how to proceed. i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: new version of ithyph.tex
by Rainer Schöpf 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Claudio Beccari wrote: > I just uploaded a new minor release of ithyph.tex in the /incoming > directory. > > If there are no problems. the new file, version 4.8e should replace the > preceding one version 4.8d. Thanks for the update, I installed it in languages/hyphenation/ithyph.tex For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- bigfoot bundle for critical edition typesetting
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded files suffix.dtx, suffix.ins, and README to the incoming/bigfoot directory. They are the first of what is supposed to become a larger batch of files in the bigfoot bundle that is primordinarily concerned with providing many of the mechanisms needed for critical edition typesetting. The other files of the suite are available via CVS in workable state, but are still undergoing heavy change and are not yet documented, so I don't want to upload them right now. Pointers to the CVS are given in the README (which also explains the current state of affairs). The files are supposed to be placed into CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot directory and are licenced under the GPL (version 2 or later). Sorry that most of the suite is yet available only by CVS. Here is the README file: This is the bigfoot bundle for critical edition typesetting and other concerns, written by David Kastrup (mailto:dak@gnu.org). The complete package in development can be accessed using the CVS instructions at <URL:http://sarovar.org/projects/bigfoot>, and CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot should provide released versions once they are fit for general consumption. The whole bundle is released under the GPL version 2 (or later). Part of the work has been sponsored or commissioned by various parties (including TUG), but further functionality and development depends on your support, financially or by participation. The author has a Paypal account which you might consider contributing to. All of the files (except perpage.sty, for historical reasons) need eTeX 2 as the LaTeX engine. Newer distributions already are eTeX-based; with older distributions you might need to use the `elatex' command. File descriptions for available files: suffix.ins: This is a generated file and not in the CVS archive (but on CTAN). If you need to generate it, you can do so by running `tex docstrip' and answering the prompts infileext=dtx outfileext=ins Options=installer filelist=suffix Running TeX on suffix.ins will generate further files from `suffix.dtx'. suffix.dtx: This is the doc source for `suffix.sty', a package that makes it very easy to define command variants like macro* or macro!. It is included in the critical bundle since typical document classes for real critical editions documents will tend to want weird signs under handy abbreviations, like < and <<, or =>, or things like footnote' macros, or footnote<...footnote> with different formatting/numbering and so on. perpage.sty: Work in progress, CVS only. Used for keeping counters sorted in order of page appearance and making numbering per page possible. bigfoot.sty: Work in progress, CVS only. Used for solving every problem around footnotes and then some. Deals with nested footnotes in several apparatus, uses a backtracking algorithm for finding the optimal break across several footnotes, automatically breaks in-paragraph style footnotes across pages, uses fuzzy logic for deciding about when to prefer in-paragraph layout to one-footnote-per-paragraph layout on a per-note and per-block basis, deals with colors in footnotes even when broken across pages, adapts the document class's footnote style to in-paragraph footnotes as good as it can, allows customization of styles differing across footnote blocks, allows verbatim text in footnotes and so on. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new packages as suggested in CTAN:tex-archive/macros/contrib/bigfoot Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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