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New version (3.4) of UK TeX FAQ on CTAN and the Web
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

I have installed a new version of the FAQ. As usual, a small set of new questions/answers has been added, and a number of typos and plain-and-simple bugs have been corrected. In addition, I have addressed a significant problem with the presentation of URLs for directories, on the Web. In the last few months I have learned that some browsers always provide the answer non-existent if you ask a CTAN node for a .tar.gz or a .zip file of a directory. (Tracing reveals packets where the client is asking whether the file exists before attempting to download it; of course the file _doesn't_ exist, and our FTP daemons aren't smart enough to spot this case. None of which explains _why_ these browsers behave like this.) Now, whenever the FAQ used to present a .tar.gz URL for a directory, it also presents a .zip URL, and a URL for browsing (the latter two in parentheses). If all else fails, frustrated users may download a directory one file at a time. I have also made a small improvement to the way searches are conducted. I've been thinking about how to do this job better, but at least now one of the worst excesses of the stupidity of the old version have gone: the search regards space-separated words as distinct. A further advance has come for users of the PDF versions; thanks to the good offices of Heiko Oberdiek, those files now have thumbnails by each question title. In the thumbnail's data, one finds the URL for this question (in my favoured label format), and the question title. As always, I shall be pathetically grateful for help with new answers, or corrections to old answers, in the FAQ -- feel free to mail to faq(a)tex.ac.uk An HTML-only (i.e., no searching) version of the FAQ is available for use by TeX distribution builders; for those who already use it, the new version is in the usual place -- those who don't already use it may contact me for details. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer

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CTAN submission -- KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030129.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the February '03 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka the three days too early release. -------------------------------------------------------- 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 2003/01/28 v2.9l scrbook.cls 2003/01/28 v2.9l scrreprt.cls 2003/01/28 v2.9l scrlttr2.cls 2003/01/28 v2.9l scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2002/11/01 v2.1a typearea.sty 2003/01/28 v2.9l scrlfile.sty 2003/01/28 v2.9l 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 only a bug-fix-release: - typo-fixes at the guides - index is not longer openright with option openany - missing files at source of english guides added - some fixes behind the curtain (e.g. of scrlttr2) Go discover. -------------------------------------------------------- XML file to be used at The TeX Catalogue: -------------------------------------------------------- See koma-script.xml at the distribution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: ctan upload: wrapfig.sty 3.5
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Donald Arseneau writes: > I've uploaded version 3.5 of wrapfig.sty to ctan/UK. > > Please use it to replace macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/wrapfig.sty > > New with version 3.5: support for float.sty > > New with version 3.4: setting linewidth in wrapped text. > > As before the license is lppl. i've installed the new version; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Uploaded updated style file
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Jan '03

28 Jan '03

Rohit Grover writes: > Uploaded to cam.ctan.org > Directory: incoming/newpunk > > Updated style file and test latex file for using Knuth's punk fonts. The > old one (released 1992) doesn't work anymore because it uses obsolete > syntax. This version should probably replace the current punk.sty in the > CTAN tree. i've rearranged the fonts/punk directory: fonts/punk/source contains the original .mf files fonts/punk/latex contains your contribution: punk.sty punktest.tex thanks for the contribtion Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ragged2e v2.00
by Rainer Schöpf 28 Jan '03

28 Jan '03

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 Martin Schröder submitted: > Name of contribution: ragged2e v2.00 > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/ms/ > Summary description: A new improved version of ragged2e > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This version fixes some (hopefully all) bugs and introduces some new features. > The bugs had to do with the handling of spaceskip and xspaceskip; this has been completely redesigned. > The new features are new options for setting the complete document, all footnotes and all parboxes raggedright. The new version also incorporates the raggedr package. Thanks for the update. Following the upload instructions, I replaced the files ragged2e.dtx ragged2e.ins and removed the files ragged2e.asc ragged2e.bug ragged2e.dvi The updated xml entry follows: <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=ragged2e datestamp=2003/01/28 modifier=martin(a)oneiros.de> <about> <name>ragged2e</name> <caption> Defines Centering, RaggedLeft, and RaggedRight, and corresponding environments. </caption> <author> <name>Martin Schröder</name> <email>martin(a)oneiros.de</email> </author> <license type=lppl/> <version> <number>2.00</number> <released>2003/01/28</released> </version> <xref refid=everysel/> </about> <description> <abstract> A LaTeX package which defines new commands Centering, RaggedLeft, and RaggedRight and new environments Center, FlushLeft, and FlushRight, which set ragged text and are easily configurable to allow hyphenation. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/supported/ms</ctan> <texlive>latexextra</texlive> </distribution> </entry> For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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encTeX on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Jan '03

28 Jan '03

encTeX is (another) tex extension, written at the change-file level. it provides means of translating input, on the way into tex's mouth. the most recent version allows translation of multibyte sequences, such as utf-8 encoding. i have established a mirror of enctex into ctan at systems/enctex, to aid people's evaluation of the system. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: iagproc
by Jim Hefferon 27 Jan '03

27 Jan '03

New material has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your 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 our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: iagproc Author's name: Martin Vermeer Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/supported/misc Summary description: LaTeX2e class file for two column IAG Proceedings articles License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX2e class file for two column IAG Proceedings articles, like for the Banff GGG2000 Symposium or the Thessaloniki IGGC 2002 meeting. Format description: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~sideris/GGG2000/instructions.pdf - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upgrade: Makor 2
by Jim Hefferon 27 Jan '03

27 Jan '03

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org and should be at your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Makor 2 Author's name: Alan Hoenig Location on CTAN: language/hebrew/makor Summary description: Typesetting Hebrew with vowels with Omega License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Use Makor2 to typeset: Hebrew with vowels or liturgical accents; Yiddish; docs prepared using ArabTeX Hebrew conventions; Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia; Old Hebrew; and much, much more; see files README and mkr2man.pdf for additional details and copious examples. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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bug fix version of footmisc on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Jan '03

27 Jan '03

i have replaced macros/latex/contrib/supported/footmisc.dtx, to bring the release up to version 5.2 this version fixes two bugs: - that multiple option did not work with perpage option enabled. - an interaction with the color package that caused errors if the para option was enabled. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Jan '03

24 Jan '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > Memoir is a configurable class for general fiction, non-fiction > and mathematical books. It encompasses the standard book and report > classes and can simulate the article class as well as a double > spaced typewritten manuscript. > > It provides a variety of predefined page, chapter, and caption > styles and easy ways of creating new ones. There is a reasonably > intuitive way of specifyng page margins, etc., with an option for > printing trimming marks. Documents can use 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, > 14pt or 17pt as the normal font size. > > Changes (2003/01/22) > o Second optional argument to section etc., for page header text > o Number formatting --- cardinals and ordinals, numeric and spelled out > o Better cooperation with natbib, chapterbib, hyperref and nameref packages > o New version (1.3) of mempatch.sty > o New version (1.1) of memhfixc.sty > o New version of the Addendum whew! i've installed the new stuff as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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