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CTAN update: mpp, a mutlilingual pretty-printer for noweb
by Jim Hefferon 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

A new version of the material from web/noweb/contrib/kostas has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to a mirror near you soon. It consists mainly of bug fixes for the 4/2002 version of mpp. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mpp, a mutlilingual pretty-printer for noweb Author's name: Kostas Oikonomou Location on CTAN: web/noweb/contrib/kostas Summary description: mpp, a mutlilingual pretty-printer for noweb License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improvements and bug fixes - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixb package
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memfixb.sty to the UK incoming directory. Please use > this to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixb.sty > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > The memfixb package provides temporary fixes for the memoir class. This > release corrects an oversight in the definition of the description > environment. i've installed the file as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- tocloft package
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded tocloft.tar to the UK incoming directoty. Please use this > to replace the current contents of /macros/latex/contrib/supported/tocloft. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The tocloft package provides control over the typography of the Table of > Contents, List of Figures and List of Tables. You can also define your own > kinds of List of ... > > Changes in version 2.3 > o Made compatible with the koma classes > o Added control over the page style i've installed the package as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: skak (chess) package minor update
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Hoffmann Torben-CTOH001 wrote: > Upload: skak.zip > > Node: ftp.dante.de > > Where to go: replace the old skak package in fonts/skak > > Licensing conditions: LPPL (Latex Project Public Licence) > This software is copyright but you are granted a license which gives > you, the ``user'' of the software, legal permission to copy, > distribute, and/or modify the software. However, if you modify the > software and then distribute it (even just locally) you must change > the name of the software to avoid confusion. > > Summary: > This is just a minor addition to version 1.0 of the skak package: > the reference manual now contains info about the package options. Thanks for the update, I installed it in fonts/skak For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa TeX 4.50
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 4.50. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Most important new features: * Handling fonts embedded into imported Postscript was improved. * Unlimited number of objects in PDF Generation. * Adobe Illustrator 10 Compatibility. * Mathematica 4 Compatibility. * Improved appearance of thin filled elements on Display. * Controlable protection of Global VM for imported PostScript graphics. * Directory for user graphics files is definable in `Options|Directories...' * Command set for tasks around `include' and `input' LaTeX commands: saving expanded document, openning all includes, looking in Gather. * Preserving column position at moving by Up/Down arrows. More details are explained at end of this message. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 10-Jun-2002 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.50 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.50 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 HIGHLIGHTS * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (It is analog of Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). * PostScript enabled TeX system. Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. * Easy to install and use. * Much less expensive than other analogues. GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2*, which is tested for compatibility with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 10, Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, CorelXARA, HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: PostScript, HPGL, DXY, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP. FONTS BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * OpenType, * TeX PK/VF. The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), * EC/TC, * LH (T2A), * Concrete (Math, ECC), * Malvern, * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. Math Fonts: * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). Diagram drawing fonts: * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. Any font type can be used for any output device/format. This feature is supported by automatic font conversion between font formats when needed. This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use most of free Type 1 fonts available on CTAN and Trutype fonts coming with MS Windows systems. USER INTERFACE * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * Quick navigation via document structure, * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), * Powerful support for different input encodings, * Project support, * Graphics import assistant, * Assitance for multi-file documents: context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. * Support for Multi-User systems. OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS * View on Windows Display. * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. * PostScript (really scalable), * PDF. Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. PDF GENERATION FEATURES * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). * Creating PDF files which share fonts. Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. * Handles HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 4.50 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.40 GRAPHICS * Handling fonts embedded into imported Postscript. Handling of fonts embedded into imported graphics was improved. New option: `Options|Graphics|Substitute Embedded Fonts' forces graphical engine to substitute embedded fonts by a fonts installed under BaKoMa TeX. However, when an embedded font isn't matched with some installed font it will be rendered by built-in engine. * Unlimited number of objects in PDF Generation. We have removed any limitations related with generation of PDF files. They are: number of pages, objects, palettes, encodings, fonts, and images. Currently, they are limited only by Virtual Memory available on your computer. Now, you can typeset an enciclopedies. * Adobe Illustrator 10 Compatibility PostScript interpereter was drastically improved to handle import of EPSF generated by Adobe Illustrator 10. * Mathematica 4 Compatibility Commonly, it includes configuration for Tyep1/TrueType fonts used by Mathematica 4 for generating EPS files. * Improved appearance on Display of thin filled elements Commonly, it is to avoid pixel drop out. It provide visibility of small elements even at small zoom factors. Now you can find that thin elements are appeared in DVIEW like to Acrobat Reader display. * `Options|Graphics|Protect Global VM' (new option) enables suppression of writing to Postscript intertpreter global memory by prologs of imported Postscript graphics. * `Graphics Files' is new option in dialog `Options|Directories...'. It lets user to define additional directory for graphical files shared by all documents. Text Editor Features * `File|Save LaTeX Document to Single File ...' (new command) saves the LaTeX Document into single file expanding `include' and `input' LaTeX commands. It is similar to `LaTeXpand' tool. * `File|Open All Includes' (new command) opens (recursively) all files included into currently selected file by `include' and `input' LaTeX commands. * `Window|Close Others' (new command) closes all windows except of currently selected. * `Includes' is new category of Gather (Search|Gather...). It lists appearance of `include' and `input' LaTeX commands. * `Preserve Column at moving by Up/Down' is new option in `Options|Editing Setting ...' dialog It enables preserving column position while moving the cursor by using Up and Down arrows. By default this feature is enabled. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes3.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new files as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: subfiles
by Jim Hefferon 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: subfiles Author's name: Federico Garcia Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfiles Summary description: Allows individual typeseting of files that are input License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Using subfiles set, the user can handle multi-file projects more comfortably, since it is possible both to process the subsidiary files by themselves, and to process the main file that includes them, without making any changes to them. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New version of UK TeX FAQ on CTAN and on Web
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Jun '02

09 Jun '02

I've just installed on CTAN a new version of the UK TeX FAQ. This new version is also available via the Web via http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq, and TeX distribution builders will find a copy suitable for their use in the usual place. This new version includes an extremely useful answer from David Kastrup, which summarises recent work on the TeX document preparation environment (and puts it in the context of better established work); this answer appears in the TeX Projects section of the FAQ. In addition, there are a few new answers I have written and a number of minor corrections, some of which address changes in the layout of CTAN. The README file that comes with the distribution contains a Licence statement (PD), at Thomas Esser's urging. As always, comments, suggesstions or corrections are welcome. A new address for them has been created, which appears at the appropriate place in the FAQ (somewhat hidden to discourage the bozos who fail to read the surrounding text that says this is not a question-answering service), but the old address will continue to work for a while. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer

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CTAN submission -- skak version 1.0 - chess typeseting the easy way
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Torben Hoffmann ----- Upload: skak2.zip Node: ftp.dante.de Where to go: replace the old skak package in fonts/skak Licensing conditions: LPPL (Latex Project Public Licence) This software is copyright but you are granted a license which gives you, the ``user'' of the software, legal permission to copy, distribute, and/or modify the software. However, if you modify the software and then distribute it (even just locally) you must change the name of the software to avoid confusion. Summary: This is version 1.0 of the skak package - it differs from the earlier non-numbered releases in the following aspects: 1. The documentation has been split into three documents: * A short user guide. * An example of how to use the skak package. * A reference manual listing all available commands. 2. Some minor bugs have been removed - thanks to all that have contacted me regarding these subtle errors. Best regards and happy chess typesetting. /Torben ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/skak/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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TexLive images withdrawn
by Robin Fairbairns 01 Jun '02

01 Jun '02

a last-minute problem has arisen, and the TexLive images i put on ctan systems/texlive/Images last week have now been withdrawn. i've deleted them here in cambridge; they will disappear from the rest of ctan in the next few days. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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pdfTeX upheavals, texlive sources
by Robin Fairbairns 31 May '02

31 May '02

following a lot of confusion about the state of pdftex on ctan, most of it arising from problems in areas beyond the control of the ctan team, it has been decided that ctan will no longer hold a pdftex directory on the main tree. (the pre-existing pdftex directory has been moved to obsolete/systems/pdftex.) the sources of pdftex are available in a number of alternative places: as a pdftex source archive: systems/web2c -- which has been brought up to date after a long hiatus as part of a complete distribution source archive: systems/texlive/Source - a new directory containing compressed archives of the latest state of the texlive discs; this is a *new* directory systems/unix/teTeX-beta - the latest teTeX snapshot (note, at the time this beta is finally released, the source will become systems/unix/teTeX) while this means that there's no headline directory containing pdftex, the ctan team consider that the situation that we now have consistent, maintained, copies of the source more satisfactory. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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