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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXlogos
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

A submission was uploaded to CTAN The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > Name of contribution: TeXlogos > Name and email: Jacek Ruzyczka > Suggested location on CTAN: > Summary description: Defines a number of ready-to-use LaTeX logos. > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > TeXlogos defines an assortment of frequently used logos > not contained in base LaTeX itself - for instance: > *) the METAFONT, METAPOST, AMS, BibTeX and SliTeX logos > (you only need the appropriate CM/Logo/AMS fonts) > *) currency symbols which do NOT require TCRM fonts: > Euro, Cent, Yen, Won, Naira > *) the C++ logo with the '+' signs properly positioned > *) the logo of the Vienna University Business > Administration Center (BWZ) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the submission. It was installed in macros/latex/contrib/texlogos For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: missing files
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > I have uploaded to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming the file OInuit.zip > This file contains four TFM files that are missing from the package > oinuit located in /pub/tex/languages/inuktitut/oinuit. Please create > the directory /pub/tex/languages/inuktitut/oinuit/tfm and install the > TFM files there. In addition, replace the file > /pub/tex/languages/inuktitut/oinuit/lambda/oinuit.dtx with the file > that is included in the ZIP file. The old file contains a tiny bug. Thanks for the update, I installed it in languages/inuktitut/oinuit For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package upgrade: progress
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

A package has been upgraded at the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN and should make its way through the system to your favorite 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: progress Author's name: Kasper B. Graversen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/progress Summary description: Progress is a package which when compiling LaTeX documents, generates a HTML file giving an overview of the documents state (of how finished its parts are). License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Progress is a package which when compiling LaTeX documents, generates a HTML file giving an overview of the documents state (of how finished its parts are). This is a new version which replaces the old files in the catalogue. New is progressReportName option to control report filename and a small bugfix. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: serto
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

On Wed, Johannes Heinecke submitted: > Name of contribution: serto > Suggested location on CTAN: languages/aramaic > Summary description: syriac fonts, style-files and a preprocessor to typeset Syriac (Aramaic) > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package enables (La)TeX users to typeset words or phrases (elatex > needed) in Syriac (Aramaic) using the Serto-alphabet. The package > includes a preprocessor written in Pythin (>= 1.5.2) in order to deal > with the right-to-left typesetting for those who do not want to use > elatex and to choose the correct letter depending on word context > (initial/medial/final form) > Detailed documentation and examples are included. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in languages/aramaic/serto For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload of archive teubner.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Claudio Beccari wrote: > I just uploaded a new version of my previous teubner.zip package. It should > replace the existing package in the teubner folder that already exists on > the CTAN. > > The material as always is free under th lppl. > > The update corrects some small glitches, but most important of all refers > explicitely to the recently uploaded CB greek fonts in scalable pfb format > that are available since past november on CTAN. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/teubner For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission: Euler-VM fonts 3.0
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Walter Schmidt wrote: > the ZIP archive file eulervm-30.zip has been uploaded to > the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack > it into the directory > > fonts/eulervm > > Doing so will update all files in this directory and in the > subdirectories tfm/, vf/ and fontinst/, and add also some new > files (in fontinst/). > > This is version 3.0 of the Virtual Euler Math fonts and the > related LaTeX macros. > > From the change log: > > * The symbols leq and geq now show the shape that is > preferred by DEK in conjunction with the Euler fonts. > (Credits to Frank Mittelbach for pointing me to this!) > The width of the symbols is unchanged. > > * The package option [small] now acts on the AMS fonts, > too, so there are no more restrictions affecting the > usage of amssymb.sty in conjunction with the Euler fonts. > > * Slightly changed mapping of font sizes to design sizes > used. Particularly, when a math font with a size of 8pt is > requested, we are now going to scale up a 7pt font, rather > than scaling down a 10pt one. This should improve the > apprearance of documents with a normal font size of 11pt, > where 8pt is used for super- and subscripts. Strictly > speaking, this is an incompatible change, but I hope that > the amount of practical problems is tolerable, as compared > with the improvement. > > * Fixed Makefile so as not to install the auto-generated FD > files, which are lacking the code for the [small] option. > > * VFs and TFMs were now generated using the latest version of > fontinst. As a result, the font metrics have changed slightly, > because of the improved rounding algorithm. This may cause > problems when procesing existing DVI files, but the metrics are > definitely correct now. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: savesym
by Rainer Schöpf 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 Jürgen Göbel submitted the following contribution: > Name of contribution: savesym > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/savesym > Summary description: saves and restores symbols > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are a number of symbols (e.g., Square) that are defined by multiple packages. In order to typeset all the > variants in a document, we have to give glyph a unique > name. To do that, we define savesymbol{XXX}, which renames a symbol from XXX to origXXX, and > estoresymbols{yyy}{XXX}, which renames origXXX back to > XXX and defines a new command, yyyXXX, which corresponds > to the most recently loaded version of XXX. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the file in directory macros/latex/contrib/savesym For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Submission -- Devanagari for TeX version 2.02
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Anshuman Pandey writes: > I have uploaded velthuis.zip to the 'incoming' directory at > ftp.tex.ac.uk. This zip archive contains version 2.02 of the > Velthuis Devanagari for TeX package. > > This package belongs in /language/devanagari. There are three > directories under this CTAN directory: 'contrib', 'distrib', and > 'omega'. Please remove the 'contrib' and 'distrib' directories. The > contents of those directories have been revised; some are included > in this latest update, some are obsolete. > > Please unpack velthuis.zip into a new directory called 'velthuis'. > > You may post a message to comp.text.tex informing readers of the new > release if you wish. i've installed the new files, and deleted the old, as requested. thanks for the upload. in summary, the whole of the old devanagari/contrib and /distrib directories are replaced (or superseded) by a new subtree devanagari/velthuis; the existing subtree devanagari/omega is untouched. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: ePiX
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jun '03

08 Jun '03

An update has been done of this package at tug.ctan.org and it should propagate to a mirror near you quite soon. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ePiX Author's name: Andrew D. Hwang Location on CTAN: graphics/epix Summary description: Utility for mathematically accurate, camera quality plots and line figures License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ePiX is now capable of true perspective drawing and plotting. Other new features are too numerous to announce; please see the documentation. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN Submission -- lettrine
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Daniel Flipo wrote: > I have just uploaded into ftp.dante.de/incoming a file lettrine.tar.gz, > which contains an upgrade (V 1.4b) of the lettrine package designed to > typeset various sorts of dropped capitals. > > It should replace the old version in 'macros/latex/contrib/lettrine'. > > The license is unchanged (LPPL). > > This is a minor release, apart from cosmetic changes to the .dtx file, > a new demo file in German has been added (contribution of Georg Wagner), > the French demo file has been updated too. Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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