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New release of the UK TeX FAQ
by Robin Fairbairns 13 May '02

13 May '02

I have just released v3.0 of the UK TeX FAQ, both to the web (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq) and to CTAN (help/uk-tex-faq) This release represents a major upheaval of a good proportion of the FAQ; I have re-arranged the questions into what seems to me to more nearly to represent logical order. (Note that I don't believe it's possible to have an entirely logical order, but I believe this new order is better.) There are changes to the way in which things are presented, as well as several new questions (for some of which I am indebted to help from other people). However, users should beware. The structure is sufficiently different that things may have gone wrong and not been noticed in my testing. If the FAQ misbehaves for you, in whatever way, feel free to mail me at the supposed From address of this message. I remain open to suggestions for new questions and answers; the FAQ itself tells you how to submit such things. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer

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Re: CTAN subimssion -- catdvi 0.13
by Rainer Schoepf 11 May '02

11 May '02

On Sat, 11 May 2002, Bjoern Brill wrote: > I have uploaded catdvi-0.13.tar.gz into ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/ . > The contents of this archive should replace the current contents of > the directory CTAN:/dviware/catdvi/ . > > The catdvi program is licensed under the GNU General Public License, > version 2 or later. > > catdvi is a free DVI to plain text translator written in portable ISO C. > It can generate output in UTF-8 (Unicode), ASCII and some other customary > encodings, formatted for either good readability or easy machine processing. > > Changes since the last version submitted to CTAN (0.11) include several new > or improved TeX font encodings, European currency symbol support, improved > math layout, usability enhancements and a bunch of bug fixes. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: SQLTeX
by Jim Hefferon 10 May '02

10 May '02

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make its way 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: SQLTeX Author's name: Oscar van Eijk Suggested location on CTAN: support/SQLTeX Summary description: An SQL Preprocessor for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SQLTeX is a well documented preprocessor to enable the use of SQL statements in LaTeX . It is a perl script that reads an input file containing the LaTeX source with SQL commands, and writes a LaTeX file that can be processed with your LaTeX package. The SQL commands will be replaced by their values. It's possible to select a single field for substitution substitution in your LaTeX document, or to be used as input in another SQL command. When an SQL command returns multiple fields and or rows, the values can only be used for substitution in the document. This is v1.4 of SQLTeX. New in this version is the option to replace values in the database results using configurable replace files; e.g., if the database value contains a percent sign (`%'), SQLTeX automatically replaces it by an escaped percent sign (`\%'). This version only supports MySQL databases. It has been tested on Linux, but should work an all platforms where Perl is installed. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload: changed license conditions for the CM Bright fonts
by Rainer Schoepf 10 May '02

10 May '02

On Thu, 9 May 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the file cmbright.zip to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. The ZIP archive contains the > files readme and copyrite.txt. They are to replace the > existing files > > fonts/cmbright/readme > and > fonts/cmbright/mf/copyrite.txt . > > In agreement with MicroPress Inc I have changed the license > conditions for my Computer Modern Bright fonts. The > restriction, that would forbid the creation and distribution > of scalable vectorized versions of the fonts, such as Type1, > has been abandoned. The fonts are released under the LPPL, > which applies without any modifications or restrictions now. Thanks for the update, I installed the files as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload of gradback.sty
by Rainer Schoepf 10 May '02

10 May '02

On Wed, 8 May 2002, Bjoern Pedersen wrote: > + what you've uploaded > gradback.sty > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.dante.de > > + where you want the files to go > > /pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/supported/gradback > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > gradback.sty is a small addition to ( and requiring) pstricks to > generate gradient backgrounds. For usage notes, please see the > sty-file. Thanks for the upload, I installed the file as proposed. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: multicap
by Jim Hefferon 09 May '02

09 May '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tugn.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: multicap Author's name: John Vassilogiorgakis Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/multicap Summary description: Formating captions inside multicols License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a package for formating captions inside multicols. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: slovak-lshort
by Jim Hefferon 09 May '02

09 May '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: slovak-lshort Author's name: Jan Busa (Jan Buv{s}a) Location on CTAN: info/lshort/slovak Summary description: slovak translation of Not So Short Introduction ... License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The source files, PostScript and PDF files of slovak translation of the Not so Short Introduction to System LaTeX 2e - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Uploaded update to dvii to CTAN
by Rainer Schoepf 07 May '02

07 May '02

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Adam H. Lewenberg wrote: > * Uploaded: Files dvii.c, dviiman.dvi, dviiman.pdf, dvii.exe, > and README to /incoming on ftp.dante.de > > * Location: place in tex-archive/dviware/dvii replacing old files > > * License: these files are licensed under the LPPL (Latex Project Public > License) > > * What this upload does: > > Updates dvii to version 0.44. Added an option to suppress display of > `physical' pages as well as another option to ignore certain opcodes > when computing checksums. Updated manual. > > More information on dvii can be found at > > http://www.macrotex.net/dvii/dvii.html > > > > From the README file: > > dvii is a utility written in C that extracts information from a TeX > dvi file and displays it on the command line. Information displayed > can include a summary: > > File comment (usually the date file was compiled) > File size > Number of (physical) pages > Number of fonts > > as well as more detailed information: > > Font names for all fonts used > List of physical page number/TeX page number pairs > List of all specials and the page on which they appear > List of all fonts on a per page basis > > More information can be found at the dvii home page > > http://www.macrotex.net/dvii/dvii.html > > Currently, there are some pre-compiled executables (DOS, Win 9X/NT, > Solaris, OSF1, and Linux) available at the dvii website > www.macrotex.net/dvii/dvii.html. If none of these are suitable, > you will need to compile the C source. To compile, you need to have > a C compiler along with the standard C libraries. For example, if > you have the C compile gcc, type > > gcc dvii.c -o dvii.exe (assuming DOS/Windows platform) > gcc dvii.c -o dvii (assuming Unix platform) Thanks for the update, I installed it at the location indicated: dviware/dvii For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: ziffer.sty v2.1
by Rainer Schoepf 06 May '02

06 May '02

On Mon, 6 May 2002, M. Vaeth wrote: > I have uploaded a new release of ziffer.sty (v2.1). It should replace > macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/ziffer.sty > This is a small package which allows typesetting of numbers according to > the conventions used in Germany and some other countries. More precisely: > . (within a number in math-mode) becomes a small space [1000-separator] > , (within a number in math-mode) becomes a 'decimal-separator comma' > -- (in math-mode) gets a more natural spacing (customizable). > In other contexts, the above symbols can be used as usual (also in math-mode). > In the new release, the '--' conversion is not the default anymore and can > be switched on/off separately. The reason is that this conversion causes > (unavoidable) problems with newer versions of amsmath. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/ziffer.sty For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: revised cases.sty on ctan.uk
by Robin Fairbairns 03 May '02

03 May '02

Donald Arseneau writes: > A revised cases.sty (2.5) to fix bug with formatting of over-full > displays, to replace macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/cases.sty, > is uploaded to Campridge ctan. so i've now installed it in the proper place. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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