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minor faq changes
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

a public-spirited user pointed out that one answer descended into gibberish; investigating the cause, i found a general (small) problem with the html-generation code, which i corrected. i've installed the update on http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq in the course of making the change, i spotted a small number of minuscule updates that needed doing and typos that needed correction. i've therefore also pushed the source release to ctan (help/uk-tex-faq). distribution-builders will find a copy formatted for them in the usual place. Robin Fairbairns As FAQ maintainer, and for the CTAN team

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Re: Booktabs (at long last!)
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jul '02

20 Jul '02

Claire Connelly writes: > I have uploaded Simon Fear's booktabs package to > cam.ctan.org/incoming (in booktabs.tar.gz). > > The files in that archive should replace the current version of > booktabs on CTAN, located in > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/booktabs > > (Simon didn't send me the readme file -- it can presumably stay > the same.) there isn't a readme file: i guess we have to make do with the excellent documentation found (in the usual way) in the .dtx source. > Booktabs is, with Simon's okay, now licensed under the GPL -- see > below for details. > > Booktabs is, of course, a package that allows you to produce > publication-quality tables (ala _The Chicago Manual of Style_), as > opposed to the standard tableaux seen in nearly every book on > LaTeX. Relicensing it means that it can once again be included in > teTeX (and Debian). > > Simon's okay to replace the current version follows: > > SF> From: simoncfear(a)netscape.net > SF> Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 12:34:34 -0400 > SF> To: cmc(a)debian.org > SF> Subject: booktabs package license > SF> Message-ID: <0F3134B7.65CB45D5.1077F333(a)netscape.net> > > SF> Dear Claire, > > SF> sorry for not responding sooner. Robin Fairbairns phoned > SF> me to remind me, I promised to send it to him this weekend > SF> but my normal server is down, and I don't have his email - > SF> would you please forward this to him. > > SF> Please (either of you) insert the necessary LaTeX > SF> copyright where it currently says Copyright Simon > SF> Fear. You have my complete permission to do this. (I > SF> think LaTeX rather than GPL, since it has no meaning > SF> outside LaTeX, but if you prefer GPL, that's fine by me.) > SF> Also, please run and correct the checksum, which will > SF> obviously now be wrong. Last but by no means least, please > SF> suitably edit the .ins file, which currently claims this > SF> is part of the LaTeX distribution (because I stole it more > SF> or less wholesale from one of the main packages). (this has been done, i presume by claire.) > SF> Sorry I haven't been able to do this myself, if there is a > SF> problem please email both simon.fear(a)serono.ch and > SF> simoncfear(a)netscape.com but I may not be able to be online > SF> until Monday week, so fingers crossed this is all OK. > > SF> Please keep this package under supported. I know I kept > SF> you waiting but when I get user queries I do still try to > SF> reply by return. > > SF> Thanks for your encouragement thanks to all involved, in helping us find simon, and especially to claire for being the point of contact through which this new version has arrived. i've installed the files in the tarball, replacing the originals at macros/latex/contrib/supported/booktabs Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload musixps-unix.tar.gz 1.12
by Robin Fairbairns 19 Jul '02

19 Jul '02

Takanori Uchiyama writes: > I uploaded musixps-unix.tar.gz at cam.ctan.org. > > Please replace previous one on fonts/musixtex/ps-type1/. > > The license of the fonts is LPPL. > > VERSION 1.12 > > CHANGES > + Fix broken fonts, xslhd11, xslhd11d, xslhd13, xslhd13d, xslhd16d, > xslhd24, xslhd29d > > OUTLINES > > This package provides PostScript (type 1) fonts (PFB format), and dvips and > dvipdfm map files for MusiXTeX. The fonts are based on the original METAFONT > sources, such as musix20.mf, which are distributed with MusiXTeX. The fonts > provided here may be used to produce printer-independent Postscript files. PDF > files generated using type 1 fonts are well displayed by the Acrobat Reader and > xpdf. > > The fonts were generated from the METAFONT sources in the TeX Live CD 2000 July > using TeXtrace 0.45 but musix11-20, xslhz20 and xslhz20d were upgraded to those > in musixtex-T102.tar.gz. > > Here is a list of the 71 generated fonts. > > musix11.pfb xgreg24.pfb xsld29.pfb xslhd24.pfb xslhu24.pfb xslu20.pfb > musix13.pfb xgreg29.pfb xsld29d.pfb xslhd24d.pfb xslhu24d.pfb xslu20d.pfb > musix16.pfb xsld11.pfb xsldd20.pfb xslhd29.pfb xslhu29.pfb xslu24.pfb > musix20.pfb xsld11d.pfb xsldu20.pfb xslhd29d.pfb xslhu29d.pfb xslu24d.pfb > musix24.pfb xsld13.pfb xslhd11.pfb xslhu11.pfb xslhz20.pfb xslu29.pfb > musix29.pfb xsld13d.pfb xslhd11d.pfb xslhu11d.pfb xslhz20d.pfb xslu29d.pfb > musixsps.pfb xsld16.pfb xslhd13.pfb xslhu13.pfb xslu11.pfb xslud20.pfb > musixspx.pfb xsld16d.pfb xslhd13d.pfb xslhu13d.pfb xslu11d.pfb xslup20.pfb > xgreg11.pfb xsld20.pfb xslhd16.pfb xslhu16.pfb xslu13.pfb xslz20.pfb > xgreg13.pfb xsld20d.pfb xslhd16d.pfb xslhu16d.pfb xslu13d.pfb xslz20d.pfb > xgreg16.pfb xsld24.pfb xslhd20.pfb xslhu20.pfb xslu16.pfb xtie20.pfb > xgreg20.pfb xsld24d.pfb xslhd20d.pfb xslhu20d.pfb xslu16d.pfb > > Note: musix25 and xgreg25 were not generated because they are not used in > musixgre.tex or musixtex.tex. > > The control points were reduced with Fontographer. > The fonts were hinted automatically with Fontographer. musix11 - 29 were > hand tuned by Takanori Uchiyama. i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- jkthesis 1.1
by Reinhard Zierke 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

----- Forwarded message from Jochen Küpper ----- I have uploaded jkthesis 1.1 to CTAN. + what you've uploaded jkthesis.tar.gz + which CTAN node you've uploaded to Ftp.dante.de/incoming + where you want the files to go replace all files in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/jkthesis/ + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list below). LPPL + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. Just one more thesis class. Of course the one I like most:)) It has a German manual that hopefully describes it's usage and gives a little bit of background. This class should solve all your formatting hassles for a dissertation at a German school and give you a great looking thesis:) I am not sure how well it goes with the often more stringent (and sometimes very ugly) requirements in other countries. For an example look at http://science.jochen-kuepper.de/publications.shtml --> D2 ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/jkthesis/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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t1-fraktur
by Jim Hefferon 17 Jul '02

17 Jul '02

The t1-fraktur package has been installed at tug.ctan.org in fonts/t1-fraktur. It should make its way to a mirror near you in a day or two. > T1 encoding fraktur fonts have been reviewed recently. Everything needed > (including an example) > is in fonts/t1-fraktur > > Please take it and send me your suggestions for enhancement. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org

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Re: [Upload] a free drop-in replacement for Adobe's Courier
by Robin Fairbairns 17 Jul '02

17 Jul '02

Rolf Marvin B e Lindgren [subject to the manglings of my mailer] wrote: > I have uploaded bcr.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk. > > I assume I want the files to go to the /pub/tex/fonts/ directory and > that I would like the lppl conditions to apply. > > there are README files in English and Norwegian. the files just make it > easy to use Bitstream's free Courier, which was made available for > unrerstricted use by IBM many years ago. in my biased and eccentric > opinion, these fonts look nicer than Adobe's Courier, being somewhat > darker. they go well with e.g. Times and Helvetica. i've installed the files under fonts/psfonts/bitstream/courier (which seemed an appropriate sort of place). i arranged them in subdirectories, to match the way other fonts/psfonts sub-sub- directories appear. thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: ePiX
by Jim Hefferon 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

There has been a considerable upgrade on this existing package. The new version should make its way to a mirror near you in a day or two. 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: Version 0.8.5 License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Color, spline, and line width declarations have been simplified, and arbitrary-width lines are available. Text may be aligned with a reverse LaTeX-style option. Line segments may be specified by points other than their endpoints. A bug that affected drawing of arrowheads has been fixed, and the code has been cleaned up. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade, since some of the new declarations are not backward-compatible. The package includes a script that will bring old input files into compliance with the new syntax. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Upload of pdfcprot-2002-07-10.tar.gz
by Rainer Schoepf 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Carsten Schurig wrote: > I just uploaded the file pdfcprot-2002-07-10.tar.gz into the > incoming directory of dante.ctan.org. > > The tar.gz should extract to the following files: > > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 3477 2002-07-10 19:51:22 INSTALL.txt > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 14439 2002-07-10 20:11:22 LEGAL.txt > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 7717 2002-07-10 19:51:15 Makefile.unx > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 77363 2002-07-10 19:57:59 pdfcprot.dtx > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 5520 2002-07-10 19:51:11 pdfcprot.ins > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 3032 2002-07-10 19:51:25 README.txt > > Please copy them to /macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfcprot/. The > additional files 00README and 00CONTEN should be deleted. The > license is still LPPL 1.2 or newer. > > The most important news in this version (1.5) is a fix for a bug > which prevented the usage together with the new KOMA-Script version > (2.9). Thanks for the update, I installed it as you requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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BiBLE Package moved on CTAN
by Rainer Schoepf 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

The author of the BiBLE package, Kai Schreiber has clarified the license conditions, so that we can move it from the nonfree part of CTAN into the standard tree. The path is therefore now bibliography/bibtex/utils/bible For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf -------------readme.txt for bible package README.TXT for BiBLE for Windows V0.99 (15.03.2000) ****************************************************************** Before you use this software, read and understand the following: 1. BiBLE was written because I wanted a convenient way to edit my own BibTeX library. I can't and won't guarantee that it works with yours. Try it at your own risk. 2. Don't use the program on your library before you know what you're doing. Create a backup copy of your library. 3. If you find any errors or have suggestions for future versions, tell me. Maybe I'll include them. schreiber(a)genista.de 4. You may redistribute this package only as a whole with all the files unchanged. The distribution contains: bible.exe - the win32 executable bible.hlp - the windows helpfile bible.ini - initialization file test.bib - demonstration database readme.txt - this file versions.txt - the version history 5. BiBLE is free to use. 6. Read the windows helpfile. 7. The .ini-file contains the information about the possible itemtypes and their fields. If you want to add custom items, you can do so. Just add another type-name to the types=... line, and a line saying typename=x,f,f,f,f. The x is the number of required fields following, the fs are the numbers of the field in the fields=... line. If you want to add your own optional or required fields DO SO ONLY AT THE END OF THAT LINE or all the other items will get messed up. The line starting with choice= contains alternative field pairs. Don't change the first pair, as it is the only one where you can have both field values set (type inbook, fields chapter and/or pages). If you need custom fields with and/or behaviour contact me and explain why. 8. Have fun.

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New CTAN package: savetrees
by Jim Hefferon 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It 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: savetrees Author's name and: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/savetrees Summary description: Pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of the savetrees package is to pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document. Admittedly, this makes the document far less attractive. Nevertheless, savetrees is a simple way to save paper when printing draft copies of a document. It can also be useful when trying to meet a tight page-length requirement for a conference or journal submission. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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