CTAN update: asmeconf - ctan-ann

29 Mar 2025


      John H. Lienhard submitted an update to the
asmeconf
package.
Version:  1.41 2025-03-27
License:  mit
Summary description:  A LaTeX template for ASME conference papers
Announcement text:
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The asmeconf class is a LaTeX template to format conference papers
 published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
This version introduces support for unicode-math, which is now loaded
 by default with lualatex. The required fonts are in TeX Live.
Several legacy options and commands have been eliminated.
 More of the code has been converted to expl3 from latex2e.
 A number of minor improvements to the code have been made throughout,
 particularly to ensure backward compatibility to 2021 formats and
 packages.
 Most of the supporting files have been updated.
 Further details are in the README file.
The following packages are no longer loaded:  ifthen, iftex,
 hyphensubst, mathalfa, hologo (now in the .tex file), as well as
 these packages that were formerly loaded only as fallbacks:
 hyperxmp, bookmark, and inputenc.
 The kvoptions package now loads only for backward compatibility
 if needed.
An option to omit the conference headers has been added.
PDFA/UA-2 compliance is now possible using LuaLaTeX by:
 omitting subcaptions and certain language options, using
 compliant figures, and calling the class option [captionpatch],
 while using appropriate options to \DocumentMetadata.
 PDFA/UA-2 compliance is complete according demo.verapdf.org.
 The Arlington model also validates this package if, additionally,
 cross-references are omitted from captions.
 An entirely up-to-date installation is necessary for UA-2 compliance.
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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
   https://ctan.org/pkg/asmeconf
The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
   https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/asmeconf/
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
    Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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