Nan Geng submitted an update to the

suanpan-l3

package.

Version: 2.1.1 2026-08-12 License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-beads suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw

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1.Optimized the suanpan environment to avoid unnecessary computations and operations.

2.Cached 21 rod unit for values 0–20 to improve compilation speed.

3.Added range syntax (start-end, start-end-step) and repetition syntax (value[count]) support for \rods.

4.Added range syntax (start-end) support for the position list of \bead.

5.Further improved the error reporting mechanism.

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For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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