ctan-ann March 2005

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CTAN upload: nag
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 Ulrich M. Schwarz submitted a new package nag to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nag/ Summary description: Detecting and warning about obsolete commands License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Old habits die hard. All the same, there are commands, classes and packages which are outdated and superseded. nag provides routines to warn the user about the use of those. As an example, we provide an extension that detects many of the ``sins'' described in l2tabu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xkeyval v2.4 and extract v1.7
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Hendri Adriaens submitted new versions of xkeyval and extract to CTAN. The xkeyval package is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval License: LPPL ------------------------------------------------------ xkeyval v2.4 ------------------------------------------------------ 1) Added `default value' column to xkvview tables. 2) Added nesting protection for internal conditionals. 3) Changed define@boolkey to have an explicit key function. 4) Extended boolean keys. 5) Extended choice keys. 6) Inserted pst-xkey in xkeyval source. 7) Removed command keys. 8) Revised documentation and examples. 9) Simplified some code. 10) Updated xkvview. 11) Solved small bug related to XKV@rm. 12) Redid XKV@wh@list without using groups. The extract package provides the means to extract specific content from a source document and write that to a target document. One could, for instance, use this to extract all exercises from lecture notes and generate an exercises book on the fly. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/extract License: LPPL ------------------------------------------------------ extract v1.7 ------------------------------------------------------ 1) Revised documentation. 2) Solved small bug with the `no-header' option. ------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the updates. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: stdpage
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 Georg Verweyen submitted version 0.6 of the package stdpage to CTAN. For translations, proofreading, journal contributions etc. standard pages are used. Those standard pages consist of a fixed number of lines and characters per line. This package produces pages with n lines of at most m characters each. For instance the German Normseite: 60 lines of 30 characters each. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/stdpage License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I fixed /several/ serious bugs and added a new option which creates the real-typewriter-look(tm). The package now comes with a testfile to try the options easiely. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledpar package updates
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded ledfixes.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the contents > of this (ledpar.(dtx|pdf) and README) to replace the corresponding files in > macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. > > Changes in ledpar v0.3a (2005/03/30) > o Fix for line number margins when setting parallel texts. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: outlines
by Jim Hefferon 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

A new package has appeared on tug.ctan.org and should spread to your favorite mirror within a day or two. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: outlines Author's name: Charles Pecheur Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/outlines Summary description: An environment for outline-style indented lists with freely mixed levels. License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The outlines package - - ---------------------- Charles Pecheur, March 25, 2005 The outlines package defines the outline environment, that allows outline-style indented lists with freely mixed levels up to four levels deep. It replaces the nested begin/end pairs by different item tags 1 to 4 for each nesting level. This is very convenient in cases where nested lists are used a lot, such as for to-do lists or presentation slides. This package is built on top of the standard list environments and has no specific pre-requisite. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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CTAN package update: IEEEconf
by Jim Hefferon 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should by now have found its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: IEEEconf Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/IEEEconf/ Summary description: Class for typesetting IEEE Computer Society Press conference papers License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The IEEEconf class implements the formatting dictated by the IEEE Computer Society Press for conference proceedings (http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm). IEEEconf.cls replaces latex8.sty and latex8.bst. The goal was to produce a more faithful implementation of the formatting rules and to do so with cleaner LaTeX code than that provided by the latex8.* files. This update (v1.2) improves the formatting of the author blocks, laying them out in a more aesthetic manner. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEconf/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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CTAN update: poemscol
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 John Burt submitted version 2.22 of the poemscol package to CTAN. Poemscol.sty is a set of LaTeX macros for typesetting critical editions of poetry. Its features include automatic linenumbering, generation of separate endnotes sections for emendations, textual collations, and explanatory notes, special marking for cases in which page breaks occur during stanza breaks, running headers of the form ``Notes to pp. xx--yy''for the notes sections, index of titles and first lines, and automatic generation of table of contents. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/poemscol License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This upgrade to poemscol adds multilevel footnotes, ability to define new kinds of endnote, crossreferencing by line, and easier customization. Removes dependence upon marn.sty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: TeXshade v1.10
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 Eric Beitz submitted a new version of texshade to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ Summary description: Update of the DNA and protein sequence alignment LaTeX package TeXshade License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the DNA and protein alignment shading package TeXshade (v1.10). Major changes are: The plotting speed of bar graphs and color scales along the alignment has been massively accelerated, a new feature style 'restriction' has been implemented as well as more color definitions, a new labeling mode 'tint' has been introduced. Bugs were fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps-1.2.4
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 Dirk Krause submitted version 1.2.4 of bmeps to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- License change and bugfix. The project uses a BSD-style license now. After successfully processing a NetPBM file the program did not set the exit status code to indicate success. This is fixed now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: latexMP
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 Jens-Uwe Morawski submitted versiopn 1.2.0 of latexmp to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/latexmp/ Summary description: LaTeX based typesetting in MetaPost License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update keeps the MP prologues variable untouched. Furthermore, the compatibility with MPs btex..etex has been improved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- Updated ccaption package
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ccaption.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ccaption. > > Changes in ccaption v3.2a (2005/03/29) > o Fixed a labelling problem with bilingual captions i've installed the new version as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- Proto-Semitic font
by CTAN Announcements 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes@ > I have uploaded protosem.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace the current fonts/archaic/protosem. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > >From the README: > The protosem package provides fonts for the Proto-Semitic script in use > about 1600BC, and which may be a very early ancestor of many of the world's > alphabets. Files for using the font with LaTeX are also included. This is > one of a series of archaic script fonts. > > Changes in version 1.2 (2005/03/18) > o Font supplied as Postscript Type 1 instead of MetaFont. I've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. > A SPECIAL REQUEST TO FONT EXPERTS: This is my first attempt at producing > a Type 1 font from one of my original MetaFont sources. I would be very > grateful if you could check this out and let me have any suggestions before > I tackle the other fonts in the set. > > On a Linux box I used mftrace and FontForge to go from MetaFont *.mf to > T1 *.afm & *.pfb files. I tried afm2pfb to get a *.pfb file but the program > stopped with a segmentation fault. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac package extensions
by CTAN Announcements 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I am uploading ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > >From the README: > The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions and is a LaTeX > port, and extension, of the plain TeX EDMAC, TABMAC and EDSTANZA macros. The > ledpar package is an extension of ledmac enabling parallel typesetting in > columns or on facing pages. The ledarab package is a further extension > enabling the use of arab script, as implemented by ArabTeX, in critical > editions (temporarily afoot.sty is provided to support regular footnotes in > ArabTeX). > > Changes: > o First public release of ledarab (v0.1) > o ledpar (v0.3) and ledmac (v0.7) reorganized and recoded to improve > efficiency and support ledarab. i've installed the upload as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- docmfp package update
by CTAN Announcements 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded docmfp.tar.gz.2nd to UK incoming (upload of > docmfp.tar.gz failed with a timeout). Please use this to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/docmfp. The distribution is under the LPPL. > > >From the README: > The package extends the doc package to cater for documenting non-LaTeX > code, such as Metafont or Metapost, or even C or Java code. > > Changes in this version: > o Corrected minor typos. i've installed the package as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xcolor 2.02
by CTAN Announcements 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 Uwe Lück uploaded version 2.02 of the package xcolor to CTAN. Xcolor provides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of color tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors. It allows a user to select a document-wide target color model and offers complete tools for conversion between eight color models. Additionally, there is a command for alternating row colors plus repeated non-aligned material (like horizontal lines) in tables. Colors can be mixed like color{red!30!green!40!blue}. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005/03/24 v2.02 * New features: - aftergroupedef command to reproduce aftergroupdef's behaviour prior to v2.01; - xcolor's homepage www.ukern.de/tex/xcolor.html now provides also a ready-to-run TDS-compliant archive containing all required files. * Changes: - owcolors and friends are solely enabled by the `table' option; - @ifxempty changed back to more robust variant of v2.00. * Bugfixes: - psset{linecolor=ifcasefoo redor greenor bluefi} did not work with `pstricks' (error introduced in v2.01). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: microtype
by Jim Hefferon 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in version 1.7: * Possibility to specify ranges of font sizes in the set declarations and protrusion/expansion settings * Always take font size into account when trying to find protrusion/expansion settings * New command LoadMicroTypeFile to manually load a font configuration file * New option `verbose=errors' to turn all warnings into errors * Compatibility with the `chemsym' and `statex' packages * Disable expansion inside showhyphens * Warning when running in draft mode * Hook for font package authors - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: Feyn
by CTAN Announcements 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Norman Gray, through the oracular source http://www.tex.ac.uk/upload, writes: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20050324-123949/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Feyn > Author's name: Norman Gray > Location on CTAN: fonts/feyn (replacing current contents) > Summary description: A Metafont for Feynman diagrams > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Feyn font can be used to produce relatively simple Feynman > diagrams within equations in a LaTeX document. > > Version 0.2 is a substantially restructured release, now with arrows > integrated into the majority of the characters, and with annotation > (with momenta) easier than before. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the files as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- Updated ccaption package
by CTAN Announcements 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded ccaption.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ccaption. The distribution is under > the LPPL. > > >From the README: > The ccaption package provides commands for `continuation captions', > unnumbered captions and legends. Methods are provided to define captions for > use outside float environments, and to define new float environments and > subfloats. Tools are provided for defining your own captioning styles. > > Changes in version 3.2 (2005/03/21) > o New commands for bilingual captions in longtables. i've installed the revised package as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- Updated booklet package
by CTAN Announcements 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded booklet.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/booklet. The distribution is under > the LPPL. > > >From the README: > booklet provides some aids for printing simple booklets or signatures > for longer books. > > Changes in version 0.7 (2005/03/23) > o Cleaner interface with the memoir class i've installed the replaced package as requested: thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- Updated mempatch.sty --- fixes for memoir class
by CTAN Announcements 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > This version stops packages used with the memoir class from whinging about > the ifpdf package. i've installed the file as required; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: Textpos
by CTAN Announcements 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Norman Gray spake, through the medium of http://www.tex.ac.uk/upload, thus: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Textpos > Author's name: Norman Gray > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/textpos > Summary description: Provides absolute positioning of text on the LaTeX page > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.5 implements a TPMargin command, which causes a margin to > appear round the blocks of text within textblock environments. This makes it > easy to use blocks of colour which are larger than the block of text by a > decent margin, or to put a border round textblocks by setting a suitably- > sized margin and using the showboxes package option. > > This is a long-overdue implementation of a feature-request. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version here at cambridge, as suggested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: breakurl
by Jim Hefferon 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

This package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should within a day or two make its way to your preferred mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: breakurl 0.03 Author's name: Vilar Camara Neto Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/breakurl Summary description: The breakurl is an extension to hyperref package that allows line-breakable url-like links when compiling via latex + dvips + ps2pdf. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version corrects a bug that prevented the use of the pdfeTeX engine (which is the default for some teTeX distributions). Also, there's a new package option, `vertfit', which controls the behaviour of the link rectangle's height (and depth). - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/breakurl although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN upload: DTK book reviews
by CTAN Announcements 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Juergen Fenn uploaded four PDFs with book reviews that were published in DANTE's journal Die Technische Komödie (DTK) in 2004: > dtk_jetztlerne.pdf > Markus Kohm: > Jetzt lerne ich LaTeX2e von Thomas Demmig > DTK 1/2004, S. 61--67. > > Zilm_Das_Einsteigerseminar.pdf > Christian Faulhammer und David Kastrup: > LaTeX -- Das Einsteigerseminar von Thorsten Zilm > DTK 3/2004, S. 51--57. > > Wilms_LaTeX_echt_einfach.pdf > Blandyna Bogdol und Christian Faulhammer: > LaTeX echt einfach (3. Aufl.) von Roland Willms > DTK 3/2004, S. 57--62. > > Niedermair_Praxisbuch.pdf > Juergen Fenn und David Kastrup: > LaTeX. Das Praxisbuch von Elke und Michael Niedermair > DTK 4/2004, S. 45--51. Location on CTAN: digests/dtk/book_reviews/ License: unknown Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: breakurl
by Jim Hefferon 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and by now should have made its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the package, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: breakurl Author's name: Vilar Camara Neto Version: 0.02 Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/breakurl Summary description: The breakurl is an extension to hyperref package that allows line-breakable url-like links when compiling via latex + dvips + ps2pdf. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds two main benefits to the initial release: * Contiguous link segments are now condensed into only one clickable rectangle, allowing the use of link borders; * The user can now enable line breaks after hyphens. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/breakurl although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN update: eso-pic v1.1b
by CTAN Announcements 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 Rolf Niepraschk uploaded eso-pic v1.1b, a package to add picture commands or backgrounds to every page. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eso-pic License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds the new package options texcoord and pscoord and the picture command AtPageLowerLeft. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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