ctan-ann July 2014

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CTAN Update: pst-math
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Herbert Voss submitted an update to the pst-math package. Version number: 0.63 License type: lppl Summary description: Enhancement of PostScript math operators to use with pstricks Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.63 2014-07-30 - added the arc secans functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-math We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN update: tasks
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the tasks package. Version number: 0.10a License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Horizontally columned lists. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - bug-fix: correct typo in option definition of `column-sep' - insert before/after skip with vspace* - add strut to the end of an item to fix possible uneven spacing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tasks More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tasks We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz

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CTAN Update: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Version number: 3.12 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - text color implementation changed to circumvent xelatex color problems - multicol vs. twocolumn detection fixed - code for breakable boxes without height limit improved - before box oindent is replaced by parindent=0pt (bidi package compatibilty) - library 'breakable': * new option: 'vfill before first' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: lipsum
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Patrick Happel submitted an update to the lipsum package. Version number: v1.3 License type: lppl Summary description: Access to 150 paragraphs of Lorem Ipsum dummy text Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- a) Using omannumeral instead of oman, since oman is redefined by some language packages. b) New macros unpacklipsum, UnpackLipsum, unpacklipsum* and UnpackLipsum* which provide access to the expanded content of Lorem Ipsum via the respective definition of the macro lipsumexp. Both, a) and b), were heavily inspired and include code from stackexchange user EGREP. Thanks for the corresponding postings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/lipsum/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lipsum We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: listlbls
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Norbert Melzer submitted the listlbls package. Version number: 1.02 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Creates a list of all labels used throughout a document Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * if `draft` and `final`-options are defined once globally and once locally the local option will “win” * Added options `totoc`, `notoc`, and `numtoc` which will decide if the list of labels will appear in a table of contents and how. * The caption of the list of labels and the phrase “on page” will be translated to English, German, or French (French translation is taken from translate.google.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/listlbls More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/listlbls We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz

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New on CTAN: roboto
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Bob Tennent submitted the roboto package. Package version: 2014-07-17 License type: apache2 Summary description: Roboto fonts, with LaTeX support Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX support for the Roboto, RobotoCondensed and RobotoSlab families of fonts, designed by Christian Robertson for Google. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/roboto or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/roboto/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: pstricks-base
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks-base package. Version number: 2.55 License type: lppl Summary description: PostScript macros for TeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.55 2014-07-28 - added psellipseAB: draw an ellipse between two given points. See pst-news14.pdf for an example ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks-base We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: fmtcount
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Nicola Talbot and Vincent Belaïche submitted an update to the fmtcount package. Version number: 3.00 License type: lppl Summary description: Add support of language loading by package options Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Add support of language loading by package options (https://github.com/nlct/fmtcount/issues/9) - Minor fixes in documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fmtcount We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: yathesis
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '14

27 Jul '14

Denis Bitouzé submitted the yathesis package. Version number: 0.99j License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: yathesis provides a LaTeX class that aims to help to write a thesis following French rules Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First CTAN release Documentation in French only (sorry for that). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/yathesis More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/yathesis We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz

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CTAN Update: lualibs
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '14

27 Jul '14

Philipp Gesang submitted an update to the lualibs package. Version number: 2.2 License type: gpl2 Summary description: Additional Lua functions for LuaTeX macro programmers Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The code has been updated to the most recent state of the Context beta. Release page: https://github.com/lualatex/lualibs/releases/tag/v2.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/lualibs/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lualibs We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN update: getmap
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '14

27 Jul '14

Josef Kleber submitted an update to the getmap package. Version number: 1.4 License type: lppl Summary description: Download OpenStreetMap maps for Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of this package is the simplest possible provision of map images (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps and Google Street View are supported). In the simplest case, the specification of an address is sufficient. The package loads the map using the write18 feature, which you must activate to use this package. The image will be downloaded by an external Lua script. You can use this script also from the command line. License: LPPL Changes in v1.4: - added new options in gm mode * language (language of map labels) * markers (set marker on map) * visible (ensure locations to be on the map) * path (draw pathes and routes) * pathfile (load complicated encoded polylines (routes)) - added more examples to the documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/getmap More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/getmap We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz

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New on CTAN: dsptricks
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

Paolo Prandoni submitted the dsptricks package. Version number: 1.0 - July 2014 License type: lppl Summary description: Macros for beautiful Digital Signal Processing plots Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package DSPTricks is a set of LaTeX macros (based on PSTricks) for plotting the kind of graphs and figures that are usually employed in digital signal processing publications. DSPTricks provides facilities for standard discrete-time lollipop plots, continuous-time and frequency plots, and pole-zero plots. The companion package DSPFunctions provides macros to compute frequency responses and DFTs, while the package DSPBlocks supports DSP block diagrams. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org//graphics/pstricks/contrib/dsptricks/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dsptricks We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Version number: 3.11 License type: lppl Summary description: Colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - regresssion: vertical space at end of breakable boxes was not removed - example file updated with new features ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

Philipp Gesang submitted an update to the luaotfload package. Version number: 2.5-2 2014-07-24 License type: gpl2 Summary description: OpenType ‘loader’ for Plain TeX and LaTeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix release. Fixes an issue with fontconfig configuration files. Announcement: https://github.com/lualatex/luaotfload/releases/tag/v2.5-fix-2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: qcircuit
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

Travis L. Scholten submitted the qcircuit package. Version number: 2.0 License type: gpl2 Summary description: Macros to generate quantum ciruits Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- qcircuit is a package designed for those within the quantum information community who typeset quantum circuits. Based off the xy-pic package, qcircuit contains a list of macros designed to help users speedily generate circuits. This package was originally written by Bryan Eastin and Steven Flammia while graduate students at the University of New Mexico, New Mexico, USA. Recently, some students from this same university have expressed an interest in rebooting the project to add enhancements and other features needed by the quantum information community. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/qcircuit More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/qcircuit We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz

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CTAN Update: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Version number: 3.10 License type: lppl Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - box breaking algorithm revised: * breakable boxes now always have oindent * distance to preceeding text corrected * interaction with floating objects fixed * dimensioning of partial boxes improved * splitting of an empty closing frame can now be avoided (depending on 'pad at break*') * The upper total height limit for breakable boxes is extended from about 16384pt to about 65536pt * experimental code added (breakable=unlimited) for breakable boxes without height limit besides memory * splitting boxes inside multicols environments supported (to a certain degree) * limited orphan control added ('enlargepage flexible') - library 'breakable': * new options: 'break at', 'height fixed for', 'enlargepage flexible', 'pad before break*', 'pad at break*' - Corners can be set individually now to be 'rounded' or 'sharp' for all types of boxes, skins, borders, and shadows: * new options: 'sharpish corners', 'sharp corners', and 'rounded corners' - library 'skins': * new options: ' cbline*' * bug fix: skin families 'bicolor' and 'beamer' did not respect 'colbacktitle' - pictures 'blueshade.png', 'crinklepaper.png', 'goldshade.png', 'pink_marble.png' moved to package folder ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks-add package. Version number: 3.75 License type: lppl Summary description: A collection of add-ons and bugfixes for PSTricks Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pstricks-add.tex ----------- (hv) v 3.75 2014-07-22 - use pcline instead of psline for psRelLine and psParallelLine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks-add We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: schule
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Johannes Pieper, Johannes Kuhaupt, and André Hilbig submitted an update to the schule package. Version number: 0.2 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Support for teachers in German schools Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGELOG 2014-07-21 ======================================================= - Festlegung der Standardkodierung auf utf8 in inputenc. - Festlegung der Zeichenkodierung auf T1 in fontenc. - Integrierung einer Möglichkeit, den Stil von Anführungszeichen zu standardisieren. - Seitenzahlen für einseitige Arbeitsblätter deaktiviert. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/schule/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/schule We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: diwtex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Kwanleung Tse submitted the diwtex package. Version number: 2 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Tex/Latex equivalent program for Android Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit http://www.worker4math.fatcow.com for latest announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/android/diwtex/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/diwtex We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: splint
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Alexander Shibakov submitted an update to the splint package. Version number: 1.03 License type: gpl3 Summary description: SPLinT---write LALR(1) in TeX using bison and flex Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version---added indexing for bison grammar terms and TeX code in actions, various minor changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/splint/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/splint We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: dviasm
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Khaled Hosny submitted an update to the dviasm package. Version number: 2014-07-21 License type: gpl3 Summary description: A utility for editing DVI files Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add support for XeTeX’s extended DVI files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dviasm/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dviasm We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN update: getmap
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Josef Kleber submitted an update to the getmap package. Version number: 1.3 License type: lppl Summary description: Download OpenStreetMap maps for Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of this package is the simplest possible provision of map images (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps and Google Street View are supported). In the simplest case, the specification of an address is sufficient. The package loads the map using the write18 feature, which you must activate to use this package. The image will be downloaded by an external Lua script. You can use this script also from the command line. License: LPPL Changes in v1.3: - added support for Google Street View * new options heading, pitch, fov - added more examples to the documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/getmap More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/getmap We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz

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CTAN Update: l3kernel + l3packages + l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

The LaTeX3 Project submitted an update to the l3kernel + l3packages + l3experimental packages. Version number: SVN 5241 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot of SVN 5421 ==================== - Change in treatment of juxtaposition in l3fp: now simply inserts * and thus has same precedence as explicit * or / (this is a breaking change as discussed previously) - Produce 'string-like' output as standard in l3regex replacements: in replacement text has catcode 10 - New single l3str module in kernel for 'stable' str_... functions - New str_fold_case:n function for Unicode (UTF-8) case folding - Functions moved to 'stable' status: clist_const:Nn, <thing>_item:Nn, clist_set_from_seq:NN, seq_set_from_clist:NN, seq_reverse:N - New dim_to_decimal:n and related function to replace experimental dim_strip_pt:n, etc. - New experimental expandable Unicode case changing functions l_lower_case:n, l_upper_case:n, l_mixed_case:n. - New experimental ox_resize_to_ht:Nn and ox_resize_to_wd_and_ht:Nn as per user request - Bug fix for c{...} construct in l3regex - Bug fix for logarithms in l3fp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages are located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel http://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3packages http://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3experimental We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: exsheets
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the exsheets package. Version number: 0.15 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Create exercise sheets and exams Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - the packages `tasks' and `cntformats' are no longer a part of the bundle and are now distributed as packages of their own - the options `load-headings' and `load-tasks' have been deprecated; what they did optionally is now non-optional behaviour - new command IfQuestionPropertyTF that allows to test if a certain question property has been set for a question ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/exsheets/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/exsheets We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: cntformats
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Clemens Niederberger submitted the cntformats package. Version number: 0.7 License type: lppl Summary description: A different way to read counters Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package is not really new but used to be distributed as part of the `exsheets' bundle. It is now a package of its own. Other news: - robustify non-expandably commands that weren't defined robust, yet - replace def with ewcommand or ewrobustcmd where possible ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cntformats/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cntformats We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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