Dr Nicola L C Talbot wrote:
> Announcement text:
>
> v3.0 (Major changes):
>
> * Documentation has been restructured:
>
> - glossaries-user: main user manual
> - glossariesbegin: cut-down introduction for beginners
> - mfirstuc-manual: user manual for mfirstuc package
> - glossaries.pdf: documented code for advanced users
> - glossary2glossaries: upgrading from glossary.sty to glossaries.sty
>
> * Added new package options:
>
> - entrycounter : number main (level 0) entries in the glossary.
>
> - counterwithin : set parent counter for the entry counter.
>
> - subentrycounter : number level 1 entries in the glossary.
>
> - sort : set the sort order to
> - standard alphabetical (sort=standard),
> - order of definition (sort=def)
> - order of use (sort=use)
>
> - seeautonumberlist : automatically activates the number list
> for entries that use the see key.
>
> - savewrites : minimise number of
ewwrite
>
> - compatible-2.07 :
>
> bug fixes in v3.0 have cause compatibility problems. This
> package option will restore the old behaviour but bugs will
> remain. (Should mostly only effect documents that used
>
oist with a custom Xindy style file.)
>
> * printglossary sets currentglossary to the current glossary's
> label. (Allows custom glossary styles access to the glossary
> type.)
>
> * Modified internal workings of acronyms and:
>
> - Added starred versions of acrshort etc.
>
> - Added long, short, longplural and shortplural keys
> (Reserved for use with
ewacronym.)
>
> - Added analogous longaccess, shortaccess, longpluralaccess
> and shortpluralaccess keys for
ewacronym in
> glossaries-accsupp.sty
>
> * Added glsseeitemformat to customise the text given in the link
> created by glsseeitem.
>
> *
ewglossaryentry key nonumberlist now boolean.
>
> * added debugging commands showgloname etc.
>
> * now loads etoolbox:
>
> - replaced DeclareRobustCommand with
ewrobustcmd
>
> - replaced @ifundefined with ifcsundef
>
> - replaced let...undefined with undef...
>
> * Bug Fixes:
>
> - now works with equation counter in amsmath's align
> environment.
>
> - Mixed counters now work with xindy option.
>
> - Fixed hyperlinks in location numbers where heH<counter>
> has a prefix not present in he<counter>.
>
> - If title specified in printglossary but toctitle hasn't
> been specified, make toctitle same as supplied title.
>
> -
ewglossaryentry see key and glssee now sanitize and escape
> special characters before writing to output file. (Allows
> user to redefine seename any point before printglossary or
> printglossaries.)
>
> - glshyperlink: Changed the default value of the optional argument
> to glsentrytext instead of glsentryname.
>
> * mfirstuc.sty (v1.05):
>
> - added glsmakefirstuc (replaces @gls@makefirstuc) to make
> it easier to customise.
>
> makeglossaries (v2.02):
>
> * now displays version number on startup unless -q
>
> * added more diagnostics to give more helpful messages than
> those supplied by xindy or makeindex.
i have installed the new version, but the change to the catalogue entry
is going to take a little longer than usual. it will be in place by the
time the catalogue is updated tonight.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon creeps out while i'm cooking dinner for my son...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: siunitx
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx
> Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v2.1o:
> - Detect arev package
> - Allow for negative exponents when using fixed-exponent
> option
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the
entry in the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the
rcs-multi
package.
Summary description: Bugfix which removes setting of date
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This small bug-fix removes the setting of the compile date to the package date.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/rcs-multi
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/rcs-multi
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). 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
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 Dominik Waßenhoven submitted an update to the
bibleref-german
package.
Summary description: German adaptation of bibleref
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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- BUGFIX: German umlauts did not work with utf8 encoding.
- The German names for bible references can now be given
with Arabic numerals as well, e.g. 1Mose. The notation
with Roman numerals (IMose) still works.
- bibleref-german also works with the package bibleref-parse
by Sebastian Kuhnert.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref-german
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bibleref-german
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). 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
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the
svn-multi
package.
Summary description: Fix for svnid with modified marker in revision number
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This small update fixed svnid to work with the modified marker 'M' after the
revision number. This marker is added by Subversion when a modified working copy
is exported. Previous versions handled this marker correctly in svnidlong but
not in svnid. This update fixes this.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/svn-multi
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). 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
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 Toby Cubitt submitted an update to the
cleveref
package.
Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version contains minor additions and bug-fixes; it:
- adds support for the algorithm2e and listings package,
- fixes an internal macro name collision with tikz-qtree
(and potentially other packages too),
- adds Danish translations.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cleveref
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). 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
Rainer Schöpf
On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 Philip Kime submitted an update to the
biblatex-apa
package.
Summary description: biblatex style for APA documents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Updated to automate all APA 6th edition examples including the previously
impossible name and name list disambiguation requirements. This is all now
possible with biblatex 1.4 and biber 0.9
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-apa
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). 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
Rainer Schöpf
Philipp Lehman wrote:
> I've uploaded a new biblatex release to the incoming directory of the
> UK node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/. Please
> purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as
> usual. Thank you very much.
>
> RELEASE NOTES
>
> This release requires Biber 0.9.
> See the file RELEASE for further release notes.
>
> CHANGES
>
> See the changelog in biblatex.pdf.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the
catalogue entry appropriately.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Philip Kime writes:
> Biber 0.9 is released on SourceForge. From the Changes file:
>
> * No longer auto-escapes any TeX markup in bibtex data sources. This
> is fraught with danger and is a mess. Best not to do it at all.
> * Supports new biblatex ibnamedelimi macro
> * Implementation of uniquename and uniquelist options for biblatex 1.4+
Thanks for the update.
The new version is now available from the CTAN sites, and will make its
way to mirrors shortly. I have updated the catalogue entry
appropriately.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biber.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/biblio/biber
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Philipp Lehman wrote (on 25th March):
> I've uploaded csquotes.tar.gz and csquotes.tds.zip to the incoming
> directory of the UK node. This is an update for
> macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please purge the old files, install the
> new ones, and announce the upload. Thank you very much.
>
> See the file RELEASE for release notes and the changelog in the manual
> for a list of changes.
thanks for the upload; i installed the files on the 25th, but forgot to
do the rest of the job ... announcing it.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes
The catalogue entry will finally change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team