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CTAN update: testhyphens
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

Claudio Beccari submitted an update to the testhyphens package. Version: 1.1 2026-06-29 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Testing hyphenation patterns Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This upgrade lets users typeset a hyphenated word list with specified language and hyphenation parameters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/testhyphens The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/testhyphens/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: csvsimple
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the csvsimple package. Version: 3.0.0 2026-07-01 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Simple CSV file processing Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Added - Documentation example section "Storing Data in L3 Property Lists" - Some further additions to the documentation. ### Changed - The default package option setting for `csvsimple` is changed from `legacy` to `l3`. Documents using the legacy version may have to adapt the way they load `csvsimple`. ** \usepackage{csvsimple} CHANGED: loads csvsimple-l3 now instead of csvsimple-legacy ** ** \usepackage[legacy]{csvsimple} no change ** ** \usepackage{csvsimple-legacy} no change ** ** \usepackage[l3]{csvsimple} no change ** ** \usepackage{csvsimple-l3} no change ** - Documentation adapted to the change. - `csvsimple.pdf` now contains the documentation for `csvsimple` / `csvsimple-l3` - Minor code optimizations ### Removed - The documentation `csvsimple-l3.pdf` is merged into `csvsimple.pdf` - Removed files: `csvsimple-l3.tex` and `csvsimple-l3.pdf` -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/csvsimple More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/csvsimple -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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New on CTAN: tagsnip
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

Rostislav Brož submitted the tagsnip package. Version: 1.0.1 License: mit Summary description: Include tagged code snippets from local files or remote URLs Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tagsnip provides a LaTeX command for including tagged code snippets from local files or remote URLs. Snippets are extracted by an external Python backend and typeset using minted. The package requires LuaLaTeX, shell escape, minted, and the Python backend command 'tagsnip' to be available in PATH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/tagsnip The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/tagsnip/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: pst-geo
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pst-geo package. Version: 0.09a 2026-06-30 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Geographical Projections Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reduce the file size of the documentation by using png images instead of pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-geo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: plantuml
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

Oliver Kopp submitted an update to the plantuml package. Version: 0.7.0 2026-06-29 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Support for rendering UML diagrams using PlantUML Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Added - Added support for `pdflatex`. PlantUML is now driven directly via shell escape, mirroring the LuaLaTeX path (same `plantuml.jar` invocation and MD5-based source caching). [#1](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/1) - Added [architecture decision record 0001](docs/decisions/0001-support-pdflatex-via-shell-escape.md) explaining why pdfLaTeX is driven via shell escape rather than via `hvextern`, `pythontex`, or `bashful`. [#1](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/1) - Added `example-class-visibility--latex.tex`, `example-class-visibility--png.tex`, and `example-class-visibility--svg.tex` demonstrating class member visibility, including the protected marker `#`, which is written as-is (the diagram body is verbatim, so no LaTeX escaping). [#24](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/24) - Added support for rendering `png` and `svg` diagrams through a [PlantUML server](https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml-server) over HTTP, configured via the `server` package option or the `PLANTUML_SERVER` environment variable. This needs only `curl`, not a local `plantuml.jar`/Java, which is convenient on CI. The source is sent hex-encoded (the `~h` server marker). `latex`/TikZ output cannot be produced by a server and continues to use the local jar. Includes `example-server--png.tex` and `example-server--svg.tex`. [#6](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/6) - Documented and tested that `@startuml`/`@enduml` are optional: when the diagram body omits them, PlantUML adds them automatically, so the `plantuml` environment may contain just the diagram. All examples now omit the markers. [#4](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/4) - Added `\plantumlinput{<file>}` to render a diagram from an external PlantUML source file (like minted's `\inputminted` and listings' `\lstinputlisting`). It honors the `output` mode and reuses the same caching, server, and `-output-directory` handling as the `plantuml` environment, on both LuaLaTeX and pdfLaTeX. Includes `example-input-file.tex`. [#3](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/3) - Added a global PlantUML preamble (e.g. `skinparam` styling) applied to every diagram, set inline via the `plantumlpreamble` environment or from a file via `\plantumlpreamblefile{<file>}`. The local jar applies it through PlantUML's `-config`; the server prepends it to the source. The preamble is folded into the diagram cache key, so changing it regenerates the diagrams. Includes `example-preamble.tex`. [#5](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/5) - Documented and tested that diagrams work in `beamer`: a frame containing a `plantuml` environment just needs to be declared `[fragile]` (the environment is verbatim). Added `example-beamer.tex` using the `moloch` theme. [#11](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/11) - Added `caption`, `label`, and `float` options for diagrams: a numbered, `\ref`-able caption that is typeset in place by default (like listings' `caption=`, avoiding the erratic placement of a bare `figure`) or in a floating `figure` with `float`. `\plantumlinput` takes them as an optional argument; for the `plantuml` environment they are set with `\plantumlset{...}` (a verbatim environment cannot carry an optional argument). Includes `example-caption.tex`. [#8](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/8) ### Changed - Diagram text in `latex`/TikZ output is now rendered sans-serif by default (via the new `\PlantUmlTikzFont`, overridable with `\renewcommand`), matching the font PlantUML uses to size the boxes so the text fits with even margins instead of overflowing or sitting off-centre under the document's serif font. Includes `example-mindmap.tex`. [#14](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/14) - Generated diagrams are now cached by a content hash (minted/memoize style): each diagram is written to `plantuml-<md5>-converted-to.<ext>` and PlantUML (or the server) is invoked only when no file for that hash exists yet. Identical, repeated, or reordered diagrams reuse the cached output, so recompiles are fast and only edited diagrams are regenerated. The `-converted-to` suffix keeps the files covered by the standard TeX `.gitignore` (`*-converted-to.*`), so no extra ignore entry is needed. [#2](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/2) - A diagram that cannot be generated (for example when `PLANTUML_JAR` is not set, no server is configured, or PlantUML fails) no longer aborts the LaTeX run. A visible placeholder is typeset in the document instead, similar to a missing reference. [#16](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/16) - The README preview images are now sharp vector SVG instead of raster PNG, and the README's `example-minimal.tex` / `example-class-relations--svg.tex` use the `cerulean-outline` PlantUML theme for a cleaner look than the colourful default. `release.sh` installs `librsvg2-bin` so pandoc can embed the SVGs when building `plantuml.pdf`. ### Fixed - Fixed `Unable to access jarfile` when `PLANTUML_JAR` contains spaces (e.g. `C:\Program Files (x86)\PlantUML\plantuml.jar`) on the LuaLaTeX path, by quoting the jar path in the PlantUML invocation. The pdfLaTeX path already quoted it. [#7](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/7) - Fixed `lualatex` failing with `I can't write on file '…-plantuml.txt'` under the paranoid `openout_any=p` setting (the default of local TeX Live and MiKTeX installations). The generated source file is now written with a relative path whenever possible, falling back to the absolute working directory only when the write is redirected (e.g. by Overleaf's output directory), so the Overleaf fix keeps working. [#47](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/47), [#50](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/50), [#42](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/pull/42) - Fixed PlantUML diagrams not being found when LaTeX is run with `-output-directory`. The generated source is now read from, and the diagram written to, that directory (located via `TEXMF_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY`). The variable is additionally cleared for the PlantUML subprocess, which otherwise hangs when it holds a relative path. Works for both `lualatex` and `pdflatex`. [#27](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/27) - Fixed garbled text in the SVG examples by exporting text as paths (`--export-text-to-path`) in the Inkscape conversion rule, making the rendering independent of the fonts available to Inkscape. [#25](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/25) ### Removed - Removed the unused, never-wired-up `pythontex` dependency from the non-LuaTeX code path. [#1](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/plantuml More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/plantuml -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: hvextern
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the hvextern package. Version: 0.43 2026-06-30 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Write and execute external code, and insert the output Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- added option png for conversion pdf->png -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hvextern More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/hvextern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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New on CTAN: carom
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

Anthony Saint-Criq submitted the carom package. Version: 2026-06-30 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Environment to typeset annotated French billiard tables Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a new environment together with a collection of TikZ macros designed to facilitate the creation of French billiards table diagrams. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/carom More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/carom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Vincent Goulet CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs.

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CTAN update: zhlineskip
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the zhlineskip package. Version: 1.0g 2026-06-30 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Line spacing for CJK documents Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This release adds one new option to zhlineskip. NEW FEATURES - Add `quiet` option to suppress warning messages. Source code: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit Issue tracker: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit/issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/zhlineskip The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/chinese/zhlineskip/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: aTableau
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

Andrew Mathas submitted an update to the aTableau package. Version: 2.2.2 2026-06-30 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A LaTeX package for symmetric group combinatorics Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Adds `entries=ladders` for ladder numbers in diagrams - Fixes a bug with the `beads` key, so that empty runners now work as advertised when abacuses are specified by their quotients - Removes dependence on the `atableau.ini` file ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/atableau The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/atableau/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: Circuit_macros
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

Dwight Aplevich submitted an update to the Circuit_macros package. Version: 11.1 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: M4 macros for electric circuit diagrams Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As detailed in the CHANGES file: edits and additional functionality for several macros, five new macros, new examples, revisions to the manual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/circuit-macros The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/circuit_macros/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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