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CTAN update: thumbpdf v3.11
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the thumbpdf package > License remains LPPL. > > Changes: > * pdfcompresslevel=0 and pdfminorversion=4 added for thumbpdf.tex. > * input is used with file name extension for thumbpdf.tex. > * Warning if pdfobjcompresslevel>0. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bibleref
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: bibleref > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/bibleref > Summary description: Format bible citations. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1.13: > * Changed @ifnextchar to ew@ifnextchar to prevent spaces being > ignored after bible references. (amsgen.sty now a required > package.) > > * Removed spurious space when setting some of the styles thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/bibleref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref the catalogue entry will twitch slightly, in the small hours of tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: gentium
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Gentium Version number: 2010.07.07 Author's name: Thomas A. Schmitz, Mojca Miklavec Location on CTAN: /fonts/gentium Summary description: Gentium font and support files. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package includes TrueType fonts from SIL, files needed to use them in pdfTeX in multiple encodings (agr, t2a, ec/T1, texnansi, l7x, qx, t5) and support files for ConTeXt. Support for LaTeX is pending (we got two different solution using completely different approach and someone needs to decide which one is better). This was a bugfix version: - use proper fonts (some ttf files were half-broken) - use lowercase extention - add complete documentation from SIL - fix dcroat/Idotaccent (Mojca still claims that it's a bug in pdfTeX) - fix some typos in ConTeXt typescripts - add source for generating TFM files ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/gentium . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gentium (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 .

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CTAN upload: venturisadf
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: venturisadf Version number: version 1.005 of the Venturis ADF Font Collection; updated TeX/LaTeX support Author's name: Clea F. Rees Location on CTAN: /fonts/venturisadf/ Summary description: Venturis ADF fonts collection. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serif and sans serif complete text font families in Adobe Type 1 format (OTF now available separately) for publication. The family is based on the Utopia family, and has been modified and developed by the Arkandis Digital foundry. Support for using the fonts, in (La)TeX, is also provided (and makes use of the nfssext-cfr package). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/venturisadf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/venturisadf (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 .

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CTAN update: libertine
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michale's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Font Linux Libertine Version number: 4.8.1 Author's name: Michael Niedermair Location on CTAN: /fonts/libertine Summary description: new version of the linux libertine font package License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- new version of the linux libertine font package - new font version (4.8.1) - bug fixes - first alpha release for lualatex - new font names (PSFontName, TTF-Names, ...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/libertine . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/libertine (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: dktools
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 Dirk Krause submitted the new package dktools to CTAN. It supersedes the bmeps and fig2vect packages. Summary description: Tools by DK (including bmeps and fig2vect) License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tools and libraries by Dirk Krause, licensed under BSD-Style license conditions. Among others this package contains bmeps (conversion from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM/TIFF to EPS/PDF) and fig2vect (conversion from FIG to MetaPost/EPS/PDF/TeX/BoundingBox). Project page: http://dktools.sourceforge.net Original download source: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dktools ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/dktools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dktools (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

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 2.01 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The normal vector for perspective projections was fixed. Individual processing of each figure within a LaTeX document is now supported. The fontsize package uses type1cm.sty again since fix-cm.sty does not appear to work as advertised. Uninitialized item bits are cleared. Extended for statements now support the var type. PenMargin is used in drawing a binarytree. Minor optimizations were made. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: simplecd
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: simplecd Version number: v1.0 Author's name: Dániel Majoros Summary description: simple cd, dvd covers for printing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The simplecd package The simplecd package provides printable cut-outs for various CD,DVD and other disc holders. The name of the package comes from it's implementation and ease of use. The simplecd package was created for producing cut-outs for creating covers, inlets for optical disc packaging such as jewel cases, keepcases. The covers were aimed for containing only simple text with different font sizes, but since it is only a parbox in a tabular enviroment's cell, it can contain anything that a parbox can contain. There are also macros which can resize ready-to-print images to the appropriate size. The supported covers are -jewel case front, back and individual spine -two-page jewel case front -slim DVD keepcase -normal DVD keepcase -Blu-Ray keepcase -costum-sized keepcase -disk sleeve -one sided DVD keepcase inlay -one sided Blu-Ray keepcase inlay -costum-sized inlay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/simplecd . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/simplecd (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 .

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Re: Serious error
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

very early this morning, i wrote: > just before midnight in cambridge, a serious incident happened on the > cambridge ctan node, resulting in the loss of much of the > macros/latex/contrib tree. because of the nature of the incident, the > losses propagated to the other ctan sites. > > i have since then been doggedly restoring stuff from backups (not easy, > since it involves juggling files across three machines), but at 0530, > i'm starting to fail. > > i've made quite a lot of headway, but there is stil much to do -- i > shall restart when i've had a bit of sleep. > > apologies to one and all. with much help from rainer schoepf, the ctan central archives are now entirely restored. i went to sleep last night turning over schemes to avoid this sort of thing in future, but i am of the opinion that while this particular problem should be avoidable, there are in general no absolute guarantees. i have for some time been designing a new archive setup for cambridge. i have added one new requirement, today: that recovery from backup should be easier (and hence faster) than i found it last night. once again, please accept my apologies for the troubles. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: Discourse Representation Structures (DRS)
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

the daemon calls while i'm otherwise engaged ... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: drs > Author's name: Alexis Dimitriadis > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/drs/ > Summary description: Commands to draw Discoure Representation Structures (DRS) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package draws Discourse Representation Structures > (DRSs). It can draw embedded DRSs, if-then conditions and > quantificational “duplex conditions” (with a properly scaled > connecting diamond). Formatting parameters allow the user to > control the appearance and placement of DRSs, and of DRS > variables and conditions. i've installed the new package, and created a file describing it in the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/drs.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/drs/ the catalogue entry won't appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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