the daemon is delighted to tell us all that
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: lualibs
> Author's name: Khaled Hosny
> Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/generic/lualibs
> Summary description: Lualibs is a collection of Lua modules useful for
> general programming.
> License type: lgpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> * don't use kpse.set_program_name(), people loading lualibs with
> texlua should set it themselves, to avoid possible clashes
> * drop deprecated functions and aliases
> * update the documentation
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/lualibs.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/lualibs/
the catalogue entry will be updated (in a small way) overnight, tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the
siunitx
package.
Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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v2.0f:
- Fix issue with spacing of multiplication sign in text mode
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=siunitx
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the
ctable
package.
Summary description: Option-driven typesetting of table/figure floats
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or
right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes.
Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the
first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating
variations on the defaults and offering a route for future
extensions.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable
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appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 Thomas Titz submitted an update to the
idxlayout
package.
Summary description: Configurable index layout, responsive to KOMA-Script and memoir
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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- Corrected option justific=RaggedRight
- Package ragged2e now loaded automatically
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/idxlayout/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=idxlayout
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Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 John Bowman submitted an update to the
asymptote
package.
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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Version 2.00
The construction of 3D TeX labels was sped up greatly. Plain
TeX page numbers were suppressed. Dotted 3D lines and 3D
sizing problems were fixed. A general search function for
sorted structures was implemented; the lexorder functions in
math.asy now return strict partial orders. Additional GSL
functions were added. The correct PRC units (PostScript pt
units, properly called bp) are now displayed in Adobe Reader.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote
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Rainer Schöpf
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the
achemso
package.
Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society journals
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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v3.5:
- Completely revised BibTeX style file, clearing up internal issues and improving
compliance with The ACS Style Guide
- Fix issue with bibliography labels
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/achemso
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Rainer Schöpf
This should be at your local mirror within a day.
Thank you again,
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: sTeX
Version number: 0.9.2
Author's name: Michael Kohlhase
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stex/
Summary description: Semantic TeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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sTeX: An Infrastructure for Semantic Preloading of LaTeX
Documents
The sTeX package collection, a version of TeX/LaTeX that
allows to markup TeX/LaTeX documents semantically without
leaving the document format,
essentially turning it into a document format for
mathematical knowledge management (MKM).
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stex
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/stex
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
This should within the day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: struktex
Version number: v101
Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/struktex/
Summary description: A package for the creation of Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The package provides a collection of LaTeX macros to create
Nassi Shneiderman diagrams. It is based on the LaTeX picture
environment, but by the use of additional packages (e.g. pict2e) the
limitations of the picture macros concerning fixed slopes are nullified.
Version v101 contains a new set of macros to display parallel tasks.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/struktex/
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2010, Kristoffer Rose submitted an update to the
xypic
package.
Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/diagrams/xypic
Summary description: Typeset beautiful mathematical graphs and diagrams
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Release 3.8.2 fixes a problem with the xypic.map file where
some installations did not pick up the Xy-pic special fonts
thus resulting in diagrams with lines replaced by repeated
characters.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/diagrams/xypic
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=Xy-pic
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
the upload daemon has been busy again:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: teubner
> Author's name: Claudio Beccari
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/teubner/
> Summary description: Upgrade of the teubner package
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This major upgrade allows the user to use all fonts series and shapes
> available with the default LGR Greek encoded CBfonts; it contains the
> extended accent macros that avoid the kerning problems that sometimes
> arise with the built in font ligature mechanism; it is compatible for
> use together with CM, EC, LM, TX, and PX vector fonts, and it contains
> the necessary macros for working with other vector fonts;
> capitalization and uppercasing are working correctly with a minimum of
> attention by the typist; provide classical number rendereng in both
> Milesian and Attic form; plus many other minor enhancements.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/teubner.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/
the catalogue entry will be refreshed from the repository overnight,
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team