i was busy on other matters last night, and couldn't act on the daemon's
message until this morning:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: jmlr
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/jmlr
> Summary description: Class files for the Journal of Machine Learning Research
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> jmlr bundle v1.06 provides:
>
> * jmlr class (for authors)
> * jmlrbook class (for production editors)
> * makejmlrbook Perl script
>
> The jmlr class is a LaTeX2e class for articles for the Journal of
> Machine Learning Research (JMLR) or for the JMLR Workshop and
> Conference Proceedings (JMLR W&CP).
>
> The jmlrbook class is a LaTeX2e class that can be used to combine
> articles written using the jmlr class into a book. The jmlrbook class
> uses the combine class and the hyperref package to produce either a
> colour hyperlinked book for on-line viewing or a greyscale
> nonhyperlinked book for printing.
>
> The makejmlrbook Perl script can be used to create the colour
> hyperlinked and greyscale nonhyperlinked PDFs of a document using the
> jmlrbook class. It can also create a set of HTML files that list the
> included papers with links to their abstracts and the individual
> articles as PDFs.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created an entry
in the catalogue source repository
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/jmlr.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jmlr
though the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until tonight's
processing run.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should within a 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: ryethesis
Version number: 1.1
Author's name: Jason Lassaline
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ryethesis
Summary description: Bug fixes to existing Ryerson University Thesis class
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Bug fixes for the Ryerson University Thesis class including:
- Fix for location of previous degrees
- Fix for including List of Appendices
- Updated sample usage, including output of additional required commands
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ryethesis
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ryethesis
(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 .
the weather's almost like summer, and the daemon staggers in with a new
package:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: texapi
> Author's name: Paul Isambert
> Location on CTAN: macros/generic
> Summary description: Macros to write format-independent packages.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Texapi provides utility macros to write format-independent (and
> -aware) packages. It is similar in spirit to Philipp Lehman's
> etoolbox, except it isn't tied to LaTeX.
>
> Tools include: engine and format detection, expansion control, command
> definition and manipulation, various testing macros, string
> operations, and highly customizable while and for loops.
>
> The package requires e-TeX.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and created an entry in
the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/texapi.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/texapi/
the catalogue entry won't appear until after the processing run some
time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon's struggling to keep up:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: yax
> Author's name: Paul Isambert
> Author's email: zappathustra(a)free.fr
> Location on CTAN: macros/generic
> Summary description: Yet Another Key System.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> At first sight, YaX is just a key-system (and at second sight
> too). However, YaX rather organizes attributes in parameters, and the
> latter can be executed, so that YaX is halfway between key management
> and macro definition (and actually aims at being a user's interface).
>
> Values to attributes can be retrieved and tested in various ways, with
> full expandability ensured as much as possible.
>
> Finally, YaX's syntax is a quite peculiar (as few braces as possible),
> but can be customized.
>
> It is based on texapi and thus requires e-TeX.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and created an entry in
the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/yax.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/yax/
the catalogue entry will appear some time overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk ctan node.
> Please replace _all_ files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
> pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot
> of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a...
>
> This update has a modified macro psComment
>
> v 3.41 - fix bug with psComment and the if@star
> added another optional argument for the
> put command
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks-add.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk CTAN node. Please replace
> the two files with the ones in the main directory
>
> /graphics/pstricks/base/latex/
>
> 0.45 2010-06-16 - add option pdf for using auto-pst-pdf together
> with pdflatex (needs an option -shell-escape
> for TeXLive or -enable-write18 for MiKTeX
i've installed the update; nothing in the catalogue needed to be
changed.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/base
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 Martin Hensel submitted an update to the
mhchem
package.
Summary description: Typeset chemical formulae/equations and Risk and Safety phrases
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Currently, the mhchem bundle consists of two packages:
mhchem and rsphrase. The mhchem package provides two
commands: one for typesetting chemical molecular formulae
and one for typesetting chemical equations with these
formulae. The rsphrase package contains the text of all
official Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases that are used to
label chemicals. At the time being, these phrases are
available in Danish, English, French, German (current
spelling), Italian, and Spanish.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mhchem
(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
This should be at your local mirror within a day.
Thanks again,
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Chronology
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Levi Wiseman
Summary description: Provides a horizontal timeline with per day granularity.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A new timeline package. Allows labeling of events with per
day granularity. Other features include relative positioning
with unit specification, adjustable tick mark step size, and
scaling to specified width.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chronology
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chronology
(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 .
that old daemon wrote:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: glossaries
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries
> Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v2.06:
>
> * Added altnewglossary
>
> * added facility to customise acronyms if the predefined styles
> don't fit the user's requirements.
>
> * Serbian dictionary added (provided by Zoran Filipovic)
>
> makeglossaries:
>
> * Scans aux file for @input in case printglossary is in an
> imported file.
thanks for the upload. i've installed the files and updated the
catalogue repository (in the usual minuscule way).
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries
and the catalogue entry on the web will change overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team