On Thu, 20 May 2010 Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the
vpp (view_print_ps_pdf)
package.
Summary description: View and Print (selected pages from) PostScript/PDF
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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vpp (View and Print PDF/Postscript) displays a pdf or
postscript document and lets you print (or save as PDF)
selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet.
Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a PDF document.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/support/view_print_ps_pdf
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=vpp
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-magneticfield.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace
> all files with the ones in the directory
>
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-magneticfield/
>
> pst-magneticfield is a PSTricks related package and provides
> macros for drawing magnetic field lines of a Helmholtz coil
> in 2D and 3D view. This update also has german translation
> for the documentation.
>
>
> pst-magneticfield.sty --------
> 2010-05-16 - first CTAN version
>
> pst-magneticfield.tex --------
> 1.11 2010-05-20 - change order for the different lines
> in the 3d view (dashed lines first) (hv)
> 1.10 2010-05-16 - first CTAN version
thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/pst-magneticfield.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-magneticfield/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This update should be at your local mirror within a day.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: skeycommand
Version number: 0.2
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Summary description: Define new command and environments using parameters and keys.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New commands and environments may now have no parameters
and/or keys at all.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeycommand
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
This should reach your local mirror within the day.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: autolatex
Version number: 8.2
Author's name: Stephane GALLAND
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: Bug fixes in cleaning stage
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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Several temporary files are not remove during the cleaning
stage of autolatex.
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http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex
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Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: biblatex-historian
Version number: 3a
Author's name: Sander Gliboff
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-historian
Summary description: A citation- and bibliography style for use with the
biblatex system of programmable bibliographies. Implements the Chicago style,
as described in the Turabian Manual for Writers
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Corrected error that aborts the typesetting run and produces
the message about an undefined childsubtype macro in an
ifthen statement
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate…
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a while back, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard, uploaded a bunch of packages for
the luatex area of ctan. i now finally get around to announcing them
(all but luainputenc and luamplib, whose changes were pretty small...).
the uploads comprised:
Luatexbase:
The bundle provides basic facilities for LuaTeX macro programmers,
mostly resource allocation and convenience packages. Provided
are:
* luatexbase-regs: allocation of registers and the like;
* luatexbase-loader: Lua module loading;
* luatexbase-attr: attribute allocation;
* luatexbase-cctb: catcode table allocation;
* luatexbase-modutils: Lua module declaration; and
* luatexbase-compat: compatibility helpers;
* luatexbase-mcb: register many functions in a callback.
location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexbase/
catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luatexbase.html
Lualibs:
Lualibs is a collection of Lua modules useful for general
programming.
The bundle is based on lua modules shipped with ConTeXt, and made
available in this bundle for use independent of ConTeXt.
location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/lualibs/
catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/lualibs.html
Luatextra:
Two essential part of this package have been moved to the new
packages luatexbase (basic facilities for programmers) and lualibs
(lua modules for general programming), which are now loaded by this
package. It also provides additional user-level goodies, as well as
complements to luatexbase-mcb.
location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/
catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luatextra.html
Luaotfload:
* using the new luatexbase package
* synchronizing with latest ConTeXt stable 2010.05.08
* adding support for microtypography
* adding support for color and transparency
* adding a script to generate a font database with TeX and system fonts
* more verbose log file
location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/
catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luaotfload.html
apart from the catalogue entry for luatextra (still propagating), all
this lot will be up-to-date on all mirrors by now.
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: latexmk
Version number: 4.16a
Author's name: John Collins
Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk
Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Minor improvements:
1. Corrected problem under preview-continuous mode that
some previewers (e.g., kpdf) would not see a changed file on
an NFS file system.
2. Perform sanity check on the sleep time between tests for
file changes in preview-continuous mode.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk
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the daemon stirs again. up so early!...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: expl3
> Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3
> Summary description: Packages supporting LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This release (SVN 1905)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This is an intermediate release of expl3. The standard
> behaviour of the package is altered so that less information
> is added to the log: this information is still available when
> the package is loaded with the log-functions option. Some
> box-related functions have been subject to bug fixes.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> The LaTeX3 Project
thanks for the upload. i've installed the new files and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3
the web copy of the catalogue entry will change a bit overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
i'm moving slower in the evenings, now. nearly midnight, and i'm only
now responding to the daemon's cry of two and a half hours back:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xpackages
> Author's name: LaTeX3 Team
> Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/
> Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This release (SVN 1902)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This is an intermediate release, adding the argument processor
> SplitList. This processor can be used for lists of arguments
> of unknown length, to make each entry into a TeX group.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> The LaTeX3 Project
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for the upload. i've 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/xpackages.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/
the change to the catalogue entry will hardly be noticeable, and will
happen in the wee small hours of the morning.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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: thmtools
Version number: v24
Author's name: Ulrich M. Schwarz
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/thmtools/
Summary description: A collection of extensions to theorem environments
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Update time!
v24 of thmtools adds:
- a new version numbering scheme :)
- support for cleveref and nameref
- a key-val frontend to the beast with nine arguments, i.e.
ewtheoremstyle, for
both ntheorem and amsthm
- optional note argument of theorems can now be key-val
- per-environment qed symbols for amsthm
- for shaded theorems, the shade color may either be a color name or a color
spec
- major rewrite of the user's guide. (still incomplete, but hopefully more
approachable than the old one.)
- bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/thmtools/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/thmtools
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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: listings-ext
Version number: v58
Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext/
Summary description: Automated input of source code into LaTeX documents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The package provides means for marking up source code, so that
samples of it may be included in a document (by macros of the listings
package) in a stable fashion, regardless of any change to the source. The
markup in the source text defines tags for blocks of source. These tags
are processed by a shell script to make a steering file that is used by the
package when LaTeX is being run.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext/
. More information is at
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On Sat, 15 May 2010 Nico Schlömer submitted the new package
tex-font-errors-cheatsheet
to CTAN.
Summary description: Cheat sheet outlining the most common TeX font errors
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is a compact three-pages document highlighting the TeX
flow of integrating fonts, and explains how some of the most
common font-related error messages occur. Also, hints are
given on how to address those.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/info/tex-font-errors-cheatsheet/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tex-font-errors-cheatsheet
(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 Sun, 16 May 2010 Herbert Voss submitted the new package
pst-magneticfield
to CTAN.
Summary description: plotting a magnetic field
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pst-magneticfield is a PSTricks related package to draw the
magnetic
field lines of Helmholtz coils in a two or three dimensional
view. There
are several parameters to create a different output. For more
informations or some examples read the documentation of the
package.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-magneticfield
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-magneticfield
(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, 14 May 2010 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the
mdframed
package.
Summary description: auto split frame environment
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Working with the command fbox or fcolorbox, one has to
handle page breaks by hand. The present package defines the
environment mdframed which automatically deals with page breaks.
Author's name: Marco Daniel and Elke Schubert (!new)
License type: lppl
changes in version 0.4a:
- fixes bug in fontcolor (Elke Schubert)
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mdframed
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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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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded frame.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please _delete_ the file frame.tex in
>
> /macros/plain/contrib/misc/
>
> and put the new ones into the new directory.
>
> /macros/generic/frame/
>
> This version 1.0 has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a new LaTeX style file
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
i have installed the new files in their directory, and updated the
catalogue repository. thanks for the upload.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/frame.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/frame/
The catalogue entry is new (a reworking of the entry for the previous
version of the package). It will appear on the web some time overnight
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded poster.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please delete the files in
>
> /macros/generic/poster/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
>
> This version 1.1 has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a modified LaTeX style file
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the
catalogue repository.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/poster-mac.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/poster/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote:
> I uploaded fancybox.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please delete the files in
>
> macros/latex/contrib/fancybox/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the
catalogue repository.
> This version 1.4 has
> -- small changes to the code
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/fancybox.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fancybox/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded twoup.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please delete the files in
>
> macros/generic/2up/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload. (users should note that this is the _generic_
2up package, not the one written for LaTeX 2e.)
> This version 1.3 has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a modified LaTeX style file
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/twoup-gen.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/2up/
The catalogue entry will change (quite noticeably) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
that clever old daemon interrupted me just as i was getting *really*
bored with housework...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: TOPtesi
> Author's name: Claudio Beccari
> Author's email: claudio.beccari(a)gmail.com
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/toptesi
> Summary description: Major upgrade of the TOPtesi package for writting theses
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> TOPtesi version 5.01 is a major upgrade of the existing package; some
> bugs have been eliminated; the Italian documentation ha been
> completely revised; the English documentation reports the new
> changes.
>
> TOPtesi is supposed to save the PDF version of a thesis in PDF/A-1b
> compliant mode and with all the necessary metadata.
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/toptesi.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/toptesi
and, of course, the catalogue entry on the web will change a bit
overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote:
> I uploaded multido.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please delete all files in
>
> macros/generic/multido/
>
> and put the new ones in there
>
> This version 1.42 has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- an updated documentation
i have installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/multido.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/multido/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded xcomment.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please install the files in
>
> macros/generic/xcomment
>
> This version has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a modified LaTeX style file
> -- a new LaTeX2e documentation
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version in its new
directory, and updated the catalogue entry.
users should note that this package was previously part of the seminar
presentation bundle.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/xcomment.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/xcomment/
The catalogue entry will change (rather a lot) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Thu, 13 May 2010 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the
mdframed
package.
Summary description: auto split frame environment
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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changes in version 0.4:
- second author Elke Schubert
- fixes some bugs
- calculation of the page dimen (thanks Dick Nickalls)
- using tikz for the frame with different styles
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mdframed
(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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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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: colordoc
Version number: 1
Author's name:s Federico Garcia
Summary description: Highlighting of braces and other TeX syntax conventions
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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By loading colordoc on top of a documentation file (that
uses Frank Mittelbach's doc package), the code listings will
highlight pairs of curly braces with matching colors.
Other delimiters like if ... fi, are highlighted, as well
as the names of new commands.
It makes code a little more readable, and it helps when
you're writing it.
Three options, including a non-color option designed for
printing (which numbers the delimiters and underlines the
new commands).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/colordoc
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/colordoc
(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 .
This should arrive 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: skeycommand
Version number: 0.1
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Summary description: Create LaTeX-style commands and environments using keys and
parameters together.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Create LaTeX-style commands and environments using
parameters and keys together. The user interfaces are
minimal, only slightly different from the familiar
ewcommand and
ewenvironment syntaxes.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeycommand
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/skeycommand
(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 .
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: skeyval
Version number: 0.71
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Summary description: Several extensions to the xkeyval parser.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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1) A bug fix. 2) The macro DeclareKeyCommand is removed
to create a new package.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeyval
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/skeyval
(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 .
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded colortab.tgz to the UK CTAN node.
> Please replace the files with the existing ones in
>
> macros/generic/colortab
>
> This version has
> -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy),
> -- a modified LaTeX style file
> -- a LaTeX2e documentation
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/colortab.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/colortab/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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: cleveref
Version number: 0.16.2
Author's name: Toby Cubitt
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/
Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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...and, following hot on the heels of the major changes in
version 16.1, I give you......the inevitable bug-fix release.
This version fixes a regression in cross-references to
appendices, and a bug in multi-references involving footnotes.
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This package is located at
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On Tue, 11 May 2010 Michael Nüsken submitted an update to the
computational-complexity
package.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The LaTeX2e class cc was written for the journal Computational
Complexity <http://www.computational-complexity.org>, and
it can also be used for a lot of other articles. You may like it
since it contains a lot of features as more intelligent references,
a set of theorem definitions, an algorithm environment, and more.
The class requires natbib.
The author is Michael Nüsken. The package is Copyright (c) 2000-2008
Michael Nüsken.
Present version v2.11. Differences to previous version: The
algorithm environment has been redesigned.
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Name of contribution: biblatex-apa
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Philip Kime
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa
Summary description: Biblatex style for APA (American Psychological Association) documents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Stable release of APA biblatex style for biblatex 0.9+ and
APA manual 6th edition
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Name of contribution: latexmk
Version number: 4.16
Author's name: John Collins
Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk
Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine
License type: gpl
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1. Corrected problem that with recent versions of pdflatex,
certain warning messages in the log file could prevent
latexmk from detecting a dependent file.
2. Updated documentation to mention previously undocumented
feature about the use of temporary files in making ps and
pdf files.
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Name of contribution: BibTool
Version number: 2.51
Author's name: Gerd Neugebauer
Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool
Summary description: BibTool: A Tool for Manipulating BibTeX Data Bases
License type: gpl
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This is a bugfix release of BibTool.
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the daemon creeps out into a sunny afternoon and admits that:
> 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:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1.12:
> * Fixed bug occurring when the verse number has a suffix.
thanks for the upload; i've 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 change overnight, but not so's it matters.
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For the CTAN team
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Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: cleveref
Version number: 0.16.1
Author's name: Toby Cubitt
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/
Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version of the cleveref package introduces major
changes to the underlying implementation, which *should*
mean that cleveref is now compatible with the memoir class,
titleref, backref, and any other packages that modify
LaTeX's cross-reference machinery.
This version also fixes an important bug that messed up the
spacing of amsmath multi-line equation environments when the
optional argument to label was used.
Finally, a handful of new features have been introduced:
* Cross-references to footnotes are now supported.
* If no cross-reference formatting has been defined for a
new theorem-like environment, cleveref now falls back to
deducing as much as it can from the corresponding
ewtheorem command.
* New
amecref and
ameCref commands have been introduced
to produce just the name of a cross-reference (equation,
theorem, etc.), without the label.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: auto1
Version number: 0.2
Author's name: Nico Schlömer
Summary description: LaTeX support for Underware Auto 1 fonts.
License type: lppl
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This package provides LaTeX support for the Auto 1 font
series of Underware.
Initial release.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: OCGtools package
Version number: 0.8
Author's name: Robert Marik
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ocgtools
Summary description: New version, includes some feature requests
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This new version of OCGtools package includes some feature
requests from users. The main change is, that the colors can
be set individually for each layer and the position of text
layers which do not span across the whole page is controlled
via pdfsavepos command and thus should work automatically
for any page layout now (not restricted to beamer, web and
pdfscreen). Improved cooperation with new version of
fancytooltips package which comes soon. Dedicated to my
26-hours old son :).
As usual, the development version is on
http://bitbucket.org/robert.marik/ocgtools and stable
version on CTAN.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Various chapter styles for the memoir class
Version number: 1.7b
Author's name: Lars Madsen
Location on CTAN: /info/latex-samples/MemoirChapStyles/
Summary description: Showcase document for the chapter style concept in the memoir class
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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A bug in my build process made the TiKz rather boring.
Should be fixed in this version.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: tablor
Version number: 4.07
Author's name: Guillaume CONNAN
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablor
Summary description: Create tables of signs and of variations.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Tablor can now draw tables in technicolor...
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On Sun, 9 May 2010, Siep Kroonenberg submitted updates to the
epspdf and epspdf-extra
packages.
Summary description: eps/pdf/ps conversions with options and optional GUI
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Bugfix for boundingbox atend
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Various chapter styles for the memoir class
Version number: 1.7
Author's name: Lars Madsen
Location on CTAN: /info/latex-samples/MemoirChapStyles/
Summary description: Sample document displaying not only the build in chapter styles
in memoir, but also various others
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This release brings MemoirChapStyles back into sync with the
current memoir class. It also adds a TiKz based style, found
on texblog.net
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the daemon's been busy (by his lights) today, but with only a minor
grumble, he tells me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: biblatex-chem
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem
> Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v0.9c:
> - Fix issue with chem-rsc style which caused journal titles not to be printed
thanks for the update; i've 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/biblatex-chem.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/bibla…
and (of course) the catgalogue entry on the web will change overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
that ol' daemon's not affected by sleep deprivation after an election
night, like some of us... and so he writes:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: linegoal
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal
> Summary description: A new ``dimen'' corresponding to the remainder of
> the line
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Nota : this packages requires pdfTeX.
>
> The linegoal package provides a macro linegoal
> to be used with setlength :
> setlength<some dimen>linegoal
>
> will assign to <some dimen> the horizontal length
> of the remainder of the line.
>
> This is achieved using the pdfsavepos primitive
> and the zref-savepos package.
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Typical usage :
>
> Some text: egin{tabularx}linegoal{|l|X|} hline
> one & two \
> three & four \hline
> end{tabularx}
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for that; i've installed the new version, and made an entry in
the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/linegoal.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal
the package itself is out on its travels around the world, but the web
page won't appear until some time in the dark hours of the night.
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: Songbook
Version number: 4.5
Author's name: Christopher Rath
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/songbook/
Summary description: LaTeX Songbook Style
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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At Adam Fletcher's prompting, this release contains a new
per-song compactsongmode.
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On Wed, 5 May 2010 Tom Kazimiers submitted the
esk
package to CTAN.
Summary description: The ESK package allows to encapsulate Sketch files in LaTeX sources.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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The ESK package allows to encapsulate Sketch files in LaTeX sources.
This is very useful for keeping illustrations in sync with
the text. It also frees the user from inventing descriptive
names for new files that fit into the confines of file
system conventions. Sketch is a 3D scene description
language by Eugene K. Ressler and can generate TikZ and
PSTricks code. ESK behaves similar to EMP which encapsulates
Metapost files and is in fact originated in it.
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: arrayjobx
Version number: 1.04
Author's name: Michael Sharpe
Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/arrayjobx
Summary description: Replacement for the arrayjob package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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An update of the arrayjob package, now called arrayjobx, which no longer
conflicts with the usage of array in array and tabular environments.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Asymptote
Version number: 1.94
Author's name: John Bowman
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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Work arounds for MSWindows registry problems and obsolete
runtime libraries were implemented. The SimpleHead arrowhead
was fixed. Additional matrix routines and casts were
implemented. The pair dir(path, path) routine now returns a
unit vector. Variable conflicts coming from the contour
module were addressed. A RadialShadeDraw filltype was
implemented. A guide bug was fixed. Redundant mismatched
version warnings are avoided. Support for fitting one 3D
picture within another was added. The documentation was updated.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: skeyval
Version number: 0.7
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Summary description: Many extensions to the xkeyval package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Native and toggle boolean keys now accept 'on' and 'off'
as values, in addition to 'true' and 'false'.
DeclareKeyCommand has been introduced with a light
interfcace.
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On Tue, 4 May 2010 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the
softmaker-freefont
package.
Summary description: Support files for SoftMaker free fonts available at www.freefont.de
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting
font for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting.
As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the
LaTeX world, i decided to create support files for this
beautiful font. Therefore, Stone Handwriting will be the
starting point for the softmaker-freefont bundle.
Other fonts will be included in future.
Supported fonts at the moment:
Artistic, Baskerville-Nova (regular + bold + italic
+ bold italic), Canossa (regular + bold + light), Congress
(regular + bold + italic), Delano-Caps, Flagstaff, Henderson
Iceberg (regular + bold), Jugendstil, Old Blackletter,
Stone Handwriting, Sunset (regular + bold)
License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves)
New in v1.11:
- added support for the font Softmaker Artistic
(regular + faked slanted + faked small caps)
Attention: The font is not included! This font is font
of the month (May 2010) and can be downloaded for free
(at least this month) at: http://www.freefont.de
Later you can buy it from Softmaker
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Rainer Schöpf
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Jim Hef{}feron
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: xpdfopen
Version number: 0.80
Author's name: Jim Diamond
Location on CTAN: /support/xpdfopen
Summary description: A program to make various PDF viewers reload the file being displayed
License type: other-free
Announcement text:
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pdfopen is a program which can be used to both start a new
instance of a PDF viewer program as well as to instruct that
program to reload the PDF file. This is particularly useful
if pdfopen is called automatically whenever tex is (re-)run.
This version has an updated pdfopen and pdfclose that work
with Adobe Reader 5, 7, 8 and 9 as well as xpdf.
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On Sat, 1 May 2010 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the
mdframed
package.
Summary description: auto split frame environment
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Working with the command fbox or fcolorbox, one has to
handle page breaks by hand. The present package defines the
environment mdframed which automatically deals with page breaks.
Author's name: Marco Daniel
License type: lppl
changes in version 0.3b:
- fixes some bugs -- thanks to Dr. Dietrich Grau
- added new options: ntheorem
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
that ol' daemon collects something while i'm washing up last night's
dishes...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: pgfopts
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pgfopts
> Summary description: LaTeX package options with pgfkeys
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v2.0:
> - Package internals completely rewritten
> - New ProcessPgfPackageOptions macro, which ignores class
> options when used with a package
i've installed the new version, and updated 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/pgfopts.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/pgfopts
the catalogue entry will change ever so slightly overnight (not quite so
little as with some packages, but not much either).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team