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CTAN update: texshade
by CTAN Announcements 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

This should be at your local mirror by this time tomorrow. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: TeXshade Version number: 1.20 Author's name: Eric Beitz Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ Summary description: Update of the DNA and protein sequence alignment LaTeX package TeXshade License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update finally corrects problems with displaying sequence alignments in landscape mode. New commands were introduced to select and define residue weight tables (PAM250, PAM100, BLOSUM62, etc.) for calculations of sequence conservation. Another set of commands allows you to print tables with percent identity and similarity data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texshade (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: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > Please replace the files with the ones in > the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, a.s.o. > > v0.60 2009-10-08 > - modified psPrintValue to allow algebraic function mode > - fix bug with algebraic=true for all > macros with psplot which need postfix code thanks for the upload. i've installed the files as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-func.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: l2tabu
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

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: l2tabu Version number: 2.1 Author's name: Marc Ensenbach Location on CTAN: /info/l2tabu/german/ Summary description: Collection of LaTeX sins (German) License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- l2tabu is a collection of LaTeXe sins with hints how to correct them (in German). This update includes some minor improvements due to hints of readers and adds information on ae.sty and zefonts.sty. l2tabu ist eine Sammlung von LaTeXe-Suenden mit Hinweisen, wie diese korrigiert werden koennen. Dieses Update beinhaltet einen neuen Abschnitt zu ae.sty und zefonts.sty sowie einige kleinere Verbesserungen, die auf Leserhinweise zurueckgehen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/german/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/l2tabu (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: draftmark
by CTAN Announcements 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

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: draftmark Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Puts user-specified watermarks on select document pages. License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A revision. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/draftmark . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/draftmark (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: getfiledate
by CTAN Announcements 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

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: getfiledate Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Gets the date of last modification of a resident file. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An error in using boolkeys has been corrected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/getfiledate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/getfiledate (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: changelayout
by CTAN Announcements 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

This should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: changelayout Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Change the layout of the page dynamically. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An error in using 'boolkeys' has been corrected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changelayout . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/changelayout (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: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk node. Please replace > the files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for drawing > 3-D objects in parallel projection. > > This update v1.86 has a new optional argument > to handle different types of spherical > coordinates: SphericalCoorType=0 or 1 thanks for the upload. i've installed the replacement files, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-3dplot.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: draftmark
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '09

06 Oct '09

This update should within a day be at the mirror near you. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: draftmark Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Puts user-specified marks on document pages License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised and updated based on user feedback. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/draftmark . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/draftmark (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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '09

06 Oct '09

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: autolatex Version number: 7.1 Author's name: Stephane Galland Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Minor bug fix in Makefiles License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A warning is displayed by the default Makefiles when it tries to display the list of the auto-generated pictures when the auto-generation flag was set to false. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (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: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '09

06 Oct '09

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: luamplib Version number: 1.02 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/ Summary description: Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- changing the name of the .mem file to mplib-luatex.mem, which will be the one of next TeXLive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (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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New CTAN package -- match_parens-1.1
by CTAN Announcements 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

Wybo Dekker wrote: > I have uploaded (new) match_parens-1.1.zip at ftp.dante.de/incoming > > - I have added a GPL notice > > - Unpack in support > > - please announce > > - further info in README match_parens is a perl script to assist the user check parenthesis balancing in documents. i have installed the package, 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/match_parens.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/match_parens The catalogue entry will not appear until the processing run, some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: fmtcount
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

another upload rouses him from his slumbers, and the daemon writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fmtcount > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount > Summary description: Display the value of a LaTeX counter in a variety of formats > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.31: > > * fixed unwanted space in decimalnum > > * fixed bug that ignores spaces after commands like > ordinalnum. > > * added Italian support (translations provided by Edoardo Pasca) thanks for the upload; i've 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/fmtcount.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount the catalogue entry has a few pointers in need of updating; that will happen overnight (along with the usual minor changes). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ Summary description: Support files for SoftMaker free fonts available at www.freefont.de License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Delano-Caps, Flagstaff, Henderson, Iceberg (regular + bold), Stone Handwriting License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) New in v1.4: - added LaTeX support for the small caps font Delano-Caps Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (October 2009) and can be downloaded for free (at least this month) at: http://www.freefont.de Later you can buy it from Softmaker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmaker-freefont/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmaker-freefont (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 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

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: Asymptote Version number: 1.88 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Compilation without OpenGL was fixed. PRC billboard labels were implemented; settings.billboard was renamed to settings.autobillboard and by default enabled for all 3D labels. The surface constructor for embedding labels on surfaces now draws both the top and bottom faces by default. The meshpen, knot, weight, and color arrays are now properly cached. The example fequlogo.asy illustrates how to draw an arbitrary 3D background plane. The intermediate DVI file is now removed when producing SVG output. Improvements were made to the tutorial. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: latex-veryshortguide
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

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: The Very Short Guide to LaTeX Version number: 1 Oct 2009 Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: / info/ latex-veryshortguide Summary description: An 4pp folder designed as an aide-mémoire for people who have just done a course in LaTeX and need something by them on their desk the next day to refresh their memories. It is not intended as a substitute for full documentation. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This revision corrects some minor typographical inconsistencies, and rephrases some descriptions for greater clarity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex-veryshortguide . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latex-veryshortguide (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: jpgfdraw
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

to the ringing sounds of a martinu symphony, the daemon sings out: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jpgfdraw > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: graphics/jpgfdraw > Summary description: Vector graphics application for LaTeX users > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 0.5.5b > > * Fixed bug that can cause save function to prematurely terminate > when saving after trying to quit with unsaved data. > > * Added check if I/O operation in progress before discarding frame. > > * Added progress bar when loading and saving images. > > * Fixed bug when exporting image with text-path object to SVG > (class cast exception). > > * Fixed bug when exporting image with text-path object to pgf > (null written when alternative LaTeX text wasn't set). > > * Added print function to jdrview. > > * Added -doc switch to jdr2tex and ajr2tex to save as a complete > document rather than just the pgf code. > > (From version 0.5.4b which I didn't get around to uploading): > > * Fixed bug preventing parshape or shapepar menu items from being enabled > > * Fixed bug causing NullPointerException when exporting to > flowframe (sty) > > * Added check to see if any flowframe data has been assigned > when exporting to sty file. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/jpgfdraw.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/jpgfdraw the catalogue entry will change quite noticeably, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

This update 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: luamplib Version number: 1.02 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/ Summary description: Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Inputing the .mp file if the loading of the .mem file fails, adapting the .mem names for TeXLive 2009, adapting search function, improving the warning/error/log messages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (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: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

my upload daemon crawls out, blinking in the early autumn light, and says ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: etextools > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: CTAN home/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ > Summary description: a lot of purely expandable tools for e-TeX -LaTeX Users and package Writers > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > etextools provides many (purely expandable) tools for LaTeX > - Extensive list management (csv lists, lists of single > tokens/characters, etoolbox lists): > . purely expandable loops (csvloop, forcsvloop etc.) > . conversion (csvtolist etc.)) > . addition/deletion (csvadd, listdel etc.) > . purely expandable linear interpolation (interval, > locinterplin) > - Tests on strings (among them ifstrnum to check if a > string could be parsed by eTeX's umber) > - Selective detokenization (detokenizeChars) and character- > test > - Purely expandable macros with options (FE@testopt) or > modifiers (FE@modifiers) > - Vectorized form of futurelet: futuredef can read more > than one single token > > The pdf documentation contains a lot of example in verbatim. > > v3.1 (2009/09/30) - pretty stable - Any suggestion welcome ! thanks for the upload. i've installed this latest version, and the catalogue is already up-to-date. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/etextools.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/CTAN home/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: boolexpr
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the boolexpr package. Summary description: Purely expandable boolean expressions and switch License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added support for pdfmatch Correction of catcode collision when loaded with etextools... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=boolexpr (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 has a new package: latex-make
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 Vincent Danjean submitted the new latex-make package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: support/latex-make Summary description: easy compiling of complex (and simple) LaTeX documents License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides several tools that aim to simplify the compilation of LaTeX documents: * LaTeX.mk: a Makefile snippet to help compiling LaTeX documents in DVI, PDF, PS, ... format. Dependencies are automatically tracked: one should be able to compile documents with a one-line Makefile containing 'include LaTeX.mk'. Complex documents (with multiple bibliographies, indexes, glossaries, ...) should be correctly managed. * figlatex.sty: a LaTeX package to easily insert xfig figures (with includegraphics{file.fig}). It can interact with LaTeX.mk so that the latter automatically invokes transfig if needed. * And various helper tools for LaTeX.mk Homepage: http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/latex-utils/ This package *requires* GNUmake (>= 3.81) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latex-make/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=latex-make (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: TeX Gyre fonts
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 at 23:09 +0200, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the tex-gyre fonts package. > Package: The TeX Gyre Collection of Fonts > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 2.003 > Date: Sep 16 2009 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > The whole package consists of the following font families: > TeX Gyre Adventor, TeX Gyre Bonum, TeX Gyre Chorus, TeX Gyre Cursor, > TeX Gyre Heros, TeX Gyre Pagella, TeX Gyre Schola, TeX Gyre Termes > > ---- > Recent changes > this release is strictly based on the 35 PostScript base fonts > as distributed with Ghoscript ver. 4.00; according to URW++ > decision the base fonts may as of 22nd June 2009 be distributed > under LPPL/GFL and we gladly took advantage of this. > With the removal of the Cyrillic glyphs all t2a-*.tfm, t2b-*.tfm > t2c-*.tfm files and the relevant LaTeX *.fd files were also removed. > LaTeX *.sty and *.fd files were reworked, etc. > > ------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAn Update: lm fonts
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 at 23:08 +0200, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the lm fonts package. > ---- > Package: Latin Modern fonts > Version: 2.003 (Sep 16 2009) > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/lm > > Recent changes: > main modification: shapes of LM glyps consistent > with D.E. Knuth's recent changes in CMs plus lots of tiny changes, > e.g. LaTeX *.sty and *.fd files reworked, etc. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: mfpic
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

This update 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: mfpic Version number: 1.00 Author's name: Daniel Luecking Location on CTAN: /graphics/mfpic/ Summary description: A package for creating pictures in TeX with the aid of MetaPost or Metafont. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mfpic is a package for creating pictures in (pdf)(La)TeX files, using macros that create an external Metafont or MetaPost input file. With this major update, mfpic now supports the new color models of MetaPost (cmyk and grayscale) and the new renaming feature (filenametemplate of MP version 1.0 and/or outputtemplate in 1.2). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mfpic (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: fixme
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

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: FiXme Version number: 4.1 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A collaborative annotation tool for LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FiXme v4.1 is out. What's new: ** 8 new PDF-specific annotation layouts. ** New annotation layout: marginnote ** Better mechanism for handling layout mutual exclusion. ** Fix bug in inner layout processing. FiXme is a collaborative annotation tool for LaTeX documents. Annotating a document refers here to inserting meta-notes, that is, notes that do not belong to the document itself, but rather to its development or reviewing process. Such notes may involve things of different importance levels, ranging from simple fix the spelling flags to critical this paragraph is a lie mentions. Annotations like this should be visible during the development or reviewing phase, but should normally disapear in the final version of the document. FiXme is designed to ease and automate the process of managing collaborative annotations, by offering a set of predefined note levels and layouts, the possibility to register multiple note authors, to reference annotations by listing and indexing etc. FiXme is extensible, giving you the possibility to create new layouts or even complete themes, and also comes with support for AUC-TeX. FiXme homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#fixme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fixme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fixme (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: mathspec
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

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: mathspec Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Andrew Gilbert Moschou Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/mathspec Summary description: Font selection for mathematics with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mathspec package provides an interface to select ordinary text fonts for typesetting mathematics with XeLaTeX. The package is developmental and later versions might to be incompatible with this version. This version is incompatible with earlier versions. The package requires at least version 0.9995 of XeTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/mathspec . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mathspec (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: rangen
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

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: rangen Version number: 1.3e Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rangen Summary description: The rangen package is a package that generates random integers, rational numbers, and decimal number. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The rangen package is a package that generates random integers, rational numbers, and decimal number. Actually, the package uses the lcg package (by Erich Janka) to generate random integers, while rangen builds rational numbers and decimal numbers from the generated integers. My purpose in writing this package was to be able to create random questions for the quizzes of exerquiz (part of AeB). Indeed, that is what you can do with this package: Write a quiz question based on a template (for example, differentiate $a x^{ }$ , where a and are RVs (random variables) generated with rangen), determine if the user input is correct, and display the correct answer to the question. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rangen . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/rangen (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: epstopdf
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

This update should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: epstopdf Version number: 2.11 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /support/epstopdf Summary description: improved binary file and (atend) handling; new maintainer License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- epstopdf 2.11 improves handling of binary files, the various line-ending conventions, and (atend) BoundingBoxes, as well as error checking and a plethora of minor changes. epstopdf now has a web page at http://tug.org/epstopdf with its basic coordinates. Finally, Gerben Wierda has passed maintainership of epstopdf to me. Thanks to Gerben, Sebastian, and all the many contributors to this script over these many years. For this release, I especially thank Martin von Gagern, who made most of the substantive improvements. Happy converting, Karl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/epstopdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf (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: eqexam
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

This package should by now be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: eqexam Version number: v1.9a Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eqexam Summary description: A stand alone exam package, yet tightly integrated with AeB when certain PDF options are taken. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eqExam is a LaTeX package for writing exams, tests, quizzes, homework assignments, etc. It is a stand alone package, yet is tightly integrated with the AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (AeB). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eqexam . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/eqexam (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: ctantools
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

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: ctan.tools Version number: 1.5.2 Author's name: Anh K. Huynh Location on CTAN: /support/ Summary description: A jiffy to search CTAN file list License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * smaller cache file * fix minor problems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ctantools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctantools (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: tablor
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tablor Version number: 4.05-b 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some changes in files names for compatibility with the new MetaPOST version. Change in giac/xcas code to adapt with very unusual configuration files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablor . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablor (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: dox
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This should reach your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: DoX Version number: 2.1 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Extensions to the doc package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What's new in version 2.1: ** New lisp functions doxitem[s] to register new documentation environments with AUC-TeX. What's DoX: The doc package provides LaTeX developers with means to describe the usage and the definition of new commands and environments. However, there is no simple way to extend this functionality to other items (options or counters for instance). DoX is designed to circumvent this limitation, and provides some improvements over the existing functionality as well. DoX homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#dox ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dox (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: chklref
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This package should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chklref Version number: 2.4 Author's name: Jérôme Lelong Location on CTAN: /support/chklref Summary description: check for useless labels in LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It is quite common that after modifying a tex file, many unused labels remain in it. The purpose of chklref is to automatically find these useless labels. It also looks for non starred mathematical environments with no labels and advises to use a starred version instead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/chklref . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chklref (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: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 1.87 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Support for SVG output was added (requires dvisvgm-0.8.4). Billboard labels were implemented for the OpenGL renderer. OpenGL animations were improved: reverse and step menu items were added, along with a framerate setting. An addStereoViews function and example stereoscopic.asy were added. The addViews function was generalized to handle any layout; the default layout was changed from ThreeViewsFR to SixViewsUS. PRC node names are now implemented for curves, surface, labels, and dots. OmitTick was generalized to omit both major and minor ticks. A graphicx.tex workaround was implemented to parse paths properly. A viewportsize bug was fixed. A memory deallocation bug was fixed. The ENDIAN test was fixed. The ucyclic and vcyclic parameters are no longer set for conditional surfaces. The erase() function clears the PostScript canvas again. A projection() function that returns the interactive camera parameters was implemented. A hyperrefOptions setting was implemented. The tutorial was improved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: widetable
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: widetable Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/widetable/ Summary description: A new environment for typesetting specified width tables License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This small package defines a new environment that, unlike tabularX, typesets a table of specified width by working on the inter column glue; the tabular cells will all be stretched (or shrinked) according to the need. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/widetable/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/widetable (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: bclogo
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This update 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: bclogo Version number: 2.24 Author's name: Chupin Maxime Location on CTAN: / graphics/ bclogo Summary description: This package facilitates the creation of colorful boxes with a title and logo. It relies mainly on PSTricks and/or Tikz. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- new logos, new features (line width, setting margins, line color ...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/bclogo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bclogo (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: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: notes2bib > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib > Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The notes2bib package defines a new type of note, bibnote, > which will always be added to the bibliography. The package > allows footnotes and endnotes to be moved into the bibliography > in the same way. The package can be used with natbib and > biblatex as well as plain LaTeX citations. Both sorted and > unsorted bibliography styles are supported. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2 is a complete re-working of notes2bib using LaTeX3 > (expl3) syntax internally. The basic functions of the package > are unchanged, but package options and function names have > been revised to improve the interface. > > To use notes2bib, you will need current versions of the > expl3 and xpackages bundles, both of which are available on > CTAN. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- i have 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/notes2bib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib the catalogue entry will change (more than usual) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: pst-abspos
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-abspos.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > all files into the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-abs/ > > pst-abspos (v 0.20) is a PSTricks related package and provides a > macro pstPutAbs(x,y) to put any object on absolute or relative > coordinates of a page. thanks for that; i've installed the package and made an entry in the catalogue repository, describing it. users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-abspos.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-abspos/ The catalogue entry will only appear overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mattens
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

This update should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mattens Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mattens Summary description: Matrices/tensor/vector typesetting. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mattens package contains the definitions to typeset matrices, vectors and tensors as used in the engineering community for the representation of common vectors and tensors such as forces, velocities, moments of inertia, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mattens . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mattens (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: cachepic
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This package should be at your local mirror in a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cachepic Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Tomasz M. Trzeciak Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cachepic Summary description: A tool for conversion of document fragments into graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of cachepic package is to simplify and automate conversion of document fragments into external EPS or PDF file(s). The package consists of two parts: the LaTeX2e style implementing the document level interface and a command line tool (written in Lua) for generation of external graphics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cachepic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cachepic (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: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update 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: cleveref Version number: 0.14.2 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version significantly overhauls the new capitalise option (or capitalize, for friends across the pond), used to capitalise all cross-reference names. It also fixes some cross-reference sorting bugs, and a bug in the poorman option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cleveref (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: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update 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: luamplib Version number: 1.01 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamplib Summary description: Using LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (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: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luaotfload Version number: 1.04 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra, fixing bugs when mixing .vf and .ovf files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload (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: luainputenc
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luainputenc Version number: 0.94 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc Summary description: inputenc package for LuaTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra, adapting for the new callback process_output_buffer of LuaTeX 0.43. With a recent LuaTeX, luainputenc has the same behaviour with LuaTeX as inputenc has with pdfTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luainputenc (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: luatextra
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update will soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luatextra Version number: 0.94 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ Summary description: extra functions for LuaTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new TeXLive 2009 LuaTeX formats, prefixing all with luatex instead of lua (to be consistent with the new formats), but keeping backward compatibility, adapting for the new callback process_output_buffer of LuaTeX 0.43. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luatextra (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: mailmerge
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

This package will be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mailmerge Version number: 1 Author's name: Miguel V. S. Frasson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib Summary description: repeat amount of text merging fields License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package mailmerge provides an interface to produce text from a template where fields are replaced by actual data, like in a database. It is useful to produce several letters from a template, certificates or other such documents. It allows to access the entry number, number of entries and so on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mailmerge . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mailmerge (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: texdiff
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

This will reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: texdiff Version number: 0.4 Author's name: Cengiz Gunay Location on CTAN: /support/texdiff Summary description: Compares two (La)TeX documents to create a merged version showing changes, similar to that of 'Change Tracking' in some word processors. License type: artistic Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The first two files are compared and a new TeX file is output. When the output file is processed with (La)TeX it marks new changes with blue and old text with red with a strike-through line. Furthermore, passages with changes are marked at the margin with grey bars by the LaTeX changebar package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texdiff . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texdiff (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: bracketkey
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

This package will be at your local mirror in a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bracketkey Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Christoph Heibl Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing bracketed identication keys License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The use of bracketkey is explained below. See also the example in Malva.tex for how to use bracketkey. 1. Use egin{key}{<text>} and end{key} to define the bracketkey environment. 2. The second argument of egin key can be used to pass an abbreveated (genus) name to the 'name' command. 3. The two alternatives of each couplet are defined by: leadONE{<backref>}{<text>} and leadTWO{<text>}. <backref> is an INT which refers to the previous couplet number, in case that the current and the previouos couplet numbers are not consecutive. 4. Each 'lead' command is followed by a 'name' command: ame{<text>}{<text|INT>}{<text>} <text> in the first argument is set in boldface. It can be used for taxon ranks which do not require italized writing. <text> in the second argument is set in italics. It typically takes names of genus rank and below. Alternatively, <INT> refers to the next couplet. <text> in the third argument is set as is. It can be used to provide authority names. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bracketkey . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bracketkey (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: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

quoth the upload daemon (to a background of tex live rumblings and start-of-academic-year rushes): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Author's email: N.Talbot(a)uea.ac.uk > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.03: > > * Added check to see if glossarymark has been defined > > * makeglossaries - failed file test messages printed to > stdout instead of stderr (so that it doesn't interrupt > latexmk). > > * Fixed bug when used with tabularx. > > * Added package option hyperfirst (boolean option to suppress > hyperlink on first use). > > * Added pod to makeglossaries. 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/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries of course, the catalogue entry will change (in a small way) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: BaKoMa TeX 9.0 - Auto Download, Auto Update, Package Manager.
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Basil K. Malyshev submitted version 9.01 of the bakoma package. > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 9.0 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 9.0 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE. > They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use > depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document. > > About BaKoMa TeX Word. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > > The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: > > 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. > It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. > It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, > PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface > (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables. > > TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. > TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. > It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up > in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. > In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. > So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use > powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work. > > Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as > good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some screenshots are available at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/screenshots.php> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 9.0 are: > > * General Update of LaTeX packages. > * Automatical Download packages/fonts required by processed documents. > * Automatical Update > * Package Manager > * Search TeX commands and LaTeX environments in entire document > collection and automatical download openning document via network. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php> or > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes9.html> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update dante.ctan.org upload: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Florent Chervet submitted version 3.0 of the etextools package. The package offers four categories of macros: - the expandnext macro and other expansion control macros; - the FE@testopt and FE@ifstar macros for fully expandable (FE) (starred-)macros with option; - fully expandable command list parsers: csvloop, listloop and a general constructor; - three macros lacking from the etoolbox package: listdel, listgdel and listxdel. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: a lot of purely expandable tools for e-TeX -LaTeX Users and package Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Great update with many features added... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=etextools (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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