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CTAN update: memoir
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The memoir class Version number: v1.6180339g Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Highly configurable book like class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maintenance update, fixes minor bugs in memoir, mempatch and the manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoir (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: cell
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at you local mirror. Jim Hefferon ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cell Version number: 1.28, 2.03 Author's name: Tom Schneider Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cell Summary description: bibliography and style files for the journal Cell License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bibliography and style files for the journal Cell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cell . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cell (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: pstool
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pstool Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pstool Summary description: Facilitate psfrag graphics in pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A package like pst-pdf for processing PostScript graphics with psfrag labels within pdfLaTeX documets. The difference with this package is that every graphic is compiled individually, drastically speeding up compilation time when only a single figure needs re-processing. Version 1.3 has some new features: - [bitmap] option to control compression of bitmap graphics, - Package options may now be set anywhere with pstoolsetup{}, - localised pstool options can be set per-graphic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pstool . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pstool (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 (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: etextools Version number: 2e Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: e-TeX more useful tools for LaTeX package writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Many bug fixed... an example file added. his package provides mainly 4 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 options - fully expandable command list parsers : csvloop, listloop and a general constructor - some macros lacking from the etoolbox package : listdel, listgdel, listxdel, getlistitem, getlistindex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN has a new package: ltxnew
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Florent Chervet submitted the new package ltxnew to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew Summary description: ltxnew provides the ew, enew and provide prefixes for checking definition of control sequences License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ltxnew provides the ew, enew and provide prefixes for checking definitions. It is designed to work with e-TeX distributions of LaTeX and relies on the LaTeX macro @ifdefinable. Local allocation of counters, dimensions, skips, muskips, boxes, tokens and marks are provided by the etex.sty package. ew and enew as well as provide may be used for all kind of control sequences. Please refer to the section Using ew of the pdf documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ltxnew (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: oberdiek bundle
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Heiko submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL > Changes: > > * epstopdf 2009/07/16 v2.2 > * New options: suffix, prefersuffix. > * New default settings. > * New package layout: using optionless package epstopdf-base.sty. > > * ifluatex 2009/04/17 v1.2 > * Fixes. > * Makes luatexrevision available, too. > > * kvoptions 2009/07/17 v3.2 > * Fixes. > > * kvsetkeys 2009/07/19 v1.4 > * Fixes. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: changelayout
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should withing a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon 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: /macros/latex/contrib/changelayout Summary description: Changes the layout of individual pages and their text. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package can be used to change the layout of individual pages and their texts. It is an extension of changepage package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: animate
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the animate package. The package provides an interface to create portable, JavaScript driven PDF animations from sets of graphics files or from inline graphics, such as LaTeX picture environment, PSTricks or pgf/TikZ generated pictures, or just from typeset text. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate Summary description: Create PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- improved documentation of the timeline option -- New: transparency stack can be cleared using `c' in the timeline file -- animated Lorenz Attractor added as an inline animation example ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/animate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=animate (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: zhspacing package
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

yet again, that upload daemon is nagging me... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: zhspacing > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic > Summary description: A simpler solution to typeset CJK documents in XeTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Renamed some files according to Karl Berry's suggestion. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/zhspacing.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/zhspacing (the catalogue entry hasn't changed at all, so all the information up there is correct, even now.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: bmeps
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the bmeps package. Bmeps is a library and a command line tool for conversion of different bitmap graphics types to EPS. It can produce EPS levels 1, 2 and 3. Level 2 allows the use of run-length compression and ASCII-85-encoding instead of ASCII-Hex-encoding, while level 3 allows the use of flate compression. TIFF- and PNG-alpha channels can be converted into EPS level 3 image masks. Modified dvips sources are included to allow image conversion directly from dvips. Version number: 2.1.3 Location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/Tgb81AIFF/NetPBM to EPS License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several bug fixes, new features: - Perl script mkpdfsls.pl to create a slide show of photos - Developer documentation created by doxygen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/bmeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bmeps (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 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Version number: 1.82 Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote/ Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Threaded exports were fixed. The texpath fontsize was fixed for PDF tex engines. A default currentprojection argument was added to transform3(projection). The -gray and -bw settings are now respected in PRC output. A consistent approximation is now used for drawing tube centers. Missing pt units were added to all fontsize examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: ctex
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

Thus spake the upload daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ctex > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/ > Summary description: A collection of document classes and macro > packages for Chinese typesetting > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.93 with a few bug fixes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ctex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//language/chinese/ as usual, the catalogue entry will change, in a small way, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

just when i thought i might get to bed early, the upload daemon popped up with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keycommand > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: CTAN home/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand > Summary description: keycommand provides an easy way to define commands with keys > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > keycommand is a eTeX/LaTeX package that provides a very > natural way to define commands with optional keys. > > The package provides : > ewkeycommand, enewkeycommand, providekeycommand > ewkeyenvironment, enewkeyenvironment > > and also keycmd for a more advanced interface. > > It is based on the kvsetkeys package by Heiko Oberdiek. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the package and written a description for the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keycommand.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand of course, the catalogue entry won't even appear until the overnight processing run has happened. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pdfcrop
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdfcrop package. Pdfcrop is a Perl script that can either trim pages of any whitespace border, or trim them of a fixed border. Location on CTAN: support/pdfcrop License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: 2009/07/17 v1.16: Security fixes: * -dSAFER added for Ghostscript, * -no-shell-escape added for pdfTeX/XeTeX. 2009/07/17 v1.17: Security fixes: * Backticks and whitespace are forbidden for options --(gs|pdftex|xetex)cmd. * Validation of options --papersize and --resolution. 2009/07/18 v1.18: * Restricted mode added. * Option `--version' added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pdfcrop/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcrop (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: biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Thomas Titz submitted a new biblatex style to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/ Summary description: author-year style with compact multiple-reference-citations and ibidem mechanism License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a citation scheme that combines the features of the styles authoryear-comp (omission of recurring author/year in multiple-reference-citations) and authoryear-ibid (replacement of repeated citations by the abbreviation ibidem). The implementation relies heavily on unmodified biblatex macros, and no attempt has been made to add further features not present in core biblatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-authory… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt (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: lshort-persian
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Mehdi Omidali submitted the persian (farsi) translation of the (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e. Location on CTAN: info/lshort/persian Summary description: Persian (Farsi) Translation of The not so short introduction to Latex2e License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This directory contains Persian Translation of The Not So Short Introduction to Latex2e by Tobias Oetiker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/persian . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=lshort-persian (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: jpgfdraw
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

that upload thingy wrote: > 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: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 0.5.3b: > > * Fixed bug causing NullPointerException on startup when using > JRE6 with XP or Vista. > > * Added text along a path facility (added new JDR/AJR version > to accommodate this). > > * Added export to a complete single-paged LaTeX document. > (In addition to export to a file containing just the > image code.) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 my regular readers will expect statement about the triviality of the update to the catalogue entry, overnight. oddly, this time, there's a change of substance (as well as the trivia). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: dozenal
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

that there upload daemon flexed its little fingers, and wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: dozenal > Author's name: Donald P. GOodman III > Location on CTAN: /fonts/dozenal > Summary description: Typeset documents using base twelve numbering > (also called dozenal) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package supports typesetting documents whose counters are > represented in base twelve, also called “dozenal”. It includes a macro > by David Kastrup for converting positive whole numbers to dozenal from > decimal (base ten) representation. The package also also includes a > few other macros and redefines all the standard counters to produce > dozenal output. > > Fonts, in Roman, italic, slanted, and boldface versions, provide ten > and eleven (the Pitman characters preferred by the Dozenal Society of > Great Britain). The fonts were designed to blend well with the > Computer Modern fonts, and are available both as MetaFont source and > in Adobe Type 1 format. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/dozenal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//fonts/dozenal and, as usual, the catalogue entry will be updated in an hour or so. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: etextools
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: etextools Version number: 2e Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: e-TeX useful tools for LaTeX Users and package Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides mainly 4 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN update: ConTeXt Commands Top Ten
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ConTeXt Commands Top Ten Version number: 32 Author's name: Corsair Sun Location on CTAN: /info/ Summary description: The top ten ConTeXt commands. License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix a typo in page 22, change color and style of ref links, and add thank list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-top-ten . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context-top-ten (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: chitex
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chitex Version number: 6.1.2p15a37/ps635Mk27b38 Author's name: Hung-Yih Chen Location on CTAN: /systems Summary description: ChiTeX provides the means for typesetting Chinese in a TeX system, including the necessary fonts License type: nosell Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version of chitex was released in July, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/chitex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chitex (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: calctab
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Roberto Giacomelli submitted an update to the calctab package. The calctab package helps the user to typeset a kind of economic table such as invoices, expense notes and liquidation, or other tabular material with a values column. The code computes sum and percentage with floating point numeric methods (using the fltpoint package) and builds the render table task. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/calctab Summary description: A language for numeric tables License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- calctab package - A language for numeric tables version 0.6.1 update with a bug fix - 2009/07/12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/calctab/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=calctab (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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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update of the pdfcomment package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to pdf annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least for the writer of LATEX code, the package offers a convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports: LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. License: LPPL New in v1.4a: - Bugfix: (pdf}latex crashed with PDF text annoatations (pdfcomment and pdfmargincomment) in tabulars reported by: Thomas König fixed by: Ulrike Fischer, Herbert Voß ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcomment (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: The Memoir class
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should be at your local mirror real soon. Regards, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Memoir class Version number: 1.6180339f Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Latest updates for the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest update for the memoir class. Main changes (details are in the README): * minor updates to the class * manual brought up to date * memoir now automatically loads the etex package /daleif ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoir (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: xepersian
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the xepersian package for persian typesetting in XeLaTeX. Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xepersian/ Summary description: Persian for LaTeX over XeTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This the new release of the xepersian package (v1.0.1). It fixes all the know bugs and is written from scratch with improved macros. Unfortunately there is no documentation due to my illness but feel free to ask your questions at google farsilatex group at http://groups.google.com/group/farsilatex/?hl=fa or XeTeX mailing list. There are some examples that will help you understand how the package works. Before looking at xepersian examples make sure you look at bidi examples as xepersian depends on the bidi package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xepersian/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=xepersian (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 Updated: bidi
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Vafa Khalighi, having taken over maintainance, submitted an update to the bidi package. Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/bidi/ Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the new release of the bidi package (v1.0.1). This version has been tested by me and other people and so contains a minimum number of bugs (or known better as XeTeX limitations). In this version we have fixed all the known bugs and support for lots of LaTeX packages is added. There is no real documentation at the moment due to my illness but if you have any question, then please ask it on the XeTeX mailing list. There are heaps of examples that will help you understand how this new version works and what features are added. Unfortunately it proved almost impossible to support hyperref and color because of XeTeX limitations. For color support, you are encouraged to use xecolour package instead using ordinary color and xcolor packages. Also please note that when you use longtable package with bidi package, in RTL mode, your tables will not break when a page is finished and again this is due to XeTeX limitation. Please note that you always should load bidi package as your last package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/bidi/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bidi (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 - cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

the upload daemon coughed modestly, and told me about an upload. and then the details disappeared to that great archive system in the sky. fortunately, i've managed to reconstruct the mail... > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: cleveref > Author's name: Toby Cubitt > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ > Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 0.13.1: > > * Bug fix allowing arbitrary LaTeX code within ag{...} commands to > work properly when cleveref is loaded. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thank you for the upload. i have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/cleveref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ users may notice the catalogue entry changing, in a small way, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

the upload daemon raises its voice above the conversations in the corridor, and says > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.02: > * Renamed glossaries-dictionary-Brazil.dict to > glossaries-dictionary-Brazilian.dict > * Replaced @mkboth with glossarymark in glossarysection > to make it easier for the user to override it > * Fixed bug that generated no printglossary warning when > the glossary is placed in a group > * translate=false option will now prevent automatic loading > of translator package. thank you for the upload. i have installed the update and edited the catalogue repository to reflect the new version. > 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 as usual, the catalogue entry will change, minutely, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pdfcrop
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdfcrop package. Pdfcrop is a Perl script that can either trim pages of any whitespace border, or trim them of a fixed border. Location on CTAN: support/pdfcrop License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: 2009/07/14 v1.15: Fix for negative coordinates in Bounding Boxes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pdfcrop/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcrop (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 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, John Bowman submitted version 1.81 of the asymptote package. Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A boolean targetsize option can now be used to draw 3D labels with the apparent size they would have on the target plane. The camera adjustment algorithms were fixed; the autoadjust flag is respected. Missing path3 functions such as endpoint(path3) were added. The doubleclick timeout under MSWindows was fixed. A workaround for a ConTeXT small font bug is illustrated in contextfonts.asy. File associations are now used under MSWindows for psviewer, pdfviewer, display, and animate. Single quotation marks are now allowed in filenames. Deconstruction is now only supported in PNG format; the xformat setting was removed. The example lmfit illustrates Levenberg-Marquardt nonlinear least-squares fitting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

simultaneously, i splutter over my lunch, and the upload daemon also splutters: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datatool > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool > Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.02: > > * fixed bug caused by undefined @dtlifhaskey (should be > @DTLifhaskey) > * fixed bug caused by undefined dtl@getcolumnindex (should > be @dtl@getcolumnindex) > * fixed bug in DTLsavedb that ignores the file name > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue entry (a bit). thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datatool the truly alert will observe a change to the catalogue entry after tonight's update run. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Ctan has a new package: properties
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jul '09

12 Jul '09

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 Michael Niedermair submitted the new package properties to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/properties Summary description: Load Properties from a file License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package loads properties (key, value) from a properties file, e.g. jobname.properties. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/properties . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=properties (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: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jul '09

12 Jul '09

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ Summary description: Support files for 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 freefont bundle. Other (beautiful) fonts may be included in future. License: LPPL (not the font itself) New in v1.1: - added LaTeX support for the quite narrow running font: Henderson Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (July 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at least this month): http://freefont.de Later you can buy 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: TotCount
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

This update should make it from tug.ctan.org to your local mirror in a day or less. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: TotCount Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Vasileios Koutavas Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/totcount/ Summary description: A package for computing the last value of counters License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version fixes a nasty bug that changes the date of documents using totcount.sty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/totcount/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/totcount (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 package update: VnTeX
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Tnx, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: VnTeX Version number: 3.1.9 Author's name: Reinhard Kotucha Location on CTAN: /language/vietnamese Summary description: VnTeX - support for typesetting Vietnamese License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VnTeX provides fonts and macro packages for typesetting Vietnamese. Version 3.1.9 fixes a severe bug which had been introduced in V. 3.1.8. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/vietnamese/vntex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/vntex (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: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

after a long silence, the upload daemon rouses itself from its slumbers and whispers: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX > programmers with special syntax conventions, completely > separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands > provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for > use in describing design layouts in document class files. > > This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel > and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been > taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as > regular packages. > > The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according > to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the > primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules > define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language. > > At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{expl3} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1422) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release follows closely on from an earlier snapshot > (SVN 1407). The changes are to a small number of functions. > These can be divided into three categories: > > New functions: > - cs_gundefine:c > - exp_args:NNNV > - prop_put:NnV > - seq_remove_duplicates:N > - seq_gremove_duplicates:N > > Removed functions: > - exp_args:Nd > - exp_args:NNd > - l_set:Nd > - l_gset:Nd > - oks_set:Nd > - oks_set:cd > > Bug fixes for: > - l_put_right:cV > - l_put_left:cV > - l_rescan:nn > > The removed functions reflect the last alterations made possible > by the introduction of the V specifier. It is not anticipated > that any other functions will be removed from expl3, although > more additons are likely as the code is more widely used. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files 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/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3 the version information in the web catalogue entry will change overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: ConTeXt Top Ten Commands
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

This package is new on ctan. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ConTeXt Top Ten Commands Uploader's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info/context-top-ten Summary description: Frequently used ConTeXt commands License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an introductory document on ConTeXt (www.pragma-ade.nl) frequently used commands written by Corsair. In the beginning of the ConTEXt manual (see cont-eni.pdf on ConTeXt official site), Hans Hagen listed ten groups of them which are considered most frequently used, and this short document tries to explain these commands in detail. 1. starttext, stoptext 2. chapter, section, itle, subject, setuphead, completecontent 3. em, f, cap 4. startitemize, stopitemize, item, head 5. abbreviation, infull, completelistofabbreviations 6. placefigure, externalfigure, useexternalfigures 7. placetable, starttable, stoptable 8. definedescription, defineenumeration 9. index, completeindex 10. setuplayout, setupfootertexts, setupheadertexts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-top-ten . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context-top-ten (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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tug.ctan.org upload: Chinese Font Metrics
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Chinese Font Metrics Version number: 0.9 Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /fonts Summary description: TFM subfonts files for using Chinese Fonts in 8-bit TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese Font Metrics is a set of font metrics for using Chinese fonts under the latex- >dvipdfmx or pdflatex route. Note, latex->dvips is not supported since dvips can not embed ttf. In order to use that in dvips, you should create type1 subfonts from truetype files by your self (perhaps using ttf2pt1 or fontforge). No actual Chinese TrueType typeface font is provided in the package. If you want to use this package, bear in mind that a set of ttfs (like sim*.ttf distributed in Simplified Chinese version of Windows XP) are needed for font embedding. Just copy the sim*.ttf to corresponding directory enables you to typeset Chinese out of the box. If you are using other fonts, you might consider adding/modifying the map lines manually. the package contained files in three categories : - fonts/tfm: contained all the tfm metric files for 6 typeface (kai, song, lishu, fangsong, youyuan, hei) in two widely used character encodings (GBK and UTF-8) here. - scripts: in order to make sure that all the above tfms distributed have no legal problems (since most Chinese TrueType fonts are commercial, and converting that using ttf2tfm might raise some legal problems) Lingyun Wu wrote a script to generate the metrics. Lua and pltotf are used to generate the tfms, no actual ttf are involved thanks to the fact that Chinese characters are monospace font by nature. - fonts/map and tex/latex/zhwinfonts: default map file (for simsun.ttf, simhei.ttf, simfang.ttf, simkai,ttf, simli.ttf and simyou.ttf. These fonts are widely used in China) for pdftex, ttf2pk and dvipdfmx. The package is created following Yue Wang's article. If you are interested in why this package can do the magic, that article explains everything, available on http://bbs.ctex.org/viewthread.php?tid=50078. This package is licensed in LPPL. If you are interested in the process of development you may observe http://code.google.com/p/ctex-kit/updates/list - Yue Wang and Lingyun Wu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/chinese-font-metrics . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chinese-font-metrics (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: Asymptote Manual (Chinese Translation)
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Manual (Chinese Translation) Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info Summary description: Chinese Translation to the official Asymptote Manual License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a (incomplete) Chinese translation of Asymptote Manual (original English version can be found on http://asymptote.sourceforge.net) by milksea at ctex.org. This translation is still unfinished, we welcome contributions from the Asymptote community. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/asymptote-manual-zh . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote-manual-zh (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: Asymptote By Example
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote By Example Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info Summary description: A Chinese Asymptote Tutorial License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Asymptote by Example is an Asymptote tutorial in Simplified Chinese by milksea at ctex.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/asymptote-by-example . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote-by-example (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 (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Author's name: Andy Hammerlindl and John Bowman Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The interface for changing the precision for XDR/binary files was simplified; file parameters can now be queried as virtual members. The zoom/menu action was improved to emulate a double-click and assigned again to the right mouse button; a left-button binding bug was fixed. New settings zoomfactor, zoomstep, spinstep, arcballradius, resizestep, and doubleclick were added. The OpenGL thread is now exited gracefully; idle state and other parameters are properly reset on quitting. Lighting is now initialized only in home(). Animations with global=false were fixed. An improved (and free) psview PostScript viewer is now suggested for MSDOS users. A mechanism for disabling annoying warnings like writeoverloaded was implemented. The documentation directory under TeXLive was fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Asymptote FAQ (Chinese Translation)
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote FAQ (Chinese Translation) Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info/asy-faq/zh-cn Summary description: Chinese Translation to the official Asymptote FAQ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a Chinese translation of Asymptote FAQ (original English version can be found on http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/FAQ) by goodluck at bbs.ctex.org cvgmt and milksea also contributed to the translation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/asy-faq-zh-cn . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asy-faq-zh-cn (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: ConTeXt Notes
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ConTeXt Notes Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info/context-notes-zh-cn Summary description: A ConTeXt tutorial in Chinese License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an introductory tutorial on ConTeXt in Chinese written by Yanrui Li. ConTeXt installation, fonts, layout design, cross-reference, project structure, metafun, presentation design are covered in this tutorial. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-notes-zh-cn . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context-notes-zh-cn (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: ctex-faq
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This package is newly installe at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ctex-faq Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info/ctex-faq Summary description: LaTeX FAQ by the Chinese TeX Society (ctex.org) License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a LaTeX FAQ for the Chinese TeX users. The document was written by LingYun Wu. Most questions were collected on the bbs.ctex.org forum, and answered elaborately by the author. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/ctex-faq . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctex-faq (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: dozenal
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dozenal Author's name: Donald P. Goodman III Location on CTAN: /fonts/dozenal Summary description: Typeset documents using base twelve numbering (also called dozenal) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package supports typesetting documents whose counters are represented in base twelve, also called “dozenal”. It includes a macro by David Kastrup for converting positive whole numbers to dozenal from decimal (base ten) representation. The package also also includes a few other macros and redefines all the standard counters to produce dozenal output. Fonts, in Roman, italic, slanted, and boldface versions, provide ten and eleven (the Pitman characters preferred by the Dozenal Society of Great Britain). The fonts were designed to blend well with the Computer Modern fonts. As of Version 2.0, Type 1 versions of the fonts are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/dozenal . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dozenal (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: kmrhyph
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: kmrhyph.tex Author's name: Jörg Knappen Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation Summary description: Hyphenation patterns for the kurmanji language, T1 encoded License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the first time we provide hyphenation patterns for the kurmanji language (northern kurdish, as spoken in Turkey and by the kurdish diaspora in Europe). The patterns are generated by patgen from a word list of approx. 2500 hyphenated words provided by Medeni Shemdê. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/kmrhyph (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: ctex
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ctex Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/ctex Summary description: A collection of document classes and macro packages for Chinese typesetting License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ctex is a collection of macro packages and document classes for LaTeX Chinese typesetting. We have been maintaining this outside of CTAN for a while, adding this package back to CTAN can ensure it can be easily accessed by more people, especially people running TeXLive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/chinese/ctex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctex (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: zhspacing
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: zhspacing Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic/zhspacing Summary description: A simpler solution to typeset CJK documents in XeTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- zhspacing is a CJK typesetting package for all document formats running XeTeX engine. This original author is Yin Dian. We have been maintaining this outside of CTAN for a while, adding this package back to CTAN can ensure it can be easily accessed by more people, especially people running TeXLive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/zhspacing . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/zhspacing (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: xeCJK
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xeCJK Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xecjk Summary description: A simpler solution to typeset CJK documents in XeTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xeCJK is a LaTeX2e package for typesetting CJK documents in XeTeX like we used to with the CJK package. It has been submitted to CTAN earlier but retracted by the author because it was not matured enough for general public. Now, upon the author's agreement, we submit it again. We have been maintaining this outside of CTAN for a while, adding this package back to CTAN can ensure it can be easily accessed by more people, especially people running TeXLive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (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: CJKpunct
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: CJKpunct Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/cjkpunct Summary description: A LaTeX package to adjust the location and kerning of CJK punctuation marks License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We have been maintaining this outside of CTAN for a while, adding this package back to CTAN can ensure it can be easily accessed by more people, especially people running TeXLive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/chinese/cjkpunct . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cjkpunct (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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