- ctan-ann - ctan.org

New package on CTAN: Rotpages
by Jim Hefferon 18 Feb '02

18 Feb '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Rotpages package Author's name: Sergio Callegari Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotpages Summary description: Multiple page rotation in latex 2e License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The rotpages.sty package for latex 2e permits to format documents where small sets of pages are rotated by 180 degrees and rearranged, so that they can be read by turning the printed copy upside-down. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

Re: CTAN upload: webo.tar.gz
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Feb '02

18 Feb '02

Maurizio Loreti writes: > + what you've uploaded > A file calles webo.tar.gz > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > they are intended to replace the files in tex-archive/fonts/webomints > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > public domain > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > This is an upgrade to a previous upload. Some files have been > added, and the Makefile modified. Here follows the included > README file: > > On Tuesday 05 Feb 2002, Walter Schmidt (wal_schmidt(a)arcormail.de) has > posted a message on comp.text.tex about a freely downloadable > PostScript Type-1 font containing various types of ornaments. > > The URL is http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/index.html, and > contains the following lines: > > Galapagos Design Group is pleased to make available to the > Internet community free downloads of original typefaces and > clipart. > > Our first offering is a tasty border and ornament font called > Web-O-Mints. Created by George Ryan, Web-O-Mints contains a > rich assortment of typographic decorations inspired by > historical sources. > > The Web-O-Mints font is available in TrueType or PostScript > format, for use on PCs or Macs. Web-O-Mints can be downloaded > and used immediately in all environments. We hope you enjoy > using this original collection of images. > > Here are all the files needed to use these fonts in LaTeX (generated > with the fontinst package) and three small example LaTeX files: > download these files in a local directory, cd there and type make > samples. Requires the fancyhdr package, and config.cmz for dvips. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- esint package
by Reinhard Zierke 17 Feb '02

17 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Eddie Saudrais ----- 1. I upload the esint package on ftp.dante.de. They are 3 files: esint.ins, esint.dtx and esint.readme. 2. Please, put the files on macros/latex/contrib/supported. 3. As usual, this is a GNU General Public Licence. 4. This package provides several alternate integral symbols (like oiint) using the Computer Modern font. Run latex on esint.ins to generate the files, install them (see the esint.readme), and run latex on esint.dtx file to obtain the documentation. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/esint/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

Re: CTAN upload notification: dvispell-dvistats
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

daniel taupin has uploaded: A linux or MSDOS/djgpp version of dvispell is provided (no more limited to 8+3 file names). Install specifications are included as well as a comprehensive set of dictionaries for spelling check. Win9x/MSDOS executable are provided. i have installed the files at support/dvispell thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: CTAN upload notification: EC fonts of size more than 3583
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

daniel taupin has uploaded: Three upper size extensions for EC fonts, corresponding to standard size increase of 1.2 above 3583. Fit for higher sizes 'giant', 'Giant' and 'GIANT' (above 'huge', 'Huge' and 'HUGE') as provided by Taupin's version of 'moresize.sty' i have installed the .zip files of these extensions in fonts/ec/contrib thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Uploads: smallcap.sty, moresize and varsects.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

Daniel taupin has provided various things to ctan: 1. smallcap.sty: smallcap.sty make small caps be a font family rather than a shape. This allows bold and slanted small caps to be available (EC fonts do exist). This family is called T1cmsc, and t1cmsc.fd is provided with the style. 2. moresize.zip Daniel Taupin's moresize.sty provides upper sizes corresponding to standard size increase of 1.2 above 3583. Fit for higher sizes 'giant', 'Giant' and 'GIANT' (above 'huge', 'Huge' and 'HUGE'). Compatible but more extended with Christian Cornelssen's version of 'moresize.sty'. Requires extended *.fd, provided with the package. 3. varsects.sty Package varsects.sty redefines chapter, section, subsection... etc. with optional parameters changing vertical space before and after the title, and the font size, series, shape or family of this title. Usage is obvious when looking in the contents of the file. i have installed all these files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/taupin thanks, daniel, for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

New CTAN package: york-thesis
by Jim Hefferon 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: york-thesis Author's name: Norm Gall Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/york-thesis Summary description: A LaTeX2e thesis class definition for York University (Toronto, Canada) License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This takes care of almost everything for generating a thesis or dissertation. I've included the class file and a sample latex source file. Kudos to York for not having an insanely complicated format. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

CTAN submission -- g-brief 3.0
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Michael Lenzen ----- please update 'g-brief' rel. 2.4 to rel. 3.0. (a) uploaded to ftp.dante.de (b) 'g-brief-3.0.tar.gz' to /incoming (c) g-brief is a document class for LaTeX 2e and serves for formatting formless letters in german or english language (d) macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/ (please replace and remove the old and obsolete files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief) ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- rotfloat v1.1
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Axel Sommerfeldt ----- I just uploaded a new version of the LaTeXe `rotfloat' package to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/rotfloat. What I've uploaded: rotfloat.ins + rotfloat.dtx + examples.tex Which CTAN node I've uploaded to: ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/rotfloat. Where you want the files to go: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotfloat (replacing the old version 1.0) What licensing conditions you apply to your software: LPPL A brief summary of what your upload is intended to do: The float package provides commands to define new floats of various styles; the rotating package provides new rotated environments. This rotfloat package builds a bridge between both packages and extend the commands from the float package to define rotated versions of the new floats, too. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the update. I Installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotfloat/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- BibTool 2.46
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Gerd Neugebauer ----- I have uploaded the following two files to ftp.dante.de/incoming BibTool-2.46.tar.gz BibTool-html.tar.gz The first one is meant to replace the file biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool/BibTool-2.45.tar.gz. The second file should be unpacked in the same directory to update the HTML gif and dvi files residing there (The new HTML version of the manual isn't availlable yet). BibTool is distributed under the GPL. The Readme file follows. ====================================================================== BibTool: A Tool for Manipulating BibTeX Data Bases BibTeX provides an easy to use means to integrate citations and bibliographies into LaTeX documents. But the user is left alone with the management of the BibTeX files. The program BibTool is intended to fill this gap. BibTool allows the manipulation of BibTeX files which goes beyond the possibilities --- and intentions --- of BibTeX. The possibilities of BibTool include * Pretty-printing BibTeX data bases adjustable by lots of parameters. * Syntactic checks with error recovery superior to BibTeX and helpful error messages. * Semantic checks can be specified by the user. * Sorting and merging of BibTeX data bases according to a free definable sort key. * Generation of uniform reference keys according to predefined rules or according to an own specification. * Selecting references used in one publication which are found by analyzing an .aux file. * Selecting references by a set of criteria (regular expressions). * Controlled rewriting of fields utilizing regular expressions to specify the rewriting rules. * Macro (String) expansion to eliminate the need of extra string definitions. * Collecting statistics about one or more BibTeX data bases. BibTool contains a documentation written in LaTeX of more than 60 pages (and still growing). BibTool is written in C and has been compiled on various operating systems like flavors of UN*X and MSDOG machines. It is distributed in source code. No compiled versions are available from the author (Useless to ask!). BibTool can be obtained from the CTAN archives: * ftp.dante.de:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool * ftp.tex.ac.uk:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool * ctan.tug.org:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool Get the file BibTool-x.xx.tar.gz where x.xx is the version number. Unpack it with the command (on UN*X) gunzip < BibTool-x.xx.tar.gz | tar -xvf - Alternatively get the file BibTool-x.xx.zip where x.xx is the version number. Unpack it with the command unzip BibTool-x.xx.zip It will create a directory named BibTool-x.xx which contains the installation instructions in the file INSTALL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool/ replacing the ild files. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

New CTAN package: LogFilter
by Jim Hefferon 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. A word about the license: this package is `nosource', meaning that it is supplied in binary format (a .jar file) and the source code for it is not made available. This renders the software non-free in the sense of the Debian Free Software Guidelines and many other free software advocates. Please note, however, that the license *does* allow free use and distribution of the software, but modification is generally not possible. For more, see the following link. http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.html Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LogFilter Author's name: Kasper B. Graversen Location on CTAN: nonfree/support/logfilter Summary description: LogFilter is a program that monitors the logfiles (La)TeX/PDF(La) produces and presents them in an interactive environment to the author License type: nosource Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LogFilter is a program that monitors the logfiles TeX/LaTeX produces and presents them in an interactive environment to the user. The program lets the user choose which errors he cares to see. Furthermore LogFilter integrates with your editor so that when pressing an error, your editor will open the tex file and jump to the according line. It should work on any sane OS with Java (or JRE) installed - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

Re: Submission: The AcroTeX eDucation Bundle
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

D P Story writes: > -- mail the administrators (ctan(a)dante.de) to report: > + what you've uploaded > > I've uploaded to the uk ctan server, in the incoming/webeq directory > the following files: > > 154606 Feb 10 23:32 acrotex.zip > 12863 Feb 10 23:45 dljslib.dtx > 2174 Feb 10 23:45 dljslib.ins > 13221 Feb 10 23:32 eq_pdfs.zip > 63311 Feb 10 23:46 insdljs.dtx > 1963 Feb 10 23:46 insdljs.ins > 3080 Feb 10 23:32 readme.txt > 815769 Feb 10 23:39 webeqman.pdf > 542565 Feb 10 23:44 webeqman_p.pdf > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > uk: ftp.tex.ac.uk > > + where you want the files to go > > I have a directory > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/webeq > > delete all files in that folder, and replace with the files listed above. > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > lppl LaTeX Project Public Licence > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy > processing) > > > I've just uploaded the Web/Exerquiz Packages, now bundled > together under the name AcroTeX eDucation Bundle, read, > AcroTeX Education Bundle. > > The AcroTeX Bundle is a series of LaTex packages, as the name > implies, is intended for, but not limited to, the creation of electronic > education materials, authored using LaTeX, with final file form of > PDF. > > The materials are available for users of Distiller 5.0 or later (though > prior will work too), pdftex or dvipdfm. Distiller users must make > their postscript document using either dvips or dvipsone. > > The bundle comes with four componets > (1) The Web.sty : for good screen design > (2) The Exerquiz Package : for online exercises and quizzes > (3) The insdljs Package : for introducing document level JavaScript > into the PDF document from a LaTeX source > (4) The dljslib Package : A library of JavaScript functions, with the > package, you can check out a function for use in your document > > What's New: The introduction of the insdljs Package enables the > LaTeX author to write his/her own JavaScript in the LaTeX source, > the functions end up at the document-level of the final PDF > document. This is a standalone package that needs only hyperref > and verbatim. > > Exerquiz has been rewritten to use this package, and new > arguments of the math fill-in macro are introduced that lets the > author specify a JavaScript procedure that will process a given > question. As such, Exerquiz becomes quite programmable. See > jqzspec.pdf for example to see how Exerquiz can now process > math fill-in questions for which the answer is expected to be a > vector. In addition to math fill-in questions, there is now text fill-in > as well, this too has many options. > > In anticipation of the usefulness of insdljs, I recently wrote the > dljslib package. This package acts as sort of a library of routines > you can insert into your document. Very cool. i've installed the macros (and other things) as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: CTAN submission --- memfixa package
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memfixa.sty to the UK incoming directory. Kindly > use this to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixa.sty, and please announce the > update. > > The package provides temporary fixes to the memoir class until the next > version is released. Current fixes include: > o unfortunate interaction between the memoir class and the calc package > o mismatch between oneside/showtrims options > o 11pt option headheight too small > o one line narrow captions not centered > o provides class option to reinstate the deprecated font commands i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

new on CTAN: osa.bst
by Jim Hefferon 12 Feb '02

12 Feb '02

This material has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: osa.bst Author's name: Richard J Mathar Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/osa.bst Summary description: BibTeX style file for OSA (Optical Society of America) journ License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- osa.bst is a BibTeX style file that follows guidelines for OSA journals (Applied Optics,...). It has been generated by running latex makebst.tex and by-hand manipulation of the result to get roman-style (non-italicized) names of the proceeding's names. See http://www.osa.org/pubs/authors/style/ - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

CTAN submission -- webomints update
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Feb '02

10 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from Maurizio Loreti ----- + what you've uploaded A file calles webomints.tar.gz + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de + where you want the files to go They are intended to replace the files currently in tex-archive/fonts/webomints + what licensing conditions you apply to your software public domain + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. A .tfm file was missing in the previous upload; sorry for any inconvenience, and thanks to Andreas Matthias (<amat(a)kabsi.at>) for signalling that error. Here follows the included README file: On Tuesday 05 Feb 2002, Walter Schmidt (wal_schmidt(a)arcormail.de) has posted a message on comp.text.tex about a freely downloadable PostScript Type-1 font containing various types of ornaments. The URL is http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/index.html, and contains the following lines: Galapagos Design Group is pleased to make available to the Internet community free downloads of original typefaces and clipart. Our first offering is a tasty border and ornament font called Web-O-Mints. Created by George Ryan, Web-O-Mints contains a rich assortment of typographic decorations inspired by historical sources. The Web-O-Mints font is available in TrueType or PostScript format, for use on PCs or Macs. Web-O-Mints can be downloaded and used immediately in all environments. We hope you enjoy using this original collection of images. Here are all the files needed to use these fonts in LaTeX (generated with the fontinst package) and two small example LaTeX files. Just make samples in the directory to generate the PostScript output; needs fancyhdr and config.pdf (for dvips). ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/webomints/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- eqlist 1.2, guitar 1.5, toolbox 4.2
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Feb '02

10 Feb '02

----- Forwarded message from M. Vaeth ----- I have uploaded the three latex packages eqlist.zip guitar.zip toolbox.zip to the incoming directory. (toolbox.zip is only an update). The description of the packages is appended. Sincerely. Martin Väth Name of contribution: eqlist v1.2 Name and email: Martin Väth <vaeth(a)mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/eqlist Summary description: With this package you can write lists with equal indentation. The eqparbox package is required. License type: Free (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a list environment which typesets a description-like list but with the difference that the indentation corresponds to the longest item of the list. The eqparbox package is required. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: guitar v1.5 Name and email: Martin Väth <vaeth(a)mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/guitar Summary description: (La)Tex package for typesetting guitar chords over song texts. The toolbox package is required. License type: Free (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains (La)TeX macros for typesetting guitar chords over song texts. The toolbox package is required. Note that this package only places arbitrary TeX code over the lyrics. To typeset the chords graphically (and not only by name), I recommend to use an additional package like e.g. gchords.sty by K. Peeters. Further references to packages which allow to typeset songs or guitar chords can be found in the documentation of the package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: toolbox v4.2 Name and email: Martin Väth <vaeth(a)mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/toolbox (should replace previous release) Summary description: A package for (La)TeX which provides some macros which are convenient for writing indices, glossaries, or other macros. License type: Free (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A package for (La)TeX which provides some macros which are convenient for writing indices, glossaries, or other macros. It contains macros which support -implicit macros -fancy optional arguments -loops over tokenlists and itemlists -searching and splitting -controlled expansion -redefinition of macros -concatenated macro names The new release keeps '#' in certain arguments unexpanded. I would like to thank David Kastrup <David.Kastrup(a)neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> for pointing out the problem and solutions. ----- End of forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the updated toolbox and the two new packages in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/{eqlist,guitar,toolbox} as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

Re: CTAN upload: webo.tar.gz
by Rainer Schoepf 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Maurizio Loreti wrote: > + what you've uploaded > A file calles webo.tar.gz > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.dante.de > + where you want the files to go > tex-archive/fonts/webomints (or tex-archive/fonts/webo if this name is > too long) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > public domain > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > Here follows the included README file: > > On Tuesday 05 Feb 2002, Walter Schmidt (wal_schmidt(a)arcormail.de) has > posted a message on comp.text.tex about a freely downloadable > PostScript Type-1 font containing various types of ornaments. > > The URL is http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/index.html, and > contains the following lines: > > Galapagos Design Group is pleased to make available to the > Internet community free downloads of original typefaces and > clipart. > > Our first offering is a tasty border and ornament font called > Web-O-Mints. Created by George Ryan, Web-O-Mints contains a > rich assortment of typographic decorations inspired by > historical sources. > > The Web-O-Mints font is available in TrueType or PostScript > format, for use on PCs or Macs. Web-O-Mints can be downloaded > and used immediately in all environments. We hope you enjoy > using this original collection of images. > > Here are all the files needed to use these fonts in LaTeX (generated > with the fontinst package) and two small example LaTeX files. Thanks for the upload. As you requested, I installed the files in the CTAN directory fonts/webomints For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

New CTAN package: jDVI - DVI viewer and printer coded in Java
by Jim Hefferon 06 Feb '02

06 Feb '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process shortly. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: jDVI - DVI viewer and printer coded in Java Author's name: James Hurt Location on CTAN: dviware/jdvi Summary description: DVI viewer and printer coded in Java License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the initial release of jDVI, a DVI viewer and printer coded in Java. You will need Java RTE 1.3 to run this application, as well as the BaKoMa True Type fonts for which I am endebted to Basil K. Malyshev. For completeness, a copy of the BaKoMa fonts are included in a Zip file, the format suitable for use with jDVI. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

CTAN update: LaTeX for Word Processor Users
by Jim Hefferon 05 Feb '02

05 Feb '02

An update of a CTAN package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should by now have made it through the mirroring system. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX for Word Processor Users (update) Author's name: Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. Location on CTAN: info/latex4wp Summary description: This is a LaTeX guide specifically designed for word processor users. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX for Word Processor Users is a guide that helps converting knowledge and techniques of word processing into the LaTeX typesetting environment. It aims at helping WP users use LaTeX instead. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

CTAN update: ncctools
by Jim Hefferon 04 Feb '02

04 Feb '02

The ncctools package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should have made its way throught the mirroring process. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ncctools Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/ncctools Summary description: A new release of the NCCTOOLS bungle for LaTeX Project License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ------------------------------------------------------------------- % % NCCTOOLS, Release 2.0 %====================== % % HISTORICAL NOTES % ================ The `ncctools' bundle consists of a number of packages extracted from NCC style (developed by A. Rozhenko in 1992-1996 for LaTeX-2.09) while reimplementation it for LaTeX-2e. This job is not completed yet. So, some packages will be added to the bundle later. Four of the packages, namely dcounter, extdash, manyfoot, and nccfoots, are documented in corresponding `.dtx' files. Others are partially documented just inside `.sty' files. % % CONTENTS OF THE NCCTOOLS BUNDLE % =============================== cropbox.sty Implements the cropbox command which prepares a box with crop marks at its corners looking like angles. Angle parameters are customizable. cropmark.sty Implements the cropmark command producing crop box around page text area (header area, footer area and marginal notes are optionally taken into consideration). The cropmark command is used inside watermark commands. It accurately interprets current state of two-column, two-side, and reverse-margin modes. dcounter.dtx Dynamic counters. The counter declared as dynamic is really created at the first use and receives at that moment the count style which was established by the countstyle command. The special use of counstyle command with optional parameter allows modifying of subordination of existing counter. For example, while using the book class you can reject the subordination of the section counter to the chapter counter and resubordinate figures, tables and equations to sections. desclist.sty Implements the desclist environment. It is considered as an improvement of the description environment. The appearance of item markers is easy customizable on the fly. An optional parameter allows set a marker prototype for calculation of hang indentation skip. The description environment is redefined to use an optional parameter also. extdash.dtx The package implements the commands, Hyphdash, Endash, Emdash, and their *-forms, to control hyphenation of compound words and ordinary words dashed by em-dash. You can also use the shortcuts -/ =/ -- == --- === instead. On contrary to germanb style of the Babel package no active symbols added. You can also decrease the length of em-dash by the option `cyremdash' to satisfy the russian typesetting rules. manyfoot.dtx The package implements a command, ewfootnote, that adds footnote levels to the standard LaTeX's footnote mechanism. Footnotes of every additional level are automatically grouped together on a LaTeX-2e output page and are separated from another levels by the special vertical space and (maybe) rule. You can customize the typesetting style of additional footnotes choosing between ordinary footnotes and run-in paragraph footnotes (useful for critical editions). nccbbb.sty Implementation of poor Black Board Bold symbols. Ported from old NCC-LaTeX. It is useless in modern LaTeX but kept just in case. nccboxes.sty Additional boxes from NCC-LaTeX. The jhbox and jvbox can horizontally and vertically align a body with respect to a prototype. The addbox adjusts the height and depth of the box body (it is alternative to using the `calc' package). The pbox is a simple version of one-column table. It is independent on arraystretch value. The cbox is intended for design of fancy headers in tables. nccfancyhdr.sty Absolutely new implementation of functionality of the fancyhdr package. It is more transparent, simple, non-aggressive (redefining of standard page styles is optional), and bug-free (I hope :). Header width control is improved with two commands, namely extendedheaders (extended upon marginal notes) and ormalheaders. The command hispagestyle correctly works with fancy page styles (in fancyhdr, it didn't work because of use of global definitions). nccfoots.dtx The package implements commands for generating footnotes with manual marks. For example, to mark footnote by star you can write Footnote{*}{Footnote text}. nccmath.sty Extension of the `amsmath' package. Its main aim is to combine AMS's typesetting of display equations and NCC-LaTeX's one. In amsmath, the `eqnarray' environment leaves unchanged. This package redefines `eqnarray' to allow using of amsmath tag control features and display breaks. Intercolumn distance is reduced to the distance typical for relation operations. All columns are prepared in the displaystyle. A new `darray' environment is a mix of the AMS's `aligned' environment and LaTeX's `array' environment. It is typed out in the same way as `aligned' environment but has columns definition parameter as `array' environment. The use of column specifications is restricted to the necessary commands only: l,c,r,@, and * are allowed. The implementation is compatible with the array package. Some additional commands are introduced also. nccpic.sty Envelop for the `graphicx' package. It customizes graphics extensions list for most popular drivers, namely dvips, dvidpf, and dvipdfm, and for use with pdftex also. Extension list now contains extensions of graphics files which are processed on the fly without additional efforts. Using this feature simplifies typesetting. You need not specify a graphics file extension when use the includegraphics command. Depending on a dvi driver specified, a graphics file with an appropriate extension is searched. So, you only need to create a number of versions of a graphics file in different formats (for example, `.bmp' for dvips or Yap and `.png' for pdftex). After that you can produce resulting `.ps' and `.pdf' file without any changes in the source file. The recommended storage for graphics files is the graphics/ subdirectory of the directory the `.tex' file is translated. Some additional commands are introduced also. nccsect.sty Extension of LaTeX's section, caption, and toc-entries generation technique. The package contains many improvements. More interesting of them are: * simple declaring of sections of any level (including sections of 0th level and captions for floats); * user-controlled typeout for display sections (user can select one of the following typeout styles: hangindent, parindent, center); * customizing of section or caption tag by the manner similar to AMS equation tag; * simple declaring of toc-entries using prototypes for calculation of hang indentations; * umberline command newer overlaps the text going after; * PnumPrototype{} is used for calculation of right margin in table of contents; * different captions for different float types; * simple handle of new types of floats (after registration of a new float in the package you can declare a caption and toc-entry for it; be sure that the chapter command will automatically produce a vertical skip in a toc for the new float also). nccthm.sty Yet another extension to the ewtheorem command. Four orthogonal properties of theorems are used: numbering mode - standard or APAR (a number before header); theorem type - defines an appearance of a theorem (what fonts are used for header, comment, and body). The `theorem' and `remark' types a predefined; indent style - margin, nomargin, indent, noindent (selected in package options); break mode - do break after header or not? Hardcoded when a new theorem is declared. Can be overridden on the fly for concrete math statement. Easy customization of spacing and commands inserted after headers. Two types of QED symbol (white and black). The proof command is introduced. The ewtheoremtype command allows create new theorem types. The likeTYPE command is automatically created for every new type. It simplifies typeout of rare math statements. Instead of creation of a new theorem environment you can use liketheorem{Header}{Number}[Comment] for it, or likeremark, or ... Every theorem environment and theorem type can be redefined with enewtheorem and enewtheoremtype. Counters of all theorem-like environments are dynamic. So, they are created at the first use. This is very helpful for package writer. A number of theorem-like environments can be created in a package or class, and a user only selects the count style for them (in simple case this can be done with only one countstyle command in the document preamble). parskip.sty Useful for documents with non-zero skips between paragraphs. In this case, the additional vertical space inserted by lists is unlikely. The package provides identical distance between all paragraphs except section markups. It redefines control list commands and suppress opskip, partopskip, and itemsep in lists. As a result, the distance between ordinary paragraphs and paragraphs prepared by lists is the same. The command SetParskip{distance} is described to control this distance. tocenter.sty Provides two commands, namely ToCenter and FromMargins, which simplify the customization of page layout. It is now easy to change text width and height and center the text area on the page (the header, footer, and marginal note fields are optionally taken into consideration). Other way is like-Word declaring of paper layout: you set margins from the left, right, top, and bottom. watermark.sty Provides watermarks on output pages. A watermark is some text or picture printed at the background of paper. A watermark is usually stored in the page header. This way is inconvenient: it needs redefinition of page style commands. We use another method that is orthogonal to page mark commands and needs no redefinition of page marks. The left and right watermarks are allowed. Temporary hiswatermark acts on the current page only. Using this way it is easy to substitute a page header by your own page header with the hispageheading command.

1 0

Re: Uploaded new labels.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Julian Gilbey writes: > I've uploaded labels.tar.gz to ftp.tex.ac.uk. > > This tarball contains a replacement for the files in > macros/latex/contrib/supported/labels, and I have the permission of > Sebastian Rahtz to do this. > > It provides a new package option `newdimens' which allows a much more > flexible specification of the label layout. Without the option, the > package functions identically to the way it used to. > > No change in licensing conditions. i've installed the new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: CTAN upload notification: DCpic
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Feb '02

02 Feb '02

Pedro Quaresma writes: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20020131.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: DCpic > Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/generic/diagrams/dcpic/ > Summary description: Commutative diagrams in a LaTeX or TeX document. > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > DCpic is a package of TeX macros for drawing Commutative Diagrams > in a (La)TeX or ConTeX t document. Its distinguishing features > are: the use of PiCTeX a powerful graphical engine, and a simple > specification syntax. A commutative diagram is described in terms of > its objects and its arrows. The objects are textual elements and the > arrows can have various straight or curved forms. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files in the submission, replacing the old version. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

VTeX/Free 7.530 for Linux and OS/2
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Release 7.530 of VTeX/Free is now mirrored in the CTAN directory sytems/vtex/ . VTeX/Free is a free TeX system, which is available for the Linux-x86 and OS/2 platforms. Unlike traditional TeX systems, VTeX/Free can generate PDF and PostScript output immediately from the TeX source. No intermediate DVI files are generated, no dvi driver programs are required, and there is no need to care for their -- sometimes problematic -- setup. Common PostScript and PDF viewers such as Ghostscript and Acrobat Reader can be used for (pre)viewing and printing. VTeX/Free includes a PostScript distiller, thus inclusion of PostScript graphics as well as inline PostScript programming (PSTricks, psfrag etc.) are supported, even when generating PDF output. VTeX/Free comes with a comprehensive LaTeX systen and many additional packages and fonts, now including also the full collection of the EC/TC fonts in Type 1 format. See the file CTAN:systems/vtex/NEWS for a list of all additions, changes and fixes with this release. VTeX/Free is a partial port of the commercial TeX system VTeX/Win by MicroPress Inc.

1 0

Re: CTAN Submission -- cd-cover
by Rainer Schoepf 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Christian Holm Christensen wrote: > * I've uploaded an update (now version 1.4) of the cd-cover class > > * cd-cover resided in > > macros/latex/contrib/other/cd-cover > > though Robin Fairbanks has suggested to put it in > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/cd-cover > > * The lisence of cd-cover is GPL > > * Typesetting CD covers for various case formats > > Changes: > > Automatic detection of the grpahics driver (if any) and automatic > emmision of |special| (or similar) so that the document will be > printed in landscape mode. Only supported for DVIPS, PDFLaTeX, and > VTeX. Some minor documentation changes. Thanks for the update. I removed the old version and installed your new version in macros/latex/contrib/supported/cd-cover For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

new packages from GUST on CTAN
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Stanis/law Wawrykiewicz ----- I've just downloaded to dante://incoming/ 1. qfnt.zip -- it contains all set of the new qfonts families, generated by metapost; gpl Please remove first all stuff from fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/ even pl-qx.zip (obsolete) *except* of fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/qxcm/ Then unzip qfn.zip in fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/ Do not unpack zip files which are in qfnt.zip 2. antt.zip -- contains some files added; pd to be concise with all distributions like teTeX, TL, etc. it should go rather to fonts/psfonts/polish/antt/ so please unpack it in fonts/psfonts/polish/ Please *remove* fonts/psfonts/polish/antyktor 3. tap077.zip, 0README.TAP updated, pd; please replace the old contents of macros/generic/tables/ oops, and unpack 0README.TAP, as before (cannot upload) 4. tex-ps.zip contains 2 files updated: epsfx.tex and trans.tex please unpack it in macros/generic/TeX-PS 5. tiff2ps.zip updated, pd please unpack it in support/pstools/tiff2ps/ Updated xml files will go soon to Graham's Catalogue. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed all these files on CTAN as suggested. BTW, pl-qx.zip was in fonts/psfonts/polish/ not in fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/. I hope it was OK to remove it anyway. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.2d
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Andreas Matthias ----- I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages.zip' to ftp.dante.de/incoming. Please, extract this archive and replace the files in /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfpages/ The `pdfpages' package makes it easy to insert pages of external PDF documents. Several logical pages can be arranged onto each sheet of paper. (Like psnup.) The package provides hypertext operations like hyperlinks and article threads. This version provides a new option `fitpaper', which adjusts the paper size to the one of the inserted document. It is distributed under the LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfpages/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN upload: Makor, version 1.0
by Jim Hefferon 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

An update of the Makor package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next few days. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ============================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Makor, version 1.0 Author's name: Alan Hoenig Location on CTAN: language/hebrew/makor Summary description: A system for typesetting Hebrew with TeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Makor is my system for typesetting Hebrew with TeX. It uses an intuitive interface---that is, you type characters on the English keyboard according to more-or-less what they sound like, and Makor renders them in proper Hebrew, both with and without vowels (nekudot). The vowels are properly centered on their letters, and final letters are selected automatically by Makor+TeX. This package works with both plain TeX and LaTeX. This new version is formally version~1.0. In addition to many bug fixes, the new version includes: * support of many more fonts: -- OmegaSerifHebrew, which is like David or David light; -- Ezra (in regular, italic, bold, bold italic, and outline variants); -- Rashi (regular and bold); and -- Hadassah (regular, italic, bold, and bold italic); * ability to typeset numbers properly amid Hebrew text; * special typesetting treatment of the defective cholem; * Hebrew table macros---you enter the columns left-to-right, and Makor typesets them right-to-left; and * much, much more! The package is documented in the file makorman.tex. Please check out the file makorman.pdf which is replete with examples to see if this package might be of interest to you.

1 0

Re: memfixa
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

Peter Wilson has provided another copy of his memfixa.sty, which patches memoir.cls. he writes: > I think that it does need another announcement > as the person who tested the fix has distributed it to some others, so an > announcement would make it official. > > The fix now covers the memoir showtrims and oneside options and the calc > package. i've installed the replacement file as macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixa.sty Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: CTAN Submission --- Short fix for memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 23 Jan '02

23 Jan '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded README.memoir and memfixa.sty to the UK incoming > directory. Could you please move README(.memoir) and memfixa.sty to the > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir directory. > > Description > ----------- > > The memfixa package fixes a problem when the memoir class showtrims > option is used with the calc package. Put usepackage{memfixa} right after > documentclass[...]{memoir} > > This is a short term fix until the next (soon) release of the memoir > class. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: Upload to CTAN
by Rainer Schoepf 21 Jan '02

21 Jan '02

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Benjamin BAYART wrote: > Following README.uploads: > - I checked this package is admissible (under lppl). > - it should go into macros/latex/contrib/supported/stack > with a link relinput->stack > (it provides both, and relinput is probably the most > useful one). > > 1. I've upload stack.tar > 2. on dante.ctan.org > 3. as explained above, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/stack > with a symbolic link relinput -> stack > 4. this is provided under lppl > 5. a brief summary: > > Those files provide two packages: > - stack, which implements a stack mechanism without using > TeX's stack, so that your stack imbrication is not related > to the TeX-grouping mechanism (useful for package developpers) > - relinput, which implements a chdir-like mechanism so that > input can be done relatively to the directory where a file > is, and not relatively to where the main file is. > > Hope this might prove usefull. Thanks for the upload. I installed the package as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/stack with a link in macros/latex/contrib/supported/relinput For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

CTAN submission -- BaKoMa teX 4.10
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Jan '02

21 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 4.10 and macro packages coming with BaKoMa TeX. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. New features (in short): * Text Editor Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. * DVI Viewer supports link text broken across lines. * Fonts: CM-Super, MathPatho, PalatinoLinotype (from Windows XP). * Support for Multi-User systems. * Running under *Windows XP*. * Reading TeX files in binary mode. More details are explained at end of this E-Mail. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 21-Jan-2002 PS: Please send announce to approapriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.10 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.10 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000. HIGHLIGHTS * PostScript enabled TeX system. Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * Easy to install and use. * Much less expensive than other analogues. GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2*, which is tested for compatibility with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 9.0, Adobe Streamline 4.0, MatLab, CorelDraw, CorelXARA, HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: PostScript, HPGL, DXY, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP. FONTS BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * OpenType, * TeX PK/VF. The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), * EC/TC, * LH (T2A), * Concrete (Math, ECC), * Malvern, * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. Math Fonts: * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). Diagram drawing fonts: * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. Any font type can be used for any output device/format. This feature is supported by automatic font conversion between font formats when needed. This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. USER INTERFACE * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * Typesetting a selected part of a document (styles may be precompiled as format). * Quick navigation via document structure, * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), * Powerful support for different input encodings, * Project support, * Graphics import assistant, * Assitance for multi-file documents: context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, * Spell Checker is configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS * View on Windows Display. * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. * PostScript (really scalable), * PDF. Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. PDF GENERATION FEATURES * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). * Creating PDF files which share fonts. Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. * Handles HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 4.10 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.05 Text Editor -- Spell Checker improvements. * On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, Spell Checking was integrated with (La)TeX syntax highlighting. In other words, unknown word are highlighted on display. Of course highlighting works correctly when you enter a words. * Speller is now case sensitive. * Suggestions for correction of a misspelled words are present; * It recognizes soft hyphens (exam-ples), accented character typed in 7-bit notation (Fur), whose may be defined in special dictionary. * It recognizes *Babel shorthands* (Fur). We provide ready to use tables for every language which has shorthands defined by Babel package. DVI Viewer -- supports link text broken across lines. DVIEW (DVI Viewer), coming with BaKoMa TeX 4.10, supports link text broken across lines. DVIEW makes links on multiple lines into different PDF links to the same target. Links saved into PDF are the same as shown on display. In advance, there is simple solution for links broken across pages, even when a footnote (or another foot material) is present on this page. Fonts. * The system was improved to support *CM-Super* fonts. Displaying fonts is supported via automatical conversion to Unicoded TrueType fonts. We provide small module (CM-Super.BKZ) which installs all stuffs required to use CM-Super fonts. * The system was improved to support PalatinoLinotype fonts coming with *Windows XP*. The problem is that these fonts have no PostScript glyph names. The names are generated from CMAP table according to Adobe's glyph names. * *MathPazo* fonts was added to PSFONTS.BKZ module. * Experimental set of virtual fonts for Palatino fonts in T2A encoding was added. Running under Multi-User Environment. BaKoMa TeX was refined for working in multi-user systems (Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, NT, and Win 98 with enabled accounts). It includes: 1. saving an user settings into a private configuration file. 2. creating private directories for TEXMFLOCAL and VARTEX. Running under *Windows XP* BaKoMa TeX 4.10 is preliminary tested for running under Windows XP. In result, some features was improved in BaKoMa TeX 4.10. However, if compatibility problems with Windows XP are found we intend to develop an update release of BaKoMa TeX that will address the incompatibilities. Miscellany. TeX processor now reads TeX files in binary mode. This approach has following advantages: * All types of line separators (DOS, UNIX, MAC) are supported. * Reading of Ctrl-Z (ASCII 26) and other control characters as simple characters is supported. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/dst/changes3.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it in CTAN:/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

Re: Upload: ttf2tex 0.4.1
by Rainer Schoepf 21 Jan '02

21 Jan '02

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've put a new release of ttf2tex into /incoming on ftp.dante.de. > Please unpack ttf2tex.tar.gz into support/ttf2tex, replacing the > contents of this directory. -- Thank you. > > From the README: > > ttf2tex is a Bash shell script which generates all files required to > use TrueType fonts with teTeX from a set of .ttf files. In short, it > will do for TrueType fonts what fontinst's latinfamily command does > for Type 1 PostScript fonts. ttf2tex is designed for Linux/UNIX > systems running teTeX. > > From the CHANGELOG: > > 2002-01-21 v0.4.1 > * minor fixes and improvements > * slightly extended manual > * manual built with updated pdftex to fix > problems with Acrobat Reader 5 > > 2001-11-05 v0.4 > * revised weight substitution logic > * optional session log > * minor fixes and improvements > * updated and improved manual Thanks for the update, I put it in support/ttf2tex as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

Re: New version of srcltx package
by Rainer Schoepf 21 Jan '02

21 Jan '02

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Stefan Ulrich wrote: > I've just uploaded to the incoming directory of > ftp.dante.de > the gzipped file > srcltx.dtx.gz > > Please install the gunzipped version of this file into > macros/latex/contrib/supported/srcltx/ > replacing the current version of srcltx.dtx. > > From the README: > > This package provides source special insertion into .dvi files, > allowing to jump from the .dvi file to the .tex source > and back (given a .dvi viewer that supports this, such as Yap > or xdvi(k) >= 22.38). > > Changes in this version: > - simpler implementation of input file tracking, using macro > expansion instead of a stack > - LaTeX's input{...} command is now overloaded as well Thanks for the update, I installed it in directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/srcltx For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

new package on CTAN: gatech-thesis
by Jim Hefferon 18 Jan '02

18 Jan '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It should make its way through the mirroring process soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: gatech-thesis Author's name: Charles Wilson Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/gatech-thesis Summary description: Georgia Institute of Technology thesis class License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia Institute of Technology thesis class - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

Re: CTAN upload: frhyph.tex
by Robin Fairbairns 16 Jan '02

16 Jan '02

Daniel Flipo writes: > I have just uploaded a new version of the French hyphenation patterns > to ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming: > file frhyph.tex (version 2.11, 2002/01/16). > > It should replace tex-archive/language/hyphenation/frhyph.tex > > This new file corrects the hyphenation of some words like > cognitive, ignifuger, ignition, inexpugnable, pugnacité > which are now properly hyphenated as > cog-ni-tive, ig-ni-fu-ger, pug-na-ci-té > instead of > co-gni-tive, igni-fu-ger, pu-gna-ci-té > with the previous version. > > License conditions are unchanged: > % This file is available for free and can used and redistributed > % asis for free. Modified versions should have another name. i've isntalled the file as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- polynom package v0.14
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Jan '02

15 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Carsten Heinz ----- I've uploaded the file polynom.zip to dante.ctan.org/incoming. The contents should replace the files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/polynom If you drop a note to comp.text.tex: The small changes are related to the introduction of a new style=C, which prints polynomial long division like (X^4+3X^2+...) : (X+2) = ... instead of (style=B) X^4+3X^2+... = (X+2)( ... Many thanks in advance, Carsten ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/polynom/ replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- thumbpdf v3.0
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Heiko Oberdiek ----- I have uploaded thumbpdf.zip in the /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. After unzipping it updates the files in the directory CTAN:support/thumbpdf/ The licence remains LPPL 1.2. New in version 3.0: * The anti-alias parameters of ghostscript are supported and enabled by default. * VTeX's PostScript mode are supported. * Option --greek for Greek style mode (experimental). * Signal handlers added for cleanup. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/thumbpdf replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

New package on CTAN: cd
by Jim Hefferon 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and will make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: cd Author's name: Sebastiano Vigna Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/other/cd Summary description: A CD cover class License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A CD cover class featuring easy batch printing with crop marks, automatic track numbering and much more. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

CTAN submission -- acroread_new v1.0
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Heiko Oberdiek ----- I have uploaded acroread_new.zip in the /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Please unzip, it contains the new perl script acroread_new.pl. Suggested CTAN directory: CTAN:support/acroread_new/ The licence is LPPL 1.2. Function: If acroread is started again, it will use a previously started instance. Exiting acroread will close all windows that belongs to that instance. This script runs acroread with a changed name, so several instances of acroread can be started independently from each other. Documentation available as help screen: acroread_new --help ----- End forwarded message ----- THansk for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/acroread_new/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

Re: Uploaded file to CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

Julian Gilbey writes: > I have just uploaded ctie-0.9a.tar.gz to ftp.tex.ac.uk > > I recommend that the files are unpacked into > /tex-archive/web/c_cpp/ctie > (and probably also include the tar.gz file for convenience). > > This is DFSG-free software (BSD-style licence). > > CTIE is a CWEB-aware variant of TIE; I required it when I was trying > to use TIE on the CWEB sources, and failed because of include files. thanks for the upload. i've installed it as requested, except that i did _not_ include a copy of the .tar.gz on the archive. (we don't as a general rule keep compressed archives along with source: people complain if they get .tar.gz files inside their .tar.gz or .zip retrievals of the whole directory.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- sihyph23.tex
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Jan '02

10 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Johannes L. Braams ----- On behalf of Primoz Peterlin I have uploaded the file sihyph23.tex to ftp.dante.deincoming. It should replace sihyph22.tex in /tex-archive/language/slovene. The licensing conditions dodn't change. Primoz wrote: > For quite a number of years, TeX users in Slovenia are patching the > hyphenation patterns that are coming with their distribution of choice > with the newer ones, sihyph23.tex. For reasons unknown to me, they never > succeed to propagate the changes upstream to the source... :) > > Anyway, I would like to ask you to include in the next release of babel > package the corrected Slovenian hyphenation patterns, as found on > ftp://sizif.mf.uni-lj.si/pub/i18n/tex/. > > Slovenian hyphenation patterns were made by Matjaz Vrecko in 1990. During > the late 90's, they were maintained mostly by Leon Zlajpah ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the file as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/language/slovene/sihyph23.tex replacing the old version sihyph22.tex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- eurosans.sty 3.0
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Jan '02

10 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file eurosans.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack it to fonts/euro/latex/eurosans/, thus replacing the existent files eurosans.sty and README.eurosans. This is version 3.0 of the eurosans package for LaTeX, supporting the use the Adobe Euro symbol fonts. As compared with the previous release, the Euro fonts can now be scaled in order to blend with the other typefaces in the document. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive//fonts/euro/latex/eurosans replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

Re: CTAN upload notification: rectopma
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

the upload system reports: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: rectopma > Name and email: Battista Benciolini > Suggested location on CTAN: ... macros/latex/contrib/supported/rectopma > Summary description: RECycling TOp MAtter in a LaTeX document > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package rectopma allows the re-use of the main content of itle > and author anywhere in the document. > Designed for LaTeX2e > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the directory contains the package rectopma.sty and and also TestTitle.tex, which acts as a user manual and an example of use; it has been installed on the cambridge ctan -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: I have uploaded bahyph.zip
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

Juan M. Aguirregabiria writes: > - I have uploaded basque.zip to ftp.tex.ac.uk > - It contains two files bahyph.sh and bahyph.tex > - They should be put in a new directory called basque under languages > - The files are in the public domain > - The files provide the hyphenation patterns for the Basque > language. They can be used with the support for Basque included with > Babel 3.7 thanks for the upload. i've installed the new directory language/basque, and also installed a link from language/hyphenation/bahyph.tex to the file of the same name in the new directory. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: package uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

Battista Benciolini writes: > I have uploaded two files into the incoming directory of the CTAN site > in Cambridge. > > The name of the two files are > procIAGssymp.sty (a LaTeX > package) > TestPaper.tex (usage > example and instruction) > > I excerpt here after a comment from procIAGssymp.sty : > > % This package provides (re-)definitions of some LaTeX commands > % that can be useful for the preparation of a paper with > % the style of the proceeding of symposia sponsored by the > % International Association of Geodesy (IAG) published > % by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork. > > > This program is available under the LPPL. > > I propose to post the two files in a folder > named procIAGssymp to be created in > ... macro/latex/contrib/supported/ i've installed the files in a new directory as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- dk-bib
by Reinhard Zierke 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Arne Jørgensen ----- I have uploaded 5 files to /incoming/dk-bib/ at ftp.dante.de. I suggest that the files be installed in /biblio/bibtex/contrib/dk-bib/ (like norbib, swebib, germbib). I guess the license is DFSG (BibTeX is DSFG according to the Catalogue). >From the README: Dk-bib is a translation of the fours standard BibTeX style files (abbrv, alpha, plain and unsrt) into Danish. The files have been extended with ISBN and ISSN fields. Actually these files where translated from the Norwegian translation (by Dag Langmyhr) into Danish. Dag also made the extension for ISBN and ISSN. Regards, /arne -- stud. scient. Arne Jørgensen DK-TUG / Dansk TeX-brugergruppe <URL:http://sunsite.dk/dk-tug/> ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/dk-bib Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

New CTAN package: Nath
by Jim Hefferon 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next few days. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Nath Author's name: Michal Marvan Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/nath Summary description: Natural math notation License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nath is a LaTeX (both 2e and 2.09) style to separate presentation and content in mathematical typography. The style delivers a particular context-dependent presentation on the basis of a rather coarse context-independent notation. Although essentially backward compatible with LaTeX, Nath aims at producing traditional math typography. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

CTAN submission -- LaTeX WIDE
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Jan '02

04 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Yuri V. Lubenets ----- I have uploaded LaTeX_WIDE.zip on dante.de. This is new version 1.3. Some installation errors in Windows 9x are corrected. Announce =================cut================== Yuri V. Lubenets has uploaded a new version 1.3 of his LaTeX_WIDE program; he supplies the following details: The multifunctional editor LaTeX WIDE for operation with LaTeX (or other TeX macropackages) in operating systems Windows 95/98/NT/2000 is offered to your attention. The program does not introduce any changes to the system registry or system files Windows. Some possibilities and features of the program: - interface in Delphi style, - syntax highlighting, - macro language, - online help on LaTeX commands, - 10 built-in buffers of the text, - fast input of templates, - possibility of synchronous scrolling of a source file and DVI-file in DVIWIN 3.2 (great thank to the author DVIWIN Hippocrates Sendoukas for cooperation), - direct and inverse searches in the DVI-file, - customizations of keyboard, menus and panels, - special functions for text manipulation, - possibility of operation with rectangular text blocks, - setup of the interface - and other. The use of the program is based on a principle AS IS. No warranty of any kind is expressed or implied. You use this software at your own risk. The author will not be liable for data loss, damages, loss of profits or any other kind of loss while using or misusing this software. Requirement: Pentium 133 MHz (or better), 16 Mb RAM (is recommended 32 Mb or more), 10 Mb of an available disk space. Version 4.72 or later COMCTL32.DLL(Microsoft) is necessary for use of the program in Windows 95 without Internet Explorer 4. For spelling the availability of the installed Microsoft Word program is necessary. By default the program uses a color graphic palette High Color (16 bits) or best. The unregistered version is distributed freely. You have the right to use to it during unlimited time to copy to share with other programs in non-commercial objectives. You have not the right to decompile, to disassemble, to reconstruct or to change the program or its units, to extract resources, including strings, bitmaps, icons, dialogs etc. You have not the right to use the program in commercial objectives. Full the version of the program is paid. In it saving all customizations, list of files etc are realized. The unregistered version does not save user's customizations. The program was checked under Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. For want of to operation with MS Word versions Office 97 and Office 2000 were checked. Thank you for choice of LaTeX WIDE. Version 1.3 (January 5 2002) - Installation under Windows 9x is corrected. - Command 'Add to clipboard' is added. Yuri V. Lubenets http://aprlabs.lipetsk48.ru =================cut================== ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I have installed it in CTAN:/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/LaTeX_WIDE replacing the previous version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- soul.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Jan '02

04 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Melchior Franz ----- I've just uploaded version 2.0 of `soul.sty' as archive >>>> soul.tar.gz <<<< to >>>> ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/ <<<< Please replace the contents of >>>> /macros/latex/contrib/supported/soul/ <<<< by the new files. The package is again licenced under the terms of the >>>> LPPL <<<< The new version is an almost complete rewrite ============================================= - it is much more robust now - allows natural input syntax for accents, dashes etc. - allows font switching commands in the argument - has all(?) bugs from soul 1.3 fixed - provides some additional features: highlighting, sloppyword - has an improved documentation - has a much improved programming interface ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/soul/ replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN submission -- Scientific Viewer 4.00
by Reinhard Zierke 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from George Pearson <George.Pearson(a)mackichan.com> ----- + what you've uploaded In the directory /incoming/sviewer400 the files svreadme.txt and sviewer400.exe + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de + where you want the files to go Replace the existing files in tex-archive/systems/win32/scientificviewer/ + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list below). No change (nosource as I recall). + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) >From the readme: Scientific Viewer 4.0 is a free program for reading and printing (read- only) documents created with Scientific Notebook, Scientific Word or Scientific WorkPlace by MacKichan Software, Inc. Scientific Viewer can also be used to view many native LaTeX documents. Mathematics is difficult to display with ordinary browsers. Scientific Viewer is a version of Scientific Notebook which does not allow saving documents, but does allow printing of read-only documents. It is free and may be distributed freely. It can also be downloaded from our web site. Scientific Viewer has three advantages over other browsers: - There is no limit to the mathematics you can display. - The files will be small and will download quickly. - Users can print high quality documents from your web site. Thanks. George Pearson MacKichan Software, Inc. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload, I installed the new version in CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/win32/scientificviewer/ as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

1 0

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

ctan-ann