Hossein submitted the
persian-hm-ftx
package to CTAN.
Summary description: A set of 228 Persian TrueType fonts derived from FarsiTeX Metafonts.
License type: ofl
Announcement text:
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HM_FTX fonts are Persian fonts which are derived from the Metafont fonts
included in the FarsiTeX package, farsitex-1.0pre1, released in 2004 by
Behdad Esphahbod.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/persian/hm-ftx
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/persian-hm-ftx
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Charles P. Schaum submitted the
schemata
package to CTAN.
Summary description: Print topical diagrams for, e.g., Scholastic theology and philosophy, in plain TeX and LaTeX..
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The schemata package facilitates the creation of topical schemata, outlines that
use braces (or facsimiles thereof) to illustrate the breakdown of concepts and
categories in Scholastic thought from late medieval and early modern periods.
This packages functions with both plain TeX and LaTeX.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/schemata
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http://www.ctan.org/pkg/schemata
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Josef Kleber submitted an update to the
battleship
package.
Summary description: A LaTeX style file for typesetting Battleship logic puzzles
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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A LaTeX style file for typesetting Battleship logic puzzles
(aka Bimaru, Marinespiel, Batalla Naval, ...).
You have to find the positions of ships in a grid.
Numbers next to the grid reveal the number
of ship segments in the respective columns and rows.
License: LPPL
Changes in v1.1:
- added placeship
place a complete ship at (column,row) in direction {V|H}
with length (length)
- added placewater
puts a water marker into the grid
- added placeisland
puts an island with random outline into the grid
- renamed ship -> placesegment
- added attleshipsetup
resetting global options
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/battleship
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Stefan Hoening submitted an update to the
schwalbe-chess
package.
Summary description: Typeset the german Problem Chess Magazine Die Schwalbe
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Code is split into a class and a style file now.
Added environment: WebBesprechung
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/schwalbe-chess
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Theppitak Karoonboonyanan submitted an update to the
fonts-tlwg
package.
Summary description: Thai fonts for LaTeX from TLWG
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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- Add missing glyphs for LaTeX in monospace fonts.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/thai/fonts-tlwg
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Sam Whited submitted the
contracard
package to CTAN.
Summary description: A class for generating calling cards for contra and square dances
License type: lppl
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The `contracard' class can be used to create calling cards for traditional
country dances such as contra and square dances.
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/contracard
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Bob Tennent submitted an update to thre
libertine
package.
Summary description: LaTeX support for the Linux Libertine and Biolinum fonts
License type: lppl
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Corrected libertine.sty bugs in setting figure options. Added
libertineMono-type1.sty and rewrote libertine-type1.sty and biolinum-type1.sty
to allow them to activated together as well as separately.
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http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertine
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> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: spelling
> Author's name: Stephan Hennig
> Package version: 0.3
> Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/generic/spelling/
> Summary description: Aid spell-checking LuaTeX documents.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> v0.3 (2013-02-12)
>
> New:
>
> - LanguageTool support: LanguageTool error reports in
> the XML format can be parsed for spelling errors
> (with the help of the LuaXML package). LanguageTool
> is a cross-platform style and grammar checker.
>
> Changes:
>
> - Default file names used by the package have been
> changed:
>
> <jobname>.spb => <jobname>.spell.bad
> <jobname>.spg => <jobname>.spell.good
> <jobname>.txt => <jobname>.spell.txt
>
> Uploader's additional comments:
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> The current CTAN directory is /macros/luatex/latex/spelling. Please
> move the package to /macros/luatex/generic/spelling.
>
> Rationale: Even though, there's currently only a LaTeX style file, the
> package works with all formats. All functionality is implemented on
> the Lua side and can be accessed via directlua. I have removed the
> sentence stating only LaTeX were supported from the manual.
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.ctan.org/pkg/spelling
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/spelling/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
> Name of contribution: The MH bundle
> Author's name: Lars Madsen
> Package version: 2013/02/12
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mh/
> Summary description: Updates for mathtools and empheq
> License type: lppl
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
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> Some updates for mathtools and empheq
>
> mathtools:
>
> * () and [] are now robust, including when mathic option is used
> * various typos and omissions clearified
>
> empheq:
>
> * eqref now works inside empheq env (plus others when using overload option)
> * various typos and omissions clearified
>
> breqn:
>
> Due to the complexity of this package and lack of time, none of the
> reported bugs in breqn have been dealt with
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.ctan.org/pkg/mh
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mh/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
> Name of contribution: pstool
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Package version: 1.5
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pstool/
> Summary description: Support for psfrag within pdfLaTeX
> License type: lppl
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> After a long hiatus, I'm very happy to release a new version of
> pstool. In fact, I forgot to release the previous new version, so this
> is two releases in one! Brief change notes below.
>
> v1.5, February 2013:
> - Fix =/# mixup in Windows ps2pdf options.
> - Check the .tex file for newness when regenerating figures.
> - Add [macro-file=...] for a global file to retrieve psfrag macros
> (default is jobname-pstool.tex).
> Thanks to Heinrich Kruger for suggestions for the above.
> - Cross-references and citations within external graphics are now supported.
>
> v1.4, November 2010:
> - More robust parsing of the main input file to read in the preamble.
> Therefore, EndPreamble is now required much less often.
> - Apparently unreleased to CTAN, oops :)
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.ctan.org/pkg/pstool
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pstool/
Robin Fairbairns
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