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New on CTAN: pdftricks2
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Christian Reibiger submitted the pdftricks package Summary description: A LaTeX package to use PSTricks code with PDF output. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides automatization facilities to use the pstricks package with pdflatex. It is intended to be of easy use and interoperability with latex and pdflatex, namely both show the same result. The pdftricks2 package circumvents the problem that pdflatex can not handle ps-code by writing an extra latex file that contains only the figure. This files are converted to dvi to ps and then to pdf. Finally the resulting pdf-pictures are included in the text as a graphic. This process can be handled automatically by the package but it needs to have the possibility to execute system commands (start pdflatex with option--enable-write18 or -shell-escape). If you do not want to grant this rights you still can use the package but you have to execute a shell script the package writes yourself to produce the pdf-pictures. In this case you have to run pdftex again to include the pictures in your document. The package tries to show the same results when used with latex as for pdflatex. However there are some side effects of using this package as described in the documentation. Although this package is inspired by the pdftricks package, it is coded from scratch. The pdftricks package has some flaws that are circumvented by pdftricks2. For example you have to gather all configurations you need for your pictures in one place. Furthermore it is not possible to share configuration code between your figures and the main text. Also the pdftricks package does not use the provided limits of the figure you produce but rather assumes it fits on a standard page and cuts everything away that does not look like being important. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pdftricks2 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pdftricks2 (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: lshort-german
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Patrick Gundlach and Marco Daniel submitted an update to the lshort-german package. Location on CTAN: /info/lshort/german Summary description: Complete overhaul of the German short introduction to LaTeX License type: opl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The German short introduction to LaTeX has been enhanced in many ways to reflect the curent selection of packages and practices (encodings, listings, math). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/german . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lshort-german (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: nicetext
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the nicetext package. Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering, ... License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * `makedoc.cfg' (documentation settings and utilities) enhanced (`filedate', code input), documented in `makedoc.pdf' * `mdoccorr.cfg' (typographical replacement rules) code more readable (in `makedoc.pdf' as well) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nicetext (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: fileinfo
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the fileinfo package. Summary description: enhanced display of LaTeX file information License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `fileinfo' r0.8a has * `readprov.sty' v0.4 sensible of `filedate''s (v0.4) FileDateAutoChecks and NoFileDateAutoChecks (just by reimplementation, no change of user commands) * more `filedate' tricks in `gather.tex' (see example in `myfilist.pdf'), `myfilist.tex', and `readprov.tex', supported by new `makedoc.cfg' from `nicetext'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fileinfo . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fileinfo (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: filedate
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the filedate package. Summary description: Access/compare LaTeX file info and modification dates License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `filedate' v0.4 as of 2012-11-11 has * FileDateAutoChecks after which each Provides... checks info date against its pdffilemoddate * FileDateAutoChecks* additionally checking dates of main file (hopefully jobname.tex) * NoFileDateAutoChecks restoring the original behaviour of Provides..., e.g., for files whose original time stamp has not been preserved in copying/sending ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/filedate . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/filedate (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: listofanswers
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Robert Ipanaqué submitted an update to the listofanswers package. Summary description: Este paquete permite elaborar una lista de respuestas a ejercicios de matemática en un documento LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Esta nueva versión permite usar label y ef. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/listofanswers . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/listofanswers (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: flowfram
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

the daemon cries: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: flowfram > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 1.14 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/flowfram/ > Summary description: Create text frames for posters, brochures or magazines > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Now loads xkeyval rather than keyval > > * Now loads xfor and etoolbox > > * Added new package options: > > - verbose (mainly for debugging messages) > > - thumbtabs (key=value option replacing options ttbtitle, > ttbnotitle, ttbnum and ttbnonum) > > - pages > > * Changed the following package options to boolean key=value > (missing value assumed true, providing backward compatibility): > > - rotate > > - color > > * Made usedframebreaktrue global in definition of framebreak > > * Added usedframebreaktrue to definition of ewpage > > * New counter: absolutepage (keeps track of physical page rather > than page number given by c@page). > > * Added pre-chapter hook ffprechapterhook > > * Added page exclusion list. > > * New commands to set page list and page exclusion list: > > - flowsetpagelist > - flowsetexclusion > - flowaddexclusion > - dynamicsetpagelist > - dynamicsetexclusion > - dynamicaddexclusion > - staticsetpagelist > - staticsetexclusion > - staticaddexclusion > > * New commands to make it easier to switch frames on and off > on-the-fly: > > - flowswitchonnext > - flowswitchoffnext > - flowswitchonnextonly > - flowswitchoffnextonly > - flowswitchonnextodd > - flowswitchoffnextodd > - flowswitchonnextoddonly > - flowswitchoffnextoddonly > > - dynamicswitchonnext > - dynamicswitchoffnext > - dynamicswitchonnextonly > - dynamicswitchoffnextonly > - dynamicswitchonnextodd > - dynamicswitchoffnextodd > - dynamicswitchonnextoddonly > - dynamicswitchoffnextoddonly > > - staticswitchonnext > - staticswitchoffnext > - staticswitchonnextonly > - staticswitchoffnextonly > - staticswitchonnextodd > - staticswitchoffnextodd > - staticswitchonnextoddonly > - staticswitchoffnextoddonly > > - ffaddtoadjustframeshook > > * Added fftolerance (now only warns about moving to unequal width > frame if width difference is greater than tolerance). > > * Added optional argument to @sf@chckifthispg and > @df@chckifthispg > > * Bug fixes: > > - removed unwanted spaces caused by eol character > > - added check for non-void boxes. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/flowfram.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/flowfram/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cabin
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: cabin > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 2012-11-09 > Location on CTAN: fonts/cabin/ > Summary description: Support for the Cabin family of sans serif fonts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > An sfdefault option is now provided to enable Cabin as the default > text font. The fontaxes package is now required for [pdf]LaTeX. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/cabin.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cabin/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: quattrocento
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

the daemon cried: > Name of contribution: quattrocento > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 2012-11-09 > Location on CTAN: fonts/quattrocento/ > Summary description: LaTeX support for Quattrocento and Quattrocento Sans fonts. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX support > for the Quattrocento and Quattrocento Sans families of fonts, designed > by Pablo Impallari. > > Quattrocento is a classic typeface with wide and open letterforms, and > great x-height, which makes it very legible for body text at small > sizes. Tiny details that only show up at bigger sizes make it also > great for display use. Quattrocento Sans is the perfect sans-serif > companion for Quattrocento. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/quattrocento.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/quattrocento/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: catcodes
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the catcodes package. Summary description: Handling category codes with Plain or LaTeX or ... License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- documentation corrected/extended (intros) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/catcodes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/catcodes (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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