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CTAN update: xltxtra
by CTAN Announcements 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

This update should reach your local mirror withing a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xltxtra Version number: 0.5 Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra Summary description: Grab-bag of features for XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in v0.5: - Switch to using Andrew Moschou's metalogo package for the logos. - Bug fix involving hyperref logo definitions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xltxtra (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ Summary description: Support files for fonts available at www.freefont.de License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting font for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting. As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the LaTeX world, i decided to create support files for this beautiful font. Therefore, Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the softmaker-freefont bundle. Other fonts will be included in future. Supported fonts at the moment: Flagstaff, Henderson, Iceberg (regular + bold), Stone Handwriting License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) New in v1.3: - added LaTeX support for font family: Iceberg (regular + bold) Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (September 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at least this month): http://www.freefont.de Later you can buy it from Softmaker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmaker-freefont/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmaker-freefont (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: boolexpr
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the boolexpr package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ Summary description: Purely expandable boolean expressions and switch License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Many bugs fixed on switch syntax Optimization of test macros (hopefully no best solution exists...) Revision of the pdf documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=boolexpr (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: linguex
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: linguex Version number: 3.7a Author's name: Wolfgang Sternefeld Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/linguex Summary description: Update for Linguex: delete .ps files, fix bugs, update documentation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed a minor bug that made redefinition of heExNo ineffective, since parts of the package were using the hard coded version instead of the heExNo macro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linguex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/linguex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: epspdfconversion
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Daniel Becker submitted an update to the epspdfconversion package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion/ Summary description: The package calls the epstopdf (epstopdf-pkg) package to convert EPS graphics to PDF, on the fly. It servs as a vehicle for passing conversion options (such as grayscale , prepress or pdfversion ) to the epspdf converter. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update makes use of changes in the epstopdf-package v2.2 * new options update,verbose,prefersuffix,suffix,outdir (they are really epstopdf options, but can be set as options for this package) * default is that converted files have a suffix * info in logfile about the setup that is used for epstopdf * new options hires, no-hires ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=epspdfconversion (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: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

the upload daemon is at it again (it's realised i'm back from holiday): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso > Summary description: Support for American Chemical Society journal submissions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.3a: > - New etalmode option, to support both truncating author lists as seen > in ACS Nano > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso the catalogue entry will change a bit, overnight. nothing much... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: listings-ext
by CTAN Announcements 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: listings-ext Version number: v48 Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext Summary description: a package to support automated input of source code into a document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package listings-ext.dtx contains some macros and a supporting Bash script, which can be used to automatically input parts of source code programs into a documentation. This version introduces tests of command parameters as well as an exemplary configuration file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/listings-ext (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

that upload daemon went and wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Author's email: > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso > Summary description: Support for American Chemical Society journal submissions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.3: > - New layout option to allow both one- and two-column drafts > - Better handling of altaffiliation to detect and combine duplicate values > - Fix for ACS Nano style > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new package and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. as always... > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso and (as is common) the catalogue entry will change in a small way, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: boolexpr
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: boolexpr Version number: 2.9 Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ Summary description: purely expandable boolean expressions and switch (eTeX) [v2.9 2008/08/31] License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Testing values of counters required umber of umexpr : oolexpr{ umbervalue{myCounter}=5} Now number is no more required before value. switch has an optional argument (and remains purely expandable...): eg: switch[value{myCounter}] case{=0}... case{<10}... case{<=12}... otherwise...... endswitch Documentation updated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/boolexpr (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: curves
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

This update should be at your local mirror inside of a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: curves Version number: 1.53 Author's name: Ian Maclaine-cross Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/curves/ Summary description: Draws curves and polygons in the LaTeX 2e picture environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Draws curves in the LaTeX 2e picture environment using parabolic arcs between data points with continuous slope at joins. For circles and circular arcs uses up to 16 parabolic arcs. Also draws symbols or dash patterns along curves. A straight side switch changes curves to polygons. Extends picture capability without extra programs and data files. Parabolic arcs consist of short chords drawn by overlapping disks or line drawing `special's selected by package options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curves/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/curves (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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