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CTAN package update: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.1.
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to the mirror that you like th best. Jim Hefferon Saine Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.1. Author's name: Alexei V. Kostin Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/JustFontItTE Summary description: Font utility to generate TeX metric files License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- News: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.1 Beta 1 for Linux is available Additional validity tests for OpenType/TrueType fonts, minor bug fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/JustFontItTE . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=JustFontItTE the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: IEEEtran/testflow
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

The material described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Update to Testflow Author's name: Michael Shell Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/testflow/ Summary description: A diagnostic test page for PS/PDF output of LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce the release of an update to the testflow test page for checking PS/PDF output from LaTeX. The changes in version 1.1 include: 1. Updated documentation (now in PDF form) to cover the newer LaTeX systems. 2. New duplex test to check front/back page alignment of duplex printers. 3. New Palladio hinting test. See the testflow_doc.pdf file for complete documentation. Testflow is available at CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/testflow/ I am also pleased to announce the creation of support pages for testflow at my website: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/testflow/ where latest news, helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions, beta releases and/or other support can be found. Enjoy! Michael Shell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This material is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/testflow/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=IEEEtran (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update; minitoc upgrade to version 51.
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Jean-Pierre Drucbert wrote: > Dear CTAN administrators, > > Happy new year 2007. and to you! (and to all our readers...) > I have uploaded a new version (#51) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (10372726 bytes) > > This package should completely replace its previous version in > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ > > The licence is LPPL. > > This package allows the creation of mini-tables of contents, > lists of figures or lists of tables per part, chapter or > section, with language dependent titles. > > This new version has the following changes or improvements: > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Minitoc version #51 > -- Improving the index: packages and classes, scripts, tools, > names, examples, extensions, options, language options, > environments (not perfect), files, counters and depth counters. > -- Updated some .mld files with names of the authors of titles. > -- Miscellaneous corrections. > -- The names of some internal macros are shortened to fit into the > margin. > -- Added a ProvidesFile command to the example files. > -- Renamed the file ``catalog'' into ``CATALOG''. > -- The example files are in their own directory in the (proposed) > TDS hierarchy. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > The administravive trivia are in the `CATALOG' file in the > distribution. > > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form, > -- in english (not perfect): minitoc.pdf > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf > > The INSTALL file (and, better, the ``Installation'' chapter in the > documentation) describes the files of this package (the list > of files is in minitoc.l). i have installed the update as requested. users may browse the (rather large) directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ or view the catalogue file: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package -- titlepages.pdf
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have uploaded a new version of titlepages.pdf to UK incoming. Please > use this to replace the (unannounced) /info/latex-samples/titlepages.pdf. > The document is under the Open Publication License with options A and B. > > For the Catalogue > The document provides examples of over two dozen title page designs > based on a range of published books and theses together with the LaTeX code > used to create them. i have installed the package as requested[*]. users may view the document direct at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latex-samples/titlepages.pdf or (for whatever reason) browse the catalogue page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/titlepages.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team [*] note, there was an earlier version, which was not announced, due to confusion (on my part) about its licence.

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CTAN has new packages: pdfcolfoot v1.0, transparent v1.0
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update of the oberdiek bundle. Loation on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek License: LPPL New packages: > * pdfcolfoot v1.0 > Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This > package uses a separate color stack for footnotes that can break > across pages. > > * transparent v1.0 > Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This > package shows, how a separate color stack can be used for transparency. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=oberdiek (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 package update: numprint
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Harald Harders submitted a new version of the numprint package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/numprint License: LPPL > Changes: > > 2007/01/08 v1.37 Harald Harders > - Add an own separator for degree centigrade. > - Use separator for percent also for permil. > - Change thousand separator for Portuguese from , to .. > - Add support for French. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pdftex 1.40.1
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pdftex 1.40.1 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: A new version of pdftex License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: =========================================================================== pdfTeX 1.40.1 =========================================================================== This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.40.1, an extended version of TeX that can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the help of PDF. =========================================================================== Main changes of pdfTeX 1.40.1 =========================================================================== - bugfix: the shell escape function was a bit broken - bugfix: pdffontattr gave confusing warnings - allow JBIG2 images only with PDF >= 1.4 - allow pdfglyphtounicode in dvi mode for format generation - pdfTeX uses libpng 1.2.15 For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS =========================================================================== Legal notice / license =========================================================================== pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2007 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README =========================================================================== The files / installation =========================================================================== You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your distribution. If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful documentation. =========================================================================== Mailing lists / web pages: =========================================================================== Mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex Related web pages: http://www.pdftex.org http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ http://www.tug.org/tetex/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes http://www.dante.de/ http://tug.org/ http://www.pragma-ade.com/ Have fun! Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, January 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/pdftex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pdftex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: philokalia
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted a new package philokalia for typesetting the Philokalia Books to CTAN. The philokalia package has been designed to ease the use of the Philokalia-Regular OpenType font with XeLaTeX. It contains an OpenType font and an accompanying XeLaTeX package. The font started as a project to digitize the typeface used to typeset the Philokalia books. See http://orthodoxwiki.org/Philokalia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/philokalia . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=philokalia (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: pdftex.def v0.04d
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new version of the pdftex.def file. Location on CTAN: graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def License: LPPL Changes: * Support for JBIG2 added (pdfTeX 1.40.0). * Bug fix: .mps forgotten for extension list if pdfTeX >= 1.40.0 * .jbig2 and .jb2 are not listed in the extension list if pdfminorversion < 4. Thus pdfminorversion should have the correct value, if pdftex.def is loaded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdftex-def (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.0k
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table and cooperates with many other packages. This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.0: - The usage of setspace was fixed in documentation - AtBeginEnvironment added to caption kernel - subref will be made robust (See changelog for details.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (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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