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CTAN package update: pxfonts and txfonts
by Jim Hefferon 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

The two packages shown below have been updated at tug.ctan.org and will make their way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pxfonts / txfonts Contributer's name: karl berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/txfonts and /fonts/pxfonts Summary description: [pt]xfonts.sty update for active characters License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The txfonts.sty and pxfonts.sty packages released in 2000 by Dr. Young Ryu had the deficiency of using to specify character codes, etc. Consequently, if is an active character when these styles were read (e.g., if german.sty had been loaded), they would not work. Thomas Esser fixed this some years ago in teTeX by changing all the references to decimal. This upload simply propagates the new files to CTAN, with Dr. Ryu's permission. (Thanks also to Volker Schaa for reporting the inconsistency.) Also, the txfonts.map and pxfonts.map files from the TeX Live distribution are now included in the distribution on CTAN; they simply omit the entries for the standard base fonts (e.g., Palatino-Roman, Times-Roman). Finally, users of [pt]xfonts may be interested in this note on future work from Dr. Ryu: When I released the current txfonts and pxfonts, I thought it would be the final release. But, I have heard of some issues, especially those related to spacing of math alphabets, symbols and the size of small caps (being too small), integrals looking ugly, and parentheses being flat too quickly. I have a plan to update these fonts (together with complete hxfonts including complete math alphabets and symbols), but not until I finish something that I am now committed to. Hopefully it will be within a couple of years... - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the two packages at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/pxfonts/ and http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/txfonts/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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uk tex faq v3.13
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

i've just reinstalled the faq at ctan help/uk-tex-faq and at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq there has been a very long delay since v3.12, for various reasons. the changes list (appended) looks impressive, but isn't very startling for nearly 6 months' work. i have been doing experiments about presentation of the faq, and i'm hoping to have an entirely new mechanism in a few months' time. in the mean time i shall try to install updates in a more timely fashion. so, if you have been, thanks for listening. robin fairbairns (faltering faq maintainer.) ======================= Changes in version 3.13 Fonts: Substantial re-arrangement and re-writing of Choice of scalable outline fonts (label psfchoice) Installing (La)TeX files: Reference made to Jim Hefferon's One person TeX system web page, both under tutorials, and under the installation answers. Current TeX-related projects: Reworked, and brought up-to-date, question label textrace (new question title, as well). New or revised packages (or just ones never before mentioned): algorithmicx (mentioned in label algorithms) bbm fonts and macros (mentioned in label numbersets) bib2xhtml conversion utility (mentioned in label htmlbib) doublestroke fonts and macros (mentioned in label numbersets) euler (macros) and eulervm (macros and fonts) (mentioned in label concrete) extract (mentioned in label conditional) fourier (and utopia) fonts (mentioned in label psfchoice) gellmu latex-like xml system (mentioned in label mathml) latexdiff (mentioned in label changebar) ledpar (mentioned in label parallel) mathtime pro (mentioned in label psfchoice) metatype1 (mentioned in label textrace) parcolumns (mentioned in label parallel) protext (mentioned in label TeXsystems) texniccenter (mentioned in label editors) wallpaper (mentioned in label watermark) xcomment (mentioned in label conditional) ziffer (mentioned in label dec_comma) Presentation: Switched to LuxiMono (in place of cmtt) for monospace fonts, in the default distribution; removed computer modern targets from the makefile -- no .dvi files will now be distributed. New answers: subsection{Creating citations}: label i18nbib: Non-english bibliographies subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}: label rulethk: The thickness of rules in LaTeX tables section{The joy of TeX errors}: label ouparmd: Not in outer par mode subsection{Page layout}: label changemargin: substantial rewrite (not really a new answer) subsection{Generic macros and techniques} label subverttoks: Subverting a token register Things removed: label commercial: Reference to Y&Y TeX Inc (which no longer exists). label psfchoice: Reference to fonts Lucida New Math, MathTime and MathTime plus, none of which are now available since the demise of the distributors, Y&Y TeX.

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CTAN package update: FiXme
by Jim Hefferon 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

The package below has been updated, and should by now have reached all the mirrors. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: FiXme Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/fixme Summary description: A LaTeX2e style for managing fixme's and meta-comments. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce the Christmas release of FiXme: 3.0 ! New in this release: - - - FiXme now provides environments for longer notes. - - - Layouts can be overridden on a per-note basis. - - - Bug fix in the marginal note layout. This package provides you with a way of inserting fixme notes in your documents. Such notes can appear inline, as marginal notes, footnotes, index entries, in the log file and as warnings on stdout. It is also possible to summarize them in a list. When you switch from draft to final mode, any remaining fixme note will be logged, but removed from the document's body. Additionally, critical notes will abort compilation with an informative message. FiXme also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/fixme although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledpar package update
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded ledpar.tar.gz to UK incoming. This unpacks into a > directory called ledpar. Please use the contents of this directory to > replace similarly named files in macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. the > distribution is under the LPPL. > > The ledmac package supports the typesetting of critical editions. The > ledpar package is an extension which provides for parallel (multilingual) > texts. > > The ledpatch.sty file eliminates spurious spaces generated by the ledmac > package and the new version of ledpar.dtx improves the cooperation between > the ledpar and babel packages. i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- update mempatch.sty for memoir class
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > The patch for the memoir class fixes a minor quibble or two, and also > provides more controls over the position of sidebars. i've installed the file as requested. thanks for the upload. > Best wishes for a fruitful and stress free 2005 and to you, and to all our readers, too! Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: l2tabuit v1.8.3
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Emanuele Zannarini uploaded an update to l2tabuit, the Italian Translation Of Mark Trettin's `l2tabu'. Name of contribution: l2tabuit v.1.8.3 Location on CTAN: info/italian/l2tabu/ Summary description: Italian Translation Of Mark Trettin's `l2tabu' License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to my italian translation of the Mark Trettin's practical overview to LaTeX, called `l2tabu' v. 1.8. Changes from previous version: * fixed typos * caption.sty * euler vs. eulervm * TEXINPUTS vs. graphicspath * fixed colors for b/w printing * some little changes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: fourier
by Jim Hefferon 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: fourier-GUT Author's name: Michel Bovani Location on CTAN: fonts/fourier-GUT Summary description: It is a major upgrade of the fourier-GUTenberg font distribution License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An upgrade of fourier GUT, including boldmath symbols, new ornaments, corrected metrics... See the documentation for details. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/fourier-GUT although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: update xkeyval and extract packages
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Hendri Adriaens uploaded updates to his packages xkeyval and extract ------------------------------------------------------------ xkeyval is an extension of the the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval License: lppl Changes: 1) Simplified some code for speed. 2) Updated the license info. 3) restructured package, changed a name of an internal file 4) pointer replacement macros have been updated in order to avoid capacity problems when pointers are nested deeply. ------------------------------------------------------------- The package extract provides the means to extract specific content from a source document and write that to a target document. One could, for instance, use this to extract all exercises from lecture notes and generate an exercises book on the fly. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/extract License: lppl Changes: 1) Added conditional extraction with labels 2) Revised documentation 3) Added examples. 4) Updated the license info. -------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the updates. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: msg package update V 0.09
by CTAN Announcements 30 Dec '04

30 Dec '04

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk an update of the msg package > for LaTeX package/class writers. > > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users who could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is also really > easy to use by class/package writers. Volunteers are still welcome > to translate the short messages file in their own language. > Currently msg is localized in French, Englisk, Norsk and German. > > Please, be free to try/test it on any existing package/class and > report any pb. > > The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz > Ctan directory: macros/latex/contrib/msg > > % This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of > % the LaTeX Project Public License as of http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > % > % This file has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > % The current maintainer is Bernard.Gaulle at idris.fr > > V 0.09 mods: bug correction whith the tracefiles option, > msgencoding now generalized, > few documentation changes. i've installed the new files in macros/latex/contrib/msg, as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: MnTTeX- Tools for Typesetting the Secret History of the Mongols
by CTAN Announcements 27 Dec '04

27 Dec '04

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 Oliver Corff submitted his new package MNTTeX to CTAN. Name of contribution: MnTTeX- Tools for Typesetting the Secret History of the Mongols Author's name: Oliver Corff Location on CTAN: /language/mongolian/MNT Summary description: The Package assists in typing the special Chinese characters used in the Secret History of the Mongols License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Secret History of the Mongols (Monggol-un niguca tobciyan -> MNT) is the oldest work of Mongolian literature surviving today. Though the language of the text is Middle Mongolian, the text was written entirely in Chinese characters which were used to render Mongolian phonetically. Modern tools for typing, editing and typesetting Chinese do not easily lend themselves for preparing research documentation due to pecularities of the historical source. The MNTTeX package assists the scholar typesetting the complex Chinese material by accessing all characters either by number or pronounciation as well as offering convenient access to small or combined characters. The MNTTeX package relies on an existing environment for processing Chinese characters and assumes that the package CJK is installed. Furthermore it is required to use the font zysong.ttf or a similar font in Song style.Since not all characters used in the MNT are provided by modern fonts they had to be made for this package. Being closely modelled according to Song style, these especially made characters would stand out in stark contrast from e.g. Kaiti style character sets. Limited in number, these individual characters were coded as scalable vector images, rather than as font. No difference between these characters and ordinary characters can be perceived in print even though the on-screen display may appear hardly intelligible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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