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CTAN update: latex-tagging-status
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the latex-tagging-status package. Version: 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: The LaTeX Tagging Status data Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to the tagging status of abntex2 abntex2abrev aligned-overset apacite chbibref cmgraded csvsimple-l3 csvsimple-legacy currvita curves defpattern duplicat etl everyhook expkv expkv-cs expkv-def expkv-opt expkv-pop exscale fapapersize filedate floatbytocbasic floatrowbytocbasic fp-addons fp-basic fp-eqn fp-eval fp-exp fp-pas fp-random fp-snap fp-trigo fp-upn futurans genealogytree gobble gobble-user grabbox hawkdraw hfontsel hypgotoe incgraph isotope lgrmath libgreek longtwocolumn lsabon lscapeenhanced ltugcomn lualineno lucbmath lucidbrb lucidbry lucmin lucmtime luctime makelabels marginnote mathcomp mathstone mathtime matlab-prettifier memhangul-common memhangul-patch memhangul-ucs memhangul-x memucs-enumerate memucs-gremph memucs-interword memucs-interword-x memucs-setspace multienv nanumfontsel newpx newtx newtxsf numerica-plus ob-koreanappendix ob-mathleading ob-nokoreanappendix ob-toclof ob-unfontsdefault obchapterstyles obchaptertoc oblivoir-misc oldstyle optidef pb-diagram pbalance pcarl pdfcol pdfcolparallel pdfcolparcolumns pdfsync pgfmath-xfp picins pxgreeks rcs-multi scalerel scraddr setouterhbox setspaceenhanced settobox simplecv simpler-wick simplewick snotez spanish srcltx svn-multi tascmac tikzfill tikzfill.geomarray tikzfill.hexagon tikzfill.image tikzfill.rhombus titlepic tweaklist txgreeks typearea uarial units vector verdana verifycommand verse versions vmargin xetexko-var xob-amssymb xob-dotemph xob-font xob-hyper xob-lwarp xob-paralist xsimverb zhlineskip zhspacing zref-dotfill zref-hyperref zwgetfdate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/latex-tagging-status More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-tagging-status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: pkgcheck
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Manfred Lotz submitted an update to the pkgcheck package. Version: 4.1.0 2026-08-05 License: apache2 mit Summary description: CTAN package checker Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## pkgcheck 2026-08-05 (4.1.0) ### Added New errors detection - E0044: wrong permissions for directory in a TDS zip archive - E0045: wrong permissions for a file in a TDS zip archive - E0046: file or directory in a TDS zip archive has special bits on - setuid/setgit bits on files - sticky bit on directories Actually this should not create problems as unpacking a TDS zip archive skips those bits - E0047: file or directory in a package has special bits on - setuid/setgit bits on files - sticky bit on directories In practice this should not happen as unpacking a zip or tar archive skips these bits - Add DetectResult::Pe (Portable Executable) which is `application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable` - file types registered are `.exe`, `.dll`, `.sys`, `.scr`, `.cpl`, `.efi` - permission can be anything as long as the file readable ### Fixed - in some cases the error message for bad permissions was an incomplete output instead of E0002 - many documentation improvements - thanks to @quark67: https://codeberg.org/ManfredLotz/pkgcheck/issues/14 ### Changed - Rust crate updates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/pkgcheck More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pkgcheck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: ltx-talk
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the ltx-talk package. Version: 0.5.3 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A class for typesetting presentations Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [v0.5.3] - 2026-08-05 ### Fixed - Correct appearance of material which is alerted without an explicit overlay specification (see issue [\#244](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk/issues/244)) - Detect and error on over-specified overlay (see issue [\#245](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk/issues/245)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ltx-talk More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/ltx-talk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: luadraw
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Patrick Fradin submitted an update to the luadraw package. Version: 3.4 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Lua-based mathematical graphs for LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Addition of functions specific to 2D or 3D paths (conversions). For the method *g:Beginclip(path, inverse)*, the *path* can be a 2D or 3D path. Addition of methods returning the characteristic elements of cylinders, cones, truncated cones, and spheres (outline, visible edge, hidden edge, tangency points, etc.). In the *luadraw_spherical* module: addition of the *g:DSregion()* method. Bug fixes... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luadraw The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/luadraw/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: arabdoc
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the arabdoc bundle. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: One-line Arabic RTL setup for XeLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A new package collection, arabdoc, provides a one-line Arabic right-to-left setup for XeLaTeX, replacing 15–25 lines of fragile preamble with a single \usepackage call. The collection consists of four packages: arabdoc-setup (core RTL stack), arabdoc document classes (arabdoc-article, arabdoc-book, arabdoc-report, arabdoc-thesis), arabdoc-glossary (bilingual glossary and acronym management), and arabdoc-bib (Arabic bibliography with biblatex). Options include font selection, numeral style, calendar, caption overrides, and legal-style section numbering. Requires XeLaTeX with bidi, polyglossia, and fontspec. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/arabdoc The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/arabdoc/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: modernclassnotes
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Aurghyadip Kundu submitted an update to the modernclassnotes package. Version: 1.1.0 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c mit Summary description: Typesetting course notes, lecture handouts, and assignment worksheets Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. New Features & Enhancements: - Chapter Notes Mode (mode=chapternotes): Added layout preset tailored for chapter-based lecture notes and course modules. - Chapter & Objective Tracking: Introduced \chapter{number}{title}{objectives} with optional learning objectives list, plus \subchapter{number}{title} tracking. - Footer Metadata Toggle (official=true/false): Added boolean option to show or hide instructor and institution details in page footers. - Expanded Typography Options: Added support for 7 additional font packages (kpfonts, pagella, sourceserif, helvet, fira, libertine, utopia) with fallback handling. - New Color Theme: Introduced the purple color palette option. 2. Bug Fixes & Rendering Improvements: - Vector Font Rendering: Loaded lmodern (Latin Modern Type 1 vector fonts) in both modernclassnotes.cls and modernclassnotes.sty to eliminate bitmapped Type 3 font fallback under T1 encoding. 3. Documentation & Examples: - Synchronized package (.sty) and document class (.cls) implementations. - Updated complete user manual PDF and LaTeX source (doc/modernclassnotes-doc.tex). - Added new chapter notes example template (examples/04-chapter-notes.tex). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/modernclassnotes More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/modernclassnotes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: suanpan-l3
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Nan Geng submitted an update to the suanpan-l3 package. Version: 2.0.0 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-bids suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Renamed the bid command to bead. 2.Added range syntax support for the \rods command, supporting both start-end and start-end-step forms. 3.Added an optional counting point parameter for the \rods command. 4.Added the numrods option to set the maximum number of rods, allowing flexible control over the size of the abacus. 5.Implemented static component caching to reduce redundant drawing. 6.Improved the error reporting mechanism. 7.Revised and enhanced the documentation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/suanpan-l3 More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/suanpan-l3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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New on CTAN: hadith
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the hadith package. Version: 1.1.0 License: lppl1.3c pd Summary description: An easy way to typeset Hadith text using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A new package, hadith, provides an easy way to typeset Hadith text with full Arabic diacritics (tashkeel) from the canonical collections of Islamic tradition in XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX documents. The package is modeled after the quran package and follows the same architecture: text data in .def files, macros in .sty. The package includes 7 collections (36,390 hadiths total): Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Ibn Majah, and Muwatta Malik. English translations and hadith authenticity grades are included. Key features include on-demand chapter loading to avoid TeX memory limits, case-insensitive collection names, inline citation commands, and metadata commands for section/chapter names. The package requires XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX with the bidi and polyglossia packages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/hadith The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/unicodetex/latex/hadith/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: tikz-chemlab
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

Aihua Wang submitted the tikz-chemlab package. Version: 1.0.0 2026-08-03 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A TikZ-based reimplementation for drawing chemical laboratory glassware Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tikz-chemlab provides macros for a variety of devices used mainly for chemical applications. tikz-chemlab works with any LaTeX engine that supports TikZ. No PostScript dependency. No `latex → dvips → ps2pdf` pipeline needed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/tikz-chemlab The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-chemlab/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: dfg-crc
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

Lukas C. Bossert submitted the dfg-crc package. Version: 0.1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Create DFG Collaborative Research Centre proposals and CVs Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial CTAN release of dfg-crc. The LuaLaTeX class provides a data-driven template for DFG Collaborative Research Centre proposals and CVs, including generated project heads, staff and funding tables, project lists, collaboration plots, Gantt charts, and proposal-wide calculations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/dfg-crc More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/dfg-crc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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