New on CTAN: divine
Boris Veytsman submitted the divine package. Summary description: LaTeX support for divine font from T26 License type: other-free Announcement text: -- Divine is a calligraphic font designed by Frank Heine and Marilyn Devedjiev in 1995 (http://www.t26.com/fonts/207-Divine) and distributed by T-26 foundry. -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/divine . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/divine (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 ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
New on CTAN: InTeX
Martin Thorsen Ranang submitted the intex package. Summary description: Eases typesetting and indexing of phrases, acronyms, and proper names in a consistent manner. License type: gpl Announcement text: -- InTeX is a package that adds functionality to LaTeX that eases typesetting and indexing of phrases, acronyms, and proper names in a consistent manner throughout documents of arbitrary length. `mkintex(1)` is a preprocessor that interprets index entries specified in `.itx` files and generates appropriate entries for LaTeX and `makeindex(1)`. Usage: -- $ latex name.tex $ mkintex name name.itx -o name.rix [-a acronyms.tex -p persons.tex] $ makeindex name $ makeindex -o name.rid name.rix $ latex name.tex Source: https://github.com/mtr/intex -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/intex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/intex (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 ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
New on CTAN: feynmp-auto
Enrico Gregorio submitted the feynmp-auto package. Summary description: Automatic processing of feynmp graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: -- The feynmp-auto takes care of running METAPOST on the output files produced by the feynmp package so the compiled pictures will be available in the next run of LaTeX. Usage: simply change the call \usepackage{feynmp} to \usepackage{feynmp-auto} Options to feynmp are honored also by the feynmp-auto package. This is version 1.0 of the package -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/feynmp-auto . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/feynmp-auto (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 ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN Update: microtype
R Schlicht submitted an update to the microtype package. Summary description: Subliminal refinements towards typographical perfection License type: lppl Announcement text: -- After a ridiculously long beta phase (for which I apologise to all users), the current version of microtype is finally back on CTAN. New features of version 2.5 include: * Support for the fontspec and xunicode packages, viz. for OpenType fonts with LuaTeX and XeTeX * Support for protrusion with XeTeX * Support for tracking/letterspacing with LuaTeX * Allow context-sensitive setup with LuaTeX * Protrusion settings for Latin Modern Roman (OpenType) * Protrusion settings for Charis SIL (OpenType) * Protrusion settings for Palatino Linotype (OpenType) -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/microtype . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/microtype (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 ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN Update: pmx
Bob Tennent submitted an update to the pmx package. Summary description: Preprocessor for MusiXTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: -- Bugfix: Made keyboard rest positioning (AK command) work properly when there are rests are within xtuplets. Also fine-tune default positioning of number and bracket in unbeamed xtuplets containing rests. Position of both can still be overridden with options on first note command for xtuplet. -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pmx . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pmx (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 ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN Update: tcolorbox
Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation License type: lppl Announcement text: -- version 2.02 (2013/03/13) - minor bug fix: segmentation line of 'enhanced' now matches 'standard' - new macro '\tcbox' to draw a colorbox fitted to the content width - new key 'autoparskip' to detect usage of package parskip automatically - new key 'nobeforeafter' - new macro '\tcbline' in the 'skins' library to draw 'just lines' - new key 'colbacktitle' for the 'skins' library -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox (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 ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
new on ctan: ptex2pdf
the daemon told me: Name of contribution: ptex2pdf Author's name: Norbert Preining Package version: 0.2 Location on CTAN: language/japanese/ Summary description: convert Japanese TeX documents to pdf License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- Main purpose of the script is easy support of Japanese typesetting engines in TeXworks. As TeXworks typesetting setup does not allow for multistep processing, this script runs one of the ptex based programs (ptex, uptex, eptex, platex, uplatex) followed by dvipdfmx. -- 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://www.ctan.org/pkg/ptex2pdf or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/ptex2pdf/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: xcookybooky
quoth the daemon: Name of contribution: xcookybooky Author's name: Sven Harder Package version: 1.2 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky/ Summary description: Typeset (potentially long) recipes License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- In this version the ingredients of a recipe are better displayed. Unfortunately the possibility to enter ingredients as three columned table is no longer supported. -- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. users should note that there was an interval of nearly a day during which corrupt versions of the documentation, etc., were present on the archive -- out-of-the-ordinary functioning by the zip applications had me confused. all is now sorted out. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcookybooky or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
new on CTAN: pfarrei
the daemon reported: Name of contribution: pfarrei Author's name: Markus Kohm Package version: r20 Location on CTAN: / Summary description: A bundle of executables, LaTeX documents and packages for priests License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- In Die TeXnische Komödie 1/2004 Christian Justen told about his practise using LaTeX at his work as priest. One point was to arrange A5 papers onto A4 landscape paper either side-by-side or as a booklet. He made two bash scripts for this. `pfarrei' provides one texlua script for the same. Other points would be, e.g, special limitations of the page break. `pfarrei' should help there too, but currently this hasn't been implemented due to the early implementation state of the bundle. -- Uploader's additional comments: -- [...] Distributors please note, that a5toa4.tlu (generated from pfarrei.dtx and also available in pfarrei.tds.zip) is also the executable of the project. So please make is available at the binary directories, too (see README for more information). -- 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://www.ctan.org/pkg/pfarrei or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org// Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: probsoln
the daemon writes: Name of contribution: probsoln Author's name: Nicola Talbot Package version: 3.04 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/probsoln/ Summary description: Generate problem sheets and their solution sheets License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- * fixed bug in textenum environment * added facility to exclude problems selected in the past n years -- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/probsoln or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/probsoln/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
new on CTAN: newenviron
the daemon tells me: Name of contribution: newenviron Author's name: Ahmed Musa Package version: 1.0 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/newenviron/ Summary description: Tools for collecting and executing environment body. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- See the motivation at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/101629/what-is-the-problem-with-nested-environments-using-body-environ-package 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://www.ctan.org/pkg/newenviron or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/newenviron/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann