CTAN Update: nameauth
Charles P. Schaum submitted an update to the nameauth package. Version number: 1.8 License type: lppl Summary description: Name authority mechanism for consistency in body text and index Announcement text: -- Documentation fixes and improvements, including more details on what macros will and will not work in names. Change in contact information. -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nameauth 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 Petra Rübe-Pugliese ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN Update: nameauth
Charles P. Schaum submitted an update to the nameauth package. Summary description: Name authority mechanism for consistency in body text and index License type: lppl Announcement text: -- The current version adds a nameauth environment that can simplify mundane naming tasks and further help the construction of a name authority. -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nameauth (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
Re: CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority mechanism for consistency in body text > and index > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > Version 1.5 of nameauth fixes some very occasional bugs and adds more > features for Eastern names in a romanized, cross-cultural > context. Documentation is friendlier and clearer. > -- 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/nameauth > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.4 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > I am pleased to announce version 1.4 of the nameauth package (1.28 was > not released, as it necessitated the present changes). New features > include more robustness in places like \marginpar and list material, a > \CapThis macro that works for all instances of \Name, and an > alwaysformat option that allows calling out names as one might find in > some older German reference works. With documentation extensively > rewritten for readability and accessibility, this marks a milestone in > my quest to automate the formatting and indexing of names. I hope > others may find it useful. > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ thanks for the upload; i have installed and updated the catalogye ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.24 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > This version reverts the functionality to 1.2 due to a unintended side > effect. I suggest a manual workaround in the docs. I will cease adding > functionality until I study more about ways to improve and restructure > the package. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon muttered: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.22 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > This maintenance release allows capitalization of particles in > mononyms, e.g., du Cange, to be capitalized in first references. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.2 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > I am pleased to announce version 1.2, which adds index entry > tagging to the feature list. The documentation has been edited with > best practices in mind. Functional units deal with naming, variants, > and indexing, with applications in each section proceeding from simple > to complex. User comments are most welcome. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry changed (somewhat) on the web, on tuesday morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > This bugfix release addresses specific issues related to package error > reporting. One should see more accurate and meaningful warnings. > -- 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Author's email: charles.sch...@att.net > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > This marks the 1.0 release, in which all the initial goals of the > package have been met. Its design has been informed but the Chicago > Manual of Style, but it should work for general use and perhaps more > so in Continental typography. I truly stand on the shoulders of > giants, whom I thank heartily for bringing me this far. thanks for the upload (and congratulations on the achievement!); i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Author's email: charles.sch...@att.net > Package version: 0.96 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > Version 0.96 has addressed several package conflict issues and has a > friendlier quick start guide. There remains an outstanding issue that > is discussed, with manual workarounds, in the manual. Resolving that > issue will be a final step toward version 1.0, and I welcome anyone's > interest in finding a solution. It is my hope that this package will > help others as much as it helps me. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon tells me, as i sit in post-prandial contemplation... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 0.94 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > Fine-tuning features added include: fine-grained indexing control, > specific handling of certain naming conventions, and more extensive > error-handling. Testing is welcome in order to declare the package to > be stable and move it to 1.0. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 0.92 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > The nameauth package now builds under latex, lualatex, pdflatex, and > xetex. The .dtx file functions as a test suite for the package using > these engines. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon calls: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Author's email: charles.sch...@att.net > Package version: 0.9 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > This is a major update. Added features include automatic formatting of > forenames, in addition to more flexible handling of ancient, royal, > and Eastern names. A number of features are now fully macro- > expandable, making index entries created by nameauth compatible with > manual entries. More style options are included and the package is > virtually feature-complete. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: nameauth
the daemon tries to distract me with: > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 0.86 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > These macros help an author to encode the (optional) forenames and > (mandatory) surnames of people in order to normalize occurrences in > the text and entries in the index. This package is intended for > Western-style naming conventions. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
