New on CTAN: esami
the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: esami > Author's name: Grazia Messineo and Salvatore Vassallo > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ > Summary description: A package for typesetting exams with scrambled questions > and answers > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > This package allows to typeset exams with multiple choice, open > questions and many other types of exercise. Both questions and > answers can be randomly scrambled and the solutions are typeset > automatically. Exercises can contain a wide number of random > parameters and it is possible to do arithmetical operations on > them. The package is localised in Italian, English, French, German, > Greek and Spanish. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/esami > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/esami/ thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. i apologise for continuing delays in making announcements. my health remains unreliable, and slows me down a lot. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: ZXjafont
the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: ZXjafont > Author's name: Takayuki Yato > Package version: 0.2a > Location on CTAN: language/japanese/zxjafont/ > Summary description: Set up Japanese font families for XeLaTeX > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > Minor bug fixes. > -- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ZXjafont > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/zxjafont/ thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. i apologise for continuing delays in making announcements. my health remains unreliable, and slows me down a lot. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: verbatimbox
the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: verbatimbox > Author's name: Steven B. Segletes > Package version: 3.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/verbatimbox/ > Summary description: Routines to put verbatim text in a box, used when > verbatim is inaccessible. Also, for adding vertical buffer > to an object. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > The verbatimbox package has undergone a major overhaul. > > The package allows verbatim material to be placed into LATEX boxes, > for later recall. This function is useful in several situations, primarily in > places > where the verbatim environment is otherwise inaccessible (for example, in the > midst of a tabular environment). It is also useful if a given verbatim text > needs > to be recalled multiple times within a document. > > The introduction of the new myverbbox environment allows the user to > place verbatim content in a box for which he chooses the name, thus > allowing more than one verbatimbox to be in play at a time. > > While there is application for its use within the verbatimbox > application, this package also offers an independent command > (\addvbuffer) for conveniently providing vertical buffer space above > and below a LaTeX object. The new optional argument allows one to > specify the amount of buffer to add above and below the object. > > Finally, authentic documentation is provided, sorely lacking in prior > versions. > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/verbatimbox > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/verbatimbox/ thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. i apologise for continuing delays in making announcements. my health remains unreliable, and slows me down a lot. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: ipaex-type1
the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: ipaex-type1 > Author's name: Takayuki YATO > Package version: 0.2a > Location on CTAN: fonts/ipaex-type1/ > Summary description: IPAex Fonts converted to Type1-format Unicode subfonts > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > This package contains the IPAex Fonts converted into Unicode subfonts > in Type1 format, which is most suitable for use with the CJK > package. Font conversion was done with ttf2pt1. > > This package is distributed under the “IPA Font License Agreement > v1.0” (see LICENSE for detail), which is the same as the one under > which the original fonts are licensed. > -- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ipaex-type1 > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ipaex-type1/ thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. i apologise for continuing delays in making announcements. my health remains unreliable, and slows me down a lot. 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: PythonTeX
the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: PythonTeX > Author's name: Geoffrey Poore > Package version: 0.11 > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: Allows Python code entered within a LaTeX > document to be executed, and the output to be included in > the original document. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > The PythonTeX package allows you to enter Python code within a LaTeX > document, execute the code, and access its output in the original > document. > > PythonTeX provides fast, user-friendly access to Python from within > LaTeX. Python code is only executed when it has been modified, or > when it meets user-specified criteria. Code may be divided into > user-defined sessions, which automatically run in parallel. Errors > and warnings are synchronized with the LaTeX document, so that they > refer to the document's line numbers. External dependencies can be > tracked, so that code is re-executed when the data it depends on is > modified. PythonTeX also provides syntax highlighting for code in > LaTeX documents via the Pygments syntax highlighter. > > PythonTeX includes a "depythontex" utility that creates a copy of a > document in which all Python code has been replaced by its output. > This can be convenient for journal submissions, sharing documents, and > converting to other formats. > -- > > Announcement required: Yes (we always announce new packages.) > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/PythonTeX > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org// thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. i apologise for continuing delays in making announcements. my health remains unreliable, and slows me down a lot. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: russianb (babel support for Russian)
the daemon reported: > Name of contribution: russianb > Author's name: Igor A. Kotelnikov > Package version: 1.30a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/russian/ > Summary description: Russian Language Definition File for Babel 3.9 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > version 1.3a > Added the language attribute 'ancient' for typesetting old Slavonic and > Church books. > -- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/russianb > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org//macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/russian/ thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. i apologise for continuing delays in making announcements. my health remains unreliable, and slows me down a lot. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN Update: ctable
Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. Summary description: Flexible typesetting of table and figure floats using key/value directives License type: gpl Announcement text: -- - require xcolor instead of color - added option bgopacity - added option sidecap (for memoir only) -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ctable (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: sansmathfonts
Ariel Barton submitted the sansmathfonts package. Summary description: Provides sans serif small caps and math fonts for use with Computer Modern License type: lppl -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/sansmathfonts . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/sansmathfonts (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: fixmetodonotes
Gioele Barabucci submitted an update to the fixmetodonotes package. Summary description: Tools to highlight FIXME and TODO annotations. License type: pd Announcement text: -- Several bugfixes. * Now notes use a namespaced counter (making fixmetodonotes compatible with Springer LNCS LaTeX classes). * Fixed documentation wording for the definition of new notes. * Fixed installation directory. -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fixmetodonotes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fixmetodonotes (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: modiagram
Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the modiagram package. Summary description: Drawing molecular orbital diagrams License type: lppl Announcement text: -- fix: adapt to deprecated expl3 commands -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/modiagram . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/modiagram (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
