CTAN Update: sparklines

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 Andreas Loeffler submitted an update to the sparklines package. Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics (so named by Edward Tufte). Location on CTAN: /graphics/sparklines/ License type: lppl Announcement text:

CTAN Update: xifthen

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 Josselin Noirel submitted an update to the xifthen package. This package extends the ifthen package by implementing new commands to go within the first argument of \ifthenelse: to test whether a string is void or not, if a command is defined or equivalent to another.

CTAN Update: nicetext (fifinddo makedoc)

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the nicetext package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/ Summary description: string substitution and txt-TeX by LaTeX (documenting packages) License type: lppl Announcement text:

CTAN has a new package: diagmac2

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College . The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of