REMOVAL from CTAN: luapersian
At the authors's request, the luapersian package has been removed from CTAN. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN Update: typeoutfileinfo
Uwe Lück submitted an update to the typeoutfileinfo package. Summary description: simple screen display of single \Provides... content License type: lppl Announcement text: -- version 0.3 is more minimal than before: script consists of single somewhat long command line instead of using a here document; appearance of display somewhat cleaned. v0.31 improves code's readability, thanks to bash teaching by Reinhard Kotucha. -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/typeoutfileinfo . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/typeoutfileinfo (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: incgraph
Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the incgraph package. Summary description: including graphics, paper format change, drawing on full paper size. License type: lppl Announcement text: -- new user interface environment 'inctext' to support arbitrary internal graphics; introduction of various paper format options with the key 'paper'; 'landscape' and 'portrait' keys -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/incgraph . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/incgraph (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: nicetext
Uwe Lück submitted an update to the nicetext package. Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering, ... License type: lppl Announcement text: -- uses and is adjusted to `catcodes' bundle; \pkgtitle – cf. CHANGE.LOG -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nicetext (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: ucharclasses
quoth the daemon: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ucharclasses Author's name: Mike Pomax Kamermans Package version: 2.0 Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/ucharclasses/ Summary description: Actions when text switches from one Unicode block to another License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- The ucharclasses package for XeLaTeX, for injecting arbitrary code when transitions between unicode blocks occur (like font switching), has been updated to version 2.0! The improvements are two-fold: 1) the code is much faster (thanks to Enrico Gregorio) and possibly more import, 2) the code is now public domain. That means you will be able to use it however you like, without worrying about strange non- free license issues, or not finding it in TeX Live =) thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/ucharclasses.html or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/ucharclasses/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: cleveref
the daemon proclaims: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: cleveref Author's name: Toby Cubitt Package version: 0.18.6 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- This release fixes/adds compatibility with the following packages: polyglossia bigfoot algorithm algorithmicx (Note: the algorithmic package is *not* supported; use algorithmicx instead). -- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/cleveref.html or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: Asymptote
the daemon mutters: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Asymptote Author's name: John Bowman and Andy Hammerlindl Package version: 2.19 Location on CTAN: graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D and 3D Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- Release Notes for Version 2.19 Numerical resolution issues with the PRC camera orientation and viewportshift were fixed. The lighting of NURBS surfaces was fixed. The special 8192 strlen NSIS build was now correctly reinstated, with stubs, to prevent the installer from overwriting Windows PATH environment variables 1023 bytes. Release Notes for Version 2.18 A compilation issue on MacOSX was addressed. Secondary axes pictures now inherit the size of the primary picture, so that the markthin marker works properly. The special 8192 strlen NSIS build was reinstated to prevent the installer from overwriting extremely long Windows PATH environment variables. Release Notes for Version 2.17 A bug with non-square pen function images was fixed. Autoscaled logarithmic axes were fixed. Offscreen and non- offscreen rendering are now supported in a single binary (requiring OSMesa version 8), with settings.offscreen defaulting to false. The media9 LaTeX style file is now used to embed 3D PRC content instead of movie15. Local 3D coordinates are now used. PRC Part names are nolonger generated by default. A bug in bezulate was fixed. A settings.axes3 flag was added to control the visibility of PRC axes. An efficient 3D routine for drawing many triangles, with specified vertices and optional normals or vertex colors, was implemented. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/asymptote.html or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: datatool
the daemon (with monotonous predictability) cries: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: datatool Author's name: Nicola Talbot Package version: 2.11 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool/ Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- * removed unwanted space in \@dtl@updatekeys * fixed typo in user guide (should be \dtlforcolumnidx not \dtlforcolumnindex) * added \dtldisplayvalign * added \DTLaddcolumn * added \dtlgetrowforvalue * added \dtlupdateentryincurrentrow * added \DTLgetrowindex and \dtlgetrowindex thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/datatool/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: imakeidx
that old daemon tells us: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: imakeidx Author's name: Claudio Beccari Package version: 1.2c Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/imakeidx/ Summary description: small extension package to generate one or more indices in one run with the .tex file. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- A severe bug was detected that forbade spliting a single idx file in several distinct files when generating more than a single index. The bug was corrected and users are urged to upgrade their installed version. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/imakeidx.html or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/imakeidx/ 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: loops
quoth the daemon: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: loops Author's name: Ahmed Musa Package version: 1.0 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Generic looping macros. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- Looping macros are provided for separated and non-separated lists. Arbitrary and active list separators/parsers are accepted by most of the list processors. Some of the processors will, if requested by the user, normalize the list before processing it. 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://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/loops.html or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/loops/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: skeyval
the daemon creeps forth, and pronounces: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: skeyval Author's name: Ahmed Musa Package version: 1.0 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/skeyval Summary description: Key-value support combining the features of xkeyval and pgfkeys License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- This new version of skeyval package is a significant departure from previous versions. It aims to integrate the features of xkeyval and pgfkeys packages by introducing a new type of handlers. The skeyval package puts handlers at the beginning of the key, unlike in pgfkeys. Style keys, links, changing key callbacks and values on the fly, and other features of pgfkeys are introduced in a new context. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/skeyval.html or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/skeyval/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
