CTAN update: babel

2021-05-17 Thread CTAN Announcements
Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the

babel

package.

Version number: 3.59 2021-05-16
License type: lppl1.3

Summary description: Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX

Announcement text:
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Changes in version 3.59 are described in:

https://github.com/latex3/babel/blob/master/news-guides/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.59.md

Here is a summary:

* Tentative kashida with user-definable rules (via transforms).
* Fixes:
  - \babel@texpdf inconsistently defined (#130)
  - Partial fix for #131 (quotation with CJK).
* Removed doubleletter.hyphen (Norsk), which serves to nothing.

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   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/base

More information is at
   https://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel




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CTAN update: pgf-spectra

2021-05-17 Thread CTAN Announcements

Hugo Gomes submitted an update to the

pgf-spectra

package.

Version number: 2.1.0
License type: lppl1.3

Summary description: Draw continuous or discrete spectra using PGF/TikZ

Announcement text:
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pgf-spectra, version 2.1.0

Major changes:
- the continuous visible region is now drawn via TikZ shading improving a 
little bit the
speed of the whole process. Minor fix:
- the width of the emission/absortion lines are now correctly drawn.

New commands:
- \tempercolor (correlated color temperature, Kelvin to rgb color)
- \pgfspectrashade (for usage with TikZ package)
- \pgfspectraplotshade (for usage with PGFPLOTS package)
- \pgfspectraplotmap (for usage with PGFPLOTS package)
- \pgfspectrarainbow (draws a rainbow)

New keys for \pgfspectra:
- use visible shading
- backVIS
- axis unit
- axis unit precision

Keys for \pgfspectraplotshade:
- shade end
- shade opacity
- shade opacity color

Keys for \pgfspectrarainbow:
- rainbow fade
- rainbow start
- rainbow knock out
- rainbow background
- rainbow transparency
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   http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-spectra

More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgf-spectra

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CTAN update: paresse

2021-05-17 Thread CTAN Announcements
Yvon Henel submitted an update to the

  paresse

package.

Version:  5.0.2 2021-05-16
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Define simple macros for greek letters

Announcement text:
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 paresse, version 5.0.2, correction of a typo in documentation.

 The package defines macros using § to type greek letters so that
 the user may (for example) type §a to get the effect of $\alpha$.
 However, it takes care only of letters which have a macro name
 like \alpha or \Omega.

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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
   https://ctan.org/pkg/paresse

The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
   https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/paresse/



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