CTAN Update: xint
Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the xint package. Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers License type: lppl Announcement text: -- (1.08a: ) 1. improved efficiency of the basic conversion from exact fractions to floats, giving speed gains especially for the power function; 3.1415^30 as a float is now within the package powers (sic), 2. the comparison routines handle much better inputs with big powers of ten, 3. the xintseries package has macros for floats, (1.08: ) 4. square root extraction, both for floats, and in a variant for integers. 5. new package xintbinhex.sty for expandable conversions of arbitrary length data to and from binary and hexadecimal. Many improvements to the pdf documentation. -- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint (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: acro
the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: acro > Author's name: Clemens Niederberger > Package version: 1.3b > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/acro/ > Summary description: typeset acronyms > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > The package now obeys \if@filesw > -- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/acro > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/acro/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. 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: thalie
the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: thalie > Author's name: Louis Paternault > Author's email: spa...@gresille.org > Package version: 0.5 > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: A package to typeset drama plays > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > First publication of thalie: A package to typeset drama plays. > -- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thalie > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thalie/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: xint
the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xint > Author's name: Jean-François Burnol > Package version: 1.08 > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/xint/ > Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- >This is release 1.08. >1. Square root extraction, both for floats, and in a variant > for integers. >2. New package xintbinhex.sty for expandable conversions of > arbitrary length data to and from binary and hexadecimal. >3. Various improvements in the documentation. > -- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: fontawesome
the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: fontawesome > Author's name: Xavier Danaux > Package version: 3.1.1 > Location on CTAN: fonts/fontawesome/ > Summary description: High quality web icons > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > Updated to reflect release 3.1.1 of Font Awesome > -- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontawesome > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/fontawesome/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: logicpuzzle
the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: logicpuzzle > Author's name: Josef Kleber > Package version: v2.4 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/logicpuzzle/ > Summary description: Typesetting logic puzzles > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > -- > The logicpuzzle bundle allows you to typeset various logic > puzzles. At the moment the following puzzles are supported: > > * 2D-Sudoku (aka Magiequadrat, Diagon, ...) > * Battleship (aka Bimaru, Marinespiel, Batalla Naval, ...) > * Bokkusu (aka Kakurasu, Feldersummenrätsel, ...) > * Bridges (aka Brückenbau, Hashi, ...) > * Chaos Sudoku > * Four Winds (aka Eminent Domain, Lichtstrahl, ...) > * Hakyuu (aka Seismic, Ripple Effect, ...) > * Hitori > * Kakuro > * Kendoku (aka Mathdoku, Calcudoku, Basic, MiniPlu, Ken Ken, >Square Wisdom, Sukendo, Caldoku, ...) > * Killer Sudoku (aka Samunapure, Sum Number Place, Sumdoku, > Gebietssummen, ...) > * Laser Beam (aka Laserstrahl, ...) > * Magic Labyrinth (aka Magic Spiral, Magisches Labyrinth, ...) > * Magnets (aka Magnetplatte, Magnetfeld, ...) > * Masyu (aka Mashi, {White|Black} Pearls, ...) > * Minesweeper (aka Minensuche, ...) > * Number Link (aka Alphabet Link, Arukone, Buchstabenbund, ...) > * Resuko > * Schatzsuche > * Skyline (aka Skycrapers, Wolkenkratzer, Hochhäuser, ...) > incl. Skyline Sudoku and Skyline Sudoku (N*N) variants > * Slitherlink (aka Fences, Number Line, Dotty Dilemma, >Sli-Lin, Takegaki, Great Wall of China, >Loop the Loop, Rundweg, Gartenzaun, ...) > * Star Battle (aka Sternenschlacht, ...) > * Stars and Arrows (aka Sternenhimmel, ...) > * Sudoku > * Sun and Moon (aka Sternenhaufen, Munraito, ...) > * Tents and Trees (aka Zeltlager, Zeltplatz, Camping, ...) > * Tunnel > > License: LPPL > > Changes in v2.4: > > - added support for Magnets puzzle > https://bitbucket.org/kleberj/logicpuzzle/wiki/Magnets > > - added support for Masyu puzzle > https://bitbucket.org/kleberj/logicpuzzle/wiki/Masyu > > - added support for Magic Labyrinth puzzle > https://bitbucket.org/kleberj/logicpuzzle/wiki/MagicLabyrinth > -- thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/logicpuzzle > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/logicpuzzle/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann