CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 8.12 - TeXWord improvements and fixes.

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On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the

  bakoma

package.

 >  About BaKoMa TeX 8.12 --
 > 
 > BaKoMa TeX 8.12 supports two coexisting IDE:
 >   1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
 >   2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical IDE.
 >   They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use
 >   depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document.
 > 
 > About BaKoMa TeX Word.
 > 
 > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
 > 
 >   The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts:
 > 
 >   1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor.
 >  It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed.
 >  It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer.
 > 
 >   2) It is True LaTeX Editor.
 >  It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure.
 >  It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document.
 > 
 >   BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and
 >   consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related
 >   with import graphics, font support, and document export.
 > 
 >   It supports processors:
 >  (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX.
 >  Other processors such as Omega may be added in future.
 > 
 >   It imports:
 >EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX,
 >MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY.
 >   It supports fonts:
 >OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM),
 >PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF.
 >   It exports:
 >DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT).
 > 
 >   It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS
 >   compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as:
 >  PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy,
 >  PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.
 > 
 >   Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is
 >  final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing.
 > 
 >   Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface
 >  (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.)
 >  is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'.
 > 
 >   TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables.
 > 
 >   TeXWord is transparent for cooperation.
 >  TeXWord don't use additional macro packages.
 >  It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up
 >  in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation.
 >  In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents.
 >  So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use
 >  powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work.
 > 
 >   Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as
 >  good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers.
 > 
 > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at:
 >   
 > 
 > Some snapshots are available at:
 >   
 > 
 > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at:
 >   
 > 
 > --
 > 

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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1c

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the

  caption

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/
Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments
License type: lppl
 
Announcement text: 
--

This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1:
 
 - README added
 - Improved compatibility to v3.0
 - All warnings include the same hint to the documentation as the errors now
 - Workaround for "LaTeX Warning: Float too large for page by 1.0pt" 
in sideways floats
 
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CTAN update -- latex-tds 2007/10/18

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On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 at 17:24 +0200, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new 
version of the

  latex-tds

bundle.

This bundle provides a set of zip files containing TDS-compliant trees for 
items of the LaTeX distribution (both the base system and required 
packages), together with user-friendly documentation (PDF files with 
navigation support using bookmarks and links).

Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds

 > Changes:
 > 2007/03/19
 >   * Patch for babel/latin.dtx added (babel/3922).
 > 2007/09/04
 >   * A minor update on CTAN regarding babel:
 >iahyphen.tex, icehyph.tex, and lahyph.tex are now symbolic links
 >to their location in CTAN:language/hyphenation/. Therefore also
 >lahyph.tex is now installed in TDS:tex/generic/hyphen/.
 > 2007/10/18
 >   * Update of module amslatex because of updated package amsrefs.
 >   * Fix in latin.dtx.diff.

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CTAN has a new package: philex

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Name of contribution: philex
Author's name: Peter Pagin
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/philex
Summary description: Provides the capacity to dynamically cross-reference 
  to names and contents of environments. Builds on Wolfgang Sternefeld's 
  linguex package.
License type: lppl

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philex is a package for creating and cross-referencing named or 
numbered environments, such as equations, example sentences as in 
linguistics or philosophy, and named principles. philex offers dynamic 
cross-references not only the numbers of labeled environments, but 
also to short names of environments, and to the contents of those 
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CTAN Update: oberdiek bundle

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 at 08:36 +0200, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new version 
of the


 oberdiek

bundle.

New/updates:

* askinclude v2.0
  * Version 2 of askinclude from Pablo Straub.
  * License: LPPL
  * Reimplementation with new features:
* Single asking mode.
* Regular expressions.
* ...

* kvoptions v3.0
  * New package `kvoptions-patch' that contains the code of
option `patch'.

* pdflscape v0.9
  * Driver detection for XeTeX added.
  * Fix for rotation angles <=-360 or >=360.

* listingsutf8 v1.0
  Package `listings' does not support files with multi-byte
  encodings such as UTF-8. In case of \lstinputlisting a simple
  workaround is possible if an one-byte encoding exists that the file
  can be converted to. Also e-TeX and \pdfTeX regardless of its mode
  are required.

* stringenc v1.3
  * \StringEncodingList added.
  * Safer encoding file loading by ensuring all used catcodes.

* TDS:doc/latex/oberdiek/test/
  New directory where the test files go into.


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CTAN has a new package: AcroWeb

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Name of contribution: AcroWeb
Author's name: Robert Marik
Location on CTAN: /support/acroweb
Summary description: A collection of scripts which allow to create 
  interactive tests in AcroTeX from a simple database on web.
License type: lppl

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The AcroWeb scripts collection is a tool for creation of interactive
PDF tests on the fly on the Internet with AcroTeX eDucation bundle and
pdfLaTeX without too much knowledge of LaTeX. The questions are stored
in a plain text database used for example in the eLearning system at
Mendel University in Brno. The demo site is
http://www.mendelu.cz/user/marik/acroweb. See also 
http://wood.mendelu.cz/math/acroweb/demo.html.

For description/installation/usage see the file acroweb.pdf
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CTAN update: latex-tds 2007/10/24

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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new
version of the

  latex-tds

bundle.

This bundle provides a set of zip files containing TDS-compliant trees for
items of the LaTeX distribution (both the base system and required
packages), together with user-friendly documentation (PDF files with
navigation support using bookmarks and links).

Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds

 > Changes:
 > 2007/10/24
 >   * Update of babel.
 >   * Update of amsrefs (TDS:tex/latex/amscls -> TDS:tex/latex/amsrefs).
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CTAN Update: TeX Gyre Chorus (new font)

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the

  tex-gyre

font package.

Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre
License: gfsl

With this update, the font collection

  fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts

has become obsolete and been moved to

  obsolete/fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts

 > -
 > Font: TeX Gyre Chorus
 > Design: Hermann Zapf
 > Authors: Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki
 > Version: 1.000
 > Date: 25 IX 2007
 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/chorus
 > License: GUST Font License
 > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre
 > 
 > TeX Gyre Chorus is a font derived from handwritten letterforms of the 
 > Italian Renaissance. It was designed by Hermann Zapf (ITC Zapf Chancery, 
 > 1979; currently, other variants of this typeface are available). 
 > TeX Gyre Chorus is based on the URW Chancery L Medium Italic font, but 
 > heavily extended. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were added by 
 > Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively.
 > The font contains nearly 900 glyphs. Unlike for other fonts 
 > from the TeX Gyre collection, Greek letters are missing and so are small 
 > caps (using capital forms of chancery characters for typesetting whole 
 > words should be forbidden by law). The font is available in Postscript, 
 > TeX and Open Type formats. Please note that with the release of TeX Gyre 
 > Chorus the QuasiChancery font becames obsolete.


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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1d

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On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted a bugfix release of the

  caption

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/
Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments
License type: lppl
 
Announcement text: 
--
This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1:
 
 - The v1.x/2.x package options 'normal', 'center', 'centerlast', 
   'flushleft', and 'flushright' were broken, fixed
 - Error message for \captionof outside box/environment revised

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CTAN has a new package: frletter

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Name of contribution: frletter
Author's name: Liviu Andronic
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/frletter
Summary description: Typeset French letters.
License type: pd

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A small class for typesetting letters in France; no assumption is made 
about the language used. It represents a cosmetically modified beletter 
class, which itself is based on the letter class. Corresponding layout 
files were contributed on the Lyx Wiki.

The authors of the original beletter class are James Kilfiger and 
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CTAN package update: natbib

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Name of contribution: natbib
Author's name: Patrick Daly
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/natbib
Summary description: Update to natbib and bibentry
License type: lppl

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It seems that the use of \edef in natbib was causing some other packages 
not to function correctly. This has now been replaced by [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
which hopefully will work better.

In the bibentry companion, a global definition for the \doi macro is 
included; this appears in many of the modern bibtex styles. Normally, 
this is used only within thebibliography where a local definition is 
provided.
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CTAN has a new package: xargs

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The xargs package provides extended versions of \newcommand and other 
LaTeX commands, allowing easy and robust definition of macros with many 
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CTAN package update: cleveref

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This version makes customising the reference formats far simpler and 
less tedious. It also adds a new conjunction and format part, used in 
lists containing just a pair of items. This makes certain frequently 
requested comma styles possible. The \label command can now take an 
optional argument that overrides the automatically determined reference 
style, allowing the format of references to individual labels to be 
customised separately if so desired. Finally, this version removes the 
need to explicitly pass options to enable support for the hyperref, 
ntheorem and amsmath packages. Instead, it enables the support 
automatically if these packages are loaded. (As ever, cleveref must be
loaded last to work properly.)
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CTAN package update: visualtex 3.32

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Name of contribution: visualtex 3.32
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Location on CTAN: / systems/ win32/ visualtex
Summary description: update vx 3.30 to 3.32
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[*] Win32 interface is optimized, options became more suitable; 
[*] new TeX lexer; 
[*] many corrections and optimizations; 
[*] new spellcheck scheme; 
[+] BiBTeX support, BiBTeX lexer; 
[+] partial unicode support
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CTAN package update: classicthesis

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Emergency fix so classicthesis works with MiKTeX 2.6 and the latest KOMA 
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CTAN has a new package: euproposal

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  for collaborative projects
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Framework 7 Proposal. It is optimized towards collaborative projects. 
The package comes with an extensive example (a fake EU proposal; see the 
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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1e

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On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 at 15:25 +0100, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to 
the

  caption 

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/
Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments
License type: lppl
 
Announcement text: 
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This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1:
 
 - Bugfix in hypcap package support
 - hypcap package support adapted to hyperref v6.77
 - \usepackage{caption,capt-of}does not result in an error anymore
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CTAN has a new package: Asana-Math

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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 at 11:00 -0700, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted the new 
package

  asana-math

to CTAN.

It contains the file Asana-Math.otf and README.1ST. The font is an 
OpenType font that includes almost all mathematical Unicode symbols and it 
can be used to typeset mathematical text with any software that can 
understand the MATH OpenType table (e.g., XeTeX 0.997 and Microsoft Word 
2007). The font is beta software and it is released under the SIL Open 
Font License.

Location on CTAN: fonts/Asana-Math
License: ofl

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CTAN Update: oberdiek bundle

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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 at 22:19 +0100, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to 
the 

  oberdiek 

bundle.

Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/
License: lppl

Updates:
 
 * embedfile v2.1
   * Collection support added (PDF 1.7).
   * Export of object references by adding new option `id' and
 new macros \embedefileifobjectexists and \embedfilegetobject.
 
 * pdfescape v1.7
   * More efficient \EdefSanitize.

New package:
 
 * hypgotoe v0.1
   Experimental package for links to embedded files.
 

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CTAN has a new package: errata

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Author's name: Michael Kohlhase
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Summary description: errata.sty: Error markup for LaTeX documents
License type: lppl

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 This package provides a simple infrastructure for recording errata in 
LaTeX documents. This allows to maintain an updated version of the 
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document highlighting the difference to the published version. 
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Thank you again,
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Name of contribution: dot2texi
Author's name: Kjell Magne Fauske
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dot2texi
Summary description: Create graphs within LaTeX using the dot2tex tool
License type: gpl

Announcement text: 
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The dot2texi package allows you to embed graphs in the DOT graph 
description language in your LaTeX documents. The dot2tex[1] tool is 
used to invoke Graphviz[2] for graph layout, and to transform the output 
from Graphviz to LaTeX code.  The generated code relies on the TikZ and 
PGF package or the PSTricks package. The process is automated if shell 
escape is enabled. 

[1] http://www.fauskes.net/code/dot2tex/ or in graphics/dot2tex on CTAN
[2] http://www.graphviz.org/

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The package below has just gone up on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at
the other nodes of CTAN.

Thank you,
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Summary description: Convert graphs generated by Graphviz to LaTeX friendly 
  formats
License type: dfsg

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Dot2tex is a tool for converting graphs rendered by Graphviz to formats
that can be used with LaTeX. 

The purpose of dot2tex is to give graphs generated by Graphviz a more 
LaTeX friendly look and feel. This is accomplished by converting xdot 
output from Graphviz to a series of TikZ and PGF, or PSTricks commands. 
This approach allows:

* Typesetting labels with LaTeX, allowing mathematical notation.
* Using native PSTricks and PGF/TikZ commands for drawing arrows.
* Using backend specific styles to customize the output
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Location on CTAN: /language/japanese/ptex
Summary description: pTeX, a Japanese TeX system
License type: bsd

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pTeX is a TeX system by ASCII Co. Ltd. in BSD license which can handle 
Japanese in good quality so that the output can be used for commercial 
publishing purpose.

It requires and conform itself to teTeX.
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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: arabxetex

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On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, François Charette submitted an update to the

  arabxetex

package.

ArabXeTeX provides a convenient ArabTeX-like user-interface for 
typesetting languages using the Arabic script in XeLaTeX, with flexible 
access to font features. Input in ArabTeX notation can be set in three 
different vocalization modes or in roman transliteration. Direct UTF-8 
input is also supported.  The parsing and converting of ArabTeX input to 
Unicode is done by means of TECkit mappings.  Version 1.0 provides support 
for Arabic, Maghribi Arabic, Farsi (Persian), Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri, 
Ottoman Turkish, Kurdish, Jawi (Malay) and Uighur. 

The documentation (not yet complete) covers topics such as typesetting the 
Holy Quran, typesetting bidirectional critical editions (with ednotes), 
and information on various recommended OpenType fonts for the Arabic 
script and for transliterating Oriental languages.

Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/arabxetex
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
-- 
Version 1.1.1 is a bugfix release. No new functionality was added since 
version 1.1. A minimal example is now under doc/examples, together with 
the more complex demonstration of an Arabic critical edition with ednotes.
--

This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/arabxetex/
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   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=arabxetex
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CTAN has a new package: errata

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On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Michael Kohlhase submitted a new package 

  errata

to CTAN.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/errata
Summary description: errata.sty: Error markup for LaTeX documents
License type: lppl
 
Announcement text: 
--
 This package provides a simple infrastructure for recording errata in LaTeX
 documents. This allows to maintain an updated version of the document (with 
all errors
 corrected) and automatically generate an errata document highlighting the 
difference
 to the published version. 
--

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   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/errata
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CTAN package update: version 6.77e of package hyperref

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Heiko Oberdiek wrote:

> Version 6.77e of package hyperref has been uploaded to the TUG server
> and will make its way to CTAN and its mirror around the world at large
> in the next 24 hours.
> 
> Extract from the change log (2007-11-12):
>   * 6.77e
>   * LuaTeX: Package `pdftexcmds' for \pdfescapestring.
>   * Default producer setting recognises XeTeX and LuaTeX.

Users may read the package catalogue entry at
  http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hyperref.html
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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 8.15 - AcroTeX, CrossRef macros, CMYK PDF, LaTeX toolbar.

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the

  bakoma

package.

Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma
License: shareware

Improvement in BaKoMa TeX 8.15 are:
  * Compatibility with AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (Editing in TeXWord)
  * Support cross reference labels in user macros (TeXWord)
  * Text/LaTeX toolbar in TeXWord/Centaur has been redesigned.
  * Ctrl+O, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+S  - common key binding in TeXWord/Centaur
  * CMYK Output in PDF Generation has been improved.

 >  About BaKoMa TeX 8.15 --
 > 
 > BaKoMa TeX 8.15 supports two coexisting IDE:
 >   1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
 >   2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical IDE.
 >   They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use
 >   depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document.
 > 
 > About BaKoMa TeX Word.
 > 
 > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
 > 
 >   The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts:
 > 
 >   1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor.
 >  It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed.
 >  It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer.
 > 
 >   2) It is True LaTeX Editor.
 >  It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure.
 >  It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document.
 > 
 >   BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and
 >   consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related
 >   with import graphics, font support, and document export.
 > 
 >   It supports processors:
 >  (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX.
 >  Other processors such as Omega may be added in future.
 > 
 >   It imports:
 >EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX,
 >MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY.
 >   It supports fonts:
 >OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM),
 >PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF.
 >   It exports:
 >DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT).
 > 
 >   It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS
 >   compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as:
 >  PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy,
 >  PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.
 > 
 >   Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is
 >  final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing.
 > 
 >   Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface
 >  (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.)
 >  is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'.
 > 
 >   TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables.
 > 
 >   TeXWord is transparent for cooperation.
 >  TeXWord don't use additional macro packages.
 >  It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up
 >  in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation.
 >  In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents.
 >  So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use
 >  powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work.
 > 
 >   Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as
 >  good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers.
 > 
 > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at:
 >   <
 > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html>
 > 
 > Some snapshots are available at:
 >   
 > 
 > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at:
 >   
 > 
 > New features in BaKoMa TeX 8.15 are:
 >   * Compatibility with AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (Editing in TeXWord)
 >   * Support cross reference labels in user macros (TeXWord)
 >   * Text/LaTeX toolbar in TeXWord/Centaur has been redesigned.
 >   * Ctrl+O, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+S  - common key binding in TeXWord/Centaur
 >   * CMYK Output in PDF Generation has been improved.
 > 
 > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at:
 >   <
 > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html>
 > 
 > --
 > 

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CTAN package update: LaTeX for Malayalam

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The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon
be at your favorite mirror.

Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
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...

The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: LaTeX for Malayalam
Author's name: Alex A.J.
Location on CTAN: /language/malayalam
Summary description: A package for Typesetting Malayalam using LaTeX
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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This version supports teTeX 3 and TeXLive.

16 new font families are supported (available as a separate package 
from Sarovar - see documentation)
--

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CTAN package update: auto-pst-pdf

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The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon
be at your favorite mirror.

Thank you,
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Name of contribution: auto-pst-pdf
Author's name: Will Robertson
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/auto-pst-pdf
Summary description: Automatic "pst-pdf" processing
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
The package uses -shell-escape to execute pst-pdf.
This makes it especially easy to integrate into the
workflow of an editor with just "LaTeX" and "pdfLaTeX"
buttons.

Wrappers are provided for various psfrag-related
features so that Matlab figures via laprint, Mathematica
figures via MathPSfrag, and regular psfrag figures can
all be input consistently and easily.

v0.4 adds options to change the commandline flags
passed to the auxiliary programs, improves robustness
and flexibility, and simplifies the output from using
the package.
--

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Name of contribution: ifplatform
Author's name: Will Robertson
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform
Summary description: Conditionals for testing the operating system being used
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
This package uses -shell-escape to establish whether
the document is being processed on Windows or a *NIX
platform (Mac OS X, Linux, etc.).

Booleans provided are:
 - ifwindows
 - iflinux
 - ifmacosx
--

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CTAN package update: ijmart

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Name of contribution: ijmart
Author's name: Boris Veytsman
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart
Summary description: LaTeX class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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The Israel Journal of Mathematics is published by The Hebrew
University Magnes Press.  This class provides LaTeX support for its
authors and editors.  It strives to achieve the distinct ``look and
feel'' of the journal, while having the interface similar to the one
of the amsart document class.  This will help the authors already
familiar with amsart to easily submit manuscripts for The Israel
Journal of Mathematics or to put the preprints in http://www.arxiv.org
with minimal changes in the LaTeX source.

Changes:

Version 1.1: Added environments namedprop and namedprop* for special
 named propositions.

Version 1.1a: Minor documentation updates.

Version 1.2: New table of contents formatting.

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CTAN package update: cleveref

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> ==
> 
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: cleveref
> Author's name: Toby Cubitt
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/
> Summary description: Automatic cross-reference formatting.
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> --
> This release is now aware of appendices, i.e. the format for
> references to appendices is now independent of that for references to
> top-level sections. It also (finally!) includes all the previously
> missing default format definitions for tables, and is a better TeX
> citizen in that it doesn't leave as many temporary macro definitions
> lying around.
> --

I have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository (in a
minuscule fashion).  Thanks for the upload.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/cleveref.html

(this entry will change ... slightly ... overnight.)

> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/

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CTAN package update: SIunits

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> ==
> 
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: SIunits
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/SIunits
> Summary description: Support for the International System of Units
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> --
> v1.34:
> * Change of maintainer.  The package is now maintained by Joseph
>   Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
> * License update to LPPL 1.3
> * Bug fix for negative signs when using the "textstyle" option
> 
> Important note
> --
> This is a bug release, with a change of maintainer.  The new
> maintainer intents to carry out a detailed review of the package, but
> *this* release is a big-fix only.  The other changes made are to add
> the new maintainer to the documentation. 
> --

i have installed the new version of the package, and updated the
catalogue repository.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/siunits.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org//macros/latex/contrib/SIunits

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CTAN Update: anyfontsize package update for LaTeX

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On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 at 13:09 +0100, Péter Szabó submitted a bugfix to the 

   anyfontsize

package.

The package allows the to user select any font size (via e.g. 
\fontsize{...}{...}\selectfont), even those sizes that are not 
listed in the .fd file.  If such a size is requested, LaTeX will search 
for and select the nearest listed size;  anyfontsize will then scale the 
font to the size actually requested.

Similar functionality is available for the CM family, for the EC family, 
or for either computer modern encoding the present package generalises the 
facility.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/anyfontsize
Summary description: anyfontsize lets the author use any font in any size
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
a small bugfix
--

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CTAN Update: animate

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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the 

  animate

package.

The package provides an interface to create portable, JavaScript driven 
PDF animations from sets of graphics files or from inline graphics, such 
as LaTeX picture environment, PSTricks or pgf/TikZ generated pictures, or 
just from typeset text.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate

License type: lppl
 
Announcement text: 
--
This update comes with improved timeline capabilities:
 - detection of multiple inclusion of the same object into the same animation 
frame
 - grouping objects into layers for better depth level control
--
 
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CTAN package update: pst-user documentation for pstricks

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Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I uploaded pst-user.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put
> the two new files of the tarzip into the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/base/doc/
> 
> pst-user.pdf is the original documentation of PSTricks
> pst-user.tgz is the tarzip of the source files, which can
>   now be run with the current LaTeX and the current
>   PSTricks packages. Linux user can run the makefile
>   to build the documentation and the quick reference

thank you very much for the upload.  i've installed the files, and
updated the pstricks catalogue entry.

users may view the new (i.e., updated) pdf file at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/doc/pst-user.pdf
or browse the pstricks base as a whole at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/
the catalogue entry may be found at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html

the catalogue entry will be updated overnight tonight, and the document
itself will make its way around the world in its own sweet way (24 hours
or so for full propagation).

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CTAN Update: SQLTeX

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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Oscar van Eijk submitted an update to the 

  sqltex

package.

SQLTeX is a well documented preprocessor to enable the use of SQL 
statements in LaTeX. It is a perl script that reads an input file 
containing the LaTeX source with SQL commands, and writes a LaTeX file 
that can be processed with your LaTeX package.  The SQL commands will be 
replaced by their values. It's possible to select a single field for 
substitution substitution in your LaTeX document, or to be used as input 
in another SQL command.  When an SQL command returns multiple fields and 
or rows, the values can only be used for substitution in the document.  
This version only supports MySQL databases. It has been tested on Linux, 
but should work an all platforms where Perl is installed.

Location on CTAN: /support/SQLTeX
Summary description: An SQL Preprocessor for LaTeX 
License type: lppl
 
Announcement text: 
--
After 5 years, there's finally a reason to update SQLTeX.

SQLTeX is a well documented preprocessor to enable the use of SQL 
statements in LaTeX. It is a perl script that reads an input file 
containing the LaTeX source with SQL commands, and writes a LaTeX file 
that can be processed with your LaTeX package. The SQL commands will be 
replaced by their values. It's possible to select a single field for 
substitution substitution in your LaTeX document, or to be used as input 
in another SQL command. When an SQL command returns multiple fields and or 
rows, the values can only be used for substitution in the document.

New in this version:
 --- Updates are now possible
 --- Support for multiple databases
 --- Multiple documents can be created
--

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CTAN Update: juramisc

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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Axel Sodtalbers submitted an update of the

  juramisc

package.

Juramisc is a collection of classes for typesetting court sentences, legal 
opinions, and dissertations for German lawyers. The package is still under 
development.


Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/juramisc 
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
Updated versions of jurabase and jurabook, documentation revised.
--

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CTAN package update: CurVe

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your favorite mirror.

Thanks,
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Name of contribution: CurVe
Author's name: Didier Verna
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/curve
Summary description: A curriculum vitae class for LaTeX2e
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
I'm happy to annouce the next edition of CurVe, version 1.14.

New in this release:
- an option to reverse-count bibliographic entries
- localization to  Polish

CurVe is a class package that hopefully will make your life easier when 
you want to write your CV. It provides you with a set of commands to 
create rubrics, entries in these rubrics etc. CurVe will then properly 
format your CV for you (possibly splitting it onto multiple pages, 
repeating the titles etc), which is usually the most painful part of 
CV writing. Another nice feature of CurVe is its ability to manage 
different CV "flavors" simultaneously. It is in fact often the case 
that you want to maintain slightly divergent versions of your CV at 
the same time, in order to emphasize on different aspects of your 
background. CurVe also comes with support for AUC-TeX.
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Thanks again,
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Name of contribution: bpolynomial
Author's name: Stephan Hennig
Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomial/
Summary description: Drawing polynomials with MetaPost.
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
bpolynomial.mp version 0.3 released on 2007-11-26:

The MetaPost package bpolynomial.mp helps drawing polynomial functions 
of up to degree three. It provides macros to calculate Bézier curves 
exactly matching a given constant, linear, quadratic or cubic polynomial.

Changes to v0.2 pre-released 2007-11-25:
  + Improved documentation.
  + Slightly improved numeric stability.
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CTAN Update: Arphic font packages

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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Werner Lemberg submitted an update to the 

  arphic

package.

These are font bundles for the Chinese Arphic fonts which work with the CJK 
package.

Arphic is actually the name of the company that which created the fonts 
(and put them under a GPL-like licence).

Location on CTAN: /fonts/arphic
License type: gpl
 
Announcement text: 
--

The four bundles contain revised versions of the four Arphic fonts bundles 
for simplified and traditional Chinese, as used in the CJK package for 
LaTeX.  It fixes omissions of some vertical glyph representation forms, 
improves the TFM metrics (however, the widths stay unchanged), and 
provides smaller PFB subfont files due to a newer version of FontForge 
used in the conversion process.

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CTAN package update: FiXme

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Author's name: Didier Verna
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/fixme
Summary description: A LaTeX2e package for inserting fixme and meta-notes 
  in your documents
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
I'm happy to announce the next edition of FiXme: version 3.3

New in this release:
* Document incompatibility between marginal layout and the ACM SIG classes
* Honor twoside option in marginal layout
* Support KOMA-Script classes version 2006/07/30 v2.95b
* Documentation improvements
* Fix incompatibility with AMS-Art
* Fix bug in [EMAIL PROTECTED]


FiXme provides you with a way of inserting fixme notes in your
documents. Such notes can appear inline, as marginal notes, footnotes, index
entries, in the log file and as warnings on stdout. It is also possible to
summarize them in a list. When you switch from draft to final mode, any
remaining fixme note will be logged, but removed from the document's body.
Additionally, critical notes will abort compilation with an informative
message. FiXme also comes with support for AUC-TeX.
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CTAN package update: Eplain 3.2 release

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Oleg Katsitadze has provided a package which has been mirrored,
automatically, to CTAN.  He writes:

I'm happy to announce a new release of Eplain (3.2), a set of TeX
macros that expands on and extends the definitions in plain TeX in a
"style-neutral" fashion.  Eplain's home page is

http://tug.org/eplain

Location on CTAN is

/macros/eplain

The manual is available on-line from Eplain's home, or as a hard-copy
from

http://www.lulu.com/content/113810

(Royalties are donated to the TeX Users Group.)

Here's an excerpt from the NEWS file.

* Fixed a bug which caused silent indexing macros to output spurious
  space in vertical mode.
* Added a switch to disable index file input/output.
* Fixed xref and bibliography label definition macros so that reading
  in a .aux file with a large number of label definitions does not
  overflow the save stack.
* Fixed double-column macros -- they were occasionally losing material
  and producing columns too high to fit on a page.  Also improved
  appearance of the last column, which often came out spaced out.

==

I've updated the catalogue, and the new version should be widely
available by now.  Users may view the catalogue entry at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/eplain.html
or browse the distribution at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/eplain/

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CTAN package update: bpolynomial

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Name of contribution: bpolynomial
Author's name: Stephan Hennig
Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomial/
Summary description: Drawing polynomials with MetaPost.
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
bpolynomial v0.4, 2007-11-28

The MetaPost package bpolynomial helps drawing polynomial functions 
of up to degree three.  It provides macros to calculate Bezier curves 
exactly matching a given constant, linear, quadratic or cubic polynomial. 
Additionally, paths of derivatives and tangents can be calculated.

Changes to v0.3:
* New:
  + The package can now compute paths of derivatives and tangents.
  + Improved documentation.

Please update the catalogue entry with the new package description.

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Name of contribution: Scientific Author 1.0
Author's name: Danilo Stélio Manhiça
Location on CTAN: /support/scientificauthor
Summary description: Visual LaTeX Editor
License type: shareware

Announcement text:
--
Scientific Author is a visual LaTeX editor for mathematicians, 
scientists and engineers, supporting industry standards like LaTeX 2e.  
It is a visual document editor, which exports LaTeX for rendering by 
tools such as MiKTeX.  Scientific Author also supports editing of 
mathematical notation through tool palettes and templates.  LaTeX 
symbols are also supported, including American Mathematical Society 
symbols.  It also enables easy editing of tables, footnotes, and 
margin notes.
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CTAN package update: Mathmode

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Herbert Voss has provided an update for his Mathmode tutorial document.
He writes:

Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> This new version 2.29 has the following changes:
> 
> 2.29  2007-11-30
>- added two special symbols \Let and \teL
>- typo with BlueSky
>- package fixltx2e with command \MakeRobust
>- small example for \limits
>- www.yandy.com -> www.pctex.com
>- added an example for aligned vertical dots
>- typos
>- added an appendix for the package file list of the pdflatex run

I have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository.
Thanks for the upload.

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or browse the package directory at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/info/math/voss/mathmode/

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CTAN Update: animate

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the 

  animate

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate
Summary description: creating portable PDF animations from graphics files and 
inline graphics
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
This update comes with
 - support for multipage PDF  inclusion with \animategraphics
 - new options bb, viewport and trim to manipulate the graphics bounding box 
(borrowed from the `graphicx' package)
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CTAN package update: SIunits

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>From the Cambridge upload daemon:

> Name of contribution: SIunits
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Author's email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/SIunits
> Summary description: Typeset physical units following the rules of the 
> International System of Units (SI)
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> --
> v1.36:
> * Now uses real minus sign in text mode
> * Requires amstext (due to the above)
> --

i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository;
thanks for the upload.

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>   http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/SIunits.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/SIunits

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CTAN package update: mh

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: mh
Author's name: Morten Høgholm
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mh
Summary description: mh bundle update
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
This is an update of the mh bundle. The maintainer email address has 
changed and some bugs have been fixed in mathtools.

More importantly, the mh bundle now also contains the breqn package 
originally developed by the late Michael J. Downes of the American 
Mathematical Society. I wish to thank the American Mathematical Society 
for making this possible. See the breqn documentation for more 
information.
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CTAN package update: Synapsen

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Name of contribution: Synapsen
Author's name: Markus Krajewski
Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen
Summary description: Synapsen, new version 3.0
License type: shareware

Announcement text: 
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New features since Synapsen 3.0:

* New categories for movies, music, and proceedings 
* Printing of cards with many user settings, extensive printing interface
* Improved editing functions for cards 
* Direct export of the bibliography into a pdf file
* Enhancements of the OPAC interface (including articles and papers, new 
  catalogues like bnf.fr)
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License type: gpl

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CTAN Update the minitoc package; version 56

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On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Jean-Pierre Drucbert submitted a new version of the 

  minitoc

package.

Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/
License: LPPL

 > +++
 > Minitoc version #56
 >--  Added swahili.mld.
 >--  Added the bengali language as synonym of bangla.
 >--  Updated lithuanian2.mld, czech.mld, galician.mld, lsorbian.mld,
 >ukraineb.mld, and usorbian.mld.
 >--  Added malayalam-b.mld, malayalam-keli2.mld, malayalam-mr.mld,
 >and malayalam-rachana3.mld.
 >--  Updated malayalam-omega.mlo.
 > *  --  Added stuff (files) for figures (maps) for many language areas.
 > *  --  Added a specific directory for image files in the TDS hierarchy.
 >--  Graphic files are indexed separately.
 >--  Removed the .eps files.
 >--  Darker colors for hyperlinks.
 >--  Updated and corrected the bibliography.
 >--  Added a hint (warning W0099) about the titlesec package.
 >--  Complete indexing of the messages.
 >--  Improved the index and removed spurious entries.
 > ** --  Corrected a typo in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] environment.
 > ** --  Corrections of typos in the mtchideinmainlof and mtchideinmainlot
 >environments.
 > ** --  Replaced the .mtc1 extension by .mtc0 in the auto-configuration
 >test (to avoid erasing the \jobname.mtc1 file).
 > ** --  Corrected a problem with \nofiles.
 > +++
 > Notes:
 > *  These files are the main cause of the increased size of the package;
 >there are needed only to compile the documentation.
 >It is not necessary to install them if you do not need to recompile
 >the documentation.
 > ** Bug fixes.
 > 
 > The administravive trivia are in the `CATALOG' file in the
 > distribution.
 > 
 > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form,
 > -- in (not perfect) english: minitoc.pdf
 > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf
 > The ``cmk'' script may be used to convert the PDF documentation
 > into PostScript.
 > 
 > The INSTALL file (and, better, the ``Installation'' chapter in the
 > documentation) describes the files of this package (the list
 > of files is in minitoc.l).
 > 
 > A minitoc-tds.zip file is also available in the distribution.
 > 
 > PS: this package is intended to be my Christmas gift to CTAN
 > (both team and users).

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Name of contribution: jsclasses
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Summary description: New Japanese classes written by Okumura
License type: bsd

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Japanese classes written by Haruhiko Okumura ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
jsarticle and jsbook classes are provided. In addition, okumacro.sty, 
okuverb.sty and morisawa.sty are included.
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Summary description: Spanish version of l2tabu
License type: pd

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l2tabues.tex and l2tabues.pdf are included.
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CTAN package update: biblatex

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The package update below is now working its way through the CTAN mirror
system.

Thank you,
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.
I've uploaded an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex.

RELEASE NOTES

See the file `RELEASE' for release notes.

CHANGES

With about 225 entries, the changelog of this release is too long to 
be quoted here. Please refer to the full list at the end of 
biblatex.pdf and to the release notes.

ALSO NOTE

I've uploaded a README file intended for 
macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib. The idea is to provide a staging 
area for contributed biblatex styles.

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Name of contribution: mla-paper
Author's name: Ryan Aycock
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mla-paper
Summary description: Proper MLA formatting
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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I've updated the mla-paper package with contributions from other 
authors.  This new version is made to create PDF's and DVI's properly 
under MiKTeX 2.5.
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Author's name: Kjell Magne Fauske
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Summary description: Convert graphs generated by Graphviz to LaTeX 
  friendly formats
License type: dfsg

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Dot2tex is a tool for converting graphs rendered by Graphviz to formats
that can be used with LaTeX.

The purpose of dot2tex is to give graphs generated by Graphviz a more
LaTeX friendly look and feel. This is accomplished by converting xdot
output from Graphviz to a series of TikZ and PGF, or PSTricks commands.
This approach allows:

   * Typesetting labels with LaTeX, allowing mathematical notation.
   * Using native PSTricks and PGF/TikZ commands for drawing arrows.
   * Using backend specific styles to customize the output

New in version 2.7.0 is the --codeonly option for tighter integration 
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Author's name: Kjell Magne Fauske
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Summary description: Create graphs within LaTeX using Graphviz and the 
  dot2tex tool
License type: gpl

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The dot2texi package allows you to embed graphs in the DOT graph
description language in your LaTeX documents. The dot2tex[1] tool is
used to invoke Graphviz[2] for graph layout, and to transform the output
from Graphviz to LaTeX code.  The generated code relies on the TikZ and
PGF package or the PSTricks package. The process is automated if shell
escape is enabled.

New in version 2.0:

- Improved platform detection. Windows users no longer need to specify the
  miktex option.
- Added forceshell package option.
- Added codeonly, styleonly and autosize environment options. 

[1] http://www.fauskes.net/code/dot2tex/ or in graphics/dot2tex on CTAN
[2] http://www.graphviz.org/
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Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex
Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
License type: lppl

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PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style
file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define
LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code.  Once defined, a Perl macro becomes
indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro.  PerlTeX thereby combines
LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability.

This new release (v1.7) fixes a compatibility problem with xelatex.
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CTAN package update: mh

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Name of contribution: mh
Author's name: Morten Høgholm
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mh
Summary description: Update of the mh bundle: breqn, flexisym, mathstyle
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
Changes in flexisym
===

 * Fix problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] which had to be 
removed
   from \AtBeginDocument hook. Also fixed problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   which occured when operators had been defined with
   \DeclareMathOperator.

 * Support for mathpazo and mathptmx added.

 * Source code comments by Michael J. Downes added.

Changes in breqn


 * Fixed catcode settings and package loading of flexisym.

 * Cleaned up some parts of the code.

 * Source code comments by Michael J. Downes added.

Changes in mathstyle
===

 * Documentation written (original sources unfortunately lost).

 * Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] from breqn.

 * New command \currentmathstyle + example of usage


A special note on the source code comments:

The original sources of breqn and related files exist in a non-dtx
format devised by Michael Downes. Lars Madsen has kindly written a
Perl script for transforming the original source files into
near-perfect dtx state, requiring only very little hand tuning. 
Without his help it would have been nigh impossible to
incorporate the original sources with Michael's comments. A big, big
thank you to him.

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CTAN has a new package: pgf-soroban

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License type: lppl

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Allows to create the Japanese soroban (abacus) using TikZ/PGF
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Re: CTAN has a new package: pgf-soroban

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I apologize.  I put the wrong CTAN path in the announcement.  The correction 
is below.

Jim 

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License type: lppl

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Allows to create the Japanese soroban (abacus) using TikZ/PGF
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CTAN has a new package: ted

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Name of contribution: ted
Author's name: Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ted
Summary description: a (primitive) token list editor
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Just like sed is a stream editor, ted is a token list editor.  Actually, it is
not as powerfull as sed, but its main feature is that it really works with
tokens, not only characters.

The ted package provides two user macros: \Substitute and \ShowTokens. The 
first one is maybe the most useful: it performs substitutions in token 
lists (even inside braces). The second displays each token of the list 
(one per line) with its catcode (in the list, not just the current one), 
and can be useful for debugging or for TeX learners.

The ted package is designed to work well even if strange tokens (that is,
unusual (charcode, catcode) pairs or tokens with a confusing meaning) 
occur in the list.
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CTAN has a new package: Omega/Aleph for Tamil

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Author's name: Alex A.J.
Location on CTAN: /macros/omega/latex/contrib/tamil-omega
Summary description: A package for typesetting Tamil using Omega/Aleph
License type: lppl

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Omega for Tamil is a package for typesetting Tamil using the Omega 
system developed by John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous. It is also 
compatible with Aleph.

The package includes only one font family, the Washington Tamil by 
Thomas Ridgeway et.al. Additional fonts can be downloaded from:
http://sarovar.org/projects/tamil

This package also includes supporting files for using the Tamil 
fonts from `ISM Publisher' by C-DAC India.
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CTAN Update: oberdiek bundle -- luacolor v1.0, luatex v1.0, ifluatex v1.0, magicnum v1.0 pdfcolparallel v1.1

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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 at 17:57 +0100, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update of 
the

 oberdiek

bundle.

Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ 
License: LPPL

New packages:
 
 * ifluatex v1.0
   This package looks for LuaTeX regardless of its mode
   and provides the switch \ifluatex.
   It works with plain-TeX or LaTeX.
 
 * luacolor v1.0
   Package `luacolor' implements color support based
   on LuaTeX's node attributes.
 
 * luatex v0.1
   This package manages the new and extended features and resources
   that LuaTeX provides. Examples are attributes and catcode
   tables.
 
 * magicnum v1.0
   This packages allows to access magic numbers by a hierarchical
   name system.
 
Updates:
 
 * pdfcol v1.2:
   * \pdfcolSetCurrentColor added.
   * Detection for package `luacolor' added.
 
 * pdfcolparallel v1.1:
   * Adds patch for setting \linewidth to fix bug
 in package `parallel'.
   * Package `parallel' is also fixed if color
 stacks are not available.
   * Bug fix, switched stacks now initialized with current color.
   * Fix for package `parallel': \raggedbottom is respected.
 
 * pdftexcmds v0.3:
   * Organization of Lua code as module.


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CTAN package update: memoir patches

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Peter Wilson wrote:

> I have just uploaded memfixesDec07a.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the 
> contents to replace the corresponding files in macros/latex/contib/memoir
> 
>This release includes mempatch.sty v4.9 (2007/12/14) and a new Addendum. 
> All known bugs are fixed and some minor new functionality is introduced. 
> There is no change to the User Manual.
> 
> From the README:
> 
> The memoir class is for typesetting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and 
> mathematical works.
> 
> The normal font sizes range from 9pt to 17pt. There is a range of page 
> styles and well over a dozen chapter-styles to choose from and methods for 
> specifying your own layouts and designs. The class encompasses over thirty 
> of the more popular packages.
> 
> NOTE: I hope that this is the last set of patches to the class. The next 
> release will include a new manual, all patch code incorprated into the class 
> file, and mempatch.sty and the Addendum to be empty.

i have installed the new patch, and an update to the catalogue is making
its way around the world.  thanks for the update.

Users may view the catalogue entry for memoir at:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html
or visit the package directory (which includes the patch files) at:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/

The new version is on its way around the world as i write; the catalogue
entry will be updated overnight.

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Summary description: Some updates to framed.sty.
License type: bsd

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Although there are still things that need implementing, here is an 
update to framed.sty that handles lists better and supports different 
frame format depending on the breaks, as used for "continued" labels 
and such.
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Author's name: matthew allen
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Summary description: package to aid in typesetting newsletters to resemble 
  newspapers
License type: lppl

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The newspaper package redefines the page style and \maketitle command
to produce a typeset page similar to that off a newspaper. It also
provides several commands that (when used with other packages) allow the
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CTAN package update: VenturisADF fonts collection

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Summary description: Fonts collection for publication
License type: other

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Serif and sans serif, old and titling, complete font families,  in both 
Adobe Type 1 and OpenType formats for publication. The family is based 
on Utopia family, and has been modified and developed by the Arkandis
Digital foundry. 
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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.7a

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Philipp Lehman writes:

> I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK
> node. This is a maintenance update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/.
> 
> Please use the contents of the archive to replace the corresponding
> files in macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/. Note that the archive only
> contains the files which have actually been modified.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> RELEASE NOTES
> 
> This is a minor maintenance update in response to the first wave of
> feedback to version 0.7.
> 
> Only biblatex.sty and biblatex.bst have been modified.
> The updated files are tagged "0.7a 2007/12/16".
> 
> CHANGES
> 
> Internal tweaks and bug fixes only. This release fixes compatibility
> issues with some other packages.

i have installed the changes to the package and updated the catalogue.
thanks for the upload.

users may view the catalogue entry at:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html
or browse the package directory at:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/

the update was installed yesterday, so it should be at almost all CTAN
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CTAN package update: bpolynomial

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Name of contribution: bpolynomial
Author's name: Stephan Hennig
Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomial/
Summary description: Drawing polynomials with MetaPost.
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
bpolynomial v0.5, released on 2007-12-12

Description
---
The MetaPost package bpolynomial helps plotting
polynomial and root functions. It provides macros to
calculate one-segment Bezier curves exactly matching a
given cubic polynomial or square or cubic root function.
Additionally, tangents on all functions and derivatives
of polynomials can be calculated.

Changes in v0.5:
* New:
  + The package can now compute paths of square and
cubic roots.
  + Added a plain interface.
* Changes:
  + Improved documentation.
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CTAN Update: ant

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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Achim Blumensath submitted an update to the

  ant

package.

Location on CTAN: /systems/ant
Summary description: ant is not TeX
License type: pd

Announcement text: 
--
I'm pleased to announce the release of ant version 0.8. The archive can be 
found at

  http://ant.berlios.de

ant is a typesetting system inspired by TeX. It does not aim at complete 
compatibility with TeX but focuses instead on a flexible, clean, and modular 
design. ant is public domain.

New in this release are:

  o support for margin kerning
  o many improvements of the built in scripting language
  o various bug fixes and minor improvements

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CTAN has a new package: aichej

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Author's name: Spencer D. Schaber
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Summary description: bibliography style file for the American Institute 
  of Chemical Engineers Jounal (AIChE Journal)
License type: lppl

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bibliography style file for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers 
Journal (or AIChE Journal or AIChE J or AIChEJ).  Generated using 
custom-bib package using docstrip utility.
--

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CTAN package update: chessboard v1.5

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Name of contribution: chessboard v1.5
Author's name: Ulrike Fischer
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chessboard/
Summary description: This package offers commands to print chessboards. 
  It can print partial boards, hide pieces and fields, color the boards 
  and put various marks on the board. It has a lot of options to place 
  pieces on the board. Using exotic pieces (e.g., for fairy chess) is 
  possible. The documentation includes an example of an animated 
  chessboard, for those whose PDF viewer can display animations.
License type: lppl

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The most important changes are some internal adaptions to the new package 
xskak (which I will upload soon).

Apart from this, I corrected some bugs and added key getpiecelists.
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CTAN has a new package: xskak

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The package below has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon
be at your favorite mirror.

Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: xskak v.1
Author's name: Ulrike Fischer
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xskak/
Summary description: xskak --- An extension to the package skak for chess 
  typesetting
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
The main point of xskak is to save informations about a chess game for 
later use e.g. to loop through a game to make an animated board.
It also extends the input that the parsing commands can handle and 
offers an interface to define and switch between indefinite levels of 
styles.
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CTAN package update: The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List

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The material below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be
at your local mirror.

Have a nice holidays,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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Name of contribution: The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /info/symbols/comprehensive
Summary description: Tables of symbols that are accessible from LaTeX
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List is an organized list of almost
5000 symbols that are available to LaTeX users.  Some of these symbols
are guaranteed to be available in every TeX distribution.  Others
require font files that come with some, but not all, TeX
distributions.  The rest require font files that must be downloaded
explicitly from CTAN (http://www.ctan.org) and installed.  The
Comprehensive LaTeX Symbols List currently showcases symbols from 111
separate typefaces.

Weighing in at 4948 symbols, this version of the symbol list documents
over 1600 more symbols than the previous (September 2005) version.

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CTAN has a new package: text2bib

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A new package has gone up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at 
your local mirror.

Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
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Name of contribution: text2bib
Author's name: Martin J. Osborne
Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/text2bib
Summary description: PHP script to convert references to BibTeX
License type: gpl

Announcement text: 
--
text2bib is a PHP script for converting references to BibTeX format.  
(It is currently implemented at 
http://theory.economics.utoronto.ca/text2bib.)  It aims to convert 
accurately references in any reasonable format.  Here are three 
examples of references that it converts correctly:

Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, and H. Uzawa (1961), "Constraint 
qualifications in maximization problems," Naval Research
Logistics Quarterly 8, 175-191.

Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, and H. Uzawa [1961], ``Constraint 
qualifications in maximization problems,'' {\it Naval Research
Logistics Quarterly}, 8(2), 175-191.

Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, \& H. Uzawa. Constraint qualifications in 
maximization problems. \textit{Naval Research
Logistics Quarterly}, 8(2): 175--191. 1961.
--

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CTAN Update: polski package

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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 at 09:37 +0100, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an 
update to the 

  polski

package.

Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/polski
License: LPPL

Announcement Text:
 > -
 > Package: polski
 > Authors: Mariusz Olko, Marcin Woli\'ski
 > Version: 1.3.2
 > Date: 18 XII 2007
 > License: LPPL
 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/polski
 > 
 > Bundle `Polski' provides tools to typeset documents in Polish using
 > LaTeX2e.  Documented source code is in *.dtx and *.fdd files.
 > 
 > `Polski' is free software redistributable in according to LaTeX
 > Project Public License version 1.2 or above (see lppl.txt in base LaTeX
 > distribution).
 > 
 > In the current version (1.3.2) all remaining stuff from the previous
 > 'platex' package was cleaned out. 
 > 
 > 

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CTAN package update: pst-3dplot

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Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete _all_
> files in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/
> 
> and put the new ones in there.
> 
> pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for drawing
> 3-D objects in parallel projection.
> 
> This update has some bug fixes and new options
> for rotating objects
> 
> pst-3dplot.pro 
> 0.25  2007-12-22 - add code for special rotating (Darrell Lamm)
> 
> pst-3dplot.tex 
> 1.78  2007-10-11  - fix bug in \parametricPlotThreeD
>- add option Debug=false|true for addtional
>  comments written into the log file
>- add extended rotation stuff (Darrell Lamm)

i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.

users may view the catalogue entry at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html
or browse the package directory at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/

the package itself should be well on its way around the world; the
catalogue entry was only updated a few minutes ago in cambridge.

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CTAN package update: microtype

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The package below have been updated at tug.ctan.org and those changes should
get to your favorite mirror within a day.

Thank you,
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Name of contribution: microtype
Author's name: R Schlicht
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype
Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
Changes in version 2.3

 * New key `outer kerning' for \SetTracking to customise outer kerning of 
  letterspaced fonts
 * Always adjust protrusion settings for tracking 
 * New option `verbose=silent' to turn all warnings into mere messages
 * The `letterspace' package also works with plain tex (eplain or miniltx)
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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1f

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On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the

  caption 

package.

The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in 
floating environments like figure and table, and cooperates with many 
other packages. Includes rotating captions, sideways captions, continued 
captions (for tables or figures that come in several parts).  A list of 
compatibility notes, for other packages, is provided in the documentation.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/
Summary description: Customizing captions in floating environments
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1:
 
 - English documentation is completely done!
 - Bugfix: "Space hack" added to \captionsetup etc.
 - Bugfix: Works with LaTeX2e prior 2004/01/23 again
 - `subcaption' demo package added
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   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/
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CTAN Update: KOMA-Script

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On Mon, 24 Dec 2007, Markus Kohm submitted an update to the 

 koma-script

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/koma-script
Summary description: Release 2.98 of the versatile LaTeX bundle KOMA-Script
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
KOMA-Script 2007/12/24 v2.98
Copyright (c) Markus Kohm , 1994-2007

KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and 
packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. 
KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard 
classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an 
almost complete working environment.
 
For installation see INSTALL.txt (english) or INSTALLD.txt (german, UTF-8).

Changes: 
 
 - typearea fix: \isopaper does work with option landscape 
 
 - scrlttr2 feature: new pseudo-length for the location field
 
 - scrlltr2 feature: new horizontal and vertical fold marks and new 
pseudo-length to customize fold marks
 
 - scrlttr2 feature: new options to customize fold marks
 
 - scrlttr2 feature: new options for possition of sender information
 
 - scrlttr2 feature: new lco-files for Japanese letters
 
 - scrlttr2 feature: new options for letter head and letter foot
 
 - typearea feature: new option "paper=:"
 
 - scrbook feature: no chapter numbers at front or back matter
 
 - scrlttr2 feature: new font element backaddress
 
 - scrlttr2 feature: new pseudo length "fromrulewidth"
 
 - general feature: new font elements "subject", 
"subtilte", "partentry", "partentrypagenumber", 
"chapterentry", "chapterentrypagenumber", 
"sectionentry", "sectionentrypagenumber"
 
 - scrlttr2 feature: new values for option "subject"
 
 - scrlfile changed: errors in \if-nesting of loaded packages are not reported 
inside of scrlfile
 
 ...
 
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CTAN Update: Asana-Math

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On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted an update to the

  asana-math

package.

The Asana-Math font is an OpenType font that includes almost
all mathematical Unicode symbols and it can be used to typeset
mathematical text with any software that can understand the
MATH OpenType table (e.g., XeTeX 0.997 and Microsoft Word 2007).

This version contains many new glyphs and various parameters
have been adjustd to produce optimum output.

Location on CTAN: /fonts/Asana-Math
License: ofl


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CTAN Update: The mh bundle

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On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Morten Høgholm submitted an update to the 

  mh

bundle.

The mh bundle is a series of packages designed to enhance the appearance 
of documents containing a lot of math. The main backbone is amsmath, so 
those unfamiliar with this required part of the LaTeX system will probably 
not find the packages very useful.  Component parts of the bundle are 
empheq, flexisym, mathtools, mhsetup, breqn and mathstyle; an obsolete 
version of empheq (empheq07) is also maintained with the package, for the 
benefit of older documents.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mh
Summary description: breqn v0.97a, flexisym v0.96, mathstyle v0.84, technotes
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
breqn-technotes.tex

 
 * New document containing technical notes on breqn.
 
 * First inclusion is the text from eqbreaks.pdf (original source was
   lost). eqbreaks.pdf is now removed from the distribution (name was
   misleading anyway).
 
Changes in breqn

 
 * Fixed bug with after environment punctuation. No default action was
   specified if no punctuation or space was found such as could occur
   if you had a percent sign after the dmath environment.
 
 * Spacing above a display preceeded by a blank line is now
   \abovedisplayskip.

 * New option shortskiplimit= to control when to use
   \abovedisplayshortskip or \abovedisplayskip.

 * Spacing above dgroup environment fixed.

 * Tag placement for single-line equations now always align baselines
   of tag and equation. In all previous versions, C tag placement
   meant vertically center, even for single-line equations.

 * Left tag vertical positioning fixed (bug introduced in breqn
   v0.96).

 * debug option gone, available as trace option during docstrip.

Changes in mathstyle
===

 * Added option mathactivechars.

Changes in flexisym
===

 * Fix option handling.

 * Make flexisym load cmbase by default. Additional options now just
   overwrite old definitions.

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 8.17 - MetaPost, MetaFont, ImageCache.

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On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 at 15:12 +0300, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to 
the

  bakoma

package.

Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma
License: shareware

Announcement text:


 > Improvement in BaKoMa TeX 8.17 are:
 >   * MetaPost is updated to version 1.002. Fixed some issues.
 >   * Improved Image cache to handle graphics generated by MetaPost.
 >   * Compatibility with Animate package (only Editing in TeXWord)
 >   * MetaFont is updated to version 2.7182.
 > Fixed displaying some PK fonts in DVIEW/TeXWord (PKDecode filter).
 >   * www.BaKoMa-TeX.com  - provides more robust
 > communication methods.
 > 
 > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at:
 >   <
 > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html>
 > 
 > Bye.
 > Basil K. Malyshev
 > 27-Dec-2007
 > 
 > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists.
 > 
 >  About BaKoMa TeX 8.17 --
 > 
 > BaKoMa TeX 8.17 supports two coexisting IDE:
 >   1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
 >   2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical IDE.
 >   They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use
 >   depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document.
 > 
 > About BaKoMa TeX Word.
 > 
 > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
 > 
 >   The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts:
 > 
 >   1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor.
 >  It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed.
 >  It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer.
 > 
 >   2) It is True LaTeX Editor.
 >  It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure.
 >  It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document.
 > 
 >   BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and
 >   consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related
 >   with import graphics, font support, and document export.
 > 
 >   It supports processors:
 >  (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX.
 >  Other processors such as Omega may be added in future.
 > 
 >   It imports:
 >EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX,
 >MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY.
 >   It supports fonts:
 >OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM),
 >PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF.
 >   It exports:
 >DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT).
 > 
 >   It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS
 >   compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as:
 >  PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy,
 >  PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.
 > 
 >   Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is
 >  final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing.
 > 
 >   Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface
 >  (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.)
 >  is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'.
 > 
 >   TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables.
 > 
 >   TeXWord is transparent for cooperation.
 >  TeXWord don't use additional macro packages.
 >  It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up
 >  in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation.
 >  In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents.
 >  So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use
 >  powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work.
 > 
 >   Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as
 >  good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers.
 > 
 > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at:
 >   <
 > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html>
 > 
 > Some snapshots are available at:
 >   
 > 
 > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at:
 >   
 > 
 > New features in BaKoMa TeX 8.17 are:
 >   * MetaPost is updated to version 1.002. Fixed some issues.
 >   * Improved Image cache to handle graphics generated by MetaPost.
 >   * Compatibility with Animate package (only Editing in TeXWord)
 >   * MetaFont is updated to version 2.7182.
 > Fixed displaying some PK fonts in DVIEW/TeXWord (PKDecode filter).
 >   * www.BaKoMa-TeX.com  - provides more robust
 > communication methods.
 > 
 > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at:
 >   <
 > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html>
 > 
 > --
 > 

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CTAN package update --- memoir patches

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Peter Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have just uploaded memfixesDec07b.tar.gz to UK \incoming. Can you 
> please use this to update the relevant files in 
> /macros/latex/contrib/memoir.
> 
>The upload is mempatch v4.9a, which fixes bugs introduced in mempatch 
> v4.9, which fixes bugs in the memoir class.

i've installed the files as requested and updated the catalogue.

users may view the memoir catalogue page at:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html
or visit the package directory at:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/

> Best wishes to all for 2008

and to you, and to all our contributors and readers.

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CTAN Update: VenturisADF fonts collection V1.002

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 Hirwen Harendal submitted an update to the

  venturisadf

package.

Location on CTAN: fonts/venturisadf
License: other-free (utopia font)

Announcement text: 
--

Serif and sans serif, old and titling, complete font families, in both 
Adobe Type 1 and OpenType formats for publication. The families are based 
on Utopia family, modified and developed by the Arkandis Digital foundry.

--

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New CTAN package: GFS Baskerville

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my ctan-upload daemon wrote:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: GFS Baskerville
> Author's name: Antonis Tsolomitis
> Location on CTAN: fonts/greek/GFS/gfsbaskerville
> Summary description: Classic Greek Baskerville by GFS
> License type: other-free (OFL for the font, LPPL for the macros)
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> --
> The classic Baskerville Greek by GFS (www.greekfontsociety.org). 
> LaTeX support by Antonis Tsolomitis, Laboratory of Digital Typography
> and Mathematical Applications, University of the Aegean
> (http://myria.math.aegean.gr/labs/dt/).
> The package only supports Greek (the fonts themselves contain only
> greek glyphs).  This is the first release for LaTeX.

Thanks for the very welcome upload.  I have installed the font, and
created a catalogue entry in the repository.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/gfsbaskerville.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/greek/GFS/gfsbaskerville/

(the bundle itself is well on its way around the world; the catalogue
entry won't appear on the web anywhere until tonight some time.)

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CTAN has a new package: mfpic4ode

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A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its
way through the mirroring system.

Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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Name of contribution: mfpic4ode
Author's name: Robert Marik
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mfpic4ode
Summary description: A small set of macros to draw direction fields and 
  solutions of ODE's with mfpic
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
The mfpic4ode is a set of macros for drawing direction fields, phase 
portraits and trajectories of differential equations and two dimensional 
autonomous systems. The Euler, Runge-Kutta and 4th order Runge-Kutta 
algorithms are available to solve the ODE's. The picture is translated 
into mfpic macros and MetaPost is used to create the final drawing. The 
package is intended for LaTeX, but it can be used in plainTeX as well.

Online demonstration of the mfpic4ode macros is available on
http://wood.mendelu.cz/math/mfpicpreviewer/ as Example 6.

You can get the documentation but compiling mfpic4ode.dtx file and 
the files for installation by compiling mfpic4ode.ins by LaTeX.
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CTAN package update: lshort v4.23

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Tobi Oetiker has uploaded the latest version of his "short introduction
to LaTeX 2e", and I've installed it as requested, and updated the
catalogue repository.

This new version of the introduction features a rework of the
mathematics chapter (done by Lan Thuy Pham), which (among other things)
assumes amsmath is loaded, in all its advice.

Thanks Tobi (and Pham) for the update.

Users may browse the catalogue entry (for what it's worth) at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/lshort-english.html
or browse the package directory at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/english/
Those who only want the document itself may retrieve
  http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf

The catalogue entry will be updated overnight, the package itself
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CTAN has a new package: Ecclesiastic Latin Typesetting

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The package below has been entered in tug.ctan.org and should soon 
work its way through the mirroring system.

Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: Ecclesiastic Latin Typesetting
Author's name: Claudio Beccari
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ecclesiastic
Summary description: A file style for typesetting latin according to 
  the ecclesiastic document style
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
This style file is for modifying the way the latin option to the babel 
package operates when typesetting Latin. The style is in some way 
"frenchizied" for what concerns punctuation spacings and footnote 
style, and shortcuts are available in order to set accents on all 
vowels, including y and the diphthongs ae and oe.
--

This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ecclesiastic
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ecclesiastic
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CTAN package update: csquotes 3.8

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Philipp Lehman wrote:

> I've uploaded `csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK 
> node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please 
> purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as 
> usual. Thank you very much.
> 
> ABOUT
> 
> The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and 
> display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging 
> from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of 
> formal quotations.
> 
> CHANGES
> 
> * Added variant 'guillemets*' to style 'swedish'
> * Added language alias 'australian'
> * Added language alias 'newzealand'
> * Internal improvements

i've installed the update as requested, and updated the catalogue
(minutely).  thanks for the upload.

Users may view the catalogue entry at:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html
or browse the package directory at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.7b

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Philipp Lehman wrote:

> I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK 
> node. This is a maintenance update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/. 
> 
> Please use the contents of the archive to replace the corresponding 
> files in macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/. Note that the archive only 
> contains the files which have actually been modified.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> RELEASE NOTES
> 
> This is a minor maintenance update for biblatex 0.7. The following 
> files have been modified:
> 
> latex/biblatex.sty
> latex/lbx/naustrian.lbx
> latex/lbx/danish.lbx
> latex/lbx/ngerman.lbx
> latex/lbx/austrian.lbx
> latex/lbx/german.lbx
> 
> The updated files are tagged "0.7b 2008/01/05".
> 
> CHANGES
> 
> * Improved hyphenation of bibstrings when babel option is active
> * Workaround for bug in babel's 'hyphenrules' environment
> * New command \DeclareHyphenationExceptions for use in lbx files.
>   This is a wrapper around \hyphenation which automatically
>   selects the language of the lbx file.
> * New user (preamble) command \DefineHyphenationExceptions.
>   This is also a wrapper around \hyphenation but takes the
>   language as its first argument, e.g.:
>    %< 
>   \DefineHyphenationExceptions{american}{%
> hy-phen-ation
> ex-cep-tion
>   }
>    %< 
>   (Something like that should have been provided by babel a
>   long time ago.)
> * Added hyphenation exceptions for German bibliography strings
> * Updated danish.lbx file contributed by Danish
>   comp.text.tex readers.

I've installed the update to the package, and (minutely) updated the
catalogue repository.  Thanks for the upload.

Users may view the catalogue entry at:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html
or browse the package directory at
  http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/

The catalogue entry will be updated overnight, but the revised package
is already on its way around the world.

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CTAN Update: The makecell package 0.1e and tablists package 0.0c

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On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Olga Lapko submitted updates to the

  makecell and tablists

packages.

Locations on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makecell and 
/macros/latex/contrib/tablists
License type: lppl
 
Announcement text: 
--
makecell:
This package offers a command, based on one-column tabular,
which at the top of everything allows to support a common
layout for tabular column heads in whole document. There are also: 

 1) a macro, which changes vertical spaces around all cells 
 in tabular (like in tabls package) based on array package; 
 3) macros numbered rows of cells or skipping cells in tabulars; 
 4) diagonally divided cells;
 5) horizonral lines in tabulars with defined thickness.
 
tablists:
tabulated lists of short items (useful for exersizes in textbooks)
 
--

These packages are located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/makecell
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tablists
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=makecell
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tablists
(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 .
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For the CTAN Team
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CTAN has a new package: LXfonts

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The package below has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be
at your favorite mirror.

Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

(License note: the source to the slide show PDF is not provided.)

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: LXfonts
Author's name: Claudio Beccari
Location on CTAN: /fonts/lxfonts/
Summary description: Revived slide fonts
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
This bundle contains the traditional slides fonts revived
so as to be completely usable both as text fonts and math
fonts; they are fully integrate with the new operators, 
letters, symbols and extensible delimiter fonts, as well 
as with the AMS fonts, all redone with the same stylistic
parameters. They can be a valid alternative to many PS 
fonts used in the new presentation bundles. Their type1 
versions are included together with their map file.
--

This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/lxfonts/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/lxfonts
(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 .  
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CTAN Update: skaknew

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On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 Ulrich Dirr submitted a new verrsion of the

  skaknew

package.

This package offers Adobe Type 1 versions of the fonts provided as 
MetaFont source by the skak bundle.

Location on CTAN: /fonts/chess/skaknew 
Summary description: Update skaknew & new AlphaDia font
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
Updated SkakNew-Diagram fonts, documentation and added new AlphaDia font.
--

This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/chess/skaknew 
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=skaknew
(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 .
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CTAN package update: notes2bib

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also sprach the cambridge upload daemon:

> ==
> 
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: notes2bib
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib
> Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> --
> v1.3:
> * Revised control interface, using keyval for all package 
> and control options;
> * Package options (head, tail, footnotes, ...) and control macros can
>   now be modified throughout the source; 
> * biblatex compatibility updated for 0.7 release of biblatex;
> * Fixed serious error with head and tail mode operation;
> * Renamed \flushcitestack to \flushnotestack, to better reflect purpose of 
> macro.
> 
> This release modifies a great deal of the advanced interface to make
> the package easier to use.  Users upgrading from v1.2a (or earlier)
> will need to make changes to their source if they have used any of the
> old setup macros (\niib...), which have been *removed* from the
> package. 
> --

thanks for the upload.  i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/notes2bib.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib

the package itself should be well on its way around the world by now;
the catalogue entry will be updated overnight.

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CTAN packagte update: notes2bib

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cambridge upload wrote (for some value of "wrote"):

> ==
> 
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: notes2bib
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib
> Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> --
> v1.3a:
> * Added checks on versions of supporting packages xkeyval and etoolbox
> --

i've installed the package update and amended the catalogue repository
as necessary.  thanks for the upload.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/notes2bib.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://mirror.ctan.org/latex/contrib/notes2bib

the catalogue entry will be updated overnight tonight, but the package
revision itself is already on its way around the world.

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CTAN Update: pdfcrop v1.8

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On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Heiko Oberdiek submitetd an update to the

  pdfcrop 

package.

 > Changes:
 > 
 > 2008/01/09 v1.8: Fix for moving the temporary file to the output
 >  file across file system boundaries.
 > 

Thanks for the upload.

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CTAN has a new package: texcount

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The package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at
your favorite mirror.

Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

...

The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: TeXcount
Author's name: Einar Andreas Rødland
Location on CTAN: /support/texcount
Summary description: Perl script counting words in LaTeX documents
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
--
TeXcount.pl is a Perl script that counts the number of words in the 
text of LaTeX files. It has rules for handling most of the common 
macros and provieds colour coded output indicating which parts have 
been counted. Go to
  http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Comp/texwordcount.html
for more information or to access the script online as a web service.
--

This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texcount
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texcount
(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 .  
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