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Robin Fairbairns | 9 Dec 1997 12:28
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Re: upload to Cambridge

David Carlisle writes:

> incoming/carlisle has
>
> total 31
> --w-r-----   1 ftp      ctan        4305 Dec  9 11:13 00readme.txt
> --w-r-----   1 ftp      ctan       17817 Dec  9 11:13 fix2col.dtx
> --w-r-----   1 ftp      ctan         149 Dec  9 11:13 fix2col.ins
> --w-r-----   1 ftp      ctan        6168 Dec  9 11:13 mylatex.ltx
>
> Could you put those in supported/carlisle thanks.
> mylatex is just a minor update, fix2col is:
>
> fix2col.dtx
> fix2col.ins
>    Two column fixes.
>    a) Fix mark handling so \firstmark is taken from the first column
>       if that column has marks at all.
>       (A copy of Piet van Oostrum's fixmarks package, more or less.)
>    b) Keep two column floats like figure* in sequence with single
>       column floats like figure.
>       (Modelled on  Ed Sznyter's 2.09 package, fixfloats.)

I have installed the files as suggested; thanks for the submission.

Robin Fairbairns

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Rainer Schoepf | 15 Dec 1997 14:55
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Re: CTAN Submission -- dante-src (update)

Klaus Braune writes:
 > (a) I have uploaded updated files of the DANTE UNIX TeX distribution to the
 >     server
 >         ftp.dante.de
 >     to the directory
 >         /incoming/dante-src
 >
 > (b) The package update consists of the files
 >         LIES.MICH
 >         READ.ME
 >         dante-latex.tar.gz
 >         dante-update.tar.gz
 >
 > (c) The files are part of the DANTE UNIX TeX distribution (TeX, LateX2e,
 >     METAFONT, BibTeX, MakeIndex, drivers for X11, HP LaserJet and PostScript).
 >     The package update contains an updated version of the LaTeX part of the
 >     distribution (June 97 - teh december version is not yet available),
 >     updated files LIES.MICH and READ.ME and the new file dante-update.tar.gz
 >     containing bug fixes to other files being part of the distribution.
 >
 > (d) The files
 >         LIES.MICH
 >         READ.ME
 >         dante-latex.tar.gz
 >     replace the files at the directory
 >         pub/tex/systems/unix/dante-src
 >     (the files dante-dvilj.tar.gz, dante-dvips.tar and dante-tex.tar.gz have
 >     not changed).  The file
 >         dante-update.tar.gz
 >     is new and contains some bug fixes to the unchanged files.
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Rainer Schoepf | 17 Dec 1997 09:43
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Re: CTAN Submission -- <easy>

Enrico Bertolazzi writes:
 > I have put in the directory /incoming of ftp.dante.de a gziped
 > tar file easy.tar.gz. It contains:
 >
 > version 1.0 of the `easyeqn' package
 > version 0.9 of the `easyvector' package
 > version 0.7 of the `easybmat' package
 > version 0.2 of the `easymat' package
 > version 0.8 of the `easytable' package
 > version 0.5 of the `easybib' package.
 >
 > This file should replace
 > the files in /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/easy
 > wich contain the old versions.

Thanks a lot, I installed the update.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schoepf

 >
 > The package \package{easyeqn} introduce some equation
 > environments that simplify writing of equations.
 > It uses a syntax similar to the array environment to define
 > the column alignment. A package option cases only those
 > equations that were \emph{labeled and referenced} to be numbered.
 > A set of macros for typesetting is also added.
 >
 > The \package{easyvector} package is a simple
 > macro package that provides a C-like syntax for writing vectors or matrices.
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Robin Fairbairns | 17 Dec 1997 10:00
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Re: CTAN submission -- epslatex version 2.0

Keith Reckdahl writes:

> I have uploaded two files to the ftp.tex.ac.uk \incoming directory
>
>     epslatex.ps
>     epslatex.pdf
>
> Please move these to the tex-archive/info directory.
> These are a 300-dpi PostScript file and a PDF file made
> using type-1 fonts (latex-dvips-distiller).  The 300dpi
> PS file was uploaded because it was much smaller than the
> type-1 PS file (767 Kb vs 2308 Kb).
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
> reckdahl@...
>
>
> Changes to Version 2.0
> -----------------------
>
>     New title: "Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX2e"
>     How to include EPS files which are stored in subdirectories
>     How to conserve pool space
>     A listing of graphics-conversion software
>     Marginal figures
>     Wide figures
>     Non-floating figures
>     Placing a figure beside table
>     Placing horizontal rule lines before/after figures.
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Robin Fairbairns | 17 Dec 1997 11:13
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Re: update to Cambridge

David Carlisle writes:

> incoming has carlisle.zip which should unpack to
>
> bash$ ls -l carlisle/
> total 27
> -r--r--r--   1 david    david        4576 Dec 17 09:35 00readme.txt
> -r--r--r--   1 david    david        2776 Dec 17 09:35 comma.sty
> -r--r--r--   1 david    david        5200 Dec 17 09:34 slashed.sty
> -r--r--r--   1 david    david       11933 Dec 17 09:34 textcase.dtx
> -r--r--r--   1 david    david         151 Dec 17 09:34 textcase.ins
>
> Please unpack into contrib/supported/carlisle, and *delete* the existing
> textcase.sty (textcase now in dtx format).
>
> comma.sty is an update:
> % v1.2 add \ <at> comma <at> ux for very long digit strings (requested on c.t.t)
> This package formats a number by inserting a comma (or anything else)
> every three digits, as in 1,234.
>
> slashed.sty was an answer to a c.t.t question a year ago, which I
> forgot about until a similar question got asked again this week.
> It puts / through characters, for the Physicist's `Feynman slashed
> character' notation.
>
> textcase.dtx is an update, it is now in documented `dtx' form.
> The package defines \MakeTextUppercase, a version of \MakeUppercase
> that skips over math mode. This update incorporates some improvements
> by Donald Arseneau, so that it now also copes with \ref, \label and
> \cite, avoiding uppercasing their symbolic `key' arguments.
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Rainer Schoepf | 17 Dec 1997 16:54
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Re: CTAN Submission -- OzTeX-german

Lothar Meyer-Lerbs writes:

 > I've uploaded the new OzTeX-german version to ftp.dante.de/incoming/oztex-german
 > this directory should replace the old
 > /pub/tex/systems/mac/oztex-german
 > directory.

Thanks, I installed the new version.

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Rainer Schoepf | 18 Dec 1997 09:50
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Re: CTAN Submission -- WinEdt Patch

Aleksander Simonic writes:
 > I have just uploaded the latest WinEdt Patch (hopefully the last
 > one for this release) to
 >
 >      ftp.dante.de/incoming/winedt.zip
 >
 > Please move the file to
 >
 >      tex-archive/systems/win32/winedt
 >
 > The patch fixes a few problems related to files with no extensions
 > and yet another GPF that was discovered by an adventurous user...

Thanks a lot, I installed the update.

Seasons greetings to you

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 Rainer Schoepf
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Rainer Schoepf | 18 Dec 1997 09:52
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Re: CTAN Submission -- dvips 5.76 for emTeX and OS/2+DOS/Win

Wonkoo Kim writes:

 > I have uploaded ftp.dante.de/incoming/dvips576.zip.
 >
 > This is dvips 5.76 (dvi to postscript converter) for emTeX and OS/2
 > or DOS(/Win/Win95/NT).
 >
 > This package was compiled with emx/gcc 0.9c fix04 under OS/2 Warp,
 > after patching (for emTeX) the original dvips 5.76 sources of
 > /pub/tex/dviware/dvips/dvips576.tar.gz on CTAN site.  This includes
 > a few bug fixes and some enhancements.
 >
 > The archive includes OS/2+DOS bound executables, patched sources/diffs
 > (but not unpatched sources), tfm files, virtual fonts, and some docs.
 >
 > The executables should also work on DOS, Win3.1, Win95, or NT with
 > EMX/RSX/RSXWIN/RSXNT runtime modules.
 >
 > Please replace the old version of
 >         pub/tex/systems/os2/dviware/dvips/dvips576.zip
 >         (The new archive has the same name, as it's dvips 5.76 with bug fix.)
 >
 > Since this should work for MSDOS as well, please make the link for
 >         pub/tex/systems/msdos/dviware/dvips/dvips576.zip

Thanks a lot, I installed the update.
  For the CTAN Team
    Rainer Schoepf

 > P.S. Here are some history of changes:
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Rainer Schoepf | 19 Dec 1997 10:08
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Re: CTAN Submission -- LaTeD, an editor for LaTeX pictures and MSDOS.

resslere writes:

 > (a)  I uploaded to ftp.dante.de .
 > (b)  One file:  lated11.zip
 >       An eariler attempt to upload LATED11.ZIP (all caps) failed,
 >       also an attempt to make a directory called lated.
 > (c)  Here is part of the file README.TXT:
 >
 > ------ start
 > LaTeD Version 1.1
 > (c) Gene Ressler 1993, 94, 97
 >   de8827@...
 >
 > LaTeD is a graphical editor for drawings in the LaTeX "picture"
 > environment.  It runs under MSDOS or in a Windows DOS box.  The
 > distribution includes full sources, including LaTeX source for
 > its documentation.
 >
 > No warranty of this software is expressed or implied by the author.
 >
 > Copy and use this program freely for any purpose except for sale
 > of the program (including the source code) itself.  That is,
 > no one can copy this program for the purpose of providing it to
 > another person in exchange for money or other compensation, even
 > if this program is only part of the exchange.
 >
 > All copies of computer source code in this distribution, whether
 > copies in whole or in part, must have this notice attached.
 > ------ end
 >
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Rainer Schoepf | 22 Dec 1997 12:07
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CTAN host ftp.dante.de unavailable

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted as well.

Due to a disk failure this morning (Dec 22) the CTAN server
ftp.dante.de is out of service. Joachim Lammarsch is trying to get a
replacement before Xmas.

--
 For the CTAN Team
   Rainer Schoepf
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