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Rainer Schoepf | 1 Apr 1998 10:32
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Re: comment.sty uploaded

Victor Eijkhout writes:

 > I have just ftp'ed comment.sty and comm_test_l.tex (a LaTeX test
 > file for comment.sty) to ftp.dante.de. I take it that in due time
 > it will propagate to all mirrors?
 >
 > This latest version is a minor update (little bug fix here, some
 > added functionality there), but it now has a GNU Public License
 > header. Apparently this file is on the teTeX distribution, and
 > someone asked me about the copyright status of it. That's why.

I removed

   macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/comment.sty

and installed the two files in

      macros/latex/contrib/other/comment

Thanks for the upload.
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Rainer Schoepf | 2 Apr 1998 09:30
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Re: CTAN Submission -- iso-8859-7.def

Apostolos Syropoulos writes:

 > I have uploaded on ftp.dante.de the file iso-8859-7.tar which
 > contains the file iso-8859-7.def. This file can be used by
 > users of the greek option of the babel package who want to enter
 > directly greek text instead of a transliteration. I guess this
 > option can be part of the stantart LaTeX distribution. You
 > should extract the two file from the bundle and install it in
 > tex/languages/greek/cb/misc. Moreover, please delete the
 > file tfm.tar.gz from the directory tex/languages/greek/cb/misc,
 > as the tfm's have their own directory.

Thanks for your upload, I installed/deleted the files as suggested.

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Fabrice.Popineau | 2 Apr 1998 16:34

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The final version of web2c win32 binaries are available on:

ftp://ftp.ese-metz.fr/pub/TeX/win32/web2c-7.2.0-win32-bin1.zip
ftp://ftp.ese-metz.fr/pub/TeX/win32/web2c-7.2.0-win32-bin2.zip
ftp://ftp.ese-metz.fr/pub/TeX/win32/web2c-7.2.0-win32-bin3.zip
ftp://ftp.ese-metz.fr/pub/TeX/win32/web2c-7.2.0-win32-base.zip

web2c-7.2.0-win32-bin1.zip: base, tex, latex, pdftex, dvips, windvi
web2c-7.2.0-win32-bin2.zip: etex, omega
web2c-7.2.0-win32-bin3.zip: tex4ht, dvilj, misc utils
web2c-7.2.0-win32-base.zip: basic texmf tree containing latex, ams,
hyperref, some macros and fonts for tex, latex, omega, pdftex.

Everything should be mirrored on CTAN very soon in the
CTAN:systems/win32/web2c directory.

Web2c comes now with the windvi previewer and some interesting
features (magnifying glass, type1 fonts, omega ).
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Olaf Weber | 3 Apr 1998 09:59
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Drivers & updates for Web2C 7.2

Dvi drivers and other utilities that match Web2C 7.2 are now available
as separate packages on ftp.tug.org and CTAN.

The dvi previewer xdvik, based on Paul Vojta's xdvi 20:
        ftp://ftp.tug.org/pub/tex/xdvik.tar.gz
        CTAN:tex-archive/dviware/xdvi/xdvi.tar.gz

Tom Rockicki's dvi to PostScript translator dvipsk 5.78:
        ftp://ftp.tug.org/pub/tex/dvipsk.tar.gz
        CTAN:tex-archive/dviware/dvipsk/dvipsk.tar.gz

The dvi to pcl translator dviljk 2.8, based on Gustav Neumann's
dvi2xx 2.6:
        ftp://ftp.tug.org/pub/tex/dviljk.tar.gz
        CTAN:tex-archive/dviware/dviljk/dviljk.tar.gz

For Omega, oxdvik and odvipsk, which are variants of xdvik and dvipsk
that can handle Omega's extensions to the dvi format.  This bundle
contains the xdvik and dvipsk sources as well
        ftp://ftp.tug.org/pub/tex/dvik-omega.tar.gz
        CTAN:tex-archive/systems/web2c/dvik-omega.tar.gz

A number of other related programs, like makeindexk, lacheck, dtl, and
others:
        ftp://ftp.tug.org/pub/tex/dvik-misc.tar.gz
        CTAN:tex-archive/systems/web2c/dvik-misc.tar.gz

In the course of preparing the TeXlive 3 CD, some updates were made
to various parts of the sources.  In particular there were new
upstream releases of MetaPost (0.641) and pdfTeX (0.12h), some fixes
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Robin Fairbairns | 4 Apr 1998 12:13
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Re: CTAN Submission -- mdwtools-1.05.tar.gz

> New version, fixes some bugs.  Goes in
> .../macros/latex/contrib/supported.

now installed at ftp.tex.ac.uk

Robin Fairbairns

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Rainer Schoepf | 6 Apr 1998 15:25
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Re: CTAN Submission --- geometry 2.0

Hideo Umeki writes:

 > I have uploaded the new version of Geometry package (v2.0)
 > to ftp.dante.de/incoming/geometry20.tgz (tar + gzip).
 >
 > -------------------------------------------------
 > This new release contains three major changes:
 >
 > o The geometry options using the keyval scheme can be set
 >   in the optional argument to the \usepackage command as well as
 >   in the argument of the \geometry macro.
 >   Therefore, you can go
 >      \usepackage[scale={0.7,0.8},nohead]{geometry}
 >   instead of
 >      \usepackage{geometry}
 >      \geometry{scale={0.7,0.8}, nohead}.
 >
 > o Multiple use of \geometry macro is allowed. In the previous
 >   version, \geometry initialized layout dimensions before
 >   reading its options. In this release, however, \geometry just
 >   appends its options to the previously specified ones. Therefore,
 >      \usepackage[width=10cm, left=3cm]{geometry}
 >      \geometry{left=5cm}
 >      \geometry{vscale=0.8,nohead}
 >   is equivalent to
 >      \usepackage[width=10cm, left=5cm, vscale=0.8, nohead]{geometry}.
 >   If you want to reset layout dimensions and modes, you can use
 >   `reset' option.
 >
 > o The shortened control sequences for \paperwidth and \paperheight,
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Rainer Schoepf | 6 Apr 1998 16:07
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Re: CTAN Submission -- kalender.sty

Joerg Soehner writes:
 > Hallo,
 >
 > ich habe eine neue Version des kalender.sty in /ftp/incoming/ abgelegt. Die alte Version
 > liegt in macros/latex/contrib/other/kalender/
 >
 > Gruss Joerg

Thanks for the update, I installed the file as requested.
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Robin Fairbairns | 8 Apr 1998 12:16
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Re: CTAN Submission -- setspace.sty 6.3

Geoffrey Tobin writes:

> I have just sent setspace.sty version 6.3 to CTAN.
>
> (a)  Uploaded to:  ftp.tex.ac.uk
> (b)  File:  setspace.sty
> (c)  Overview:
>
> This is a LaTeX package for changing line spacings in whole documents or
> portions thereof.
>
> Version 6.3 contains several bug fixes, code simplifications, and new
> features.  These are documented in comments within setspace.sty .
>
> PS:  The usage instruction doesn't describe how to specify an option;
> they assume that LaTeX users know this.  However, according to
> Leslie Lamport's LaTeX User's Guide and Reference Manual, page 178:
>
>     \usepackage[nodisplayskipstretch]{setspace}
>
> when you want that option, and:
>
>     \usepackage{setspace}
>
> when you don't.
>
> (d)  CTAN directory:
>
>     macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace
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Rainer Schoepf | 8 Apr 1998 16:46
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Re: CTAN Submission --- geometry 2.0a

Hideo Umeki writes:

 > Our mail server had some trouble today, so I'm sending it again.
 > If you have already recieved the same mail, please ignore this.
 >
 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 > I have uploaded the new version of Geometry package (v2.0a)
 > to ftp.dante.de/incoming/geometry20a.tgz.                ~
 >
 > I forgot to include showframe.sty in the archive I had uploaded
 > as version 2.0. The style file is used for test print (gtest.tex).
 > In this release, I also revised the document for the package and removed
 > glayout.ps because I contained an illustration in the document instead.
 >
 > Please replace the contents of
 > /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry.
 >
 > Thank you in advance.

Thanks a lot, installed the update.
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    Rainer Schoepf
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Rainer Schoepf | 8 Apr 1998 16:49
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Re: CTAN Submission

Andreas Tille writes:
 > Initial public alpha release of formula
 >
 > I have upload in
 >
 >        ftp.dante.de:/incoming/formula/
 >                                      Makefile
 >                                      README.1ST
 >                                      formula.dtx
 >                                      formula.ins
 >                                      install.eng
 >                                      install.ger
 >
 > the package formula.
 >
 > In my opinion a reasonable location would be
 >
 >           macros/latex/contrib/other  .
 >
 > README.1ST says:
 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 > Formula is intended to help you while putting physical symbols
 > into your text in a comfortable manner. It ensures the same
 > shape of the symbols which can be freely defined by you in text
 > *and* math mode.  There are some (only some!! -- it needs
 > extension) predefined physical units.
 >
 > This is the first public available release of formula.
 > Initially it was written only to do some support in our
 > working group and was not intended to be made public.
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