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Robin Fairbairns | 1 May 1998 19:53
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Re: Submission -- bosisio's LaTeX packages

Francesco Bosisio writes:

> I have uploaded an updated version of my packages.
> (a) The site I have uploaded to is ftp.tex.ac.uk
> (b) the files are in the incoming/bosisio directory
>     and are:
>         dblfont.dtx
>         graphfig.dtx
>         mathcmd.dtx
>         mathenv.dtx
>         quotes.dtx
>         sobolev.dtx
>     For each package a corresponding ".html" version which describes
>     the package itself is also provided.
>     Finally there is a file "index.html" whch is a general overview.
>     I am not sure if you like these HTML files, but feel free to
>     ignore them.
>     Unfortunately, I have uploaded also a file "accenti.dtx", which
>     I don't think very useful: please remove it (I hadn't the right
>     to remove it myself).
> (c) dblfont.dtx is for blackboard-bold symbols
>     graphfig.dtx is for including graphics in a simple way
>     mathcmd.dtx & mathenv.dtx are some math-mode commands and environments
>     quotes.dtx changes the way you use double quotes
>     sobolev.dtx is for the Sobolev spaces symbols
> (d) the CTAN location of the present version of the packages is
>     macros/latex/contrib/supported/bosisio
>     and the new version should replace the old one

i have duly installed all these files as requested (yesterday).  they
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Robin Fairbairns | 2 May 1998 15:38
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ctan installation: textpos package

i have installed norman grey's textpos package on ctan, as directory
macros/latex/contrib/supported/textpos

here's an extract from the readme file:

  Textpos: absolute positioning of text on the LaTeX page
  -------------------------------------------------------

  Version 1.0b

  This package facilitates placing boxes at absolute positions on the
  LaTeX page.  There are several reasons why this might be useful, but
  the main one (or at least my motivating one) is to help produce a
  large-format conference poster.

  This package provides a single environment, which contains the text
  (or graphics, or table, or whatever) which is to be placed on the
  page, and which specifies where it is to be placed.

Robin Fairbairns

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Robin Fairbairns | 2 May 1998 20:17
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Re: CTAN Submission -- TypeSpec

Stephen Moye writes:

> (a) Upload site: ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming
>
> (b) Uploaded are 10 type specimens, an introduction, and PDF document
> showing the specimens and introduction typeset.
>
> (c) Type specimens are interesting and useful tools for showing off type.
> These are intended as templates for those who need to create their own type
> specimens.
>
> (d) These twelve (12) files should _replace_ the two files currently found
> in the tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/TypeSpec directory.

thanks for the upload.  i've installed the files as requested.

Robin Fairbairns

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Rainer Schoepf | 4 May 1998 11:00
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Re: CTAN Submission -- lilypond

Han-Wen Nienhuys writes:
 > I have uploaded
 >
 >         LilyPond 0.1.61
 >
 > as
 >
 >         lilypond-0.1.61.tar.gz
 >
 > to
 >
 >         ftp.dante.de
 >
 > suggested location:
 >
 >         support/lilypond
 >
 >
 > LilyPond is the GNU Project music typesetter. It generates visual or
 > auditive output from a music definition file: it can typeset formatted
 > sheet music to a TeX file and play (mechanical) performances to a MIDI
 > file.

Thanks a lot, I installed the update.
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   Rainer Schoepf
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Robin Fairbairns | 5 May 1998 12:23
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uk tug faq: significant change

i have just installed a new version (2.2) of the uk tug faq on ctan

while the information in the file is only marginally changed, i have
made some changes to the presentation:

- there is now only one `.ps' file: these files use partially-
downloaded cm-family fonts (from the `ams' set) and are supposedly now
therefore resolution independent

- there is a file newfaq.pdf: this represents an experiment on my
part, and it exhibits a number of wrinkles which i hope to resolve in
the fullness of time -- its utility is limited by not having its links
to the archive (and so on) made active.  i shall be continuing to
experiment with the setup and would welcome any comments.

i expect to publish a complete revision of the faq some time this
year.  comments on accuracy of the present version, and suggestions
for new questions that could usefully be answered, would be very
welcome.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team and the UK TUG Committee
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Robin Fairbairns | 5 May 1998 12:30
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Re: CTAN Submission -- Oriya TeX

Piet van Oostrum writes:

> This was sent to me by Jeroen Hellingman
>
> Oriya-TeX, for typesetting the Oriya script using TeX (beta version).
>
> features:
>
> * new calligraphic designed Oriya METAFONT
> * easy to type ASCII input, compatible with Velthuis' transcription scheme
> * CSX, ISCII and Unicode input and output
> * large number of conjuncts and ligatures
> * runs on any machine that has TeX and C++ available,
>   including PC's from IBM-AT upwards, MacOS, and Unix boxes.
> * cheapest system available to typeset in Oriya.
>
> Oriya is the language spoken by approx.  30 million people in the state
> Orissa in East India.
>
> uploaded in ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming.
> To be placed in a suitable place in the fonts directory.

i have, in fact, installed the submission in language/oriya -- there
are several other single-indic-language directories, with similar
contents, under language/ so this placement seemed appropriate to me.

Robin Fairbairns

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Rainer Schoepf | 6 May 1998 09:10
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Re: CTAN Submission -- mf2pt3

Apostolos Syropoulos writes:
 >   Dear Sirs,
 >
 >   I have uploaded on ftp.dante.de /incoming/mf2pt3
 > two files: mf2pt3.pl and mf2pt3.nw The first one is
 > a Perl script that generates PostScript Type 3 fonts from
 > METAFONT sources by processing METAPOST output. The second
 > one is the noweb source code of the utility. A suitable
 > location for these files is tex/fonts/utilities/mf2pt3.
 >
 > Yours Sincerely
 >
 > A. Syropoulos

Thanks a lot for your upload, I installed the files as suggested.
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    Rainer Schoepf
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Robin Fairbairns | 6 May 1998 10:43
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Re: CTAN Submission -- songbook.sty

Christopher Rath writes:

> I have placed a new version of my Songbook style in the incoming
> directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk.  The file is called songbook3.0.tar.gz.
> There is a version of the style already on CTAN hosts, in the
> macros/latex/contrib/supported/songbook directory, and this new
> release should replace that old one.

i have installed the new version as requested

> P.S. The release notes for the package are as follows:
> [...]
> Changes In This Release:
>
>     * new user contributed code distributed with this package; see the contrib
>       directory
>
>     * the song, SBVerse, SBChorus, and SBSection environments, and the \STitle
>       macro, all set either \leftmark or \rightmark.  I've also added a macro
>       to make it easy to place a ``<Some title> cont...'' string in the page
>       header.
>
>     * the song environment now handles empty copyright and W\&M parameters in a
>       special fashion
>
>     * the \Ch macro has been completely re-written.  The significant change is
>       that a new command automatically draws a rule when the chord is bigger
>       than the syllable.
>
>     * the new \Ch maros now raise the chord a specified height above the text;
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Rainer Schoepf | 6 May 1998 13:11
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Re: CTAN Submission -- youngtab

Volker Boerchers writes:

 > I have uploaded version 1.1 of package `youngtab' to the directory
 > /incoming on ftp.dante.de. This version replaces the old version 1.0
 > (dated 4/96).

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

 > Description of `youngtab':
 > --------------------------
 > `youngtab' is a (the!) package for typesetting Young-Tableaux,
 > mathematical symbols for the representations of groups. The first
 > version, 1.0, is in the CTAN archive since 4/96.
 >
 > Our package `youngtab.dtx' provides two TeX macros, `\yng(#1)' and
 > `\young(#1)', the first for empty boxes, and the second for labelled
 > boxes. The syntax of the macros is intuitive and simple to avoid
 > spelling-mistakes.
 >
 > The package was originally written for LaTeX2e but works also with
 > plain TeX (tested) and hopefully with LaTeX 2.09 (not tested).
 > For plain TeX one has to `\input' the file `youngtab.tex' instead of
 > using the `.sty'.
 >
 >
 > Changes since version 1.0:
 > --------------------------
 > * Now the tableaux do not have to be left-aligned anymore. This `skew'
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Rainer Schoepf | 6 May 1998 13:26
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Re: CTAN Submission - titlesec 1.1

Javier Bezos writes:
 > Hallo:
 >
 > I have uploaded a new version (1.1) of the titlesec package.
 >
 > Site: ftp.dante.de
 >
 > Files in incoming/titlesec/: titlesec.dtx, titlesec.ins
 > These files should replace the current ones in
 >  /macros/latex/contrib/supported/titlesec
 >
 > This version fixes a few bugs and adds functionality with further
 >    title styles and some new commands.
 >
 > Format: cleartext
 >
 > Danke
 > Mit freunlichen Gruessen.
 >
 > Javier

Thanks a lot, I installed the update.

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    Rainer Schoepf
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