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Robin Fairbairns | 3 Dec 2001 13:13
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parskip.sty update

i have updated macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/parskip.sty

the package provides patches for standard (and some other) classes to
define a typewriter-style paragraph layout with zero paragraph indent
and non-zero paragraph skip.

the new version has patches to deal with adverse interactions with
tables of contents (and the like) -- previously the package added
undesirable extra space in these tables.

Robin Fairbairns
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Reinhard Zierke | 4 Dec 2001 09:11
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CTAN submission -- bpchem

----- Forwarded message from Bjoern Pedersen -----
  + what you've uploaded
        /incoming/bpchem/bpchem.dtx

  + which CTAN node you've uploaded to
        ftp.dante.de
   + where you want the files to go
        replace the contents of
	macros/latex/contrib/other/bpchem
	with bpchem.dtx
   + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list
     below).
        lppl
   + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do.

        This package provides som commands and environments, which could
        be useful for chemical typesetting:
        a command to set chemical formulae
        a command to allow breakpoints in multiline chemical names
        a set of commands to enumerate/reference chemical substances

	NEW: now docstrip-documented
----- End forwarded message -----

Thanks for the submission.  I installed it as suggested replacing the
old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/bpchem/

Reinhard Zierke
for the CTAN team
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Rainer Schoepf | 5 Dec 2001 17:55

Re: CTAN upload notification: epstopdf

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 Jürgen Bausa wrote:

> Name of contribution: epstopdf
> Suggested location on CTAN: support/epstopdf
> Summary description: converts eps files to encapsulated pdf (for inclusion in pdflatex)
> License type: Free
>
> Announcement text:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is version 2.2.20, a bugfix release
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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Rainer Schoepf | 5 Dec 2001 17:54

Re: CTAN submission -- metre A LaTeX package for classicists

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Gianfranco Boggio-Togna wrote:

> I have uploaded the file `metre10.zip' to ftp.dante.de/incoming.
>
> Name of contribution:  metre
> Author:  Gianfranco Boggio-Togna <gbt@...>
> Suggested location:  /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/metre
> License:  LaTeX Project Public License
>
> Description:
>
> The package provides classicists with some of the tools that are
> needed for typesetting scholarly publications dealing with Greek and
> Latin texts, with special emphasis on Greek verse.
>
> As the name suggests, the core of the package is a comprehensive set
> of commands for generating metrical schemes and for placing prosodical
> marks on text set in the Latin or the Greek alphabet.
>
> The rest of the package provides a miscellany of commands for symbols
> (most of them not directly related to metre) that are often used in
> critical editions of classical texts.
>
> The package does not require any special font: all symbols are taken
> from the Computer Modern OT1 fonts (included in all distributions of
> TeX) or are generated by means of TeX primitives.
>
> --
>    Gianfranco Boggio-Togna
>    Milano (Italy)
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Jim Hefferon | 6 Dec 2001 20:35
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tug.ctan.org upload: venn

The venn package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should
make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. 

Jim Hefferon
ftpmaint@...

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The following information was provided.

Name of contribution: venn
Author's name: Jim Hefferon
Location on CTAN: graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/venn
Summary description: Macros for Venn diagrams with MetaPost
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the contribution's author:
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Macros for drawing Venn Diagrams with MetaPost.  

For instance, draw_venn_two(true,false,true,false) will draw
a two-circle Venn diagram with the universal set shaded,
the left circle not shaded, the intersectionwedge shaded,
and the right circle not shaded.   You can draw zero- through 
three-circle diagrams.
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Reinhard Zierke | 10 Dec 2001 09:39
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CTAN submission -- invoice 0.4

A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20011208.001/.

The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: invoice 0.4
Name and email: Oliver Corff
Suggested location on CTAN: 
Summary description: invoice 0.4 is an update of invoice 0.3.
License type: Free

Announcement text:
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invoice.sty is a package for writing invoices with many
fees and expenses, possibly in various currencies.

The latest update of invoice has version no. 04.
It supports now four languages: English, German, Dutch
and French.
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Thanks for the upload.  I installed it as suggested replacing the old
version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/invoice

Reinhard Zierke
for the CTAN team
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Jim Hefferon | 10 Dec 2001 15:08
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tug.ctan.org upload: mattens

A new package has been installed on the CTAN node tug.ctan.org and
should make its way through the mirroring process in the next few
days.

Thanks for the material,
Jim Hefferon
ftpmaint@...

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.

Name of contribution: mattens
Author's name: Danie Els 
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/mattens
Summary description: Type vector, matrix and tensor symbols.
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the contribution's author:
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This file contains LaTeX macros to type vector, matrix and tensor 
symbols in accordance with the Hassenpflug matrix-tensor notation.

An example file and a torture test for different fonts are included.
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Robin Fairbairns | 10 Dec 2001 15:59
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new tex faq sources and web version, accompanying package

i've just installed a new version (v2.5.8) of the uk faq on ctan
(help/uk-tex-faq), and on the faq web page (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq).

included is the answer to a question whose absence has been the
subject of a lot of ridicule of the hapless faqer of cambridge:

  http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=euro

in addition, i've installed a small package of my own, which is
mentioned by a question in the new version of the faq.

this package, macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/bold-extra.sty, makes
nfss tables for using the fonts in fonts/cm/mf-extra/bold (bold cmtt
and cmcsc fonts).

those creating tex distributions are welcome to copies of my
experimental static versions of the faq pages: please contact me
direct.

Robin Fairbairns

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Robin Fairbairns | 11 Dec 2001 22:23
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Re: CTAN submission --- layouts package

Peter Wilson writes:

>     I have just uploaded layouts.tar to the UK incoming directory. Please
> use it to replace the contents of macros/latex/contrib/supported/layouts.
> 
>     The distribution is under the LPPL.
> 
> From the README:
> 
>     The layouts package enables the display of various elements of a
> document's layout including: the general page layout; disposition of floats;
> layouts of paragraphs, lists, footnotes, table of contents and sectional
> headings; font boxes. Facilities are provided for a document designer to
> experiment with the layout parameters.
> 
> Changes in version 2.5
> o Cleaner separataion between generic and designed layouts
> o More controls over the appearance of pictures
> o Lengths can be printed in any TeX unit (except scaled point)
> o Minor code fixes

i've installed the new version as requested.  thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team
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Robin Fairbairns | 11 Dec 2001 22:27
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Re: CTAN submission --- printlen package

Peter Wilson writes:

>     I have just uploaded printlen.sty to UK /incoming. Please use this to
> replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/printlen.sty.
> 
>     The distribution is under the LPPL.
> 
> FUNCTION:
> 
>     Print LaTeX lengths in a variety of units.
> 
> Additions in version 1.1
> o Print numbers rounded to nearest integer (courtesy Harald Harders)

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

Robin Fairbairns

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