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Rainer Schoepf | 1 May 2002 13:45

Re: Upload: ntheorem.dtx

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Wolfgang May wrote:

> I have uploaded a new version (1.203) of the ntheorem package
> to ftp.dante.de/incoming. The file ntheorem.dtx should replace the old
> one in
>  macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntheorem/ntheorem.dtx

Thanks for the update, I installed it.

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Jim Hefferon | 1 May 2002 15:50
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New on CTAN: How to Package Your LaTeX Package

A new tutorial has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should
make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or
two.

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

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.

Name of contribution: How to Package Your LaTeX Package
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: info/dtxtut
Summary description: Tutorial on writing .dtx and .ins files
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the contribution's author:
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This tutorial is intended for advanced LaTeX2e users who
want to learn
how to create .ins and .dtx files for distributing their
homebrewed
classes and style files.
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Robin Fairbairns | 2 May 2002 00:41
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Re: CTAN upload notification: Eurosym

A submission was uploaded to cam.ctan.org:

> The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
> 
> Name of contribution: Eurosym
> Name and email: Henrik Theiling <--->
> Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/eurosym
> Summary description: Officially Shaped Euro Symbol for LaTeX in Metafont
> License type: Generic DFSG
> 
> Announcement text:
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> This package contains the Metafont source for a Euro symbol
> that conforms to the official shape construction.  Moreover,
> there is LaTeX style to use it and several extensions that
> do not conform to the official shape but are still thought
> to be useful.
> Version 1.3 contains a Licence and Type1 fonts generated by
> textrace and modified by pfaedit.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

i've installed the files as a replacement for the previous
fonts/eurosym

thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

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Robin Fairbairns | 3 May 2002 08:32
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Re: revised cases.sty on ctan.uk

Donald Arseneau writes:

> A revised cases.sty (2.5) to fix bug with formatting of over-full
> displays, to replace macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/cases.sty,
> is uploaded to Campridge ctan.

so i've now installed it in the proper place.  thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

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Rainer Schoepf | 6 May 2002 12:48

Re: ziffer.sty v2.1

On Mon, 6 May 2002, M. Vaeth wrote:

> I have uploaded a new release of ziffer.sty (v2.1). It should replace
> macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/ziffer.sty
> This is a small package which allows typesetting of numbers according to
> the conventions used in Germany and some other countries. More precisely:
>  .  (within a number in math-mode) becomes a small space [1000-separator]
>  ,  (within a number in math-mode) becomes a 'decimal-separator comma'
>  -- (in math-mode) gets a more natural spacing (customizable).
> In other contexts, the above symbols can be used as usual (also in math-mode).
> In the new release, the '--' conversion is not the default anymore and can
> be switched on/off separately. The reason is that this conversion causes
> (unavoidable) problems with newer versions of amsmath.

Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in

  macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/ziffer.sty

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Rainer Schoepf | 7 May 2002 16:04

Re: Uploaded update to dvii to CTAN

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Adam H. Lewenberg wrote:

> * Uploaded: Files dvii.c, dviiman.dvi, dviiman.pdf, dvii.exe,
>             and README to /incoming on ftp.dante.de
>
> * Location: place in tex-archive/dviware/dvii replacing old files
>
> * License: these files are licensed under the LPPL (Latex Project Public
>            License)
>
> * What this upload does:
>
>   Updates dvii to version 0.44. Added an option to suppress display of
>   `physical' pages as well as another option to ignore certain opcodes
>   when computing checksums. Updated manual.
>
>   More information on dvii can be found at
>
>                 http://www.macrotex.net/dvii/dvii.html
>
>
>
>   From the README file:
>
> dvii is a utility written in C that extracts information from a TeX
> dvi file and displays it on the command line. Information displayed
> can include a summary:
>
>   File comment (usually the date file was compiled)
>   File size
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Jim Hefferon | 9 May 2002 15:15
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New CTAN package: slovak-lshort

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its
way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two.

Jim Hefferon
ftpmaint@...

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.

Name of contribution: slovak-lshort
Author's name: Jan Busa   (J\'an Bu\v{s}a) 
Location on CTAN: info/lshort/slovak
Summary description: slovak translation of "Not So Short Introduction ..."
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the contribution's author:
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The source files, PostScript and PDF files of slovak translation of 
the "Not so Short Introduction to System LaTeX 2e"
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Jim Hefferon | 9 May 2002 15:23
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New CTAN package: multicap

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its
way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two.

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

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.

Name of contribution: multicap
Author's name: John Vassilogiorgakis
Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/multicap
Summary description: Formating captions inside multicols
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the contribution's author:
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This is a package for formating captions inside multicols.
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Rainer Schoepf | 10 May 2002 11:35

Re: Upload of gradback.sty

On Wed, 8 May 2002, Bjoern Pedersen wrote:

>    + what you've uploaded
> 	gradback.sty
>    + which CTAN node you've uploaded to
> 	ftp.dante.de
>
>    + where you want the files to go
>
> 	/pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/supported/gradback
>
>    + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list
>      below).
> 	LPPL
>
>    + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do.
>    (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing)
>
> 	gradback.sty is a small addition to ( and requiring) pstricks to
> 	generate gradient backgrounds. For usage notes, please see the
> 	sty-file.

Thanks for the upload, I installed the file as proposed.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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Rainer Schoepf | 10 May 2002 11:39

Re: CTAN upload: changed license conditions for the CM Bright fonts

On Thu, 9 May 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote:

> I have uploaded the file cmbright.zip to the /incoming
> directory at dante.ctan.org.  The ZIP archive contains the
> files "readme" and "copyrite.txt".  They are to replace the
> existing files
>
>     fonts/cmbright/readme
> and
>     fonts/cmbright/mf/copyrite.txt .
>
> In agreement with MicroPress Inc I have changed the license
> conditions for my Computer Modern Bright fonts.  The
> restriction, that would forbid the creation and distribution
> of scalable vectorized versions of the fonts, such as Type1,
> has been abandoned.  The fonts are released under the LPPL,
> which applies without any modifications or restrictions now.

Thanks for the update, I installed the files as requested.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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