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Rainer Schöpf | 5 Jan 2004 15:26

Re: CTAN upload notification: isotope.sty

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 Heiko Bauke submitted:

 > Name of contribution: isotope.sty
 > Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/isotope/
 > Summary description: package for type setting isotopes
 > License type: lppl
 >
 > Announcement text:
 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 > Vertical spacing between nuclear and atomic number has been improved.
 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks for the update, I installed it.

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  Rainer Schöpf
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Jim Hefferon | 5 Jan 2004 18:14
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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX

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

Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon

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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.

Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX
Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden
Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix
Summary description: 
License type: pd

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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The nineth CTAN release has the following improvements:
* New procedure for drawing and resizing squares and circles which is much more easy to use.
* Bug fix in the text editor form when entering text with '[' and ']'.
* Now shows the bounding box of inserted images instead of the image itself during preview.
* First/last point of closed polygons and spline could not be selected.
* Number of polygon/spline points increased to 50.
* Bug fix in arc conversion. LaTeX even crashed when converting or previewing.
* A grayscale of 100 percent resulted into a filling of the object with the border colour. This way corrected
by setting the grayscale to 99 percent when converting to LaTeX code.
* Added Polish and Japanese translations.
* General LaTeXPiX GUI font can be changed, this was mainly implemented to deal with the different charsets
some languages like Japanese, Chinese and Korean use.
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Reinhard Zierke | 6 Jan 2004 10:49
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CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 6.20 - Continuous View, FIG/PDF import

----- Forwarded message from "Basil K. Malyshev" -----
I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory
update for BaKoMa TeX 6.20 (issued 2-Jan-2004)

Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory.

NEW FEATURES:

 * Fancy DVI Page Layout - `Continuous View'
   Like to Acrobat Reader BaKoMa DVI Viewer supports different
   page layouts: Single Page, Continuous, Facing, and Continuous - Facing.

 * Importing more Graphical Formats - FIG, PDF.
   + Importing FIG files.
     LaTeX users may just say: `\includegraphics[font=Helvetica]{foo.fig}'
   + Importing PDF files. [Preliminary implementation]
     LaTeX users may just say: `\includegraphics[page=2]{foo.pdf}'
     Currently, importing PDF files has several restrictions
     that will be resolved in next version.

 * Improved Font Support
   + Support TrueType fonts without Postscript glyph names.
   + Support for outlined fonts configured for DVIPS via `/PainType 2 store'.

 * New Packages
   + TeXsis format has been added on request of users.

More information about changes is at:
  <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html>
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Reinhard Zierke | 6 Jan 2004 10:52
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CTAN submission -- ppr-prv class update (v. 0.09)

----- Forwarded message from Mathieu Goutelle -----
I have uploaded an update of the ppr-prv class in /incoming/ppr-prv.tgz
on dante.ctan.org. Please replace all files in
macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv by the ones in the archive.

This class is used with LaTeX presentations using the prosper class.
ppr-prv stands for "Prosper Preview". The aim of this class is to
produce a printable version of the slides written with Prosper, with
two slides per page.

Changes since previous version are:
  * The load of the babel package is now better detected ;
  * ppr-prv is now compatible with the patch for Prosper written by 
Hendri Adriaens <http://stuwww.uvt.nl/~hendri/Downloads/haprosper.html>.

Best regards,
--

-- 
Q: Connaissez-vous la différence entre l'ignorance et l'apathie ?
R: J'en sais rien et je m'en fous.
Mathieu Goutelle - <URL:http://webperso.easyconnect.fr/goutelle>
----- End forwarded message -----

Thanks for the upload.  I installed the new version as suggested in
CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv

Reinhard Zierke
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Reinhard Zierke | 6 Jan 2004 15:22
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CTAN submission -- babelbib

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders -----

Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:50:01 +0100 (CET)
From: Harald Harders <h.harders@...>
To: ctan@...
Subject: CTAN submission -- babelbib
Sender: owner-ctan@...

I have uploaded babelbib-v0_44.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains a new
version of the babelbib bundle with unchanged license (LPPL). Please
replace all files in CTAN:/biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib by its contents.

>From the README:

This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in
cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation
may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can
be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version
supports Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian,
Norwegian, Portoguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
  In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography
of the bibliographies.
  Supported bibliography styles are bababbrv.bst, bababbr3.bst,
babalpha.bst, babamspl.bst, babplai3.bst, babplain.bst, and babunsrt.bst.

Change log:
- 0.44  2004/01/06  - Improved spacings in documentation
- 0.43  2004/01/06  - Document the problem using frenchle.sty when using
                      french language with some babel versions
                    - Warn if using french language
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Rainer Schöpf | 7 Jan 2004 23:15

Re: CTAN upload notification: The rotfloat package 1.2

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Axel Sommerfeldt wrote:

 > Name of contribution: The rotfloat package 1.2
 > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/rotfloat
 > Summary description: Combining the float and rotating package
 > License type: lppl
 >
 > Abstract:
 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 > The float package provides commands to define new floats
 > of various styles (plain, boxed, ruled, and userdefined ones);
 > the rotating package provides new environments (sidewaysfigure
 > and sidewaystable) which are rotated by 90 or 270 degrees.
 > But what about new rotated floats, e.g. a rotated ruled one?
 > This package makes this possible; it builds a bridge between both
 > packages and extend the commands from the float package to define
 > rotated versions of the new floats, too.
 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 >
 > Changes:
 > Rewritten for better compatibility. Furthermore rotfloat now supports the
 > float placement specifier [H] for rotated floats as well and a bug was fixed
 > which had prevented the usage of the color package.

Thanks for the new version, I installed it as requested.

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  Rainer Schöpf
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Rainer Schöpf | 11 Jan 2004 21:22

Re: Upload of esint.zip

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Martti Nikunen wrote:

 > I have uploaded the file esint.zip the incoming directory of
 > ftp.dante.de. It contains the font esint10 by Eddie Saudrais in PostScript
 > Type1 format and the corresponding map file.
 >
 > I think the files could be put to directory CTAN/fonts/ps-type1/esint.
 >
 > Licensing terms: pd
 >
 > [...]
 >
 > Here is the README file from the package
 >
 > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 > Eddie Saudrais's font esint10 in Adobe PostScript Type 1 format
 > by Martti Nikunen (martti.nikunen@...).
 >
 > This PostScript Type 1 implementation of the font esint10, originally
 > created by Eddie Saudrais using METAFONT, is freely available for general
 > use.
 >
 > The conversion was done with the free mftrace program
 > (http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen/mftrace/).
 >
 > This distribution does not contain the TFM files that are necessary to
 > use the fonts with TeX; the TFM files can be generated from the Metafont
 > sources obtained by following the instructions in
 > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/esint.
 >
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Rainer Schöpf | 11 Jan 2004 21:17

Re: CTAN upload notification: KOMA-Script

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 Markus Kohm wrote:

 > Name of contribution: KOMA-Script
 > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/koma-script
 > Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle
 > License type: LaTeX Project
 >
 > Announcement text:
 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 > The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the
 > January '04 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka
 > "everybody loves Anabel".
 >
 > --------------------------------------------------------
 > What is KOMA-Script
 > --------------------------------------------------------
 >
 > KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document
 > classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to
 > the standard LaTeX2e classes.
 >   KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from
 > the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities
 > in order to provide the user an almost complete working
 > environment.
 >
 > --------------------------------------------------------
 > Versions of classes and packages at this release:
 > --------------------------------------------------------
 >
 >   scrartcl.cls  2004/01/07  v2.9p
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Jim Hefferon | 13 Jan 2004 18:22
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CTAN has a new package: subfig

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should be
mirrored to your favorite source site in the next day or two.

Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon

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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.

Name of contribution: subfig
Author's name: Steven Douglas Cochran
Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/subfig
Summary description: Figures broken into subfigures
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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This package supersedes the subfigure package (which will continue to be 
supported, but no longer maintained).  The name has changed because the 
subfig package is not completely backward compatible with the older 
subfigure package due to an extensive rewrite to use the new caption 
package to produce its subcaptions.  The major advantage to the new 
package is that the user interface is keyword/value driven and easier to 
use.  To ease the transition from the subfigure package it includes a 
configuration file (subfig.cfg) which nearly emulates the subfigure package.
- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

You can have a look at the package at
  http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/subfig
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Jim Hefferon | 14 Jan 2004 19:12
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CTAN package upgrade: LaTeXPiX

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and it should make its
way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two.

Thanks,
Jim Hefferon

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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.

Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX
Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden
Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix
Summary description: As is
License type: pd

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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The tenth CTAN release has the following improvements:
* Open polygons and splines are now possible by pressing CTRL+BkSp when 
  last point position has been chosen. Pressing BkSp closes the 
  polygon/spline.
* Bug fixes in the drawing engine.
* Bug fixes in the check if objects are not fully visible or invisible 
  within the canvas area.
- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

You can have a look at the package at
  http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix
although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror
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