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Reinhard Zierke | 1 Jun 2004 13:38
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CTAN upload notification: OFS - Olsak's Font System

> Name of contribution: OFS - Olsak's Font System
> Name and email: Petr Olsak <petr@...>
> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/generic/ofs
> Summary description: plainTeX +LaTeX macro for managing large font collections
> License type: other
> 
> Announcement text:
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> OFS (Olsak's Font System) is plainTeX and LaTeX macro for managing large font collections. It is used by
Czech/Slovak users many years. 
> 
> Main features:
> 
> * Long names of fonts to metric file name mapping. User
>   can specify only exact long names in your document.
> * Support for many font encodings.
> * Printing of catalogues of fonts, test samples of 
>   font families.
> * Interactive macro \showfonts shows all font families
>   you have instaled via OFS
> * User interface is the same for plainTeX and for LaTeX,
>   but implementation differs: LaTeX variant of OFS uses 
>   NFSS, but plain variant implements its own font managing
>   (may be better than NFSS).
> * Support for math fonts including TX fonts.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Thank you very much for the upload.  I installed the package in
CTAN:macros/generic/ofs.
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Reinhard Zierke | 1 Jun 2004 19:25
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CTAN upload notification: fc fonts version 1.4

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload -----
Name of contribution: fc fonts version 1.4
Name and email: Jörg Knappen <joerg.knappen@...>
Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/jknappen/fc
Summary description: Update of the fc fonts
License type: gpl

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I have uploaded an update for the fc fonts. The update contains some fixes to the METAFONT sources of the fc fonts
and improved LaTeX2e support files. The documentation is 
updated appropriately.
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Thanks for the upload.  I installed it as suggested replacing the previous
version in CTAN:fonts/jknappen/fc/

Reinhard Zierke
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Jim Hefferon | 3 Jun 2004 16:13
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CTAN package update: dvipng

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way 
to your favorite mirror very soon.

Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon

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

Name of contribution: dvipng
Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson
Location on CTAN: dviware/dvipng
Summary description: A fast DVI to PNG converter
License type: gpl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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Release notes for version 1.1 of the dvipng package:

This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its 
relatives.

This release adds t1lib support, which is good when installing with teTeX. 
A man page is also now included. Finally color special support has been fixed, 
and a few build issues.

dvipng has gained its own project on SourceForge, so starting from now, 
that project will be the main distribution point.
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Jim Hefferon | 3 Jun 2004 16:47
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CTAN has a new package: europecv

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should appear at your
favorite mirror soon.

Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon

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

Name of contribution: europecv
Author's name: Nicola Vitacolonna
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/europecv
Summary description: Unofficial class for European curricula vitae
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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This class is an unofficial LaTeX implementation of the standard model for 
curricula vitae as recommended by the European Commission. Although 
primarily intended for users in the European Union, the class is flexible 
enough to be used for any kind of curriculum vitae.
- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

You can have a look at the package at
  http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/europecv
although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror 
of CTAN that is near to you; see 
  http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors 
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Reinhard Zierke | 4 Jun 2004 18:23
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CTAN Upload: csquotes 2.0

----- Forwarded message from Philipp Lehman -----
I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to DANTE incoming. This is an update for 
macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. The package status does not change (LPPL 1.3, 
author-maintained). Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and 
announce the upload as usual.

Thank you very much.

ABOUT

The csquotes package:
* provides markup for inline quotations
* supports both control sequences and active characters
* toggles between inner and outer quotation marks for nested quotes
* interfaces with babel and adapts quotation marks as required
* features fully configurable quote styles and active characters

CHANGES

* Added \blockquote
* Added \foreignblockquote
* Added \hyphenblockquote
* Added \setblockthreshold
* Added \setblockenvironment
* Extended \DeclareQuoteStyle
* Added initialization hook for quote styles
* Added support for middle quote marks
* Added support for kerning between quote marks
* Added package option and style variants for French
* Added package option and style variant for Italian
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Jim Hefferon | 4 Jun 2004 19:08
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CTAN has a new package: orderrefs

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way
to your favorite mirror soon.

Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon

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

Name of contribution: orderrefs
Author's name: John Collins
Location on CTAN: support/orderrefs
Summary description: Reorder bibliography in LaTeX document by order 
  of citation
License type: gpl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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When the bibliography in a LaTeX document is made by hand,
without use of BibTeX, it is frequently necessary to reorder the items in the
bibliography according to their order of citation.  Orderrefs is a
little program that automates this reordering.  It is a portable perl
script that should run on any computer with a working perl
installation.
- - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

You can have a look at the package at
  http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/orderrefs
although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror
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Robin Fairbairns | 6 Jun 2004 15:17
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Re: Upload

Herbert Voss writes:

> I am just uploading Mathmode.pdf to
> ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming
> I don't know which is the best place to save this
> file, maybe ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/math/
> 
> Mathmode.pdf is a documentation of the math mode
> of standard LaTeX and the amsmath package.
> It also shows some examples of the most popular
> math related packages.

i have installed the file (after discussion with herbert) in
info/math/voss/Voss-Mathmode.pdf

i've been acquainted with this file for some time; it is an excellent
resource.  i'm pleased to have it on ctan -- thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

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Robin Fairbairns | 8 Jun 2004 00:37
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Re: upload

Herbert Voss writes:

> in the incoming dir is a new version
> of Voss-Mathmode.pdf (only small changes) and an
> article about the gauss.sty (from dtk) and

(note, this file is in German)

> a README for some informations.
> 
> please install the files in the dir
> info/math/voss

i've installed the files, but i took the liberty of renaming gauss.pdf
as Voss-gauss.pdf, to avoid confusion with the package itself.

so the directory now contains:

 README
 Voss-gauss.pdf
 Voss-Mathmode.pdf

thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

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Robin Fairbairns | 8 Jun 2004 00:43
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Re: acronym-1.11 uploaded

Tobi Oetiker writes:

> I have uploaded acronym-1.11 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.11.

installed as macros/latex/contrib/acronym; thanks for the upload.

> If you think it is appropriate, announce it please.

i think so, given that the error that this version fixes first appeared
on a public list, rather than in mail between user and maintainer.

> Recent Changes:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Version 1.11 (June 2004): Make hyperlinks work inside optional
> item text by replaceing hypertarget with raisedhypertarget
> --  Martin Salois <Martin.Salois@...>
>
> Version 1.10 (May 2004): Fix for the bug of a \cs{}\cs{} following an
> acronym. Add footnote optional out for \cmd{\acs}. Fix for list of acronyms
> in front matter and addition of \cmd{\acroextra} command.
> -- Danie Els <dnjels@...>
> 
> Version 1.9 (October 2003): Fix hyperref processing to work regardles 
> of calling order. 'printused' now prints every acronym used not only 
> the ones called through \ac.
> -- Danie Els <dnjels@...> and Tobi Oetiker
> 
> Version 1.8 (October 2003): When the hyperref package is loaded before the
> acronym package, all acronyms will become a hyperlink to their own
> definition.
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Rainer Schöpf | 8 Jun 2004 21:56

Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 6.50: Omega & Math Fonts generation.

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Basil Malyshev wrote:

 > I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory
 > update for BaKoMa TeX 6.50 (issued 5-Jun-2004)
 >
 > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory.
 >
 >    Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.50
 >    are related with using Windows fonts.
 >
 >    Font Setup Wizard (`Options}Install OpenType, TrueType, ...' menu)
 >    have two new features:
 >
 >      1) Generating Omega Font Metrics (OFM) for unicoded OpenType/TrueType fonts.
 >         In advance, set of TFM files is generated - one file for every slot,
 >         that allows access to all characters from Standard TeX.
 >
 >      2) Generating fonts in OT1 and OML font encodings,
 >         to use in math formulas.
 >
 > More information about changes is at:
 >   <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html>
 >
 > Bye.
 > Basil K. Malyshev
 > 6-Jun-2004
 >
 > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups.
 >
 > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 6.50 ----------------------
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