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CTAN Announcements | 1 Oct 2006 18:38
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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.4

Philipp Lehman writes:

> I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK 
> node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please 
> purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as 
> usual.

i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue.  users
may browse the package via the catalogue entry:

  http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html

that page outlines the package:

    The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the
    bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with
    BibTeX.  It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX
    at a fairly fundamental level.

> RELEASE NOTES
> 
> See the file `RELEASE' for release notes.
> 
> CHANGES
> 
> * Added package option `bibtex8'
> * Added package option `sortlos'
> * Made `pageref' field local to `bibsection' environment
> * Renamed field `labeltitle' to `labelctitle'
> * Added new field `labeltitle'
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Robin Fairbairns | 5 Oct 2006 09:54
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Version 3.16b of the UK FAQ

i have just installed the "end september release" of the uk faq, here
in cambridge (it'll be making its way out to the rest of the world any
minute now).  i have also updated the web version at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq

details of the new release are attached.  i must apologise for missing
the end august release: ill health got in the way (there had been
little added that month, anyway, and something had to give in my
disrupted work schedules).

Robin Fairbairns

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Changes in version 3.16b

This file incorporates the (small number of) changes from version 3.16
that previously appeared in file CHANGES-3.16a; the earlier changes
are marked with an asterisk.

New answer:
  Label optionclash: clashing package options error in LaTeX

Revised answers:
  Label ECfonts:  reword discussion of mathematics and EC fonts (i.e.,
		  emphasise that there's no direct relation)
 *Label filename: extend macro definitions, hopefully expanding the
                  usefulness and usability of the answer
  Label hyperdupdest: other sources of the error than repeated pages
  Label minitoc:  corrected error in q-minitoc code, tidy comments
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CTAN Announcements | 6 Oct 2006 13:18
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CTAN package update: Herbert Voss's mathmode

Herbert Voss writes:

> Mathmode.pdf is a comprehensive review of mathematics in (La)TeX.
> This new version 2.19 has the following changes:
> 
>    - some more infos for the fleqn class option
>    - small fixes to the array environment
>    - added an example for gathered (ams) and
>      for boxed rows and columns of arrays
>    - indice in upright font shape
>    - extended index
>    - a lot of modifications to the source code

i have installed the new version at cambridge, and pushed it out to
the rest of the world.

users may browse the new version via its catalogue page:

http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html

thanks, herbert, for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

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CTAN Announcements | 6 Oct 2006 18:05
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CTAN package upgrade: msg V 0.40

i have installed the latest version of msg.

Bernard Gaulle writes:

>    The "msg" package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any
> document class or package. Very usefull for end-users who could
> obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is also really
> easy to use by class/package writers.
> 
> Please, feel free to try/test it on any existing package/class and
> report any pb. No pb reported at that time.
> 
> V 0.40 mods:  no options are declared and processed when the "msg"
>                package is called internally (from another package)
>                or from the kernel.
>          Added a Makefile to prepare for TeXLive.
>          Added a CHANGES file

thanks for the upload.

the package is on its way out across the aether.  meanwhile,
interested users may browse it in cambridge, via the catalogue entry

  http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/msg.html

Robin Fairbairns

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CTAN Announcements | 7 Oct 2006 00:34
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CTAN package update: frenchle (updated to V5,9991)

Bernard Gaulle writes:

>    I've upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the file frenchle.tar.gz which is a replacement
> for language/french/frenchle. This is the new version (V5,9991) for 
> the LaTeX package frenchle, a ready to use package for typesetting 
> French documents with or without Babel.

i've installed the new version; thank you for the upload.

> This upgrade (V5,9991) provides a new file "babel.fr" which is a 
> little package designed to load Babel and accept the global option 
> "french" for other French options not distributed with Babel, like 
> frenchle. This is to restore the facility lengthy allowed by Babel 
> but stopped at the end of 2003.
> Documentation has been updated; French guillemets usage now documented.

users who would like to browse the package may do so via its updated
catalogue page at

  http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchle.html

Robin Fairbairns

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CTAN Announcements | 8 Oct 2006 10:48
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Cambridge CTAN Node down until 1500 local (1400 GMT)

Due to a scheduled network outage. the Cambridge main CTAN node

  {ftp,www,rsync}.tex.ac.uk

is not reachable until 1400 GMT (according to schedule).

For the CTAN Team
   Rainer Schöpf
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CTAN Announcements | 8 Oct 2006 19:17
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CTAN update: cool 1.3

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, N Setzer submitted an update to his

  cool

package (COntent-Oriented LaTeX).

The package gives LaTeX the power to retain mathematical meaning
of its expressions in addition to the typsetting instructions;
essentially separating style from the content of the math.

One advantage of keeping mathematical meaning is that conversion
of LaTeX documents to other executable formats (such as Content
MathML or Mathematica ode) is greatly simplified.

The package requires the coolstr, coollist, and forloop packages.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cool
Summary description: COntent-Oriented LaTeX
License type: lgpl

Announcement text:
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Update to the cool package that adds the ability to alter the
DifferentialD in both the Integral and derivative, adds the ability to
alter the symbol of some of the fundamental constants, adds the ability to
alter the symbol of the IdentityMatrix, and adjusted the parentheses by
adding \mathopen{} before the \left tag (to improve spacing).
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This package is located at
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Robin Fairbairns | 9 Oct 2006 14:01
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CTAN package update: mathmode

Herbert Voss has submitted a new version of his maths typesetting
tutorial; this update includes a rearrangement of the package on ctan.

herbert writes:

> This new version 2.20 has:
> 
> - new subdirectory for the images of the
>    document source
> - added a subsection for package cool
> - a new section "Tuning math typesetting"
> - as usual, small changes to the source

i have installed the new version at cambridge, for transmission to
other ctan sites and mirrors.

users may browse the package via the catalogue entry
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html

thanks for the update;

Robin Fairbairns

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CTAN Announcements | 10 Oct 2006 10:50
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CTAN Update: Making Friends with LaTeX (Version 2.00)

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Rohit Vishal Kumar submitted an update to his

  mfwl

package.

Location on CTAN: /info/MFwL
Summary description: MFwL is a small presentation which helps introduce LaTeX to Newbies
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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"Making Friends with LaTeX" (MFwL) started out as a small presentation, 
which i used to introduce my students to LaTeX. However, with the release 
of Ver 1.00 in Jauary 2006, I received a lot of feedback on the 
presentation and I therefore decided to extend it. The second version, 
made using the powerdot package, has been extended and currently this 
presentation stands at 64 slides; more than double from its first version. 
The objective of MFwL is to introduce new comers to LaTeX and make them 
aware of various aspects of working with LaTeX.

This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the 
LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at 
your option) any later version. (Source Code Included) 
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Thanks for the update.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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CTAN Announcements | 10 Oct 2006 16:05
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CTAN has a new package: Omega for Bengali

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

Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: Omega for Bengali
Author's name: Lakshmi K. Raut
Location on CTAN: /macros/omega/latex/contrib/bengali-omega
Summary description: bengali-omega using Velthuis transliteration 
  scheme and Unicode Text in utf-8 format
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Bengali-Omega version 1.0 is a Omega Typesetting package for Bengali 
language. You can use either the Velthuis transliteration scheme or 
directly Unicode Bengali Text in your Tex document
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/omega/latex/contrib/bengali-omega
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=bengali-omega
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to 
appear).  We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
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