CTAN Announcements | 1 Sep 2008 21:48
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CTAN Update: curves package version 1.52 of 2008/08/29

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Ian Maclaine-cross submitted an update to the

  curves

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/curves/
Summary description: Draws curves and polygons in the LaTeX 2e picture environment.
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Draws curves in the LaTeX 2e picture environment using parabolic arcs
between data points with continuous slope at joins.  For circles and
circular arcs uses up to 16 parabolic arcs. Also draws symbols or dash
patterns along curves. A straight side switch changes curves to
polygons.  Extends picture capability without extra programs and data
files.  Parabolic arcs consist of short chords drawn by overlapping
disks or line drawing `\special's selected by package options.

New in version 1.52: Polygon drawing and improved documentation.
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curves/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/curves
(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 .  
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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CTAN Announcements | 1 Sep 2008 21:52
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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1j + subcaption package v1.0b

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the

  caption

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/
Summary description: Customising captions of floating environments
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Bugfix in in subcaption package: Sometimes the horizontal alignment was wrong, should be fixed now
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption
(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 .  
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
 _______________________________________________

Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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CTAN Announcements | 1 Sep 2008 21:55
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CTAN Update: gmutils, gmdoc, gmverb

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 Grzegorz Murzynowski submitted updates to the

   gmdoc
   gmverb
   gmutils

packages.

Locations on CTAN:
   /macros/latex/contrib/gmutils
   /macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc
   /macros/latex/contrib/gmverb

License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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gmutils: A collision with natbib fixed and some macros added such as \ <at> nameedef, 
         \ampulexdef, \provide and \pprovide.

gmverb: This update provides minor changes in the documentation and more 
        consistent \dekclubs, \dekclubs* and \olddekclubs.

gmdoc: This update provides further development for inline comments and 
       one-time hiding detection of definitions and fixex $

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CTAN Announcements | 2 Sep 2008 21:59
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New CTAN package: liturg

the cambridge upload daemon quoth:

> ======================================================================
> 
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: liturg
> Author's name: Donald P. Goodman
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/liturg
> Summary description: Simple macros for typesetting Catholic liturgical texts
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Simple macros for typesetting Catholic liturgical texts, particularly
> Missal and Breviary texts.  Assumes proper installation of Latin
> typesetting packages.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/liturg.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/liturg/

i've installed the package, and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.

(users should note that although the package itself is already on its
way around the world, the web view of the catalogue data won't be
updated until some time during the night.)
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CTAN Announcements | 3 Sep 2008 11:07
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New CTAN package: SyncTeX parser

Cambridge ctan-upload daemon quoth:

> ======================================================================
> 
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: SyncTeX parser
> Author's name: Jérôme Laurens
> Location on CTAN: support
> Summary description: C Sources for the SyncTeX output file parser, for developers
> License type: other-free
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>         Developers will find here the latest sources of the SyncTeX parser.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/SyncTeX parser.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support

i have installed the package as requested, and made a catalogue entry
for the package.  thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team
_______________________________________________
Ctan-ann mailing list
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CTAN Announcements | 3 Sep 2008 11:40
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New CTAN package: SyncTeX parser

The Cambridge upload daemon wrote:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: SyncTeX parser
> Author's name: Jérôme Laurens
> Location on CTAN: support/synctex-parser
> Summary description: C Sources for the SyncTeX output file parser, for developers
> License type: other-free
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>         Developers will find here the latest sources of the SyncTeX parser.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/synctex-parser.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/synctex-parser

i have installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team
_______________________________________________
Ctan-ann mailing list
Ctan-ann@...
https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann

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CTAN Announcements | 3 Sep 2008 11:44
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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: siunitx

The Cambridge upload daemon wrote:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: siunitx
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx
> Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v1.0l:
> - Fixed issues with decimal markers in tables when number contains no decimal part
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

i have installed the package as requested, and updated the catalogue.
thanks for the upload.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx

the catalogue entry will be (minutely) modified overnight, when today's
small change is incorporated in the svn repo->web processing.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team
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CTAN Announcements | 4 Sep 2008 00:27
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CTAN package update: Official American Meteorological Society Latex Template

the cambridge ctan upload daemon asserts:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: Official American Meteorological Society Latex Template
> Author's name: Brian Papa
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ametsoc
> Summary description: This is an update to the existing ametsoc package
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This package (Version 3.0) contains all the files necessary to write
> an article using LaTeX for the American Meteorological Society
> journals.  The article and bibliography style files are provided along
> with two PDFs describing the use of the files and a blank template for
> authors to use in writing their article.  The package also includes a
> separate style file used to format a two-column, journal page layout
> draft for the author's own personal use.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/ametsoc.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ametsoc/

thanks for the upload; i have installed the package, and updated the
catalogue.

Robin Fairbairns
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CTAN Announcements | 4 Sep 2008 17:33
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CTAN has a new package: gmverse

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Grzegorz Murzynowski submitted the

  gmverse 

package to CTAN.

It is a redefinition of the verse environment to make the \\ command optional 
for line ends and to give it a possibility of optical centering and 
`right-hanging' alignment of lines broken because of length.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmverse
Summary description: a package for typesetting (short) poems. this update is a bug fix
License type: lppl

This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gmverse
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmverse
(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 .  
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
_______________________________________________

Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf

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Ctan-ann mailing list
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CTAN Announcements | 6 Sep 2008 10:52
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New CTAN package: todonotes

The Cambridge upload daemon saith:

> Name of contribution: todonotes
> Author's name: Henrik Skov Midtiby
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/todonotes
> Summary description: Let you mark things "todo" in your latex document.
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The goal of the todonotes package is to let the user mark things to do
> later, in a simple and visually appealing way. The package takes
> several options to enable customization / finetuning of the visual
> appearence. 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/todonotes.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/todonotes/

the catalogue entry will appear some time overnight (UK time), and the
package itself has already started on its way around the world (could
take up to 48 hours for the remotest mirrors).

i've installed the package as requested, and made a catalogue entry for
it.  thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

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