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CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org | 2 Aug 15:05
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CTAN update: blindtext

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org.

Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: blindtext
Version number: 1.9b
Author's name: Knut Lickert
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/blindtext
Summary description: blindtext.sty: Create dummy text.
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Changes blindtext 1.9:
- Added mathematical blind text
- support of polyglossia
- added a interim solution for French
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/blindtext
(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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CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns | 3 Aug 13:08
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CTAN package update: bidi

Quoth the dante upload daemon:

  Name of contribution: bidi
  Version number: 1.0.3
  Author's name: Vafa Khalighi
  Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/bidi/
  Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting with XeLaTeX
  License type: lppl

  Announcement text:
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  This version of the bidi package fixes few bugs that were
  present in v1.0.2 and adds full support for the hyperref
  package. We also have deleted bidimemoir class in this
  version and instead added support for the original memoir
  class, therefore you should be using memoir class instead
  using bidimemoir class.
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  This package is located at
    http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/bidi/
  .  More information is at
    http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bidi

i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository;
thanks for the upload.

users should note that the (limited) changes to the info in that last
link will actually appear overnight.
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CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns | 3 Aug 13:50
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CTAN update: dvisvgm

the dante upload daemon also says:

  Name of contribution: dvisvgm
  Version number: 0.8.1
  Author's name: Martin Gieseking
  Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm
  Summary description: release of dvisvgm 0.8.1
  License type: gpl

  Announcement text:
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  dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to
  SVG.

  The latest release fixes a bounding box computation bug and
  corrects some issues related to x64 systems. Additionally,
  parameters of the psfile special are now evaluated more
  completely.

  For further information including a list of recent changes
  and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project
  page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net.
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  This package is located at
    http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm
  .  More information is at
    http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm
  (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
  appear).
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CTAN Announcements | 3 Aug 15:11
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CTAN update: dvisvgm

the dante upload daemon says:

  Name of contribution: dvisvgm
  Version number: 0.8.1
  Author's name: Martin Gieseking
  Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm
  Summary description: release of dvisvgm 0.8.1
  License type: gpl

  Announcement text:
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  dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to
  SVG.

  The latest release fixes a bounding box computation bug and
  corrects some issues related to x64 systems. Additionally,
  parameters of the psfile special are now evaluated more
  completely.

  For further information including a list of recent changes
  and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project
  page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net.
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------

  This package is located at
    http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm
  .  More information is at
    http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm
  (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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CTAN Announcements | 3 Aug 15:25
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CTAN update: The floatrow package

that dante upload daemon is still mythering me:

> Name of contribution: The floatrow package 
> Version number: 0.3b
> Author's name: Olga Lapko
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/floatrow
> Summary description: Modifying the layout of floats
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text: 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Changes:
> 
>   Bug fixes of \thisfloatsetup settings for floats with 
> [H] option and
>   inside floatrow environment.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This package is located at 
>    http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatrow
> .  More information is at
>    http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=The floatrow package 
> (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 .

i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue entry.

thanks for the upload.
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CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns | 3 Aug 16:27
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CTAN update: cellspace

coming in thick and fast...

> Name of contribution: cellspace
> Version number: 1.6
> Author's name: Josselin Noirel
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/
> Summary description: The package defines a S modifier in tabular
>			preambles to space out cells
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text: 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The package defines a S modifier in tabular preambles to
> space out cells.  Now, an option [math] has been added to
> allow to space out matrices too.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This package is located at 
>    http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/
> .  More information is at
>    http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cellspace
> (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 .

i pulled your upload to cambridge, installed the new version, and
updated the catalogue repository.  thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns
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CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org | 3 Aug 16:33
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CTAN has a new package: titlepic

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror.

Thanks, 
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: titlepic
Version number: 1.1
Author's name: Thomas ten Cate
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/titlepic 
Summary description: Displays a picture on the title page
License type: pd

Announcement text: 
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The titlepic package allows you to place a picture on the
title page (cover page) of a LaTeX document.

Example of usage:
\usepackage[cc]{titlepic}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\titlepic{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{picture.png}}

Note: the package currently only works with the document
classes article, report and book.
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CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org | 3 Aug 17:37
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CTAN update: hyph-utf8

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror.

Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: hyph-utf8
Version number: N/A
Author's name: Mojca Miklavec, Arthur Reutenauer
Location on CTAN: /language/hyph-utf8
Summary description: Hyphenation patterns in UTF-8 with converter scripts for 8-bit encodings
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Adding Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) patterns by Jörg Knappen et al.
The Spanish patterns are updated to version 4.5 (by Javier Bezos).
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyph-utf8
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hyph-utf8
(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 admin (Robin Fairbairns | 3 Aug 20:33
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CTAN update: makecell

quoth dante's upload daemon:

> Name of contribution: makecell
> Version number: 0.1e
> Author's name: Olga Lapko
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makecell
> Summary description: Managing tabular column heads and cells 
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text: 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Changes:
> 
> Added: 
> *) command and environment for usage of cells inside text;
> *) commands for creation of empty rows or rows with 
> repeated text.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This package is located at 
>    http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/makecell
> .  More information is at
>    http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=makecell
> (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 .

i have retrieved the package from the dante machine and installed it in
cambridge.  i have also updated the catalogue repository, noting the new
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CTAN Announcements | 4 Aug 16:40
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CTAN update: softmaker-freefont

dante's upload daemon wrote:

> Name of contribution: softmaker-freefont
> Version number: 1.2
> Author's name: Josef Kleber
> Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/
> Summary description: Support files for fonts available at www.freefont.de
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text: 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting
> font
> for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting.
> As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the
> LaTeX world,
> i decided to create support files for this beautiful font.
> Therefore,
> Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the
> freefont bundle.
> Other fonts will be included in future.
> 
> License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves)
> 
> New in v1.2:
> 
> - added LaTeX support for the special purpose font: Flagstaff
>   Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the
>   month (August 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at
> least
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