CTAN Announcements | 1 Sep 03:22
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CTAN update: listings-ext

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: listings-ext
Version number: v48
Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext
Summary description: a package to support automated input of source code into a document
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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The LaTeX package "listings-ext.dtx" contains some macros
and a supporting Bash script, which can be used to
automatically input parts of source code programs into a
documentation. 

This version introduces tests of command parameters as well
as an
exemplary configuration file.
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext
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CTAN Announcements | 1 Sep 22:51
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CTAN update: achemso

the upload daemon is at it again (it's realised i'm back from holiday):

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: achemso
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso
> Summary description: Support for American Chemical Society journal submissions
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> v3.3a:
> - New etalmode option, to support both truncating author lists as seen
> in "ACS Nano" 
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i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.

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

the catalogue entry will change a bit, overnight.  nothing much...

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team
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CTAN Announcements | 2 Sep 14:45
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CTAN Update: epspdfconversion

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Daniel Becker submitted an update to the

  epspdfconversion

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion/ 

Summary description: 
The package calls the epstopdf (epstopdf-pkg) package to convert EPS graphics to 
PDF, on the fly. It servs as a vehicle for passing conversion options (such as 
grayscale , prepress or pdfversion ) to the epspdf converter. 

License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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This update makes use of changes in the epstopdf-package v2.2 

 * new options update,verbose,prefersuffix,suffix,outdir (they are really 
   epstopdf options, but can be set as options for this package)
 * default is that converted files have a suffix
 * info in logfile about the setup that is used for epstopdf
 * new options hires, no-hires
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=epspdfconversion
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CTAN Announcements | 2 Sep 20:11
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CTAN update: linguex

This package has been updated 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: linguex
Version number: 3.7a
Author's name: Wolfgang Sternefeld
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/linguex
Summary description: Update for Linguex: delete .ps files, fix bugs, update documentation
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Fixed a minor bug that made redefinition of \theExNo 
ineffective, since parts of the package were using the 
hard coded version instead of the \theExNo macro.
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linguex
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/linguex
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to 
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CTAN Announcements | 2 Sep 20:38
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CTAN Update: boolexpr

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the

  boolexpr

package.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/
Summary description: Purely expandable boolean expressions and switch
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Many bugs fixed on \switch syntax

Optimization of test macros (hopefully no best solution exists...)

Revision of the pdf documentation
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=boolexpr
(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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Thanks for the upload.
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CTAN Announcements | 4 Sep 10:23
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CTAN Update: softmaker-freefont

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the

  softmaker-freefont

package.

Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/
Summary description: Support files for fonts available at www.freefont.de
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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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 softmaker-freefont 
bundle. Other fonts will be included in future.

Supported fonts at the moment: 
Flagstaff, Henderson, Iceberg (regular + bold), Stone Handwriting

License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves)

New in v1.3:

 - added LaTeX support for font family: Iceberg (regular + bold)
   Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the
   month (September 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at
   least this month): http://www.freefont.de
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CTAN Announcements | 4 Sep 14:00
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CTAN update: xltxtra

This update should reach your local mirror withing a day.

Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: xltxtra
Version number: 0.5
Author's name: Will Robertson
Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra
Summary description: Grab-bag of features for XeLaTeX
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Changes in v0.5:
 - Switch to using Andrew Moschou's metalogo package for the logos.
 - Bug fix involving hyperref logo definitions.
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xltxtra
(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 | 5 Sep 21:25
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CTAN update: expl3

This update should within a day reach your local mirror.

Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: expl3
Version number: SVN 1509
Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3
Summary description: An Experimental LaTeX3 Programming Convention
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding
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The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX
programmers with special syntax conventions, completely 
separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands 
provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for
use in describing design layouts in document class files.

This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel 
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CTAN Announcements | 5 Sep 21:34
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CTAN update: xpackages

This update should reach your local mirror within a day.

Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: xpackages
Version number: SVN 1509
Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
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The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They
are designed to provide a link between the programming system 
(expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different
area, for example creating document commands (xparse), 
producing flexible formatting functions (template), etc.

At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top 
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CTAN Announcements | 5 Sep 23:28
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CTAN update: tablenotes

This update should be at your local mirror in a day.

Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: tablenotes
Version number: 0.2
Author's name: Matthias Borck-Elsner
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes
Summary description: my notes or no notes is no question
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Notes in text and tables, to be shown or hidden
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablenotes
(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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