CTAN Announcements | 1 Apr 2012 17:14
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new ctan package: ifthenx.sty

quoth the daemon:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: ifthenx.sty
> Author's name: Geoffrey Jones
> Package version: v0.1a
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ifthenx/
> Summary description: A few little ifthen package (\ifthenelse command) extensions
> License type: lppl
> 
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> This little package extends David Carlisle's ifthen package, adding a few extra tests. These include:
>   \isinteger, \ispositiveinteger,
>   \isrealnumber (syn. \isnumber),
>   \ispositiverealnumber (syn. \ispositivenumber),
>   \classloaded, \packageloaded, \fileexists

thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry
for it in the catalogue repository.

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

The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning.

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CTAN Announcements | 1 Apr 2012 20:40
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CTAN Update: longnamefilelist

On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the

  longnamefilelist

package.

Summary description: \listfiles alignment with long base filenames
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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* typographical fixes
* srcfiles.tex added as sample for something else
* so far no need for an announcement, only: Martin Münch reports 
    - When opening longfilenamelist.pdf with Adobe Reader, this information is given:
    > Unbekannte Art von Ziel "00100". OK
    (Unknown kind of (hyper?)target "00100". OK)
while (downloading!) with evince 2.30.3 on Ubuntu 10.04, I don't get any problem. Other observations?
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/longnamefilelist
.  More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/longnamefilelist
(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 Apr 2012 20:41
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CTAN Update: idxlayout

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 Thomas Titz submitted an update to the

  idxlayout

package.

Summary description: Configurable index layout, responsive to KOMA-Script and memoir
License type: lppl

Announcement text:
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- Adapted emulation of "theindex" to KOMA-Script v3.10
- Added \indexstheadcase
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/idxlayout
.  More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/idxlayout
(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.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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CTAN Announcements | 2 Apr 2012 21:11
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New Package on CTAN: hobete

On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 Tobias Görlach submitted the 

  hobete

package.

Summary description: Inofficial Beamer Theme for University of Hohenheim, Germany
License type: lppl

Announcement text:
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This package provides a beamer theme which features the Ci colors of the 
University of Hohenheim.

Please Note: This is not an official Theme, there will be no support at all from 
the University. Furthermore there is NO relationship between the University and 
this theme. For more information please contact the maintainer.

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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hobete
.  More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hobete
(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 | 3 Apr 2012 20:15
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CTAN Update: media9

On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the

  media9

package.

Summary description: Multimedia inclusion package with AdobeReader-9/X compatibility
License type: free

Announcement text: 
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-- Media9 now features an enhanced version of open-source media player `StrobeMediaPlayback'.
Differences to the original version on SourceForge.net are:
  *   fix: video could not be restarted after end of playback if ActionScript variable `autoRewind' is set to `false'
  *  new: first frame of video is shown as default poster instead of black stage
  *  new: play/pause video by clicking on the stage (as with `VPlayer.swf'), useful in a lecture situation

-- `flashvars' option now copes with embedded space characters in the argument string
-- fix: `deactivate' option was not functional
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/media9
.  More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/media9
(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 | 3 Apr 2012 20:16
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CTAN update: libertineotf

On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 Patrick Gundlach submitted an update to the

  libertineotf

package: this package was formerly known under the name

  libertine.

License type: free

Announcement text: 
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The package libertineotf has a new maintainer. Please look at the file README for details
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertineotf
.  More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/libertineotf
(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.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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CTAN Announcements | 3 Apr 2012 20:20
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CTAN Update: nicetext

On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the

  nicetext 

package.

Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering, ...
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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makedoc.sty v0.51 bug fix to v0.5: \_makedoc_autocorr_true default
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/
.  More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nicetext
(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.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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CTAN Announcements | 4 Apr 2012 16:57
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CTAN Update: apa6

On Wed, 4 Apr 2012, Brian Beitzel submitted an update to the

  apa6

package.

Summary description: Format documents in APA style (6th Edition)
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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New class option:  a4paper
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/apa6
.  More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/apa6
(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.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Announcements | 4 Apr 2012 17:10
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CTAN update: latexmk

the daemon wrote:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: latexmk
> Author's name: John Collins
> Package version: 4.31
> Location on CTAN: support/latexmk/
> Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine
> License type: gpl
> 
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Many extra command line options.
> Other improvements and bug corrections.
> See the file CHANGES for details.

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

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

The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning.

Robin Fairbairns

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CTAN Announcements | 5 Apr 2012 09:05
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CTAN Update: Ledmac/ledpar

On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the

  ledmac and ledpar

packages.

License type: free

Announcement text: 
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In ledpar : \edlabel shows now information about side.

In ledmac and ledpar : if \edlabel is the first thing of a paragraph, is now shows the right line number.
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ledmac
.  More information is at
   http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ledmac
(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.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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