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2024-03-26

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: biber-linux-musl

Alexander Krumeich submitted an update to the

                biber-linux-musl

package.

Version number: 2.20
License type: artistic2

Summary description: Biber binaries for Linux-MUSL

Announcement text:
These are biber v2.20 binaries for the linux-musl platform. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-26 20:21

CTAN update: ProfLycee

Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                  ProfLycee

package.

Version:  3.03b 2024-03-25
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX package for French maths teachers in high school

Announcement text:
Compétences mathématiques au lycée ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-26 17:17

CTAN update: ProfSio

Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                    ProfSio

package.

Version:  0.2.3 2024-03-25
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Commands (with TikZ) to work with French “BTS SIO” maths themes

Announcement text:
Ajout d'une clé [Dense] la résolution matricielle de système ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-26 17:16

New on CTAN: longmath

Hans-Jürgen Matschull submitted the

                  longmath

package.

Version:  0.1 2024-03-25
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Nested delimiter groups extending over multiple array cells or lines

Announcement text:
The longmath package provides yet another solution to some well known  typesetting problems solved in a variety of ways: multi line formulas  ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-26 11:53

CTAN update: asymptote

John Bowman submitted an update to the

                asymptote

package.

Version: 2.89
License: lgpl3

Summary description: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language

Announcement text:
Portability fixes were made to allow static builds with or without pkg-config. Static linking of the GSL library is now supported. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-26 07:01

CTAN update: profmaquette

Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the

                profmaquette

package.

Version: 0.89
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Use exercises in different types of documents

Announcement text:
- Some improvements. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-26 07:00

2024-03-25

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: multifootnote

Jinwen XU submitted an update to the

                multifootnote

package.

Version number: 2024-03-24
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Multiple numbers for the same footnote

Announcement text:
The code has been completely rewritten. Compared with the previous version: ...

Monday, 2024-03-25 20:15

CTAN update: piton

François Pantigny submitted an update to the

                piton

package.

Version number: 2.7 2024-03-24
License type: lppl1.3

Summary description: Typeset Python listings with LPEG

Announcement text:
New keys 'split-on-empty-lines' and 'split-separation' ...

Monday, 2024-03-25 20:15

CTAN update: biblatex-ext

Moritz Wemheuer submitted an update to the

                 biblatex-ext

bundle.

Version:  0.18 2024-03-24
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Extended BibLaTeX standard styles

Announcement text:
Small changes ...

Monday, 2024-03-25 15:56

CTAN update: ProfCollege

Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the

                 ProfCollege

package.

Version:  0.99-A-b 2024-03-24
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX package for French maths teachers in college

Announcement text:
- Some new commands (\TicketCaisse, \LogoRecyclage...) ...

Monday, 2024-03-25 14:01

2024-03-24

TeX & Friends (by Jürgen Fenn)

Emacs 29.3

GNU Emacs 29.3 ist heute veröffentlicht worden. ./configuremakemake install lief unter macOS Ventura problemlos durch.

GNU Emacs 29.3 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin22.6.0, NS appkit-2299.77 Version 13.6.5 (Build 22G621)) of 2024-03-24

Der Programmstart ist ein bisschen umständlich, weil man erst den Paketinhalt des Programms anzeigen lassen und dann /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/emacs per Kontextmenü öffnen muss. Bisher alles wie gehabt.

Das Update ist diesmal sehr zu empfehlen:

Emacs 29.3 is an emergency bugfix release intended to fix several security vulnerabilities described below.

  • Arbitrary Lisp code is no longer evaluated as part of turning on Org mode. This is for security reasons, to avoid evaluating malicious Lisp code.

  • New buffer-local variable ‚untrusted-content‘. When this is non-nil, Lisp programs should treat buffer contents with extra caution.

  • Gnus now treats inline MIME contents as untrusted. To get back previous insecure behavior, ‚untrusted-content‘ should be reset to nil in the buffer.

  • LaTeX preview is now by default disabled for email attachments. To get back previous insecure behavior, set the variable ‚org–latex-preview-when-risky‘ to a non-nil value.

  • Org mode now considers contents of remote files to be untrusted. Remote files are recognized by calling ‚file-remote-p‘.

by schneeschmelze at Sunday, 2024-03-24 16:44

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: SJTUTeX

Weijian Wu submitted an update to the

                SJTUTeX

package.

Version: 2.1.1 2024-03-23
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes for Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Announcement text:
This version mainly focused on the built-in theorem environments issues, and added support for `thmtools` package. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-24 14:34

CTAN update: luamplib

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

                luamplib

package.

Version:  2.27.0 2024-03-23
License:  gpl2

Summary description:  Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter

Announcement text:
- when '\mplibcodeinherit' is enabled, '\mplibglobaltextext' is implicitly enabled as well. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-24 13:20

CTAN update: docsurvey

Brian Dunn submitted an update to the

                docsurvey

package.

Version:  2024-03-23
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  A survey of LaTeX documentation

Announcement text:
Added sections for the The LaTeX Project, advanced programming, PDF management, key/value documentation. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-24 11:05

New on CTAN: cs-techrep

Christoph P. Neumann submitted the

                cs-techrep

package.

Version:  0.1
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Technical Reports in Computer Science and Software Engineering

Announcement text:
This package provides a class for the creation of technical reports in computer science and software engineering. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-24 10:26

CTAN update: fontscale

Oliver Beery submitted an update to the

                fontscale

package.

Version number: 1.0.2 2024-03-22
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A flexible interface for setting font sizes

Announcement text:
Performance and code improvements. Fixed issue where the key 'reset=preamble' ...

Sunday, 2024-03-24 10:23

2024-03-23

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: ufrgscca

Alceu Frigeri submitted an update to the

                   ufrgscca

package.

Version:  2.8 2024-03-22
License:  lppl1.3c gpl

Summary description:  A bundle for undergraduate students final work/report (tcc) at UFRGS/EE

Announcement text:
Code speedup thanks to 'linked' property lists. Code now relies on a more recent l3kernel. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-23 20:40

CTAN update: starray

Alceu Frigeri submitted an update to the

                    starray

package.

Version:  1.8 2024-03-22
License:  lppl1.3c gpl

Summary description:  A structured array (of properties) based on expl3

Announcement text:
Code speedup thanks to 'linked' property lists. Code now relies on a more recent l3kernel. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-23 20:28

CTAN update: biber-linux-aarch64

Alexander Krumeich submitted an update to the

                biber-linux-aarch64

package.

Version: 2.20
License: artistic2

Summary description: Biber binaries for Linux_aarch64

Announcement text:
These are biber binaries for the linux-aarch64 platform. See https://ctan.org/pkg/biber for documentation, sources, and all else. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-23 10:31

CTAN update: bezierplot

Linus Romer submitted an update to the

                 bezierplot

package.

Version:  1.5
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Approximate smooth function graphs with cubic bezier splines for use with TikZ or MetaPost

Announcement text:
The Lua script bezierplot.lua has to work as a "main" with an external call from pdfLaTeX as well as a "library" with a direct ...

Saturday, 2024-03-23 07:40

2024-03-22

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

New on CTAN: thmlist

Mingyu Xia submitted the

                thmlist

package.

Version:  0.1a 2024-03-21
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX package for adding theorem environments quickly

Announcement text:
The new thmlist package provides a simple way for adding theorem environments quickly. ...

Friday, 2024-03-22 16:10

New on CTAN: iaria-lite

Christoph P. Neumann submitted the

                iaria-lite

package.

Version number: 0.1
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Write documents for the IARIA publications

Announcement text:
The IARIA-lite package enhances a LaTeX installation with a LaTeX class for ...

Friday, 2024-03-22 09:21

New on CTAN: iaria

Christoph P. Neumann submitted the

                iaria

package.

Version number: 0.1
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Write documents for the IARIA publications

Announcement text:
The IARIA package enhances a LaTeX installation with a LaTeX class for writing ...

Friday, 2024-03-22 09:21

New on CTAN: sfee

Juan de Anda Suárez submitted the

                 sfee

package.

Version:  1.0
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX class for the Smart Factory and Energy Efficence magazine of the Tecnológico

Announcement text:
We are excited to announce the release of a new LaTeX package, "sfee," tailored specifically for the Smart Factory & Energy Efficiency (SFEE) ...

Friday, 2024-03-22 06:42

2024-03-21

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

New on CTAN: IdeaVault

Tomasz M. Czarkowski submitted the

                IdeaVault

package.

Version:  1.0.1 2024-03-20
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Idea (concept) management package

Announcement text:
First release. ...

Thursday, 2024-03-21 13:53

2024-03-20

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: njuthesis

Yu Xiong submitted an update to the

                njuthesis

package.

Version: 1.4.0 2024-03-19
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX thesis template for Nanjing University

Announcement text:
# New ...

Wednesday, 2024-03-20 15:46

2024-03-19

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: dashrulex

Qu Yi submitted an update to the

                dashrulex

package.

Version:  1.00b 2024-03-18
License:  cc-by-4

Summary description:  Draw dashed rules

Announcement text:
New vertical component command \vrulemod, dashed rule command \hdashrule support for drawing vertically oriented regular ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-19 21:02

CTAN update: babel-norsk

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the

                  babel-norsk

package.

Version:  2.0k 2024-03-18
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Babel support for Norwegian

Announcement text:
Bug fix: if language.dat does not set the languages an error was raised. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-19 19:00

CTAN update: LiteBook

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                LiteBook

package.

Version number: 0.2a 2024-03-18
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A fresh cover and chapter design for books

Announcement text:
Version 0.2a released ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-19 16:39

CTAN update: ProfLycee

Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                ProfLycee

package.

Version number: 3.03a 2024-03-17
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A LaTeX package for French maths teachers in high school

Announcement text:
Forme canonique + fonction homographique ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-19 16:39

CTAN update: ProfSio

Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                ProfSio

package.

Version number: 0.2.2 2024-03-17
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Commands (with TikZ) to work with French “BTS SIO” maths 
themes

Announcement text:
...

Tuesday, 2024-03-19 16:39

CTAN update: customenvs

Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                customenvs

package.

Version number: 0.1.2 2024-03-17
License type: lppl1.3c cc-by-sa-4

Summary description: Custom environments (MCQ, list with picked items, ...)

Announcement text:
Pencil of skills (crayon de compétences). ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-19 16:38

CTAN update: docsurvey

Brian Dunn submitted an update to the

                docsurvey

package.

Version: 2024-03-18
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: A survey of LaTeX documentation

Announcement text:
Updated French resources, added Programming in Lua. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-19 07:14

CTAN update: hyperxmp

Scott Pakin submitted an update to the

                hyperxmp

package.

Version: 5.13
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Embed XMP metadata within a LaTeX document

Announcement text:
XMP (eXtensible Metadata Platform) is a mechanism proposed by Adobe for embedding document metadata within the document itself. The metadata are ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-19 07:13

2024-03-18

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: pst-fit

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the

                pst-fit

package.

Version number: 0.03
License type: lppl

Summary description: Macros for curve fitting

Announcement text:
0.03 2024-03-17 - added option comma for decimals instead of dot ...

Monday, 2024-03-18 21:29

CTAN update: Advice

Sašo Živanović submitted an update to the

                Advice

package.

Version number: 1.1.1 2024-03-15
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Extend commands and environments

Announcement text:
* Bugfix in `\AdviceGetOriginal`. ...

Monday, 2024-03-18 21:29

CTAN update: CollArgs

Sašo Živanović submitted an update to the

                CollArgs

package.

Version number: 1.2.0 2024-03-15
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Collect arguments of any command

Announcement text:
* Argument processors: ...

Monday, 2024-03-18 21:29

CTAN update: Memoize

Sašo Živanović submitted an update to the

                Memoize

package.

Version number: 1.2.0 2024-03-15
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Externalization of graphics and memoization of compilation 
results in general

Announcement text:
...

Monday, 2024-03-18 21:28

CTAN update: starray

Alceu Frigeri submitted an update to the

                   starray

package.

Version:  1.7 2024-03-17
License:  lppl1.3c gpl

Summary description:  A structured array (of properties) based on expl3

Announcement text:
Code cleanup. ...

Monday, 2024-03-18 19:19

CTAN update: FadingImage

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                FadingImage

package.

Version:  0.1d 2024-03-17
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Add full width fading pictures at the top or bottom of a page

Announcement text:
Added a command to combine the UPFadingImage and LowFadingImage commands. ...

Monday, 2024-03-18 17:38

CTAN update: beautybook

Shilong Lu submitted an update to the

                beautybook

package.

Version:  2024-03-17
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A beautiful book template for maths and science

Announcement text:
Improving the directory style and description documents. ...

Monday, 2024-03-18 17:37

CTAN update: texlive-dummy-opensuse

Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the

                texlive-dummy-opensuse

package.

Version:  2024.9999-1
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Dummy TeX Live RPM for use with Open SUSE

Announcement text:
Update for TL2024 ...

Monday, 2024-03-18 17:36

2024-03-17

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

New on CTAN: dashrulex

Qu Yi submitted the

                dashrulex

package.

Version:  1.00 2024-03-16
License:  cc-by-4

Summary description:  Draw dashed rules

Announcement text:
The dashrulex package provides a flexible solution for drawing dashed rules in the body, and currently provides two commands ...

Sunday, 2024-03-17 19:29

CTAN update: latexindent

Chris Hughes submitted an update to the

                latexindent

package.

Version:  3.23.7 2024-03-16
License:  gpl3

Summary description:  Indent a LaTeX document, highlighting the programming structure

Announcement text:
Enhancement for UTF-named files in latexindent.exe, full details at https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/releases/tag/V3.23.7 ...

Sunday, 2024-03-17 16:30

CTAN update: knuth-hint

Andreas Scherer submitted an update to the

                 knuth-hint

package.

Version:  2.2 2024-03-16
License:  pd knuth

Summary description:  HINT collection of typeset C/WEB sources in TeX Live

Announcement text:
This new release of the 'knuth-hint' contains revised documentation for the programs shipped with TeX Live 2024. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-17 13:39

CTAN update: knuth-pdf

Andreas Scherer submitted an update to the

                   knuth-pdf

package.

Version:  2.2 2024-03-16
License:  pd

Summary description:  PDF collection of typeset C/WEB sources in TeX Live

Announcement text:
This new release of the 'knuth-pdf' contains revised documentation for the programs shipped with TeX Live 2024. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-17 13:05

TeX & Friends (by Jürgen Fenn)

Aufräumarbeiten bei MacTeX 2024

Nach der Veröffentlichung von TeX Live 2024 ist nun auch die MacTeX-Website aktualisiert worden. Dort findet man einen wichtigen Hinweis für ConTeXt-Anwender, die bitte noch im Terminal das folgende Initialisierungsskript ausführen sollten, das es leider nicht mehr in das Setup geschafft hatte:

sudo mtxrun --generate
sudo context --luatex --generate
sudo context --luajittex --generate

Eine weitere Auffälligkeit betrifft das Paket arara, mit dem man Dokumente automatisiert kompilieren kann. Der Unterschied zu dem deutlich bekannteren latexmk besteht darin, dass arara die dazu benötigten Metadaten unmittelbar aus dem Quelltext bezieht. Es braucht allerdings eine Java Virtual Machine, die bekanntlich auf dem Mac schon länger nicht standardmäßig vorhanden ist.

Arara und die dazugehörigen Binaries konnten nicht „signiert“ werden, weshalb sie aus MacTeX entfernt werden mussten. Sie erscheinen gleichwohl in der TeX Live Utility als Pakete mit dem Status „Entfernen erzwungen“. Diese Einträge im Aktualisierungs-Tab verschwinden dort erst aus der Liste, nachdem man die beiden Pakete über das Pakete-Tab händisch nachinstalliert hat, worauf Herbert Schulz auf der Mailingliste macosx-tex hingewiesen hatte:

Arara has an internal library that could not be `signed’ by Apple. Since our policy is to only include things that can be `signed’ in MacTeX.pkg arara had to be removed.

You can use TeX Live Utility (TLU) to re-install arara once you’ve installed TeX Live 2024 with the MacTeX package. Open TLU and click on the `packages’ tab to list all available packages in TeX Live. Choose the arara package (you may have to open the list of systems and choose `universal-darwin’) and then `Install Selected Packages’ (or maybe `Reinstall Selected Packages’) in the Actions menu.

Caveat: Bitte nur das Paket arara im Tab „Pakete“ markieren und über das Kontextmenü des Eintrags nachinstallieren. Bitte nicht den Eintrag aufklappen, es gibt nämlich außer universal-darwin und darwin-legacy keinen Eintrag mehr für macOS, deshalb verbleibt ein Eintrag in der Aktualisierungsliste offen. Das Setup ist aber so klug, das richtige zu tun, wenn man einfach den zugeklappten Baum in der Pakete-Ansicht insgesamt markiert und nachinstalliert.

Voilà.

Eine ganz andere Frage ist, ob das Paket danach so funktioniert, wie es soll. Dazu gibt es derzeit noch einen Bug-Report.

by schneeschmelze at Sunday, 2024-03-17 09:24

2024-03-16

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: robust-externalize

Léo Colisson submitted an update to the

                robust-externalize

package.

Version number: 2.9
License type: mit

Summary description: Cache anything (TikZ, python, ...) in a robust, efficient and pure way

Announcement text:
v2.9: fix a bug possibly preventing the package from loading ...

Saturday, 2024-03-16 11:25

CTAN update: leaflet

Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the

                leaflet

package.

Version number: 2.1c 2024-03-12
License type: lppl1.3

Summary description: Create small handouts (flyers)

Announcement text:
\maketitle now sets the title page style to "empty" instead of "plain". ...

Saturday, 2024-03-16 11:25

CTAN update: l3sys-query

The LaTeX Project Team  submitted an update to the

                l3sys-query

package.

Version: 2024-03-15
License: mit

Summary description: System queries for LaTeX using Lua

Announcement text:
## [2024-03-15] ...

Saturday, 2024-03-16 11:12

CTAN update: zx-calculus

Léo Colisson submitted an update to the

                zx-calculus

package.

Version:  2.3 2024-03-15
License:  mit

Summary description:  A library to typeset ZX Calculus diagrams

Announcement text:
Fix bug preventing the package to load. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-16 11:01

CTAN update: zref-clever

gusbrs submitted an update to the

                zref-clever

package.

Version:  0.4.4 2024-03-14
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Clever LaTeX cross-references based on zref

Announcement text:
### Changed - Use `\noeqref` instead of `mathtools`' internals to support ...

Saturday, 2024-03-16 07:53

CTAN update: currfile

Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the

                  currfile

package.

Version:  1.0 2024-03-14
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Provide file name and path of input files

Announcement text:
Fix for error if `currfile-abspath` is loaded before `currfile`. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-16 07:18

2024-03-15

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: incgraph

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the

                  incgraph

package.

Version:  1.3.0 2024-03-14
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Sophisticated graphics inclusion in a PDF document

Announcement text:
### Added - Option `overlay page number options app` (issue #2) ...

Friday, 2024-03-15 18:25

New on CTAN: lato-math

Daniel Flipo submitted the

                lato-math

package.

Version: 0.36 2024-03-14
License: lppl1.3c ofl

Summary description: Lato based OpenType Math font for LuaTeX and XeTeX

Announcement text:
This package provides a new sans-serif Unicode Math font `LatoMath.otf’ ...

Friday, 2024-03-15 18:16

CTAN update: jnuexam

Jianrui Lyu submitted an update to the

                jnuexam

package.

Version: 2024E 2024-02-18
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Exam class for Jinan University

Announcement text:
- separate out freealign package, medmath package and randexam class - depend on randexam which depends on freealign and medmath ...

Friday, 2024-03-15 18:14

CTAN update: l3experimental

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                   l3experimental

bundle.

Version:  2024-03-14
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Experimental LaTeX3 concepts

Announcement text:
### Added - `\draw_path_replace_bb:` ...

Friday, 2024-03-15 18:03

CTAN update: l3packages

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                    l3packages

bundle.

Version:  2024-03-14
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  High-level LaTeX3 concepts

Announcement text:
### Changed - Add a new intro to `xparse.dtx` pointing to kernel methods ...

Friday, 2024-03-15 16:51

CTAN update: l3kernel

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                     l3kernel

bundle.

Version:  2024-03-14
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  LaTeX3 programming conventions

Announcement text:
### Added - Macro interface for `l3sys-query` ...

Friday, 2024-03-15 16:01

CTAN update: l3backend

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                    l3backend

bundle.

Version:  2024-03-14
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  LaTeX3 backend drivers

Announcement text:
### Removed - Range guard for opacity ...

Friday, 2024-03-15 15:24

New on CTAN: l3sys-query

The LaTeX Project Team  submitted the

                l3sys-query

package.

Version: 2024-03-14
License: mit

Summary description: System queries for LaTeX using Lua

Announcement text:
First release ...

Friday, 2024-03-15 10:44

2024-03-14

TeX & Friends (by Jürgen Fenn)

TeX Live 2024 ist veröffentlicht worden

Karl Berry hat den Release von TeX Live 2024 bekanntgegeben. Neuigkeiten werden in den Release Notes beschrieben.

Unstimmigkeiten, die man in den letzten Wochen über die Mailinglisten verfolgen konnte, betrafen vor allem Neuerungen bei LuaTeX. Es hakte mitunter erheblich, die Probleme konnten dann aber behoben werden. Nur ein kleiner Hänger bei ConTeXt blieb bestehen; er betrifft nur ConTeXt auf dem Mac und sollte nicht zum Showstopper für alle werden. Das Konfigurationsskript ist wohl nicht ganz vollständig, das wird noch behoben. Auf der MacTeX-Website, die bald aktualisiert wird, soll es dazu einen Hinweis geben.

TeX Live 2023 wurde schon am 11. März 2024 eingefroren. Wer es noch nicht getan hat, mag nun die letzten Ergänzungen installieren, solange sie noch bereitstehen, um die letzte Ausgabe von TeX Live 2023 zur Hand zu haben, falls es doch noch irgendwo bei Version 2024 zu einem Hänger kommen sollte. Nach einer Weile im Parallelbetrieb kann man sich dann für den Umstieg auf die neue Variante entscheiden und die alte löschen, um den Speicherplatz zurück zu gewinnen. Man kann zwischen den beiden Installationen hin und her schalten. Per GUI geht das in der TeX Live Utility, über die auch die Updates eingespielt werden.

Es wird noch ein paar Tage dauern, bis die Website der TeX Users Group vollständig aktualisiert vorliegen wird und bis alle CTAN-Spiegelserver mit der neuen Version versehen wurden. Diesmal wartet man wohl ab, bis es soweit ist. Ich presche trotzdem mal vor, wie es sich für Blogger gehört. Man sollte sich aber ruhig noch einen langen Moment gedulden, bevor man den Download startet, um sicherzustellen, dass man tatsächlich die neue Distribution bekommt. Außer man ist sich sicher, dass man MacTeX vom 13. März 2024 herunterlädt. Keine Sorge: Man verpasst nichts. Die erste Version TL2024 unterscheidet sich kaum von der letzten aus TL2023.

Der Download von MacTeX 2024 ist etwas über 5,6 GB groß; BasicTeX bringt es auf etwa 90 MB. Für ältere Versionen seit System 10.3 gibt es kein MacTeX mehr, dafür kann der Unix-Installer genutzt werden. Auch die MacTeXtras sind aktualisiert worden. Das ist eine Sammlung mit Werkzeugen, die man zum Arbeiten speziell auf dem Mac gebrauchen kann.

Ein Dank geht auch in diesem Jahr an alle, die TL2024 entwickelt, getestet oder sonst mitgeholfen haben, TeX and Friends gut in die neue Saison 2024/25 zu bringen.

by schneeschmelze at Thursday, 2024-03-14 21:39

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: robust-externalize

Léo Colisson submitted an update to the

              robust-externalize

package.

Version:  2.8
License:  mit

Summary description:  Cache anything (TikZ, python, ...) in a robust, efficient and pure way

Announcement text:
Fix a bug introduced very recently (sadly before texlive 2024 froze) where an empty line is added in front of any code printed via ...

Thursday, 2024-03-14 14:46

2024-03-13

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: listings

Jobst Hoffmann submitted an update to the

                listings

package.

Version: 1.10a
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Typeset source code listings using LaTeX

Announcement text:
Version 1.10a: added small language enhancements ...

Wednesday, 2024-03-13 07:18

2024-03-12

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: mathtools

Lars Madsen submitted an update to the

                 mathtools

package.

Version:  1.30 2024-03-11
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Mathematical tools to use with amsmath

Announcement text:
* Added a caveat about \xmapsto when ever unicode-math is loaded. The macro does not work as the symbol marking the bar at the start ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-12 15:37

CTAN update: lua-widow-control

Max Chernoff submitted an update to the

                lua-widow-control

package.

Version:  3.0.1 2024-03-11
License:  other-free cc-by-sa-4

Summary description:  Automatically remove widows and orphans from any document

Announcement text:
- Disable "debug" hooks so that the package works using TeX Live 2024. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-12 15:36

CTAN update: zx-calculus

Léo Colisson submitted an update to the

                zx-calculus

package.

Version:  2.2 2024-03-11
License:  mit

Summary description:  A library to typeset ZX Calculus diagrams

Announcement text:
Fix a few bugs and added slice with percentage. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-12 10:10

CTAN update: ufrgscca

Alceu Frigeri submitted an update to the

                ufrgscca

package.

Version: 2.7 2024-03-10
License: lppl1.3c gpl

Summary description: A bundle for undergraduate students final work/report (tcc) at UFRGS/EE

Announcement text:
Fixing issue #1 and (starray) #6. Removing all V-expansion of prop/seq lists to avoid further issues with l3kernel. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-12 06:54

CTAN update: starray

Alceu Frigeri submitted an update to the

                starray

package.

Version: 1.6 2024-03-10
License: lppl1.3c gpl

Summary description: A structured array (of properties) based on expl3

Announcement text:
Fixing issue #6. Removing all V-expansion of prop/seq lists to avoid further issues with l3kernel. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-12 06:53

2024-03-11

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

New on CTAN: chicagolinks

Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar submitted the

                chicagolinks

package.

Version number: 2.1
License type: mit

Summary description: “Chicago” bibliography style that allows annotations

Announcement text:
Provides an opportunity to create an annotated bibliography which includes DOI links ...

Monday, 2024-03-11 19:38

CTAN update: LiteSolution

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                 LiteSolution

package.

Version:  2.0a 2024-03-11
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A template providing a light design for solutions of test papers

Announcement text:
- This version redesigned the whole template and simplified the code, replaced the tcolorbox design with amsthm to accelerate compile. ...

Monday, 2024-03-11 19:26

New on CTAN: LiteBook

Mingyu Xia submitted the

                  LiteBook

package.

Version:  0.1c 2024-03-11
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A fresh cover and chapter design for books

Announcement text:
Version 0.1a: The new litebook package provides a fresh cover and chapter design ...

Monday, 2024-03-11 19:25

CTAN update: FadingImage

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                FadingImage

package.

Version: 0.1c 2024-03-11
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Add full width fading pictures at the top or bottom of a page

Announcement text:
Version 0.1c released. - Change the default value of the first optional variable of both commands to ...

Monday, 2024-03-11 19:21

CTAN update: luamplib

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

                luamplib

package.

Version: 2.26.4 2024-03-10
License: gpl2

Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter

Announcement text:
Not just color names but also color expressions of l3color module are now supported even if xcolor package is loaded ...

Monday, 2024-03-11 18:32

CTAN update: texdoc

Takuto Asakura submitted an update to the

                texdoc

package.

Version number: 4.1
License type: gpl

Summary description: Documentation access for TeX Live

Announcement text:
This is a Texdoc update aiming to be contained in TeX Live 2024 ...

Monday, 2024-03-11 11:07

CTAN update: listofitems

Christian Tellechea submitted an update to the

                  listofitems

package.

Version:  1.65 2024-03-09
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Grab items in lists using user-specified sep char

Announcement text:
- bug fix in \defpair ...

Monday, 2024-03-11 08:02

2024-03-10

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

New on CTAN: FadingImage

Mingyu Xia submitted the

                FadingImage

package.

Version:  0.1b 2024-03-09
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Add full width fading pictures at the top or bottom of a page

Announcement text:
The new fadingimage package provides two commands for adding fading full width pictures at the top or bottom of a page. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-10 08:41

CTAN update: markdown

Vít Starý Novotný submitted an update to the

                    markdown

package.

Version:  3.4.2-0-ga45cf0ed 2024-03-09
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Converting and rendering markdown documents inside TeX

Announcement text:
Fixes: - In `\begin{markdown}[options]`, allow a new line before `options`. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-10 08:03

CTAN update: fithesis

Vít Starý Novotný submitted an update to the

                fithesis

package.

Version: 1.1.1 2024-03-06
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Thesis class and template for Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic)

Announcement text:
Style files of the Masaryk University: - Only apply `colorbold` package option when `color` is also enabled. (#37, !42) ...

Sunday, 2024-03-10 07:24

2024-03-09

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: fontscale

Oliver Beery submitted an update to the

                  fontscale

package.

Version:  1.0.1 2024-03-08
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A flexible interface for setting font sizes

Announcement text:
Added the .tex sources for the documentation. Added the CTAN link to the .sty and README files. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-09 19:46