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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

CTAN update: dtk-bibliography

Uwe Ziegenhagen submitted an update to the

                dtk-bibliography

package.

Version:  2024-01 2024-03-08
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Bibliography of “Die TeXnische Komödie”

Announcement text:
2024-03-08: Updated for issue 2024-01 ...

Saturday, 2024-03-09 18:46

CTAN update: wheelchart

Matthias Floré submitted an update to the

                wheelchart

package.

Version: 3.0 2024-03-08
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Diagrams with circular or other shapes using TikZ and LaTeX3

Announcement text:
This package is based on the package TikZ and can be used to draw various kinds of diagrams such as a bar chart, doughnut chart, infographic, pie chart, ring ...

Saturday, 2024-03-09 18:23

TUG

TeX Live 2024 pretest

The pretest for TeX Live 2024 is well along, for those who'd like to help with the upcoming release. The new binaries are presumed stable at this point, barring critical bug reports, so please try it out with your own documents if you have a chance.

Saturday, 2024-03-09 17:42

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: ProfLycee

Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                   ProfLycee

package.

Version:  3.02f 2024-03-07
License:  lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
3.02d Retenues possibles pour les soustractions posées ...

Saturday, 2024-03-09 15:06

CTAN update: asymptote

John Bowman submitted an update to the

                asymptote

package.

Version:  2.88
License:  lgpl3

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

Announcement text:
Building against specific static libraries is supported again. An ambiguity in statistics.h was resolved. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-09 11:27

CTAN update: LiteSolution

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                LiteSolution

package.

Version: 1.3a
License: lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
Version 1.3a released - Added the mode tcolorbox, which you can choose whether the tcolorbox breakable or not. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-09 09:55

CTAN update: biblatex-publist

Jürgen Spitzmüller submitted an update to the

                biblatex-publist

package.

Version: 2.8 2024-03-08
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: BibLaTeX bibliography support for publication lists

Announcement text:
* V. 2.8 (2024-03-08): - Fix delimiter with plauthor second in a truncated author list (#50). ...

Saturday, 2024-03-09 09:53

2024-03-08

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: dvisvgm

Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the

                dvisvgm

package.

Version: 3.2.2
License: gpl3+

Summary description: Convert DVI, EPS, and PDF files to Scalable Vector Graphics format (SVG)

Announcement text:
This release fixes an issue caused by the removal of GS-specific operators from Ghostscript 10.02.1. Further information can be found at https://dvisvgm.de. ...

Friday, 2024-03-08 20:05

CTAN update: styledcmd

Paolo De Donato submitted an update to the

                  styledcmd

package.

Version:  2.0.1 2024-03-07
License:  gpl3+

Summary description:  Handling multiple versions of user-defined macros

Announcement text:
- Removing lt3rawobjects deprecated functions ...

Friday, 2024-03-08 18:36

CTAN update: letgut

L’Association GUTenberg submitted an update to the

                      letgut

package.

Version:  0.9.9 2024-03-07
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Class for the newsletter “La Lettre GUTenberg” of the French TeX User Group GUTenberg

Announcement text:
### Fixed Private scratch variables not declared. ...

Friday, 2024-03-08 15:19

CTAN update: luamplib

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

                luamplib

package.

Version:  2.26.3
License:  gpl2

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

Announcement text:
* color expressions of l3color are supported as well. But they are regarded as xcolor's expressions if xcolor package ...

Friday, 2024-03-08 12:11

CTAN update: metalogox

Brian Dunn submitted an update to the

                metalogox

package.

Version:  1.06 2024-03-07
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Adjust TeX logos, with font detection

Announcement text:
Improved detection of additional fonts. ...

Friday, 2024-03-08 09:14

CTAN update: polyglossia

Jürgen Spitzmüller submitted an update to the

                polyglossia

package.

Version: 2.1 2024-03-07
License: mit lppl1.3 cc0

Summary description: An alternative to babel for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:
2.1 (2024/03/07) Bug fixes ...

Friday, 2024-03-08 08:13

CTAN update: profmaquette

Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the

                profmaquette

package.

Version: 0.88
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Use exercises in different types of documents

Announcement text:
- some aesthetic updates. ...

Friday, 2024-03-08 08:12

CTAN update: moloch

Johan Larsson submitted an update to the

                moloch

package.

Version: 0.3.0
License: cc-by-sa-4

Summary description: Beamer based on Metropolis theme

Announcement text:
### Features ...

Friday, 2024-03-08 07:27

2024-03-07

TUG

TUG 2024 conference: July 19-21, Prague, Czechia

The TUG'24 conference will take place in Prague, Czechia, from July 19-21, 2024 (Friday-Sunday), with a LaTeX developers' workshop on Thursday July 18. The conference will be held at the Hotel Grandior in the Prague city center, with additional accommodations at two other neighboring hotels. We have posted the registration form and call for presentation proposals (any TeX- or typography-related topic is welcome) and travel and visitor information. Hotel reservations at our group rate can be made any time, the earlier the better. Thanks, and hope to see you there!

Thursday, 2024-03-07 23:21

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: jslectureplanner

Jürgen Spitzmüller submitted an update to the

                jslectureplanner

package.

Version: 1.13 2024-03-06
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Creation and management of university course material

Announcement text:
* V. 1.13 (2024-03-06): - use legacy keyvals rather than xkeyval. ...

Thursday, 2024-03-07 18:37

CTAN update: docsurvey

Brian Dunn submitted an update to the

                 docsurvey

package.

Version:  2024-03-01
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  A survey of LaTeX documentation

Announcement text:
Added a section for managing TexLive, and the document “LaTeX for Word Processor Users”. ...

Thursday, 2024-03-07 18:17

CTAN update: useclass

HUANG Yuxi submitted an update to the

                useclass

package.

Version:  1.0 2024-03-06
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Load classes as packages

Announcement text:
This update adds a new starred version, `\useclass*`, to protect global variables from being overwritten by the loaded class. Currently, it only ...

Thursday, 2024-03-07 11:26

2024-03-06

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

New on CTAN: fontscale

Oliver Beery submitted the

                fontscale

package.

Version number: 1.0.0 2024-03-04
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A flexible interface for setting font sizes

Announcement text:
New LaTeX package: fontscale -- A user interface for setting document font sizes ...

Wednesday, 2024-03-06 19:30

CTAN update: adigraph

Luca Cappelletti submitted an update to the

                adigraph

package.

Version: 1.7.2
License: mit

Summary description: Augmenting directed graphs

Announcement text:
Adigraph version 1.7.2 makes all nodes of the same size, which tends to be more aesthetically pleasing, as discussed in issue #3 from the GitHub repository: ...

Wednesday, 2024-03-06 13:06

2024-03-05

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

New on CTAN: useclass

HUANG Yuxi submitted the

                useclass

package.

Version:  0.9 2024-03-04
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Load classes as packages

Announcement text:
`useclass` is a package that enables the usage of classes as packages. It was originally designed for the `l3doc` class, which is employed ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-05 16:17

CTAN update: draftwatermark

Sergio Callegari submitted an update to the

                draftwatermark

package.

Version:  3.3 2024-03-04
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Put a grey textual watermark on document pages

Announcement text:
2024-03-04 draftwatermark v3.3 ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-05 08:36

CTAN update: luamplib

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

                 luamplib

package.

Version:  2.26.2 2024-03-04
License:  gpl2

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

Announcement text:
* attempt to support l3color: \mpcolor{color name}. color expressions ('red!50') are supported with xcolor package only. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-05 07:17

CTAN update: chordbars

Sebastien Kramm submitted an update to the

                  chordbars

package.

Version:  1.3.2 2024-03-02
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Print chord grids for pop/jazz tunes

Announcement text:
Major update, many bugfixes, added features, see manual. ...

Tuesday, 2024-03-05 06:55

2024-03-04

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: hvfloat

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the

                  hvfloat

package.

Version:  2.48 2024-03-03
License:  lppl

Summary description:  Controlling captions, fullpage and doublepage floats

Announcement text:
Added option fboxLines to get patial lines of \fbox (package fbox) ...

Monday, 2024-03-04 21:24

CTAN update: TeX-nutshell

Petr Olšák submitted an update to the

                TeX-nutshell

package.

Version:  0.10 2024-03-03
License:  pd

Summary description:  A short document about TeX principles

Announcement text:
Documentation about selected LuaTeX primitives added. ...

Monday, 2024-03-04 18:10

2024-03-03

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

New on CTAN: chemformula-ru

Alexey Kuznetsov submitted the

                chemformula-ru

package.

Version:  2024-03-01
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Using the chemformula package with babel-russian settings

Announcement text:
The chemformula package and babel-russian settings (russian.ldf) define the same macro \ch. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-03 19:45

CTAN update: draftwatermark

Sergio Callegari submitted an update to the

                draftwatermark

package.

Version number: 3.1 2024-01-22
License type: lppl1.3

Summary description: Put a grey textual watermark on document pages

Announcement text:
2024-01-22 draftwatermark v3.1 ...

Sunday, 2024-03-03 18:51

CTAN update: LiteTable

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                LiteTable

package.

Version number: 2.4c 2024-03-03
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Class schedules with colorful course blocks

Announcement text:
Version 2.4c released ...

Sunday, 2024-03-03 18:51

CTAN update: metalogox

Brian Dunn submitted an update to the

                metalogox

package.

Version: 1.05
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Adjust TeX logos, with font detection

Announcement text:
Fixed Erewhon. ...

Sunday, 2024-03-03 08:23

2024-03-02

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: pdfmanagement-testphase

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                 pdfmanagement-testphase

bundle.

Version:  0.96f 2024-03-01
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  LaTeX PDF management testphase bundle

Announcement text:
### Changed ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 20:14

CTAN update: ProjLib

Jinwen XU submitted an update to the

                ProjLib

package.

Version number: 2024-03-01
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A collection of facilitative tools

Announcement text:
Changes since the last version: ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 18:44

CTAN update: LiteTable

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                LiteTable

package.

Version number: 2.4b 2024-02-24
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Class schedules with colorful course blocks

Announcement text:
- Fixed the error of resolution exceed in the landscape mode and added over 7 workdays. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 18:44

CTAN update: XeTeXref

Karl Berry submitted an update to the

                   XeTeXref

package.

Version:  2024-03-01
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Reference documentation of XeTeX

Announcement text:
This release of the unofficial XeTeX reference manual brings it up to date for the upcoming TeX Live 2024 release. The main change ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 18:15

CTAN update: minim-pdf

Esger Renkema submitted an update to the

                minim-pdf

package.

Version: 2024/1.5
License: other-free

Summary description: Low-level PDF integration for LuaTeX

Announcement text:
This version reduces the amount of configuration needed for producing tagged PDF from plain TeX. It also allows generating a document outline independent ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 11:44

CTAN update: minim-mp

Esger Renkema submitted an update to the

                minim-mp

package.

Version: 2024/1.5
License: other-free

Summary description: Low-level mplib integration for LuaTeX

Announcement text:
This version adds a luamplib compatibility mode. ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 11:43

CTAN update: latex-firstaid

The LaTeX Project Team  submitted an update to the

                latex-firstaid

package.

Version: 1.1c 2024-02-29
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: First aid for external LaTeX files and packages that need updating

Announcement text:
2024-02-29 Joseph Wright <Joseph.Wright at latex-project.org> ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 09:24

CTAN update: luamplib

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

                luamplib

package.

Version:  2.26.0 2024-03-01
License:  gpl2

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

Announcement text:
When \mplibcachedir{<dir>} is not set, the default cache directory will be in the following order: ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 08:23

CTAN update: ufrgscca

Alceu Frigeri submitted an update to the

                  ufrgscca

package.

Version:  2.6 2024-02-29
License:  lppl1.3c gpl

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

Announcement text:
A few minor typos (missing punctuation). ...

Saturday, 2024-03-02 08:22

2024-03-01

Announcement of New Packages on CTAN (by CTAN Maintainer)

CTAN update: tagpdf

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                tagpdf

package.

Version number: 0.98x 2024-02-29
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Tools for experimenting with tagging using pdfLaTeX and LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:
## [2024-02-29] ...

Friday, 2024-03-01 18:04

CTAN update: letgut

Association GUTenberg  submitted an update to the

                letgut

package.

Version: 0.9.8 2024-02-29
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Class for the newsletter “La Lettre GUTenberg” of the French TeX User Group GUTenberg

Announcement text:
### Changed - Drop use of l3keys2e, as advised. ...

Friday, 2024-03-01 16:01