TUGboat volume 45, number 1, has been mailed to TUG members. It is also available online and from the TUG store. In addition, prior TUGboat issue 44:3 is now publicly available. The next issue will be the TUG'24 proceedings; the deadline for papers to be included there is July 28, 2024. Submissions for the next regular issue are also welcome and encouraged; that deadline is October 4, 2024. Finally, please consider joining or renewing your TUG membership if you haven't already (we'll send this issue immediately), and thanks.

Romano Giannetti submitted an update to the

                CircuiTikZ

package.

Version number: 1.6.8 2024-05-05
License type: lppl gpl

Summary description: Draw electrical networks with TikZ

Announcement text:
Several new components, more anchors, a bit of documentation
enhancement; maybe the biggest change is the new "flexible" tube.

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Hironori Kitagawa submitted an update to the

                   luatexja

package.

Version:  20240505.0
License:  bsd

Summary description:  Typeset Japanese with Lua(La)TeX

Announcement text:
 * Fix the value of \e at alloc@luafunction at count (gh:5)


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Andrey Panov submitted the

                cyrillic-modern

package.

Version:  0.4 2014-12-26
License:  ofl

Summary description:  Slightly modified computer modern fonts with Cyrillics

Announcement text:
 The Cyrillic Modern fonts are based on the Computer Modern fonts
 designed in METAFONT by D. E. Knuth and released in the Type 1 format

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Antoine Missier submitted an update to the

                  arraycols

package.

Version:  1.5 2024-05-04
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  New column types for array and tabular environments

Announcement text:
 Mention of the 'tabularray' and 'mdwtab' packages in the doc;


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Michal Hoftich submitted an update to the

                Lua-UCA

package.

Version: 0.1c 2024-05-04
License: mit

Summary description: Unicode Collation Algorithm library for Lua

Announcement text:
Bug fix release:


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Antoine Missier submitted an update to the

                 frenchmath

package.

Version:  3.0 2024-05-04
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Typesetting mathematics according to French rules

Announcement text:
 
 - Integration of the 'mathgreeks' package


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Antoine Missier submitted an update to the

                mismath

package.

Version number: 3.0 2024-05-04
License type: lppl1.3

Summary description: Miscellaneous mathematical macros

Announcement text:
New in this release:
    - Rewriting of the `\pinumber` command including the `\pifonts` macro

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Antoine Missier submitted an update to the

                mathgreeks

package.

Version number: 1.1 2024-05-04
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Use different Greek letter fonts in math mode

Announcement text:
Adding the libsans option (for the libertinus sans font); a few changes in the doc

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Will Robertson submitted an update to the

                  fontspec

package.

Version:  2.9c 2024-05-03
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:
 
 * Fix copy/paste regression bug with the `Language` feature
   (primarily exposed through `babel` package). (#513)

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Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the

                 profmaquette

package.

Version:  0.94 2024-05-02
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Use exercises in different types of documents

Announcement text:
  Bug fix : the key <CorrigeInverse> is now correct.


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Michal Hoftich submitted an update to the

                   luavlna

package.

Version:  0.1m 2024-05-02
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Prevent line breaks after single letter words, units, or academic titles

Announcement text:
 Bug fix release:


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Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the

                kpfonts-otf

package.

Version: 0.63 2024-05-02
License: ofl lppl1.3

Summary description: OTF version of the Kp-fonts

Announcement text:
Text fonts enhancements:
- The set of sub/super-scripts has been enlarged for supercitations:

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Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

                 luamplib

package.

Version:  2.29.0 2024-05-01
License:  gpl2

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

Announcement text:
 
 * provide new TeX macros to reduce typing toil.


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Antoine Missier submitted the

                mathgreeks

package.

Version: 1.0 2024-04-30
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Use Greek letters fonts in math mode

Announcement text:
A new package that allow using and changing many Greek letters fonts in math mode

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Christian Krieg submitted an update to the

                     OSDA

package.

Version:  1.4.0 2024-05-01
License:  lppl1.3 other-nonfree

Summary description:  Commands for Proceedings of the Workshop on Open-Source Design Automation

Announcement text:
 
 The OSDA package is a package convenient for preparing manuscripts
 that are published in the Proceedings of the Workshop on Open-Source

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Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the

                    nmbib

package.

Version:  1.05
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Multiple versions of a bibliography, with different sort orders

Announcement text:
 
  nmsample is renamed to nmbib-sample to avoid TeXLive name clash


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Vít Starý Novotný submitted an update to the

                markdown

package.

Version: 3.5.0-0-gfd01a252 2024-04-29
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Converting and rendering markdown documents inside TeX

Announcement text:
Development:


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The LaTeX Project Team  submitted an update to the

                l3backend

package.

Version: 2024-04-11
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX3 backend drivers

Announcement text:
## [2024-04-11]


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The LaTeX Project Team  submitted an update to the

                l3kernel

package.

Version: 2024-04-11
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions

Announcement text:
## [2024-04-11]


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Karl Berry submitted an update to the

                epstopdf

package.

Version number: 2.34 2024-04-29
License type: other-free

Summary description: Convert EPS to PDF using Ghostscript

Announcement text:
epstopdf 2.34 tries to support Msys, Cygwin, and native Windows appropriately, 

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François Pantigny submitted an update to the

                piton

package.

Version number: 3.0 2024-04-29
License type: lppl1.3

Summary description: Typeset Python listings with LPEG

Announcement text:
The package 'piton' now provides a command \NewPitonLanguage. With that command, 

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Alain Matthes submitted an update to the

                tkz-elements

package.

Version: 2.25c
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: A Lua library for drawing Euclidean geometry with TikZ or tkz-euclide

Announcement text:
- version 2.25c
       - French documentation at my site:  [http://altermundus.fr](http://altermundus.fr)

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Alain Matthes submitted an update to the

                tkz-euclide

package.

Version: 5.10c
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Tools for drawing Euclidean geometry

Announcement text:
- tkz-tool-eu-angles.arc.tex has been extracted from the file tkz-tool-eu-angles.tex
      - Added `mini` option (Only tracing modules are loaded with tkz-elements)

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Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                  jsonparse

package.

Version:  0.8.3 2024-04-28
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Parse, store and access JSON data in LaTeX documents

Announcement text:
 
 Escaping of characters with special meaning in TeX


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Jasper Habicht submitted the

                rpgicons

package.

Version:  1.8.2 2024-04-28
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Icons for use in notes for tabletop role-playing games

Announcement text:
 This package provides a set of high-quality icons for use in notes
 for tabletop role-playing games. The icons are meant to be used in

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Oliver Beery submitted an update to the

                 fontscale

package.

Version:  1.2.2 2024-04-29
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A flexible interface for setting font sizes

Announcement text:
 
 ### Changed
 - Improved package messages when issuing errors and warnings.

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Samcarter submitted an update to the

             beamertheme-tcolorbox

package.

Version:  0.7 2024-04-29
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A beamer inner theme which reproduces standard beamer blocks using tcolorboxes

Announcement text:
 
 ### New


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Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the

                  profmaquette

package.

Version:  0.93 2024-04-28
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Use exercises in different types of documents

Announcement text:
 
 New environment : Entrainement.


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Victor Sannier submitted the

                ruscap

package.

Version:  1.0 2024-04-28
License:  ofl

Summary description:  A Metafont for rustic capitals

Announcement text:
 
 This package contains the source for ruscap: a font for rustic
 capitals —an ancient Roman calligraphic script— created with

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Chris Hughes submitted an update to the

                latexindent

package.

Version: 3.24 2024-04-28
License: gpl3

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

Announcement text:
paths feature update, log file bug fix, full details at
https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/releases/tag/V3.24

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samcarter submitted an update to the

                beamertheme-rainbow

package.

Version: 0.2 2024-04-28
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A beamer colour theme which alternates theme colours on every frame

Announcement text:
### New


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Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the

                    esindex

package.

Version:  1.8 2024-04-27
License:  mit

Summary description:  Generate sorting keys for indexes

Announcement text:
 Fix: Some replacements stopped working in pdflatex with utf8
 because of a change in the LaTeX LICR.

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Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the

                babel-latvian

package.

Version:  2.0c 2024-04-27
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Babel support for Latvian

Announcement text:
 Fixed an incompatibility with titlesec


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Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the

                babel-welsh

package.

Version number: 1.1b 2024-04-27
License type: lppl1.3

Summary description: Babel support for Welsh

Announcement text:
Fix \ccname in TU encoding.

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Robert Allgeyer submitted an update to the

                novel

package.

Version number: 2.2 2024-04-26
License type: lppl1.3c ofl

Summary description: Class for printing fiction, such as novels

Announcement text:
Minor doc fix.

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Samcarter submitted an update to the

                 TikZducks

package.

Version:  1.8 2024-04-27
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A little fun package for using rubber ducks in TikZ

Announcement text:
 
 ### New


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Will Robertson submitted an update to the

                fontspec

package.

Version: 2.9b
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:
## v2.9b (2024/04/27)


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Qu Yi submitted an update to the

                easybook

package.

Version number: 2024bb 2024-04-26
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Easily typesetting Chinese theses or books

Announcement text:
#Major changes - module name changes:

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Máté Cserép submitted an update to the

                elteikthesis

package.

Version number: 2.4
License type: mit

Summary description: Thesis template for Eötvös Loránd University (Informatics)

Announcement text:
Replace bibtex with biber for Bibliography generation. Various minor fixes and improvements.

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Máté Cserép submitted an update to the

                elteiktdk

package.

Version number: 2.1
License type: mit

Summary description: TDK-thesis template for Hungarian TDK conferences, Section 
of Computer Science

Announcement text:

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Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                jsonparse

package.

Version: 0.8.2 2024-04-26
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Parse, store and access JSON data in LaTeX documents

Announcement text:
v0.8.2
-- Support for externalizing parsed JSON data

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Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the

                ProfCollege

package.

Version number: 0.99-A-d 2024-04-26
License type: lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
some programming modifications (Tableur, \Stat...)

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samcarter submitted an update to the

                TikZbricks

package.

Version number: 0.5 2024-04-26
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Drawing bricks with TikZ

Announcement text:
### New


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Samcarter submitted an update to the

                jigsaw

package.

Version:  0.5 2024-04-25
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Draw jigsaw pieces with TikZ

Announcement text:
 
 ### New


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Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

                 luamplib

package.

Version:  2.28.2 2024-04-25
License:  gpl2

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

Announcement text:
 
 * direction of figure box is explicitly declared as TLT (#129)


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Samcarter submitted an update to the

                TikZmarmots

package.

Version:  2.1 2024-04-24
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Drawing little marmots in TikZ

Announcement text:
 
 ### New


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Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the

                   profmaquette

package.

Version:  0.92 2024-04-25
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Use exercises in different types of documents

Announcement text:
 
 New key CorrigeInverse for document type "CAN"


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Joseph Wright submitted an update to the

                  siunitx

package.

Version:  3.3.16 2024-04-24
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A comprehensive (SI) units package

Announcement text:
 ### Fixed
 - Ensure that mode-dependent symbols respect printing mode (see issue

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Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                  jsonparse

package.

Version:  0.8.0 2024-04-24
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Parse, store and access JSON data in LaTeX documents

Announcement text:
 
 -- Optimised parsing of JSON escape sequences


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Frank Fuhlbrück submitted the

                  exercisesheets

package.

Version:  0.17 2024-04-23
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Typeset exercise sheets for university courses and school classes

Announcement text:
 Hello,


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Pieter van Oostrum submitted an update to the

                    fancyhdr

package.

Version:  4.2 2024-04-23
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Extensive control of page headers and footers in LaTeX2e

Announcement text:
 
 Bug fix


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Joseph Wright submitted an update to the

                  siunitx

package.

Version:  3.3.15 2024-04-23
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A comprehensive (SI) units package

Announcement text:
 ### Fixed
 - Appearance of ohm symbol with `kmath` package (see

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Development releases for the L3 Programming Layer (aka expl3)

The team have made development releases of the LaTeX kernel available for some time, to allow active users and developers to test new features. We have now extended this concept to cover the core of expl3 (packages l3kernel and l3backend) that is automatically loaded by the LaTeX kernel as the ‘L3 Programming layer’. The new CTAN packages l3kernel-dev and l3backend-dev will be used when building the development LaTeX formats, allowing testing of changes to expl3 before its release and thus before it becomes active in the production version of LaTeX.

We encourage interested users, and especially developers, to try out the development formats, which will now include testing a pre-release of the L3 Programming Layer expl3.

Unlike the LaTeX kernel, expl3 does not have a fixed release schedule. To allow for that, the aim is that there will be an l3kernel-dev upload to CTAN around two weeks before the upload of the ‘production’ version. This should be enough time for testing but still allow a quick turn-around as features are added to expl3.

— Joseph & Frank

Masamichi Hosoda submitted an update to the

                 haranoaji

package.

Version:  20231009-2
License:  ofl

Summary description:  Harano Aji Fonts

Announcement text:
 
* Fix packaging issue
    + https://github.com/trueroad/HaranoAjiFonts/issues/11

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Yu Xiong submitted an update to the

                njuthesis

package.

Version number: 1.4.1 2024-04-22
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX thesis template for Nanjing University

Announcement text:
# New


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Alceu Frigeri submitted an update to the

                ufrgscca

package.

Version number: 2.10 2024-04-20
License type: lppl1.3c gpl

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

Announcement text:
added option noxtrbookmarks to package ufrgscca-forms (see manual)

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Oliver Beery submitted an update to the

                 fontscale

package.

Version:  1.2.1 2024-04-21
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A flexible interface for setting font sizes

Announcement text:
 
 ### Changed
 - Improved the error message for `\SetFontStep*` when the current

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Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                  jsonparse

package.

Version:  0.7.1 2024-04-20
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Parse, store and access JSON data in LaTeX documents

Announcement text:
 
 -- Settings via key-value options


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Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the

                ProfCollege

package.

Version number: 0.99-A-c 2024-04-20
License type: lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
- new commands : \AdditionColore...
- new keys for some commands.

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Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                LiteSolution

package.

Version:  2.1c 2024-04-20
License:  lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
 - Supports custom cover colors and patterns on the cover image.


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Stephan Lukasczyk submitted an update to the

                se2thesis

package.

Version: 3.4.0
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A Thesis Class for the Chair of Software Engineering II at the University of Passau, Germany

Announcement text:
Added:
- Fix the referencing with cleveref's \cref etc. for the resq (research

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Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                   ProfSio

package.

Version:  0.2.6 2024-04-20
License:  lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
 Correction dans des simplifications de Karnaugh.


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Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                   ProfLycee

package.

Version:  3.03d 2024-04-20
License:  lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
 
   Page de garde pour des sujets d'examens.


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Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the

                       babel

package.

Version:  24.4 2024-04-20
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX

Announcement text:
 
 Changes in version 24.4 are described in:


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samcarter submitted an update to the

                TikZducks

package.

Version: 1.7 2024-04-19
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A little fun package for using rubber ducks in TikZ

Announcement text:
New accessories: banana and stick with leaf (kindly contributed by @NuzzleTOO)


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Qu Yi submitted an update to the

                easybook

package.

Version number: 2024as 2024-04-19
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Easily typesetting Chinese theses or books

Announcement text:
Changed
- Directory entry style registration command '\RegisterTocName' Add asterisk parameter to

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Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                 NoteBeamer

package.

Version:  3.0a 2024-04-19
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A template for printing presentations on notepaper

Announcement text:
 
 - Changed from class to package, now this package supports article and book class.


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Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                 FadingImage

package.

Version:  0.2a 2024-04-19
License:  lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
 - Fixed some bugs and updated the document.


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Rushikesh Kamalapurkar submitted an update to the

                bodeplot

package.

Version number: 1.2 2024-04-18
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Draw Bode, Nyquist and Nichols plots with gnuplot or pgfplots

Announcement text:
Removed global option to use radians for trig functions.

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Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the

                lato-math

package.

Version number: 0.37 2024-04-18
License type: lppl1.3c ofl

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

Announcement text:
- Missing Greek sans glyphs (U+1D756-U+1D7CB) added to LatoMath-Bold.

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Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the

                  lua-typo

package.

Version:  0.87 2024-04-18
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Highlighting typographical flaws with LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:
 
 - Improved page body detection.


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Alceu Frigeri submitted an update to the

                ufrgscca

package.

Version: 2.9 2024-04-17
License: lppl1.3c gpl

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

Announcement text:
fixing the use of \pdfbookmark after the last hyperref/kernel update (which
broke the \MakeForms command).

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Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the

                acmart

package.

Version: 2.07
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Class for typesetting publications of ACM

Announcement text:
Version 2.07.  Corrected typo in TELO eISSN.


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Karl Berry submitted an update to the

                   texfot

package.

Version:  1.53 2024-04-17
License:  pd

Summary description:  Filter clutter from the output of a TeX run

Announcement text:
 texfot is a small Perl script to filter the online output from a TeX
 run, attempting to show only those messages which are likely to deserve

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Karl Berry submitted an update to the

                  eplain

package.

Version:  3.14 2024-04-17
License:  gpl2+

Summary description:  Extended plain TeX macros

Announcement text:
 Eplain version 3.14 is available from CTAN via https://ctan.org/pkg/eplain
 and directly from https://tug.org/eplain.  It's also included in TeX

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Samcarter submitted an update to the

                TikZmarmots

package.

Version:  2.0 2024-04-17
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Drawing little marmots in TikZ

Announcement text:
 
 The TikZmarmots package has been merged into the TikZlings package
 and is now a wrapper around the `tikzlings-marmots` package.

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Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                LiteSolution

package.

Version number: 2.1a 2024-04-17
License type: lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:
Version 2.1a released

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The LaTeX Project Team  submitted an update to the

                graphics-def

package.

Version number: 2024-04-13
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Colour and graphics option files

Announcement text:
Update to graphics-def collection


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Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the

                PixelArtTikz

package.

Version number: 0.1.4 2024-04-16
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Work with PixelArts, with TikZ

Announcement text:
Anamorphic cylinder pixelart.

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