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New packages and updates on CTAN in August
New packages on CTAN in August 2009: tablenotes – package by Matthias Borck-Elsner for placing notes in tables and list them, like endnotes and footnotes listings-ext – contains macros and a bash script that can be used to input parts … Continue reading
Kile 2.1beta2 erschienen
Die zweite Beta-Version der integrierten LaTeX-Entwicklungsumgebung Kile ist am 23. August 2009 erschienen. Sie ist für Testzwecke gedacht, jedoch wird sie nicht für den produktiven Einsatz empfohlen. Mit ihr kommen Fehlerbehebungen zur Version 2.1beta1: voreingestellte Codierungseinstellungen wurden verbessert (utf8-spezifisch), die … Continue reading
Kile 2.1beta2 released
The second beta version of the LaTeX editor Kile has been released on August 23rd. It’s intended for testing but it’s not recommended for production. It brings some fixes to 2.1beta1: utf8 related default encoding settings fixed, the ALT+p shortcut … Continue reading
LyX 1.6.4 veröffentlicht
Am 24. August wurde die Version 1.6.4 des Textverarbeitungssystems LyX veröffentlicht. Neben kleineren Verbesserungen wurden einige Fehler behoben durch einen workaround, um Abstürze mit neueren Qt-Versionen zu vermeiden, Ausbesserung von Fehlern, die in Datenverlust resultieren konnten, Stabilitäts-Verbesserungen, Problembehebungen am LaTeX-Import-Programm … Continue reading
LyX 1.6.4 released
The maintenance release 1.6.4 of LyX has been published on August 24th. Beside minor improvements it fixes some problems by a workaround to avoid crashes with recent Qt versions, fixes to bugs that could result in data loss, stability improvements, … Continue reading
Fancy tables with TikZ
Today I wanted to create a table for a presentation and I remembered a suggestion made by Kjell Magne Fauske in comp.text.tex in August 2008, to use TikZ to create tables with rounded corners. I’ve investigated this idea further to … Continue reading
New packages and updates on CTAN in July
New packages on CTAN in July: boolexpr – evaluation of boolean expressions in a purely expandable way germkorr – changes kerning for german quotation marks, for instance brings some letters like T nearer to german quotes fig4latex – simplifies management … Continue reading
TeX Live 2009 Testphase
Von TeX Live 2009 wurde vorab eine Testversion veröffentlicht. Das Entwickler-Team schreibt: “We greatly appreciate any testing of TeX Live before the official release. The more people who do so, the better the final release will be. It is also … Continue reading
Testing TeX Live 2009
A test version of TeX Live 2009 has been released. The developer team writes: “We greatly appreciate any testing of TeX Live before the official release. The more people who do so, the better the final release will be. It … Continue reading
TUG 2009 – 30th annual meeting of the TeX Users Group
I’ve read on the texhax mailing list today that Karl Berry has posted the schedule of talks for the TUG 2009 conference. There you can read about the program, workshops, talks and participants of this years annual meeting of the … Continue reading
New packages and updates on CTAN in June
New packages on CTAN this month: pstdoc – SQLite database and Python script that provides extensive help with PSTricks commands from a terminal window. eltex – package for drawing simple electrical circuit diagrams in the picture environment withouth any special … Continue reading
Texmaker 1.9.2 released
The version 1.9.2 of the free LaTeX editor Texmaker has been released today. Changes are: a new panel “favorite symbols”, previous sessions can be restored, words can be selected by SHIFT+LeftArrow and SHIFT+RightArrow again, a bugfix for Mac OS X … Continue reading
