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New version 3.19 of UK TeX FAQ
Robin Fairbairns has released a new version of the famous UK TeX FAQ. v3.19 contains 10 new answers to frequently asked questions: “Modern” graphics file names Key-value input for macros and package options Non-letters in macro names Using “old-style” figures … Continue reading
New monospaced font on CTAN: Inconsolata
The Inconsolata font package has been released on CTAN yesterday. Inconsolata is a monospaced (“typewriter”) font designed for code listings and the like by Raph Levien. It’s supporting several encodings including T1, OT1 and LY1. The font can be used … Continue reading
LyX 1.6.3 released
The maintenance release 1.6.3 of LyX has been published yesterday. Highlights of this release: tex2lyx has been improved and is now able to read files in all LaTeX supported encodings, performance problems have been resolved, LyX shows new features provided … Continue reading
goLaTeX.de is back online
The German LaTeX forum goLaTeX.de has been inaccessible since one week, from May 28 on. Today it’s available again, at last. There was a technical problem that the provider didn’t solve quickly. The forum will stay alive.
Bugfix in pstricks-add
If you’re using pstricks-add or a package requiring it consider updating it if its version is lower than 3.34. The version 3.34 has been released some days ago and brings a bugfix for the pstScalePoints macro. The bug could look … Continue reading
New package tabularew: centering multicolumn headings
In standard tabular environments multicolumn headings will be aligned to the left when they are wider then the text below, even if they contain a “c” as format parameter. Here’s a very small demonstration example: \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} \usepackage{eurosym} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{r@{.}l} \multicolumn{2}{c}{Price … Continue reading
New introduction: Getting something out of LaTeX
Jim Hefferon has published the document “Getting something out of LaTeX” on CTAN, taking new LaTeX user through making a first document. The author wants to give a quick taste, the reader could get an idea if the LaTeX system … Continue reading
Texmaker 1.9 released
The version 1.9 of the free LaTeX IDE Texmaker has been released today and comes with the following changes: inline spell checking, bi-directional support, a new modern interface, asymptote support, the interface language can be changed via the “Options” menu, … Continue reading
Asymptote released on CTAN
Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language useful for for technical drawing, using LaTeX for high-quality output. It’s not just a graphics program but a programming language. Asymptote is inspired by MetaPost but provides C++-like syntax. It runs on … Continue reading
Fix: enumitem 2.2 released
If you are using the handy package enumitem in version 2.1 or earlier you could consider to update it. The author Javier Bezos announced v2.2: “This release fixes a bug in some description styles (the first label in the first … Continue reading
MiKTeX Portable Edition released
Yesterday Christian Schenk has released the portable edition of MiKTeX 2.8 beta3. This edition allows to use MiKTeX on portable storage devices like USB sticks or flash cards for use on any Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7) computer. Using Portable MiKTeX leaves no … Continue reading
New packages and updates on CTAN in May
New packages on CTAN: ulqda – supports the integration of Qualitative Data Analysis research tasks with LaTeX, assists in the analysis of textual data by providing macros used to markup textual information. ulqda is requiring pdfeTeX, further it’s needing the … Continue reading
