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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

11. June 2009 by stefan
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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

06. June 2009 by stefan
Categories: Fonts and Symbols, News | 6 comments

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

05. June 2009 by stefan
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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.

04. June 2009 by stefan
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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

03. June 2009 by stefan
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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

03. June 2009 by stefan
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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

26. May 2009 by stefan
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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

21. May 2009 by stefan
Categories: IDEs and Editors, News | 6 comments

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

20. May 2009 by stefan
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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

20. May 2009 by stefan
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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

17. May 2009 by stefan
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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

17. May 2009 by stefan
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