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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
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
