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 of figures in large projects by creating makefiles
- mathgifg – LaTeX support for Microsoft Georgia and ITC Franklin Gothic in text and math
- ltxnew – provides the new, renew and provide prefixes for checking definition of control sequences, designed to work with e-TeX
- changelayout – an extension of the changepage package that can be used to change the layout of individual pages and their texts
- keycommand – an eTeX/LaTeX package that provides a natural way to define commands with optional keys, it’s based on the kvsetkeys package
- biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt – provides an author-year style with compact multiple-reference-citations and ibidem mechanism
- etextools – useful tools for e-TeX/LaTeX Users and package writers
- properties – loads properties (key, value) from a properties file
- kmrhyph – hyphenation patterns for the kurmanji language, T1 encoded
- ctex – a collection of macro packages and document classes for Chinese LaTeX typesetting
- zhspacing – a CJK typesetting package for document formats using XeTeX
- xeCJK – a LaTeX2e package for typesetting CJK documents in XeTeX
- CJKpunct – adjusts the location and kerning of CJK punctuation marks
- ERDC – provides a class for typesetting technical information reports of the Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers
- ESTCPMM – typesetting reports for Munitions Management Reports, US Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
New documentation on CTAN this month:
- Presentations with LaTeX – example files for the book from the Dante-Edition series,
- lshort-persian – Persian (Farsi) translation of “The not so short introduction to LaTeX2e”
- ConTeXt Top Ten Commands – an introductory document on ConTeXt frequently used commands
- Chinese Asymptote Manual – Chinese translation of the official Asymptote manual
- Asymptote By Example – a Chinese Asymptote tutorial
- Chinese Asymptote FAQ – Chinese translation of the official Asymptote FAQ
- ConTeXt Notes – a ConTeXt tutorial in Chinese covering ConTeXt installation, fonts, layout design, cross-reference, project structure, presentation design and more
- ctex-faq – LaTeX FAQ by the Chinese TeX Society
Updates on CTAN this month:
achemso, pst-3dplot, thailatex, tikz-timing, dvisvgm, pdfcomment, eplain, biblatex, zhmetrics, pst-solides3d, latex-veryshortguide, csquotes, erdc, memoir, biblatex-apa, ly1enc.def, natbib, FiXme, cell, pstool, etextools, oberdiek bundle, animate, zhspacing, bmeps, asymptote, ctex, pdfcrop, jpgfdraw, dozenal, ConTeXt Commands Top Ten, chitex, calctab, xepersian, bidi, cleveref, glossaries, datatool, softmaker-freefont, TotCount, VnTeX, expl3, mlist and biblatex-chicago-notes-df. For package-specific information visit the package folder on CTAN.
