CTAN update: skak
Date: July 22, 2013 1:48:15 PM CEST
the daemon reports:
> Name of contribution: skak
> Author's name: Torben Hoffmann
> Package version: v1.5.1
> Location on CTAN: fonts/chess/skak/
> Summary description: New version of the skak package for chess typesetting
> License type: lppl
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> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Fixed bug with fromsquare when using algebraic notation.
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> Fixed bug with lastmove when typesetting with styleC.
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> Reorganised the files. Added LICENSE, ChangeLog and THANKS.
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> Created a repo on github for the furture work on skak.
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> Announcement required: Yes
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.ctan.org/pkg/skak
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/chess/skak/
thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
skak – Fonts and macros for typesetting chess games
This package provides macros and fonts in METAFONT format which can be used to typeset chess games using PGN, and to show diagrams of the current board in a document. The package builds on work by Piet Tutelaers — the main novelty is the use of PGN for input instead of the more cumbersome coordinate notation (g1f3 becomes the more readable Nf3 in PGN).
An Adobe Type 1 implementation of skak's fonts is available as package skaknew; an alternative chess notational scheme is available in package texmate, and a general mechanism for selecting chess fonts is provided in chessfss.
| Package | skak |
| Version | 1.5.3 |
| Maintainer | Torben Hoffmann |