ctan-ann

CTAN update: luciole

2026-07-06T12:15:19Z

Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the

                 luciole

package.

Version: 0.70 2026-07-05
License: cc-by-4 ofl lppl1.3c

Summary description: Luciole OpenType fonts for LuaTeX and XeTeX

Announcement text:- Script variant added for calligraphic capitals.
   - Circle, diamond and lozenge operators : sizes enlarged.
   - Brackets redesigned.
   - Math table Sub/Superscripts parameters tuned, see

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CTAN update: archaeologie

2026-07-05T07:24:31Z

Lukas C. Bossert submitted an update to the

                   archaeologie

package.

Version:  2.5.1 2026-07-04
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  A citation-style which covers rules of the German Archaeological Institute

Announcement text: Version 2.5.1 modernizes the PDF documentation layout, typography,
 headers, and example boxes. It also fixes the documentation build
 load order for cleveref, corrects generated French and Italian

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CTAN update: scholatex

2026-07-05T06:20:46Z

Gérard Dubard submitted an update to the

                scholatex

package.

Version: 2.5
License: gpl3+

Summary description: A tag-based language for print-ready teaching worksheets, built on LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:scholatex 2.5 — the lycée release.

New: the equation form  declares a function as the board does; computes sign tables from the factored expression (exact zeros, forbidden values, checked invariants); weighted probability trees with automatic complements; areas, cobwebs and the normal/binomial laws in ; five descriptive statistics figures (bars, histogram-as-density, pie, boxplot, scatter with least-squares fit); the trigonometric circle with exact remarkable values; the number line, declared or solved from an inequality; six solids in cabinet projection with computed hidden edges; a full transcendental function library (circular, hyperbolic, their inverses, exp/ln/log/logb) shared between computed values and plots; a document-wide precision option for display rounding, and scale: on every drawing.


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CTAN update: NovaBeamer-Theme

2026-07-05T06:20:29Z

Riccardo Martelli submitted an update to the

                NovaBeamer-Theme

package.

Version: 1.1
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A flexible and customizable LaTeX theme for creating professional presentations

Announcement text:
Version 1.1: Renamed the main file to beamerthemenovabeamer.sty to support the standard \usetheme mechanism.This package is located at

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CTAN update: biblatex-ijsra

2026-07-05T05:59:47Z

Lukas C. Bossert submitted an update to the

                 biblatex-ijsra

package.

Version:  0.2 2026-07-03
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  BibLaTeX style for the International Journal of Student Research in Archaeology

Announcement text: Version 0.2 is a security patch release.
 It removes an outdated external journal link because the target
 is no longer trusted, updates maintainer contact information,

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CTAN update: l3build

2026-07-04T09:04:49Z

The LaTeX Project Team  submitted an update to the

                 l3build

package.

Version: 2026-07-03
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

Announcement text:## [2026-07-03]

### Fixed


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CTAN update: hawkdraw

2026-07-03T19:01:12Z

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                  hawkdraw

package.

Version:  0.4.0 2026-07-01
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Draw vector graphics using l3draw with a simple syntax

Announcement text: - Adding shadings, opacity groups, blend modes and soft masks;

 - Adding support for referencing anchors of nodes by degree.

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CTAN update: CTeX

2026-07-03T14:54:59Z

Liam Huang submitted an update to the

                CTeX

package.

Version: 2.6.1
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text:This release fixes one bug.

BUG FIXES


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CTAN update: xecjk

2026-07-03T14:54:53Z

Liam Huang submitted an update to the

                xecjk

package.

Version: 3.10.1
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX

Announcement text:This release fixes three bugs related to spurious or missing CJKecglue spacing.

BUG FIXES


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CTAN update: l3build

2026-07-03T13:58:39Z

The LaTeX Project Team  submitted an update to the

                 l3build

package.

Version: 2026-07-02
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

Announcement text:## [2026-07-02]

### Added


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CTAN update: ltx-talk

2026-07-03T09:25:18Z

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the

                 ltx-talk

package.

Version:  0.5.1 2026-07-02
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A class for typesetting presentations

Announcement text: ### Changed

 - Support *-form of `\newtheorem` (see issue

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New on CTAN: mahjong-tiles

2026-07-03T08:54:05Z

C M Wither submitted the

                mahjong-tiles

package.

Version: 2.2.0
License: mit

Summary description: mahjong-tiles is a LaTeX package for typesetting Japanese/Riichi Mahjong tiles

Announcement text:`mahjong-tiles` is a new LaTeX package for typesetting Japanese/Riichi Mahjong tiles, hands, and discard rivers using compact MPSZ notation. This initial CTAN release provides:

* `\mahjong{...}` for typesetting Mahjong hands;


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CTAN update: gbt7714

2026-07-02T16:25:31Z

Zeping Lee submitted an update to the

                gbt7714

package.

Version: 3.0.0 2026-07-01
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A BibTeX implementation of China National Standard GB/T 7714

Announcement text:
Update the default version of BibTeX styles to 2025.This package is located at

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CTAN update: piton

2026-07-02T16:25:28Z

François Pantigny submitted an update to the

                piton

package.

Version: 4.14 2026-07-01
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Typeset computer listings with LPeg of LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:The key 'line-numbers/format' has now an additive syntax.

New keys 'after-begin-escape' and 'before-begin-escape'.


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CTAN update: fonts-tlwg

2026-07-02T16:25:26Z

Theppitak Karoonboonyanan submitted an update to the

                fonts-tlwg

package.

Version: 0.7.4
License: gpl2+ lppl1.3 other-free

Summary description: Thai fonts for LaTeX from TLWG

Announcement text:Build system:

  - Fix make rules to prevent parallel build failure.
  - Fix reproducibility issues in Type1 fonts.

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CTAN update: testhyphens

2026-07-02T13:16:50Z

Claudio Beccari submitted an update to the

                  testhyphens

package.

Version:  1.1 2026-06-29
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Testing hyphenation patterns

Announcement text: This upgrade lets users typeset a hyphenated word list
 with specified language and hyphenation parameters.


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CTAN update: csvsimple

2026-07-02T12:04:27Z

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the

                csvsimple

package.

Version: 3.0.0 2026-07-01
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Simple CSV file processing

Announcement text:### Added
- Documentation example section "Storing Data in L3 Property Lists"
- Some further additions to the documentation.


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New on CTAN: tagsnip

2026-07-02T10:21:57Z

Rostislav Brož submitted the

                tagsnip

package.

Version:  1.0.1
License:  mit

Summary description:  Include tagged code snippets from local files or remote URLs

Announcement text: tagsnip provides a LaTeX command for including tagged code snippets
 from local files or remote URLs. Snippets are extracted by an external
 Python backend and typeset using minted.

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CTAN update: pst-geo

2026-07-02T05:58:41Z

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the

                 pst-geo

package.

Version: 0.09a 2026-06-30
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Geographical Projections

Announcement text:
Reduce the file size of the documentation by using png images instead of pdfThis package is located at

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CTAN update: plantuml

2026-07-01T20:24:30Z

Oliver Kopp submitted an update to the

                 plantuml

package.

Version: 0.7.0 2026-06-29
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Support for rendering UML diagrams using PlantUML

Announcement text:### Added

- Added support for `pdflatex`. PlantUML is now driven directly via shell escape, mirroring the LuaLaTeX path (same `plantuml.jar` invocation and MD5-based source caching). [#1](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/1)
- Added [architecture decision record 0001](docs/decisions/0001-support-pdflatex-via-shell-escape.md) explaining why pdfLaTeX is driven via shell escape rather than via `hvextern`, `pythontex`, or `bashful`. [#1](https://github.com/koppor/plantuml/issues/1)

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CTAN update: hvextern

2026-07-01T20:24:06Z

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the

                 hvextern

package.

Version: 0.43 2026-06-30
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Write and execute external code, and insert the output

Announcement text:
added option png for conversion pdf->pngThis package is located at

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New on CTAN: carom

2026-07-01T15:57:55Z

Anthony Saint-Criq submitted the

                carom

package.

Version: 2026-06-30
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Environment to typeset annotated French billiard tables

Announcement text:
This package provides a new environment together with a collection of TikZ macros designed to facilitate the creation of French billiards table diagrams.This package is located at

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CTAN update: zhlineskip

2026-07-01T09:55:48Z

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                zhlineskip

package.

Version:  1.0g 2026-06-30
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Line spacing for CJK documents

Announcement text: This release adds one new option to zhlineskip.

 NEW FEATURES

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CTAN update: aTableau

2026-07-01T06:50:53Z

Andrew Mathas submitted an update to the

                 aTableau

package.

Version:  2.2.2 2026-06-30
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX package for symmetric group combinatorics

Announcement text: - Adds `entries=ladders` for ladder numbers in diagrams

 - Fixes a bug with the `beads` key, so that empty runners now work

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CTAN update: Circuit_macros

2026-07-01T06:15:20Z

Dwight Aplevich submitted an update to the

                Circuit_macros

package.

Version:  11.1
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  M4 macros for electric circuit diagrams

Announcement text: As detailed in the CHANGES file:
 edits and additional functionality for several macros,
 five new macros, new examples, revisions to the manual.

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CTAN update: scholatex

2026-06-30T06:37:11Z

Gérard Dubard submitted an update to the

                scholatex

package.

Version: 2.3
License: gpl3+

Summary description: A tag-based language for print-ready teaching worksheets, built on LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:scholatex 2.3 — this release brings together the additions of versions 2.2 and 2.3.

Figure drawing (2.3): the new  block renders plane geometric figures from a description alone — the shape is named, its measurements given, and coordinates are computed trigonometrically and emitted as hard TikZ numbers. It covers triangles by every classical definition, quadrilaterals (square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, kite), regular polygons by name or point count, and circles (by centre and radius, circumscribed through three points, or inscribed). Equal-side and right-angle marks and per-side length labels are opt-in, with single and double ticks telling apart pairs of different lengths. Composite figures share points and edges; loops, rotation and low-level point and line primitives allow free-form drawings.


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CTAN update: acmart

2026-06-30T06:37:00Z

Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the

                acmart

package.

Version: 2.19 2026-06-27
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Class for typesetting publications of ACM

Announcement text:Version 2.19   2026-06-27
               Re-added keywords to samples
               Tagging: defaults for tables
               Bug fixes

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New on CTAN: pst-art-led

2026-06-29T18:23:01Z

Amit M. Manthanwar submitted the

                pst-art-led

package.

Version: 1.0.0
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A PSTricks Art Package to Generate LED Displays

Announcement text:
This is a new PSTricks contribution to generate dot matrix style LED displays for for technical documentation, science tutorials, or retro-computing projects.This package is located at

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CTAN update: zhlineskip

2026-06-29T18:13:59Z

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                zhlineskip

package.

Version:  1.0f 2026-06-28
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Line spacing for CJK documents

Announcement text: The zhlineskip package provides tools for typesetting CJK documents with
 Microsoft Word–compatible line spacing. Version 1.0f is a significant
 internal overhaul that also streamlines the user-facing option interface.

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CTAN update: mcf2graph

2026-06-29T08:47:35Z

Akira Yamaji submitted an update to the

                 mcf2graph

package.

Version: 5.33 2026-06-28
License: mit

Summary description: Draw chemical structure diagrams with MetaPost

Announcement text:-change library file format
  start mcf ':' => '{'
  end mcf   ';' => '}'
-update main_lib.mcf,template_lib.mcf

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CTAN update: docext

2026-06-28T10:10:24Z

Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

                    docext

package.

Version:  0.2B 2026-06-27
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Extension for documenting the LaTeX source files

Announcement text: New feature: Compressing overlong keys in the `keyval` environment
              for the `\keys` macro.


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CTAN update: joinbox

2026-06-27T09:20:18Z

Nan Geng submitted an update to the

                joinbox

package.

Version:  1.0.5 2026-06-26
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Join boxes vertically or horizontally

Announcement text: Fixed: sep spacing is no longer affected by scaling;
        sep now remains consistent regardless of object scaling.


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