ctan-ann - foreign

New package on CTAN: foreign

2012-06-19T07:31:25Z

the daemon suggests i look at an upload...

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: foreign
> Author's name: Philip G. Ratcliffe
> Package version: 2.5
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/foreign
> Summary description: typeset foreign words in different typefaces (e.g., italics). 
> License type: lppl
> 
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is the first release of foreign: a package to typeset foreign
> words with different typefaces (e.g., italics).  ("Foreign" in this
> context are occasional words in a language other than the document's

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CTAN update: foreign

2012-06-20T09:55:43Z

the daemon wrote:

> Name of contribution: foreign
> Author's name: Philip G. Ratcliffe
> Package version: 2.6
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/foreign/
> Summary description: Systematic treatment of â€˜foreignâ€™ words in documents.
> License type: lppl
> 
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Minor corrections to documentation, which ddin't compile properly.

normally, i wouldn't announce "minor changes", but the previous version
of the doc couldn't be read at all (at least, not with my two regular
pdf readers).

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CTAN Update: foreign

2012-09-28T15:47:47Z

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Philip G. Ratcliffe submitted an update to the

  foreign

package.


Summary description: The package supports authors’ use of consistent typesetting of foreign words in documents. 
License type: lppl

Announcement text: As per a user request capitalised abbreviations have been added.

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