John Forkosh writes:
> + what you've uploaded
> mathtex.zip
> to replace support/mathtex/mathtex.zip
> + which CTAN node you've uploaded to
> ftp.tex.ac.uk
> + where you want the files to go
> support/mathtex
> (The existing README file in support/mathtex
> has changed. Please replace that copy with
> the updated copy in mathtex.zip.)
> + what licensing conditions you apply to your software
> GNU GPL
> + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do.
> o Changes since CTAN version 1.00 released in Oct, 2007:
> o 11 Oct 2007 -- optional \usepackage[arg]{package} argument
> now recognized correctly (initial release neglected to
> handle optional [arg] following \usepackage).
> o 12 Oct 2007 -- html &#nnn; now translated during preprocessing,
> e.g., [ or [ becomes [ (left square bracket) before
> it's submitted to latex.
> o 12 Oct 2007 -- special mathTeX directives like \time
> are now checked for proper command termination, i.e., non-alpha
> character. (In particular, LaTeX \times had been incorrectly
> interpreted as mathTeX \time followed by an s.)
> o 12 Oct 2007 -- url "unescape" translation, i.e.,
> %20-to-blank, etc, repeated (done twice) for
> <form> input. (I'm not sure why this is necessary,
> and can't reproduce the problem myself, but am acting
> on seemingly reliable reports.)
> o 20 Oct 2007 -- removed leading and trailing pairs of $$...$$'s
> from input expressions, interpreting $...$ as \textstyle and
> $$...$$ as \displaystyle (and $$$...$$$ as \parstyle).
> Also removed leading and trailing \[...\], interpreting it
> as \displaystyle. (Note: \displaystyle is mathTeX's default,
> so $$...$$'s or \[...\] are unnecessary. But some people submit
> expressions containing them, so they're now interpreted.)
> o 16 Feb 2008 -- more robust test to display the correct
> error message when a required dependency isn't installed.
> (Occasionally, the "ran but failed" message was emitted
> when a dependency was actually "not installed".)
> o 16 Feb 2008 -- -DDENYREFERER=\"string\" or
> -DDENYREFERER=\"string1,string2,etc\" compile switch added.
> If compiled with it, mathTeX won't render images for
> HTTP_REFERER's containing string (or string1 or string2, etc)
> as a substring of their url's.
> o 17 Feb 2008 -- updated (slightly) documentation
Thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue.
Users may view the catalogue entry at
http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/mathtex.html
or they may view the package directory at
http://mirror.ctan.org/support/mathtex/
(which directory contains the zip file to download
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team