CTAN package update: siunitx
Date: July 5, 2011 11:42:51 AM CEST
quoth the daemon, again:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: siunitx
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx
> Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v2.3:
> - Extend group-digits option, deprecating
> group-decimal-digits and group-integer-digits
> - Load abbreviations as standard
> - New group-minimum-digits option to replace
> group-four-digits
> - New literal-superscript-as-power option for controlling
> how literal units superscripts behave
> - New table-align-text-pre option
> - New implementation for alignment
> in S column
> - Replace load-configurations option with separate
> abbreviations, binary-units and
> version-1-compatibility options
>
> Note: This release requires expl3 and xparse packages dated 2011/05/30 or newer.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
siunitx – A comprehensive (SI) units package
Typesetting values with units requires care to ensure that the
combined mathematical meaning of the value plus unit combination
is clear. In particular, the SI units system lays down a
consistent set of units with rules on how they are to be used.
However, different countries and publishers have differing
conventions on the exact appearance of numbers (and units). A
number of LaTeX packages have been developed to provide consistent
application of the various rules:
SIunits,
sistyle,
unitsdef and
units are the leading examples. The
numprint package provides a large
number of number-related functions, while
dcolumn and
rccol provide tools for typesetting
tabular numbers.
The siunitx package takes the best from the existing packages, and
adds new features and a consistent interface. A number of new
ideas have been incorporated, to fill gaps in the existing
provision. The package also provides backward-compatibility with
SIunits, sistyle, unitsdef and units. The aim is to have one
package to handle all of the possible unit-related needs of LaTeX
users.
The package relies on LaTeX 3 support from the
l3kernel and
l3packages bundles.
| Package | siunitx |
| Version | 2.8b 2020-02-25 |
| Copyright | 2008–2020 Joseph Wright
|
| Maintainer | Joseph Wright
|
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