new ctan package: interfaces

the daemon's been working away again, and reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Interfaces > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/interfaces > Summary description: A few pgfkeys-macros to modify a large number of > parameters in LaTeX documents > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Interfaces provides a small number of macros to modify > the settings > ^^^^^^^^^^ of a large number of parameters provided by Most > Frequently > Used Packages (MFUP!) for typesetting beautiful documents > with LaTeX. > > The macros shares a standardized syntax of the form key=value. The key > names are intuitive: font, top, bottom, left, right, bookmark, bold, > italic, color, twocolumns, title, pagestyle, before, after, indent > etc. > > Interfaces DOES NOT provide any new feature, except \repeatcell, > \rowfont, and \bookmarksetup (as long as the bookmark package does not > `steal' them to interfaces... what whould be considered as a favour!) > > A few macros are modified. The complete list is included in > interfaces.pdf, with explainations. > > * * * * > Interfaces is organised in different modules which are loaded after > the master package is loaded. Each module can be loaded separately. > > Commands provided: (each in a distinct module) ------------- > ---------- > > \sectionformat: interface for package titlesec to modify > the titles > produced by the sectionning commands (and their > bookmarks). > replaces \titleformat, \titlespacing and > \titleclass and > is compatible with them. > > \pagesetup: interface for package fancyhdr to modify the > current page > style or create new page styles. Replaces > \fancypagestyle > \fancyhf, \fancyhfoffset, > \renewcommand\headrulewidth etc. > > \tocsetup: interface for package tocloft to fine tune the > aspect of > the table of contents, list of figures / of tables. > \tocsetup also > applies to \shorttableofcontents provided by the > shorttoc package. > Facility to make multi-columns table(s) of contents > is included, > give a label for the table of contents/of figures/of > tables... > give them a bookmark. Replaces a lot of tocloft' control > sequences. > > \repeatcell: to create `dynamic' tabulars, possibly > with formulas > computation: \numexpr, \pgfmathparse or \FPeval > formulas can be > plugged in the tabular or array, with the possibility to > transpose. > > \rowfont: to modify the font and/or the alignment of > each cell in a > tabular/array row. Modification of the alignment has some > limitations. > Compatible with all package compatible with > array.sty,colortbl,hhline, > arydshln,delarray etc. > > + some macros to make easier the use of e-TeX \marks > registers (useful > with \sectionformat and > \pagesetup). > > \trunctext and \htruncadjust are provided in order to take > advantage of > the code provided by the package > truncate.sty > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------- > > Interfaces is mainly based on scrlfile.sty ( provided in > the Koma- > Script bundle, but Koma-Script classes are not required), > on pgfkeys > and etoolbox. > > Interfaces defines some pgfkeys handlers designed > specially to make > key-value interfaces for other packages. Using those > handlers permit > the design of an interface in a few minutes... (well, > good knowledge > of pgfkeys is required ;-) > > . \bookmarksetup is also enhanced with starred keys. > > . Facility to load TikZ libraries and pgf modules is > provided via \usetikz. > > . \pgfkeys is enhanced with a new ``default'' value in case > the value is blank. > > . scrlfile's \AfterFile and \BeforeFile have starred forms. thanks for the upload; i have installed the package, and made an entry in the catalogue repository giving a brief outline. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/interfaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interfaces the catalogue entry will not appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team