CTAN update: siunitx
Date: October 31, 2010 1:18:40 PM CET
i go out for a sociable cup of coffee with a friend, and the daemon
creeps in, saying:
> 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:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v2.1:
> - table-align-exponent and table-align-uncertainty
> options for additional choices of table formatting
> - copy-complex-root option for moving input complex root
> to output
> - power-font option for controlling whether superscript
> powers are treated as numbers or units
> - scientific-notation option for to use exponent form for
> numbers in all cases
> - table-omit-exponent option for simplifying tables by
> removing exponents entirely
> - round-integer-to-decimal option to convert integers to
> decimals on rounding
> - input-comparators option for numbers greater than, less
> than and so on
> - table-comparator option for reserving space for
> comparators in tables
> - round-minimum option to set a floor for rounding
> numbers downward
(whew!)
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 be updated on the web, overnight tonight ...
but there's not much change to see.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
siunitx – A comprehensive (SI) units package
Physical quantities have both numbers and units, and each physical
quantity should be expressed as the product of a number and a unit.
Typesetting physical quantities requires care to ensure that the
combined mathematical meaning of the number-unit combination is clear.
In particular, the SI units system lays down a consistent set of units
with rules on how these are to be used.
However, different countries and publishers have differing conventions
on the exact appearance of numbers (and units). The siunitx package
provides a set of tools for authors to typeset quantities in a consistent way.
The package has an extended set of configuration options which make
it possible to follow varying typographic conventions with the same
input syntax. The package includes automated processing of numbers and
units, and the ability to control tabular alignment of numbers.
| Package | siunitx |
| Version | 3.4.14 2025-07-09 |
| Copyright | 2008–2025 Joseph Wright
|
| Maintainer | Joseph Wright
|
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