ctan-ann

CTAN update: kbordermatrix

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:15:28 +0200

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the

                kbordermatrix

package.

Version:  1.01
License:  lppl

Summary description:  LaTeX version of \bordermatrix

Announcement text: This version has now an LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License)
 and the source of the documentation.

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New on CTAN: cssyntax

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:56:51 +0200

Josué Kouamé Akpoué submitted the

                cssyntax

package.

Version: 0.1.0
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Readable, self-documenting command names for LaTeX package authors

Announcement text:cssyntax – Readable, self-documenting command names for LaTeX package authors.

Write code that still makes sense years later.

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CTAN update: hawkdraw

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:56:25 +0200

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                hawkdraw

package.

Version: 0.5.0 2026-07-20
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Draw vector graphics using l3draw with a simple syntax

Announcement text:- Fixing bug in pattern module;
- Improving syntax parser;
- Improving style setting mechanism;

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New on CTAN: setbuilder

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:29:24 +0200

Vseslav Sekorin submitted the

                  setbuilder

package.

Version:  0.1 2026-07-19
License:  mit

Summary description:  Mathematical sets with correctly scaled braces and separator

Announcement text: setbuilder is a new package providing smart set-builder notation:
 \set{x \given x > 0} typesets the braces and the separator bar

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CTAN update: l3kernel-dev

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:13:04 +0200

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                l3kernel-dev

package.

Version: 2026-07-20
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Development pre-release of l3kernel

Announcement text:## [2026-07-20]

### Fixed

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New on CTAN: luabreakurl

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:12:38 +0200

Klaus Rindfrey submitted the

                luabreakurl

package.

Version: 1.00
License: mit

Summary description: Breakable URLs with configurable continuation marks for LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:Initial public release of the package.

luabreakurl provides breakable URLs for LuaLaTeX with configurable continuation marks while preserving clickable hyperlinks.

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CTAN update: l3backend-dev

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:46:40 +0200

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                 l3backend-dev

package.

Version: 2026-07-20
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX3 backend drivers (dev)

Announcement text:## [2026-07-20]


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CTAN update: l3build

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:50:35 +0200

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                      l3build

package.

Version:  2026-07-20
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A testing and building system for (La)TeX

Announcement text: ### Changed


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New on CTAN: hust-beamer

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:50:58 +0200

Yang Wang submitted the

                hust-beamer

package.

Version: 0.7.1
License: cc-by-sa-4 lppl1.3c

Summary description: An unofficial 16:9 Beamer theme for Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Announcement text:
This is a new package submission. The theme code and original documentation are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The four bundled HUST vector PDFs are compiled outputs from hustvisual v1.0.0 (LPPL 1.3c); rights in the HUST institutional marks remain separate from those software licenses. The maintainer is coordinating with Huazhong University of Science and Technology regarding use and redistribution of the institutional identity. Please advise if a different CTAN catalogue license classification is preferred.
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CTAN update: changebar

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:37:42 +0200

Johannes L. Braams submitted an update to the

                     changebar

package.

Version:  3.7g 2026-07-19
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Generate changebars in LaTeX documents

Announcement text:  An update to the changebar package which improves processing time
  when processing large documents with a large number of changebars.

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CTAN update: hanzibox

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:19:00 +0200

Nan Geng submitted an update to the

                 hanzibox

package.

Version: 2.3.1 2026-07-19
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Boxed Chinese characters with Pinyin above and translation below

Announcement text:Replace command \draw_linewidth:n with \draw_set_linewidth:n and 
\draw_dash_pattern:nn with \draw_set_dash_pattern:nn, as l3draw change

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CTAN update: polyglossia

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:17:22 +0200

Jürgen Spitzmüller submitted an update to the

                    polyglossia

package.

Version:  2.11 2026-07-19
License:  mit lppl1.3 cc0

Summary description:  An alternative to babel for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX

Announcement text: Bug fixes


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New on CTAN: lua-calendrica

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:40:31 +0200

Udi Fogiel submitted the

                lua-calendrica

package.

Version:  0.1 2026-07-19
License:  apache2

Summary description:  Lua Implementation of Calendrical Calculations by Dershowitz & Reingold

Announcement text: lua-calendrica is a Lua port of the calendar conversion algorithms
 from  Calendrical Calculations: The Ultimate Edition (4th ed.) by

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CTAN update: xecjk

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:56:01 +0200

Liam Huang submitted an update to the

                 xecjk

package.

Version: 3.10.3
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX

Announcement text:This release adds new CJK typesetting features, improves punctuation formatting and text decoration alignment, and fixes a bug.


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CTAN update: CTeX

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:50:08 +0200

Liam Huang submitted an update to the

                 CTeX

package.

Version: 2.6.3
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text:This release adds a public interface for querying CTeX heading numbering, 
improves LuaTeX compatibility, and updates documentation.

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New on CTAN: promec-ufrgs

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:37:31 +0200

Boris N. Rojo Tanzi submitted the

                promec-ufrgs

package.

Version:  0.1 2026-07-16
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX class for PROMEC/UFRGS theses and dissertations

Announcement text: promec-ufrgs is a new LaTeX class that packages the ABNT-compliant
 thesis/dissertation formatting used by the Graduate Program in

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New on CTAN: talkpal

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:58:32 +0200

Palash Baran Pal submitted the

                talkpal

package.

Version:  1.0 2026-07-17
License:  gpl2+

Summary description:  A LaTeX package for creating slides for presentations

Announcement text: This package, named talkpal, is a very easy-to-use package for
 creating slides for presentations of talks.  It uses a very small

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CTAN update: jlreq

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:56:34 +0200

Noriyuki Abe submitted an update to the

                  jlreq

package.

Version:  2026-07-17
License:  bsd2

Summary description:  Japanese document class based on requirements for Japanese text layout

Announcement text: - Switched to the new `\mark` system.


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CTAN update: JuliaMono

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:45:47 +0200

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the

                JuliaMono

package.

Version:  0.06a 2026-07-16
License:  lppl1.3 ofl

Summary description:  Support for the TrueType font JuliaMono

Announcement text:   Updated to font version 0.063


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CTAN update: nicematrix

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:49:33 +0200

François Pantigny submitted an update to the

                nicematrix

package.

Version: 7.11 2026-07-14
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Improve the typesetting of matrices and tabulars with PGF

Announcement text:New keys 'xoffset' and 'yoffset' in the key 'tikz' of the command '\Block' (previously,
there was only 'offset' which now a kind of conjunction of 'xoffset' and 'yoffset'.


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New on CTAN: emojinames

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:49:11 +0200

Kai Günther submitted the

                  emojinames

package.

Version:  1.1 2026-07-11
License:  mit

Summary description:  Semantic emoji macros for LuaLaTeX

Announcement text: emojinames is a new package providing semantic macros for
 color emoji in LuaLaTeX.

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CTAN update: hawkdraw

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:48:15 +0200

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                hawkdraw

package.

Version: 0.4.2 2026-07-13
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Draw vector graphics using l3draw with a simple syntax

Announcement text:- Fixing bug in grayscale conic shading;
- Fixing bug in radial shading;
- Adding angle delta option to conic shadings.

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CTAN update: tikz-kalender

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:12:08 +0200

Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the

                 tikz-kalender

package.

Version: 0.7a
License: cc-by-sa-1

Summary description: A LaTeX based calendar using TikZ

Announcement text:Unfortunately, this new version (v0.7a) introduces an incompatible change. The 
placeholder used to identify the calendar year within .events files has been 

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CTAN update: aomart

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:22:38 +0200

Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the

                aomart

package.

Version: 1.37
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Typeset articles for the Annals of Mathematics

Announcement text:Version 1.37
         Updated formatting of current address
         Babel update: frenchb->french

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New on CTAN: morse-simple

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:02:47 +0200

Jim Hefferon submitted the

                morse-simple

package.

Version: 1.0 2026-07-04
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Lightweight package to include short morse code strings

Announcement text:
Uses \rule's instead of separate characters.
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CTAN update: piano

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:07:25 +0200

Ruslan López Carro submitted an update to the

                       piano

package.

Version:  1.2 2026-07-10
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX package for drawing piano diagrams

Announcement text: Rewrite of the library.


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CTAN update: exam-zh

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:14:57 +0200

Kangwei Xia submitted an update to the

                exam-zh

package.

Version: 0.3.0 2026-07-12
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX template for Chinese exams

Announcement text:### Added

- 为 `textfigure` 增加可选的 `auto-text-width` 图片实宽测量，并提供 `min-text-width` 与 `column-gap` 控制，避免宽图把正文压成窄列（Gitee #I7QT33）

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New on CTAN: handstroke

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:47:11 +0200

Yegor Bugayenko submitted the

                  handstroke

package.

Version:  0.3.0 2026-07-12
License:  mit

Summary description:  Eye-catching hand-drawn underline

Announcement text: This LaTeX package provides the \handstroke command, which underlines
 a word or a phrase with a line that looks as if it were drawn by hand.

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CTAN update: CTeX

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:07:42 +0200

Liam Huang submitted an update to the

                CTeX

package.

Version: 2.6.2
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text:This release adds FangSong font support for the `ubuntu` fontset, fixes a metadata inconsistency, refactors the source structure, and improves the documentation typography.

NEW FEATURES

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CTAN update: xecjk

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:07:35 +0200

Liam Huang submitted an update to the

                xecjk

package.

Version: 3.10.2
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX

Announcement text:This release introduces new options for em-dash (破折号) ligature handling and Latin punctuation switching, improves line-breaking and spacing around long punctuation marks, and fixes two `CJKecglue`-related bugs.

NEW FEATURES

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CTAN update: revbadge

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:55:29 +0200

Fu Zhang submitted an update to the

                revbadge

package.

Version: 1.1
License: mit

Summary description: Multi-color highlight builder featuring block and inline revision badges

Announcement text:This new version brings the following updates:

- Add support for the multi-line badge label in the highlight box

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CTAN update: texlive-dummy-opensuse

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:55:07 +0200

Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the

                texlive-dummy-opensuse

package.

Version: 2026.9999-2
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Dummy TeX Live RPM for use with Open SUSE

Announcement text:
Update for TeXLive 2026
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