ctan-ann https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/rss CTAN announcements mailing list - recent Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:10:38 +0200 en-US 60 webmaster@ctan.org (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) Comprehensive TeX Archive Network https://www.ctan.org/assets/favicon/android-chrome-48x48.png https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/rss New on CTAN: cprotect-other https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asZDgPTb0Sf3Q-63@prptp Javier A. Múgica submitted the cprotect-other package. Version: 2026-10-06 License: pd Summary description: An alternative \cprotect that avoids the .cpt files Announcement text:
This package provides an alternative to cprotect. It defines the macro \cprotect, to be used in the same way as the one from the homonymous package. ... ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:05:04 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asZDgPTb0Sf3Q-63@prptp CTAN update: suai-report https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/7CDBC71B-0F70-4437-B712-6CCAF9F33E5D@ctan.org Grigorii Moiseev submitted an update to the suai-report package. Version: 2.7 2026-10-05 License: mit Summary description: Reports for Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation Announcement text:
Version 2.7 fixes several errors in the line-based block commands and extends the support for listings. ... ]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:54:50 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/7CDBC71B-0F70-4437-B712-6CCAF9F33E5D@ctan.org CTAN update: bodeplot https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4816B4F6-623F-402B-B16F-40E650447D72@ctan.org Rushikesh Kamalapurkar submitted an update to the bodeplot package. Version: 3.1.1 2026-10-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Draw Bode, Nyquist and Nichols plots with gnuplot or pgfplots Announcement text:
Fixed bugs due to leading and trailing whitespaces.
... ]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:54:49 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4816B4F6-623F-402B-B16F-40E650447D72@ctan.org CTAN update: FHJ-Script https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f372d92428a8@hogwart Michael E. Hammer submitted an update to the FHJ-Script package. Version: 4.3d 2026-10-05 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Classes and packages for formatting documents for FH JOANNEUM Announcement text:
Minor enhancement - make \shorttitle optional on fhjpaper
... ]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:45:35 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f372d92428a8@hogwart CTAN update: linguexx https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asTMj4pd8Y00wezQ@prptp Gerhard Schaden submitted an update to the linguexx package. Version: 1.4 2026-10-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A tagging-aware package for typesetting linguistic examples and glosses Announcement text:
linguexx 1.4 adds movement arrows and verbatim text in examples, and contains several bugfixes. ... ]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:25:19 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asTMj4pd8Y00wezQ@prptp New on CTAN: nycbullets https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asScgzNam0HxEXY0@prptp Matthew Leingang submitted the nycbullets package. Version: 1.0 2026-10-04 License: lppl1.3c cc0 cc-by-4 Summary description: New York City Subway route bullets Announcement text:
The package typesets the route bullets of the New York City Subway (the colored circles and diamonds with the route letter or number) ... ]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:00:19 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asScgzNam0HxEXY0@prptp New on CTAN: problib https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f3206e360883@hogwart Kyle Monette submitted the problib package. Version: 1.0 2026-10-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Create a library and catalog of problems Announcement text:
This package manages a library of problems for the exam class. Each problem is stored in its own file with metadata such as topics, tags and difficulty. Assignments pull problems from the library by path. Every assignment records which problems it used. A catalog document, compiled with ... ]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:04:48 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f3206e360883@hogwart CTAN update: luatexja https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f31bcbbd1104@hogwart Hironori Kitagawa submitted an update to the luatexja package. Version: 20261004.0 License: bsd Summary description: Typeset Japanese with Lua(La)TeX Announcement text:
* luatexja-fontspec: fixed that \addjfontfeatures does not work properly (gh/#51). * ltj[s]classes: adapt to changes in LaTeX2e 2026-11-01 (gh/#52). * luatexja-ruby: very limited support for tagging (gh/#50; tagging-project/#1562). ... ]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:04:25 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f31bcbbd1104@hogwart CTAN update: latexindent https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asPDyBQa3IhVAwGf@prptp Chris Hughes submitted an update to the latexindent package. Version: 4.0.3 2026-10-04 License: gpl3+ Summary description: Indent a LaTeX document, highlighting the programming structure Announcement text:
alignAtAmpersand bug fix , full details at https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/releases/tag/V4.0.3 ... ]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:35:36 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asPDyBQa3IhVAwGf@prptp CTAN update: freemath https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asNlxmnS5En2OI6F@prptp plante submitted an update to the freemath package. Version: 1.2 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX maths without backslashes Announcement text:
New Features - Added a blacklist for non-math mode commands with short names ... ]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:30 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asNlxmnS5En2OI6F@prptp CTAN update: enumext https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f2f0b5d4dfba@hogwart Pablo González Luengo submitted an update to the enumext package. Version: 2.3 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Enumerate exercise sheets Announcement text:
Release v2.3: – Update requirement to LaTeX release 2026-11-01. – Cleanup warnings and details returned by `expltools`. ... ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:26:50 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f2f0b5d4dfba@hogwart New on CTAN: gradbars https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asJljZTZf_wNjSRh@prptp Su Fan submitted the gradbars package. Version: 0.0.3 2026-10-03 License: mit Summary description: Compact data graphics for LaTeX tables and inline text Announcement text:
gradbars provides compact data graphics for ordinary LaTeX tables and inline text. ... ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:41:17 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asJljZTZf_wNjSRh@prptp CTAN update: aTableau https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asE8aqnOcemvOSST@prptp Andrew Mathas submitted an update to the aTableau package. Version: 2.3.1 2026-10-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A LaTeX package for symmetric group combinatorics Announcement text:
- Adds the `bricked` key to allow Young bricks to be used in ordinary tableaux ... ]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:33:30 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asE8aqnOcemvOSST@prptp New on CTAN: suai-report https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asDhe7cE9rhLXlxj@prptp Grigorii Moiseev submitted the suai-report package. Version: 2.6 2026-10-02 License: mit Summary description: Reports for Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation Announcement text:
suai-report is a new package for typesetting student reports (lab works, coursework, practice reports) at Saint Petersburg ... ]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:05:31 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asDhe7cE9rhLXlxj@prptp CTAN update: robotkarol https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/fe334792-54d9-c0c0-84b7-4352d68b251e@ctan.org Anselm Wagner submitted an update to the robotkarol package. Version: 3.10 2026-09-24 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Worlds and block programs of the German teaching environment Robot Karol Announcement text:
robotkarol has been updated to version 3.10. New in this version: the karolwelt key `nummern` writes coordinates along the edges of a world; the new key ... ]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:12:12 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/fe334792-54d9-c0c0-84b7-4352d68b251e@ctan.org CTAN update: luamplib https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asC3me130rAc4ZAV@prptp Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the luamplib package. Version: 2.44.1 2026-10-02 License: gpl2 Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter Announcement text:
* fix externalize functionality for the cases when: - '--lua=foo.lua', for instance, is a command-line option ... ]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:06:49 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asC3me130rAc4ZAV@prptp CTAN update: kpfonts-otf https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ar97binc3AaV7aPV@prptp Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the kpfonts-otf package. Version: 0.75 2026-10-01 License: ofl lppl1.3 Summary description: OpenType versions of the kpfonts (Type1) designed by Christophe Caignaert Announcement text:
The “KpMath” family has been split into two families: “KpMath” for Serif fonts and “KPMathSans” for Sans fonts. ... ]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:37:50 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ar97binc3AaV7aPV@prptp New on CTAN: oddsmath https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b85958f5e812@hogwart Edward Glush submitted the oddsmath package. Version: 1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Odds conversion and implied-probability macros for wagering-market documents Announcement text:
New package oddsmath v1.0: expandable macros for wagering-market documents - odds format conversion (decimal/American/fractional), implied probabilities, de-margined fair probabilities and overround for two- and three-way markets, expected value and Kelly fractions. Built on xfp so every macro ... ]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:28:31 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b85958f5e812@hogwart CTAN update: luatagging https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ar9UPO8CNU1v9X3y@prptp Marcel Krüger submitted an update to the luatagging package. Version: 0.2a 2026-10-01 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Faster compile times for LuaLaTeX documents using tagging Announcement text:
With the new luatagging release v0.2a multiple critical bugs have been resolved which broke the package when used without hyperref. ... ]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:50:36 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ar9UPO8CNU1v9X3y@prptp New on CTAN: data-driven-visualization https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b848bbb0cc06@hogwart Lukas C. Bossert submitted the data-driven-visualization package. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: CSV-driven concentric arc charts with configurable stages and titles Announcement text:
First public release of Data Driven Visualization (ddv). Create concentric arc charts from CSV files, filter and sort activities, and customize colors, gradients, stage rings, titles, and typography. The manual includes fourteen worked examples with LaTeX source beside each rendered ... ]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:54:32 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b848bbb0cc06@hogwart CTAN update: ltx-talk https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b83af069b5b1@hogwart Joseph Wright submitted an update to the ltx-talk package. Version: 0.6.8 2026-09-30 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A class for typesetting (accessible) presentations Announcement text:
## [v0.6.8] - 2026-09-30 ### Fixed ... ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:30:07 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b83af069b5b1@hogwart CTAN update: zhnumber https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b8359d9509c4@hogwart Liam Huang submitted an update to the zhnumber package. Version: 3.1 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Typeset Chinese representations of numbers Announcement text:
This release of zhnumber v3.1 adds counting-rod numeral support, new date formatting options, several bug fixes, and compatibility updates. NEW FEATURES ... ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:29:53 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b8359d9509c4@hogwart CTAN update: tikzphysics https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/A63D782C-D3F0-412D-BDA5-32518E11F22C@ctan.org Vaibhav Blayer submitted an update to the tikzphysics package. Version: 1.7.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: TikZ-native shapes and anchors for classical physics diagrams Announcement text:
tikzphysics 1.7.0 adds thermodynamics and thermal physics/heat transfer, with native apparatus, equation-based PV processes and cycles, shared PV frames, latex heat-flow arrows, and integer percentage anchors. New optics ... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:38:51 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/A63D782C-D3F0-412D-BDA5-32518E11F22C@ctan.org CTAN update: markdown https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b80e10580cad@hogwart Vít Starý Novotný submitted an update to the markdown package. Version: 3.16.2-0-gdb771a1b 2026-09-29 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Converting and rendering markdown documents inside TeX Announcement text:
### Fixes This version of the Markdown package has fixed the following issues: ... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:59:50 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b80e10580cad@hogwart CTAN update: xpinyin https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/a65bc235-b3df-c8e3-85c7-e4ac4c1f16e9@ctan.org Liam Huang submitted an update to the xpinyin package. Version: 3.2 2026-09-27 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Automatically add pinyin to Chinese characters Announcement text:
xpinyin v3.2 brings new commands for querying pinyin data, broader input support, updated Unicode data, and several bug fixes. ... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:54:34 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/a65bc235-b3df-c8e3-85c7-e4ac4c1f16e9@ctan.org CTAN update: mayanumber https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ar0hRMEScEbAbmGn@prptp Manuel López Mateos submitted an update to the mayanumber package. Version: 1.0.2 2026-09-29 License: mit Summary description: Mayan numerals and vigesimal notation with positional floor colors Announcement text:
Version 1.0.2 aligns the documentation with the 1.0.1 code base: the title page, the configuration section and the change history ... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:48:36 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ar0hRMEScEbAbmGn@prptp New on CTAN: xjyutping https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b80925e5463f@hogwart Longkai Li submitted the xjyutping package. Version: 1.2.0 License: lppl1.3c cc-by-sa-4 Summary description: Automatically add Cantonese Jyutping to Traditional Chinese characters Announcement text:
xjyutping is a new LaTeX package that adds Cantonese Jyutping (粵拼) above Traditional Chinese characters. It reads each character in context, so 行 is hong4 in 銀行 (bank) but haang4 in 行路 (walk). It supports XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX, and has options for Visual Jyutping tone marks and for keeping the line breaks of verse and lyrics.
... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:48:17 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b80925e5463f@hogwart New on CTAN: mpformulation https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b80478c9ae41@hogwart FYP submitted the mpformulation package. Version: 2.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Typesetting mathematical programs (optimization models) Announcement text:
mpformulation typesets mathematical programs (linear, integer and nonlinear optimization models) the way they appear in operations research journals: a named objective, a "subject to" line, and one constraint per line with its quantifier (for all i in I) and an equation number. Main features: ... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:48:00 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b80478c9ae41@hogwart CTAN update: monoref https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b7ff2b6ea87c@hogwart Srikanth Mohankumar submitted an update to the monoref package. Version: 1.4 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Single-pass cross-references, page totals, TOC and citations for LuaLaTeX Announcement text:
Version 1.4 adds single-run numbered citations: \cite against a hand-written thebibliography (or an existing BibTeX .bbl) resolves in the same single LuaLaTeX run, including forward citations, multi-key lists and the optional note; natbib/cite/biblatex are detected and left untouched. The load order of monoref and hyperref no longer matters, and the flush phase now warns when a resolved value is wider than its reserved slot.
... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:49:37 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4a78b7ff2b6ea87c@hogwart New on CTAN: pkgmeta https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ary3KcrC05uDjDe-@prptp Amer Amikhteh submitted the pkgmeta package. Version: 1.0 2026-09-29 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Retrieve metadata from LaTeX packages and files without loading them Announcement text:
Initial release of pkgmeta, a small LaTeX package for retrieving package and file metadata without loading the target file. ... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:15:53 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ary3KcrC05uDjDe-@prptp New on CTAN: impe-framework https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/9197efce-a230-6f8a-c913-55b1c7aa16a9@ctan.org Sikai Yang submitted the impe-framework package. Version: 1.0.1 License: mit Summary description: A XeLaTeX framework for building documents from reusable components Announcement text:
Tired of bloated, repetitive preambles? IMPE offers a simpler, more modular way to build XeLaTeX documents. ... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:10:44 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/9197efce-a230-6f8a-c913-55b1c7aa16a9@ctan.org CTAN update: pseudo https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/9d27987b-962c-5932-6592-1102486f3680@ctan.org Magnus Lie Hetland submitted an update to the pseudo package. Version: 1.2.4 2026-09-29 License: mit Summary description: Straightforward pseudocode Announcement text:
- Prefixed versions of `\eqs`, `\dts` and `\rng` added - Notation (eqs and dts) made a bit more configurable ... ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:41:48 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/9d27987b-962c-5932-6592-1102486f3680@ctan.org