ctan-ann https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/rss CTAN announcements mailing list - recent Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:27:29 +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 CTAN update: tikzphysics https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/as0XGLJx5cHuQJGI@prptp Vaibhav Blayer submitted an update to the tikzphysics package. Version: 1.8.0 2026-10-11 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: TikZ-native shapes and anchors for classical physics diagrams Announcement text:
tikzphysics 1.8.0 adds shared piston-cylinder closed-system diagrams with configurable gas, heat and work labels and percentage coordinates. ... ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:21:28 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/as0XGLJx5cHuQJGI@prptp New on CTAN: wiseref https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6c23e44f45161353@hogwart Junhao Wu submitted the wiseref package. Version: v1.2026a 2026-10-10 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Cross-references with configurable type names, affixes, and number formats Announcement text:
Initial release of wiseref: typed LaTeX cross-references with configurable affixes, number formats, multilingual profiles, optional sorting and ranges, and selectable hyperlink scope.
... ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:52:02 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6c23e44f45161353@hogwart CTAN update: babelbidi https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/d90aeee0-c93c-dd65-d8e2-f09b42d94461@ctan.org Amer Amikhteh submitted an update to the babelbidi package. Version: 0.2.0 2026-10-11 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: An extension to babel’s bidirectional support Announcement text:
babelbidi 0.2.0 released. ... ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:29:43 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/d90aeee0-c93c-dd65-d8e2-f09b42d94461@ctan.org CTAN update: simplebnf https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asyc6wXKv3KMdkCJ@prptp Jay Lee submitted an update to the simplebnf package. Version: 1.3.0 2026-09-20 License: mit Summary description: A simple package to format Backus-Naur form (BNF) Announcement text:
This new version provides 1. support LHS only productions, ... ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:40:11 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asyc6wXKv3KMdkCJ@prptp New on CTAN: linesys https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6c23e4492b3555d1@hogwart Fernando de Lacerda Mortari submitted the linesys package. Version: 1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Typeset linear systems and expressions from matrix-like input Announcement text:
Initial release of linesys, a LaTeX package for typesetting systems of linear equations and inequalities from augmented-matrix-style input. The package also provides linear-expression rendering, configurable variable ... ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:06:34 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6c23e4492b3555d1@hogwart New on CTAN: hangulmath https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asyNIUPLQ83x5uSp@prptp Inkyu Park submitted the hangulmath package. Version: 0.5 2026-10-10 License: ofl lppl1.3c Summary description: Hangul jamo as mathematical symbols Announcement text:
hangulmath makes the 40 letters (jamo) of modern Korean Hangul available as mathematical symbols: 14 basic consonants, 5 double ... ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:32:49 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asyNIUPLQ83x5uSp@prptp New on CTAN: graphicnovel https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4032c975-7676-7312-12da-526ebe646f22@ctan.org Tom Bronte submitted the graphicnovel package. Version: 0.5 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A semantic LaTeX class for graphic-novel and comic scripts Announcement text:
A semantic LaTeX class for graphic-novel and comic scripts. ... ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:18:04 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4032c975-7676-7312-12da-526ebe646f22@ctan.org CTAN update: hithesis https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/9b8bf808-f8ff-ea7c-d130-3e1d80fce988@ctan.org Chu Yanshuo submitted an update to the hithesis package. Version: 3.1e 2026-10-10 License: lppl1.3a Summary description: Harbin Institute of Technology Thesis Template Announcement text:
# hithesis Release Notes (English) ... ]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:45:09 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/9b8bf808-f8ff-ea7c-d130-3e1d80fce988@ctan.org CTAN update: hvfloat https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6c23e42f1be3398d@hogwart Herbert Voß submitted an update to the hvfloat package. Version: 2.58 2026-10-10 License: lppl Summary description: Controlling captions, fullpage and doublepage floats Announcement text:
fixed a bug for twoside images and wrong caption position
... ]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:01:57 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6c23e42f1be3398d@hogwart CTAN update: luadraw https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asum9_AHIMWjr77N@prptp Patrick Fradin submitted an update to the luadraw package. Version: 3.6 2026-10-10 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Lua-based mathematical graphs for LuaLaTeX Announcement text:
In the *luadraw_spherical* module: -- new global functions, ... ]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:10:47 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asum9_AHIMWjr77N@prptp CTAN update: TeXRocks https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asuEl1vgna8lix36@prptp Zhenyu Wu submitted an update to the TeXRocks bundle. Version: 0.3.20 License: gpl3 Summary description: A minimal (La)TeX distribution Announcement text:
Upgrade to luahbtex 1.27.0 and latex2e 2026.6.1 ... ]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:44:07 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asuEl1vgna8lix36@prptp New on CTAN: babelbidi https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asswlb6ravdR1e4t@prptp Amer Amikhteh submitted the babelbidi package. Version: 0.1.0 2026-10-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: An extension to babel’s bidirectional support Announcement text:
The new babelbidi package extends Babel’s bidirectional support with direction-sensitive layout fixes and commands and environments ... ]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:45:41 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asswlb6ravdR1e4t@prptp CTAN update: hyperref https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asqK12rWCuiLdRrG@prptp The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the hyperref bundle. Version: 7.01s 2026-10-09 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Extensive support for hypertext in LaTeX Announcement text:
* fix the default of target-prefix ... ]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:58:31 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asqK12rWCuiLdRrG@prptp CTAN update: pkgcheck https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asnZMYeNi7U_Lc0j@prptp Manfred Lotz submitted an update to the pkgcheck package. Version: 4.1.2 2026-10-07 License: apache2 mit Summary description: CTAN package checker Announcement text:
### Fixed ... ]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:20:33 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asnZMYeNi7U_Lc0j@prptp CTAN update: tagpdf https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b63125b0ab93b9e@hogwart The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the tagpdf package. Version: 1.0h 2026-10-08 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Code for PDF tagging using pdfLaTeX and LuaLaTeX Announcement text:
### Added - keywords `alt` and `title` to `\tag_struct_gput:nnn`
... ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:07:28 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b63125b0ab93b9e@hogwart CTAN update: numodel-bundle https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b63125632f56bd6@hogwart Paul Zuurbier submitted an update to the numodel-bundle package. Version: 0.10.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Numerical physics models with Forrester diagrams and auto-sized plots Announcement text:
numodel-bundle v0.10.0 Write a numerical model once, and get everything a physics lesson ... ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:07:14 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b63125632f56bd6@hogwart New on CTAN: Tcode https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asjEVFmZU5xzCk42@prptp Javier A. Múgica submitted the Tcode package. Version: 2026-10-07 License: pd Summary description: Typesetting verbatim code: C, python,… Announcement text:
This is a package for typesetting code (e.g., C, python, julia... ). It may be an alternative to the listings package. It is MUCH faster, ... ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:39:16 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asjEVFmZU5xzCk42@prptp CTAN update: luamplib https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asi-vo3Wi1i4GO-l@prptp Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the luamplib package. Version: 2.44.2 2026-10-08 License: gpl2 Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter Announcement text:
* fix \mplibputtextbox for ProfCollege package to avoid "Dimension too large" error ... ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:15:26 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asi-vo3Wi1i4GO-l@prptp CTAN update: gradbars https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asiZc1e8z5wqMdTn@prptp SuFan submitted an update to the gradbars package. Version: 0.0.4 2026-10-06 License: mit Summary description: Compact data graphics for LaTeX tables and inline text Announcement text:
Version 0.0.4 introduces gradtable, a declarative interface for compact visual tables in LaTeX. ... ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:36:19 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asiZc1e8z5wqMdTn@prptp CTAN update: tocbibind https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b631231acf56ff9@hogwart The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the tocbibind package. Version: 1.5m 2026-10-01 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Add bibliography/index/contents to Table of Contents Announcement text:
Update to support for headings templates when \DocumentMetadata is used https://github.com/latex3/tagging-project/issues/1338
... ]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:23:11 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b631231acf56ff9@hogwart New on CTAN: Lucid CV https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b63122ca9c57f11@hogwart Patrik Goldschmidt submitted the Lucid CV package. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c ofl mit Summary description: ATS-safe customizable LuaLaTeX template for modern resumes/CVs Announcement text:
Hello, CTAN community, There is no shortage of résumé templates. Some call themselves ATS-friendly, many don't bother, and few check. Yet a single job posting can draw hundreds of applications, and automated parsers decide what a human sees first. A résumé that looks good but is read back as a set of fused words, stray icon characters, or orphaned dates may never be noticed. ... ]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:22:58 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b63122ca9c57f11@hogwart CTAN update: nicematrix https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b63121ba3287619@hogwart François Pantigny submitted an update to the nicematrix package. Version: 7.12 2026-10-07 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Improve the typesetting of matrices and tabulars with PGF Announcement text:
New key 'color-of-false' for the color of the "false rows" created by \FalseRow and the "false columns" created by the letter F. ... ]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:00:52 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b63121ba3287619@hogwart CTAN update: continue https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b6312165dedc0bd@hogwart The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the continue package. Version: 0.2a 2026-10-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Prints continuation marks on pages of multipage documents Announcement text:
Remove deprecated picture package; tag documentation; update maintainer to LaTeX Project Team
... ]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:00:39 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b6312165dedc0bd@hogwart New on CTAN: mathAIdisclose https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b6312115b7e845d@hogwart Maximilian Kaipel submitted the mathAIdisclose package. Version: 1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: AI disclosure for mathematics Announcement text:
The mathAIdisclose package is designed to help mathematics researchers disclose AI use transparently and in a standardised way. It builds on the cleveref package to reference indexed lemmas, theorems or definitions when generating the AI disclosure. There are two different styles of AI disclosure ... ]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:00:26 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3b6312115b7e845d@hogwart New on CTAN: HAUThesis https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asea11uHPlS8I_Yt@prptp Shixuan Cheng submitted the HAUThesis package. Version: 1.0 2026-10-01 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Thesis template for Huai’an University Announcement text:
HAUThesis is a LaTeX thesis template for Huai'an University undergraduate theses. It is based on ctexbook and requires ... ]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:29:59 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asea11uHPlS8I_Yt@prptp CTAN update: pdfmanagement https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/BF9E0599-44DD-4154-9889-7285B0176857@ctan.org The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the pdfmanagement package. Version: 0.97d 2026-10-06 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX PDF management bundle Announcement text:
### Changed * removed luacolor code from pdfmanagement-firstaid, luacolor has the code now. ... ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:12:35 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/BF9E0599-44DD-4154-9889-7285B0176857@ctan.org CTAN update: pkgcheck https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asaZM01fCClw4Z9T@prptp Manfred Lotz submitted an update to the pkgcheck package. Version: 4.1.1 2026-10-06 License: apache2 mit Summary description: CTAN package checker Announcement text:
### Fixed ... ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:10:43 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asaZM01fCClw4Z9T@prptp New on CTAN: calendar-grid https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3a8c21b8-f7a2-63f1-d3d7-a7bf223a345d@ctan.org Mateo Pedersen submitted the calendar-grid package. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Create configurable month and year calendar grids with annotations Announcement text:
Calendar Grid is a new LaTeX3 package for typesetting deterministic month and year calendar grids. It provides configurable week starts, fixed or compact ... ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:42:55 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/3a8c21b8-f7a2-63f1-d3d7-a7bf223a345d@ctan.org New on CTAN: statusstamp https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asaHWVF2AGQdTZOK@prptp Chris McComb submitted the statusstamp package. Version: 0.1.0 2026-09-12 License: mit Summary description: Reproducible document status stamps for LaTeX Announcement text:
statusstamp provides customizable distressed or clean status stamps for LaTeX documents, with page overlays or inline stamps ... ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:54:33 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/asaHWVF2AGQdTZOK@prptp New on CTAN: animategif https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f3b03f3cb241@hogwart Ali Ramlaoui submitted the animategif package. Version: 1.0.0 2026-10-06 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Embed animated GIF files in PDF documents, decoded in pure Lua Announcement text:
animategif embeds animated GIF files in PDF documents: \animategif{movie.gif}. It decodes the GIF in pure Lua (in-process with LuaLaTeX, via texlua and shell escape with pdfLaTeX and XeLaTeX), so no external programs are needed, and ... ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:53:32 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f3b03f3cb241@hogwart New on CTAN: terminaltrees https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f3ab954f37b5@hogwart Adi Edelhaus submitted the terminaltrees package. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Evenly spaced leaves and rounded branches for Forest trees Announcement text:
terminaltrees 1.0.0 provides evenly spaced leaves, centered parents and rounded branches for Forest trees. Add terminal tree to a forest environment to use the layout, or use fittedterminaltree to shrink a tree to the existing page layout with a minimum label size. The package includes an ... ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:53:15 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f3ab954f37b5@hogwart CTAN update: ltx-talk https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f3a627287f04@hogwart Joseph Wright submitted an update to the ltx-talk package. Version: 0.6.9 2026-10-06 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A class for typesetting (accessible) presentations Announcement text:
## [v0.6.9] - 2026-10-06 ### Fixed ... ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:53:01 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4b65f3a627287f04@hogwart