ctan-ann

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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CTAN update: timechart

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:50:49 +0200

Alan J. Cain submitted an update to the

                timechart

package.

Version:  0.57.1 2026-07-10
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A package for drawing chronological charts

Announcement text: Add basic tagging support.


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CTAN update: asymptote

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:55:47 +0200

John Bowman submitted an update to the

                 asymptote

package.

Version: 3.13
License: lgpl3

Summary description: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language

Announcement text:Memory usage for complex 3D scenes was greatly reduced.
The default render setting was changed to 2 for all output formats.

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New on CTAN: revbadge

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:33:57 +0200

Fu Zhang submitted the

                revbadge

package.

Version: 1.0
License: mit

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

Announcement text:The revbadge package provides an elegant, column-safe framework designed specifically for tracking major revisions and minor modifications in academic manuscripts.

The package features a dual-component architecture: the revbadge block environment for handling long paragraphs, multi-line equations, lists, and sections; and the \revbadgeinline macro for executing tight, mid-sentence word corrections without disrupting standard line spacing. Both components feature a dynamic colored badge mechanism that labels modifications on the fly.

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CTAN update: l3build

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:58:56 +0200

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                     l3build

package.

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

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

Announcement text: ### Fixed


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CTAN update: fits-astro

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:12:16 +0200

Valentin Dao submitted an update to the

                  fits-astro

package.

Version:  1.0.1 2026-07-09
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Retrieving FITS file header information in LuaTeX

Announcement text: Changes
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CTAN update: luadraw

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:38:10 +0200

Patrick Fradin submitted an update to the

                    luadraw

package.

Version:  3.3 2026-07-09
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Lua-based mathematical graphs for LuaLaTeX

Announcement text: * The *luadraw_pdfliteral* module has been added; it allows
   for direct drawing within the PDF stream — including 2D paths,

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CTAN update: luamplib

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:07:55 +0200

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

                luamplib

package.

Version: 2.42.3 2026-07-09
License: gpl2

Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter

Announcement text:- allow using the following macros multiple times:
  withcoonspatchinit, withtensorpatchinit, withtrianglepatchinit.


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CTAN update: hawkdraw

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:19:09 +0200

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                hawkdraw

package.

Version: 0.4.1 2026-07-08
License: lppl1.3c

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

Announcement text:- Enhancing pattern support;
- Adding conic shadings.
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CTAN update: marginalia

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:05:42 +0200

Alan J. Cain submitted an update to the

                marginalia

package.

Version:  0.83.23 2026-07-08
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Marginal content anywhere with automatic adjustment for LuaLaTeX

Announcement text: Fix: Correct default placement of marginal content items in
      two-column mode, on verso pages, with two-sided layout.

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New on CTAN: monoref

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:39:35 +0200

Srikanth Mohankumar submitted the

                monoref

package.

Version:  1.3 2026-07-07
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Single-pass cross-references, page totals, and a table of contents for LuaLaTeX

Announcement text: monoref (v1.3) — a new package that resolves forward \ref/\pageref,
 the total page count, and a multi-level table of contents in a single

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New on CTAN: carom-billiards

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:34:27 +0200

Anthony Saint-Criq submitted the

                carom-billiards

package.

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

Summary description: Environment to typeset annotated French billiard tables

Announcement text:
This package provides a new environment together with a collection of TikZ macros designed to facilitate the creation of French billiards table diagrams. This is a renaming of the `carom` package from 2026-06-30 to fix a file name conflict with an older package.
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New on CTAN: easter

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:56:17 +0200

Florian Tasso submitted the

                 easter

package.

Version: 1.0 2026-07-07
License: gpl3+

Summary description: Implementation of the Meeus algorithms to compute Easter's 
date an related

Announcement text:This package provides commands to compute the date of Easter, Ascension and 

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CTAN update: ZUGFeRD

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:42:47 +0200

Marei Peischl submitted an update to the

                   ZUGFeRD

package.

Version:  0.12 2026-07-06
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  ZUGFeRD and Faktur-X invoicing using LaTeX

Announcement text: Bugfix release: Simplify checks for pdfmanagement + adjust timing for Metadata


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CTAN update: hvextern

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:39:52 +0200

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the

                hvextern

package.

Version: 0.44 2026-07-04
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Write and execute external code, and insert the output

Announcement text:
v 0.44  2026-07-04  - added support for wolframscript
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CTAN update: olsak-misc

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:41:16 +0200

Petr Olšák submitted an update to the

                  olsak-misc

package.

Version:  Jul. 2026
License:  pd

Summary description:  Collection of plain TeX macros written by Petr Olšák

Announcement text: The package olsak-misc is a bundle of various TeX macros.
 This release improves the cropmarks.tex macro file: variant shape

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CTAN update: color-edits

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:40:09 +0200

David Kempe submitted an update to the

                   color-edits

package.

Version:  2.0 2026-07-05
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Colorful edits for multiple authors of a shared document

Announcement text: color-edits is a macro package to facilitate joint editing of a
 document (e.g., research paper) by multiple authors, annotating

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CTAN update: luciole

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:15:19 +0200

Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the

                 luciole

package.

Version: 0.70 2026-07-05
License: cc-by-4 ofl lppl1.3c

Summary description: Luciole OpenType fonts for LuaTeX and XeTeX

Announcement text:- Script variant added for calligraphic capitals.
   - Circle, diamond and lozenge operators : sizes enlarged.
   - Brackets redesigned.

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CTAN update: archaeologie

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 07:24:31 +0200

Lukas C. Bossert submitted an update to the

                   archaeologie

package.

Version:  2.5.1 2026-07-04
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  A citation-style which covers rules of the German Archaeological Institute

Announcement text: Version 2.5.1 modernizes the PDF documentation layout, typography,
 headers, and example boxes. It also fixes the documentation build

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CTAN update: scholatex

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:20:46 +0200

Gérard Dubard submitted an update to the

                scholatex

package.

Version: 2.5
License: gpl3+

Summary description: A tag-based language for print-ready teaching worksheets, built on LuaLaTeX

Announcement text:scholatex 2.5 — the lycée release.

New: the equation form  declares a function as the board does; computes sign tables from the factored expression (exact zeros, forbidden values, checked invariants); weighted probability trees with automatic complements; areas, cobwebs and the normal/binomial laws in ; five descriptive statistics figures (bars, histogram-as-density, pie, boxplot, scatter with least-squares fit); the trigonometric circle with exact remarkable values; the number line, declared or solved from an inequality; six solids in cabinet projection with computed hidden edges; a full transcendental function library (circular, hyperbolic, their inverses, exp/ln/log/logb) shared between computed values and plots; a document-wide precision option for display rounding, and scale: on every drawing.

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