ctan-ann https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/rss CTAN announcements mailing list - recent Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:42:30 +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: tlc-article https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/A20542CA-E740-4735-8494-AE5C5185E82D@ctan.org Gary A. Howard submitted an update to the tlc-article package. Version: 1.2.43 2026-08-10 License: bsd3 Summary description: LaTeX document class for consistently formatted formal documents Announcement text:
Version 1.2.43 updates tlc-article, a LaTeX class for consistently formatted formal documents. This release refreshes the class and its documentation, improves configurable layout support, modernizes installation instructions, and corrects documentation examples and dependency information.
... ]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:10:17 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/A20542CA-E740-4735-8494-AE5C5185E82D@ctan.org New on CTAN: dichromacy https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/antI7bFLT3g5YF81@prptp Johan Larsson submitted the dichromacy package. Version: 0.3.0 License: mit Summary description: Simulation of color vision deficiency, using LuaLaTeX Announcement text:
This is the first release of dichromacy on CTAN. It is a package for simulating color vision deficiency (CVD) ... ]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:08:13 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/antI7bFLT3g5YF81@prptp New on CTAN: dental-palmer https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anryvL3xkPk_Miu_@prptp Yosuke Yamazaki submitted the dental-palmer package. Version: 2.0.0 2026-07-07 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Typeset Zsigmondy-Palmer dental notation with TikZ Announcement text:
The dental-palmer distribution provides the palmer LaTeX package for typesetting Zsigmondy-Palmer dental notation using TikZ. ... ]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:28 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anryvL3xkPk_Miu_@prptp CTAN update: fontawesome6 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anrSD3rPREMUYXw2@prptp Daniel Nagel submitted an update to the fontawesome6 package. Version: 6.7.2-4 2026-08-10 License: ofl lppl1.3c Summary description: Font Awesome 6 with LaTeX support Announcement text:
Includes some bug fixes and improvements: better XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX support, fixed digit-containing glyph names, ... ]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:41:03 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anrSD3rPREMUYXw2@prptp CTAN update: fontawesome7 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anrA9Ik3jBWyusLb@prptp Daniel Nagel submitted an update to the fontawesome7 package. Version: 7.3.1-1 2026-08-09 License: ofl lppl1.3c Summary description: Font Awesome 7 with LaTeX support Announcement text:
fontawesome7 has been upgraded to the latest version v7.3.1 with 70+ new icons and fixed digit handling in icon names. ... ]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:28:04 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anrA9Ik3jBWyusLb@prptp CTAN update: verse https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/278aa617-2896-d7f8-df53-ca6eb0b27632@ctan.org The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the verse package. Version: 2.5 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Aids for typesetting simple verse Announcement text:
Update to verse package to support LaTeX tagging code ... ]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:27:29 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/278aa617-2896-d7f8-df53-ca6eb0b27632@ctan.org CTAN update: marginalia https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/annw5_35vpeRmrtG@prptp Alan J. Cain submitted an update to the marginalia package. Version: 0.84.1 2026-08-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Marginal content anywhere with automatic adjustment for LuaLaTeX Announcement text:
New feature: Support right-to-left text and documents bound on the right-hand side (in which case the default placement of marginal ... ]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:40:23 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/annw5_35vpeRmrtG@prptp CTAN update: suanpan-l3 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anl5buMe7QLAYCFx@prptp Nan Geng submitted an update to the suanpan-l3 package. Version: 2.0.1 2026-08-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-beads suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw Announcement text:
1.Removed the numrods option and lifted the restriction on abacus size. ... ]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:10:38 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anl5buMe7QLAYCFx@prptp CTAN update: babel https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anhdCQuLyowj-EXV@prptp Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the babel package. Version: 26.10 2026-08-08 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX Announcement text:
Changes in version 26.10 are described in: ... ]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:57:13 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anhdCQuLyowj-EXV@prptp CTAN update: LuaTeX-CN https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ang9NyzbM_mMPRtN@prptp Frank Lin submitted an update to the LuaTeX-CN bundle. Version: 0.4.1 License: apache2 Summary description: A LuaTeX based package to handle Chinese text typesetting Announcement text:
luatex-cn 0.4.1 -- first update on CTAN since 0.3.1. ... ]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:41:27 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/ang9NyzbM_mMPRtN@prptp CTAN update: xecjk https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/8fd3cbe1-9cd4-2e24-3f6b-06ef565e21b1@ctan.org Liam Huang submitted an update to the xecjk package. Version: 3.10.5 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Typeset CJK in XeLaTeX Announcement text:
This release fixes several bugs related to CJK glue handling, brace-group consumption, hyperlink anchors, and underline/strikethrough decorations, and ... ]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:37:39 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/8fd3cbe1-9cd4-2e24-3f6b-06ef565e21b1@ctan.org CTAN update: unicode-data https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/02bbf010601f1a12@hogwart The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the unicode-data package. Version: 1.20 2026-08-07 License: lppl1.3c other-free Summary description: Unicode data and loaders for TeX Announcement text:
- Adjustments to support HiTeX
... ]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:09:39 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/02bbf010601f1a12@hogwart CTAN update: luamplib https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/2b308711-4bf0-d783-4b02-56e40ac86008@ctan.org Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the luamplib package. Version: 2.42.5 2026-08-07 License: gpl2 Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter Announcement text:
clean up color-related codes (adapt to recent version of l3kernel) ... ]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:25:07 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/2b308711-4bf0-d783-4b02-56e40ac86008@ctan.org CTAN update: repere https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6f19b14c-6e04-2cf3-e50d-59607c360aeb@ctan.org Olivier Péault submitted an update to the repere package. Version: 26.07 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: MetaPost macros for secondary school mathematics teachers Announcement text:
- code change in spline macro - orthogonal projection ... ]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:55:14 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6f19b14c-6e04-2cf3-e50d-59607c360aeb@ctan.org CTAN update: latex-*-dev https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anYbsR-nMo_CHK5l@prptp The LaTeX Project Team submitted updates to the latex-base-dev latex-amsmath-dev latex-graphics-dev latex-tools-dev latex-lab-dev latex-firstaid-dev bundles. Version: pre-release 1 2026-11-01 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Development pre-release of the LaTeX kernel ... ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:53:53 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anYbsR-nMo_CHK5l@prptp New on CTAN: biblatex-asa https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/D181710E-FA18-4406-94F0-E56B8DBFE1A4@ctan.org Yuqi Liang submitted the biblatex-asa package. Version: 1.0.0 2026-08-06 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: American Sociological Association (ASA) citation style for biblatex Announcement text:
Initial release of biblatex-asa 1.0.0: ASA Style Guide (7th ed.) citation and bibliography style for biblatex/biber, with documentation and examples.
... ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:40:12 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/D181710E-FA18-4406-94F0-E56B8DBFE1A4@ctan.org New on CTAN: siicusp-abstracts https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/9555d091-24f7-32c9-8169-b8d89665e1d5@ctan.org Guilherme Ivo submitted the siicusp-abstracts package. Version: 1.1.0 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX package for formatting scientific abstracts according to SIICUSP Announcement text:
Initial release of the siicusp-abstracts package. ... ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:37:06 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/9555d091-24f7-32c9-8169-b8d89665e1d5@ctan.org CTAN update: latex-tagging-status https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/e9468f1e-694f-ad69-7e82-34ee57a5d562@ctan.org The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the latex-tagging-status package. Version: 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: The LaTeX Tagging Status data Announcement text:
Changes to the tagging status of ... ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:19:12 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/e9468f1e-694f-ad69-7e82-34ee57a5d562@ctan.org CTAN update: pkgcheck https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/46cb4000-a578-367f-8d5f-70ff7abd79cb@ctan.org Manfred Lotz submitted an update to the pkgcheck package. Version: 4.1.0 2026-08-05 License: apache2 mit Summary description: CTAN package checker Announcement text:
## pkgcheck 2026-08-05 (4.1.0) ... ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:31:57 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/46cb4000-a578-367f-8d5f-70ff7abd79cb@ctan.org CTAN update: ltx-talk https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/02bbef71fd505dc9@hogwart Joseph Wright submitted an update to the ltx-talk package. Version: 0.5.3 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A class for typesetting presentations Announcement text:
## [v0.5.3] - 2026-08-05 ### Fixed ... ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:52:11 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/02bbef71fd505dc9@hogwart CTAN update: luadraw https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anN1FdbwW3eQSQCV@prptp Patrick Fradin submitted an update to the luadraw package. Version: 3.4 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Lua-based mathematical graphs for LuaLaTeX Announcement text:
Addition of functions specific to 2D or 3D paths (conversions). For the method *g:Beginclip(path, inverse)*, the *path* can be ... ]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:38:29 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anN1FdbwW3eQSQCV@prptp New on CTAN: arabdoc https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anNmYEUu3o0JMwAf@prptp Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the arabdoc bundle. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: One-line Arabic RTL setup for XeLaTeX Announcement text:
A new package collection, arabdoc, provides a one-line Arabic right-to-left setup for XeLaTeX, replacing 15–25 lines of fragile ... ]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:35:44 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anNmYEUu3o0JMwAf@prptp CTAN update: modernclassnotes https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/02bbef4e9d1ff527@hogwart Aurghyadip Kundu submitted an update to the modernclassnotes package. Version: 1.1.0 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c mit Summary description: Typesetting course notes, lecture handouts, and assignment worksheets Announcement text:
1. New Features & Enhancements: - Chapter Notes Mode (mode=chapternotes): Added layout preset tailored for chapter-based lecture notes and course modules. - Chapter & Objective Tracking: Introduced \chapter{number}{title}{objectives} with optional learning objectives list, plus \subchapter{number}{title} tracking. ... ]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:22:43 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/02bbef4e9d1ff527@hogwart CTAN update: suanpan-l3 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/02bbef4904b6452c@hogwart Nan Geng submitted an update to the suanpan-l3 package. Version: 2.0.0 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-bids suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw Announcement text:
1.Renamed the bid command to bead. 2.Added range syntax support for the \rods command, supporting both start-end and start-end-step forms. 3.Added an optional counting point parameter for the \rods command. ... ]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:22:23 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/02bbef4904b6452c@hogwart New on CTAN: hadith https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anLXhsqcokf5pdVc@prptp Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the hadith package. Version: 1.1.0 License: lppl1.3c pd Summary description: An easy way to typeset Hadith text using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX Announcement text:
A new package, hadith, provides an easy way to typeset Hadith text with full Arabic diacritics (tashkeel) from the canonical collections ... ]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:26:14 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anLXhsqcokf5pdVc@prptp New on CTAN: tikz-chemlab https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anIxY5FSE3i3TfXq@prptp Aihua Wang submitted the tikz-chemlab package. Version: 1.0.0 2026-08-03 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A TikZ-based reimplementation for drawing chemical laboratory glassware Announcement text:
tikz-chemlab provides macros for a variety of devices used mainly for chemical applications. tikz-chemlab works with any LaTeX engine ... ]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:37:23 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anIxY5FSE3i3TfXq@prptp New on CTAN: dfg-crc https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4ed7ec946eb997d8@hogwart Lukas C. Bossert submitted the dfg-crc package. Version: 0.1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Create DFG Collaborative Research Centre proposals and CVs Announcement text:
Initial CTAN release of dfg-crc. The LuaLaTeX class provides a data-driven template for DFG Collaborative Research Centre proposals and CVs, including generated project heads, staff ... ]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:04:21 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4ed7ec946eb997d8@hogwart New on CTAN: propositions https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4ed7ec8fc34966e5@hogwart Cian Dorr submitted the propositions package. Version: 0.9 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Typeset and cross-reference named and numbered propositions Announcement text:
The propositions package is a new LaTeX package for typesetting and cross-referencing named and numbered displayed propositions (examples, theses, premises...).  Cross-references can include customizable formatting; the appearance of proposition labels and cross-references is controlled by a flexible key-value interface.  For example: if one writes \begin{prop} \item[Monism, format=\textsc{#1}] \label{mon} All is one \end{prop} \ref{mon}, one will get a description-like list with 'Monism' in small caps, and the subsequent \ref{mon} will also produce 'Monism' in small caps.
... ]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:03:51 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4ed7ec8fc34966e5@hogwart CTAN update: l3backend-dev https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anGemTOBk0I3ExxU@prptp The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3backend-dev bundle. Version: 2026-08-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 backend drivers (dev) Announcement text:
### Added ... ]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:11:05 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anGemTOBk0I3ExxU@prptp CTAN update: l3kernel-dev https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anGIVJTxbC1H4Ov_@prptp The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3kernel-dev bundle. Version: 2026-08-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Development pre-release of l3kernel Announcement text:
### Added ... ]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:36:04 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/anGIVJTxbC1H4Ov_@prptp New on CTAN: beastie https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4ed7ec86d4d14664@hogwart Norman Gray submitted the beastie package. Version: 0.14.1 License: bsd2 0bsd Summary description: Beastie is an experiment in parsing and processing BibTeX files Announcement text:
Beastie is an experiment in parsing and processing BibTeX files * A parser for .bib files, amongst others. ... ]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:21:25 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4ed7ec86d4d14664@hogwart CTAN update: l3build https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4ed7ec84ebb0adba@hogwart The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3build package. Version: 2026-08-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX Announcement text:
## [2026-08-02] ### Added ... ]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:20:44 +0200 https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/4ed7ec84ebb0adba@hogwart