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The Treasure Chest graphics automata in graphics/metapost/contrib/macros Draw finite state machines, graphs, trees, etc. in This is a list of selected new packages posted to bpolynomial graphics/metapost/contrib/macros Draw polynomial functions up to degree three. CTAN (http://www.ctan.org) from July 2007–May dot2tex in graphics 2008, with descriptions based on the announcements Convert Graphviz-format graphs to LATEX-friendly and edited for brevity. formats. Entries are listed alphabetically within CTAN graphicxsp in graphics directories. A few entries which the editors subjec- Embed graphics in PDF output once, and support tively believed to be of especially wide interest or the Adobe transparency imaging model. otherwise notable are starred; of course, this is not pgfplots in graphics/pgf/contrib intended to slight the other contributions! Normal and logarithmic plots using TikZ/PGF. Hopefully this column and its companions will pgf-soroban in graphics/pgf/contrib help to make CTAN a more accessible resource to the Draw a Japanese abacus using TikZ/PGF. TEX community. Comments are welcome, as always. pst-cox in graphics/pstricks/contrib Draw two-dimensional projections of complex reg- ular polytopes (after Coxeter). pst-diffraction in graphics/pstricks/contrib biblio Draw diffraction patterns for different geometric forms of apertures for monochromatic light. aichej in biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc pst-optexp in graphics/pstricks/contrib BibTEX style file for the American Institute of Chem- Facilitate sketching of optical experimental setups. ical Engineers Journal. pst-pad in graphics/pstricks/contrib bib2ml in biblio/bibtex/utils Draw attachment surfaces for friction and adhesion Perl script converting BibTEX databases to HTML, models. XML, or SQL. pst-solides3d in graphics/pstricks/contrib fbs in biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc Draw solids in three-dimensional perspective. BibTEX style file for Frontiers in Bioscience. pst-soroban in graphics/pstricks/contrib Draw a Japanese abacus using PSTricks. text2bib in biblio/bibtex/utils tableau-variations in graphics/metapost/contrib/ PHP script to references to BibTEX. macros Create variation tables in MetaPost. fonts * Asana-Math in fonts info An OpenType math font with almost all mathematical Unicode symbols and the MATH OpenType compact in info/symbols/compact Beamer-style list of common symbols, including the table supported by X TE EX and Word 2007. variations in txfonts. cyklop in fonts dtxgallery in info OpenType, Type 1, and support files for the Cyklop Collection of minimal .dtx examples. typeface, a very high contrast display design. l2tabues in info/l2tabu/spanish fge in fonts Spanish translation of l2tabu. A font for Frege’s Grundgesetze der Arithmetik. * latex-brochure in info gfsbaskerville in fonts/greek/GFS Publicity flyer for LATEX; please print and post wher- The venerable Baskerville design with complete sup- ever appropriate. port for Greek (only). lshort-slovenian in info/lshort/slovenian Slovenian translation of . hwkatakana in fonts lshort Half-width Katakana Type 1 fonts in the SJIS en- mpman-ru in info/metapost/doc/russian coding, based on the Wadalab fonts. Russian translation of the MetaPost user’s guide. * texbytopic in macros/latex/contrib * lxfonts in fonts Victor Eijkhout’s excellent TEX reference book TEX Revived LAT X slide fonts for both text and math. E by Topic, now available under the GNU Free Doc- umtypewriter in fonts umentation License. Four OpenType fonts supporting Latin, Greek, and xetexref in info Cyrillic scripts. Unofficial reference documentation for X TE EX. TUGboat, Volume 29 (2008), No. 2 329

epspdfconversion in macros/latex/contrib language Do EPS-to-PDF conversion on the fly from within LAT X. mx in language/spanish/nonstandard E Babel support for typesetting Spanish with Mexi- errata in macros/latex/contrib A can conventions. Recording errata in LTEX documents and then high- lighting changes. ptex in language/japanese etoolbox in macros/latex/contrib A high-quality Japanese T X system by ASCII Co., E Programming facilities for LAT X class and package compatible with teT X-based systems. Released E E authors, including but not limited to support for under the modified BSD license. new ε-TEX primitives. euproposal in macros/latex/contrib macros/latex/contrib Support for FP7 proposals. fouridx in macros/latex/contrib addlines in macros/latex/contrib Enable left subscripts and supersets; alternative to Enhancements of \enlargethispage. \sideset and \leftidx. ametsoc in macros/latex/contrib frletter in macros/latex/contrib A Official American Meteorological Society LTEX tem- Typeset French-style letters (in any language). plate files. frontespizio in macros/latex/contrib boldtensors in macros/latex/contrib Typeset thesis frontispiece in Italian style. Provide bold Latin and Greek characters within gaceta in macros/latex/contrib \mathversion{normal}, by using ~ and " as pre- Support for the journal La Gaceta de la Real So- fix characters. ciedad Matemática Española. catechis in macros/latex/contrib hexgame in macros/latex/contrib Support for catechisms: question-and-answer, com- Draw a hexagonal game board. ments on answers, etc. ifplatform in macros/latex/contrib changepage in macros/latex/contrib/misc Conditionals for testing the current operating sys- Locally changing text width or other page layout tem (using -shell-escape). based on odd/even pages; compatible with memoir, ijmart in macros/latex/contrib unlike chngpage. LATEX class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics. chemscheme in macros/latex/contrib image-gallery in macros/latex/contrib Support for a chemical scheme float type with au- Generate overview page of a photo gallery, possibly tomatic numbering. adjusting photo sizes. chemstyle in macros/latex/contrib isonums in macros/latex/contrib Formatting chemistry documents (successor to the Display numbers in math mode according to ISO- rsc bundle). 31-0, regardless of input format. confproc in macros/latex/contrib jsclasses in macros/latex/contrib Class for conference proceedings. Classes supporting Japanese, including jsarticle constants in macros/latex/contrib and jsbook. Label/reference system for (families of) constants, lcyw in macros/latex/contrib e.g., in a proof. LATEX support for the CM Cyrillic fonts. * datatool in macros/latex/contrib mathexam in macros/latex/contrib LAT X package for typesetting exams, including space Database operations and charts within LATEX, pos- E sibly created from external CSV, TSV, etc. files. for students to show work. dotarrow in macros/latex/contrib mciteplus in macros/latex/contrib Extendable dotted arrows (like \xrightarrow). Reimplementation of mcite with support for physics- style grouping of multiple citations; compatible with dprogress in macros/latex/contrib REVTEX4. Log LAT X’s progress through the document, out- E mfpic4ode in macros/latex/contrib putting section headers, equation numbers, etc. Draw direction fields and other differential equation ecclesiastic in macros/latex/contrib support. Typesetting Latin in an ecclesiastical style. newspaper in macros/latex/contrib ed in macros/latex/contrib Typesetting newsletters to resemble newspapers. A Editorial notes for LTEX documents. nostarch in macros/latex/contrib edmargin in macros/latex/contrib Official LATEX for No Starch Press. Support for endnote sections in critical editions. notes2bib in macros/latex/contrib environ in macros/latex/contrib Integrate footnotes, endnotes, and other notes in a Collect body text inside an environment. bibliography. 330 TUGboat, Volume 29 (2008), No. 2

numname in macros/latex/contrib Convert a numerical number to the English spelled- macros/latex/exptl out name of the number. biblatex-dw in macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib perltex in macros/latex/contrib Support for humanities-style citations and more, for A Define LTEX macros in terms of Perl code. biblatex. philex in macros/latex/contrib biblatex-mla in macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib Dynamically cross-reference to names and contents Support for MLA-style parenthetical citations and of environments. bibliographies in biblatex. sagetex in macros/latex/contrib gcite in macros/latex/exptl Embed Sage code and plots into LATEX. German-style citations, providing a small amount sfmath in macros/latex/contrib of bibliographic information in a footnote on the Switch all mathematics typesetting to sans serif. page where each citation is made. show2e in macros/latex/contrib thmtools in macros/latex/exptl Support for \show variants suited to LATEX 2ε’s com- Keyval interface to \newtheorem, a \listoftheorems mands and environments, and other debugging help. command, hyperref compatibility, and more theo- shipunov in macros/latex/contrib rem extensions. Bundle with support for field biologists, Russian- language authors, and much more. siunitx in macros/latex/contrib macros/omega Comprehensive package for typesetting values with tamil-omega in macros/omega/latex/contrib units. Typeset the Tamil script using Omega. stex in macros/latex/contrib (LA)TEX support for mathematical knowledge man- agement, via allowing semantic markup without leav- macros/xetex ing the document format. xecyr in macros/xetex/latex stringstrings in macros/latex/contrib Support for Cyrillic languages in X LE ATEX + babel. Large collection of expandable routines for string processing. subdepth in macros/latex/contrib support Unify math subscript height. acroweb in support tablor in macros/latex/contrib Scripts for creating interactive tests in AcroTEX Create tables for signs and variations using XCAS from web databases. for calculus and MetaPost for drawing. autolatex in support ted in macros/latex/contrib Automate generation of large-scale LATEX projects. Token list editor: substitutions and display of to- ctantools in support kens. Search LATEX packages on CTAN. in theoremref macros/latex/contrib delig in support Variants of \label and \ref for theorem-like envi- Java program to disable misplaced ligatures in LATEX ronments. documents, for example “Auflage” in German. thinsp in macros/latex/contrib fastpictex in support A stretchable \thinspace for LAT X. E Preprocessor for PiCTEX to ease creation of line * translator in macros/latex/contrib graphs, bar graphs, x-y graphs, etc. Open translation platform, compatible with babel. graphconv in support turnstile in macros/latex/contrib Windows program to convert Graph (http://www. Support for logicians’ turnstile sign. padowan.dk/graph/) files to PSTricks. upmethodology in macros/latex/contrib jlm in support/jed Support for Unified Process methodologies (UP or LATEX mode for the JED editor. RUP). miktex_update in support varsfromjobname in macros/latex/contrib Automate updating and installing of new packages Select hyphen-separated pieces of \jobname. of an existing MiKTEX installation. vxu in macros/latex/contrib texcount in support Classes for VäxjöUniversity, Sweden. Count number of words in LATEX text, with color xargs in macros/latex/contrib output. Also available as a web service: http:// Define macros with many optional arguments. folk.uio.no/einarro/Comp/texwordcount.html. xskak in macros/latex/contrib vc in support Extensions to skak for chess typesetting, including Version control for (LA)TEX, supporting Subversion saving information for later use. and Git.