[pstricks] [Fwd: CTAN packages updated: pstricks, pstricks-add and pst-3dplot]

[Herbert Voss]

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Betreff: CTAN packages updated: pstricks, pstricks-add and pst-3dplot
Datum: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:00:02 +0000
Von: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk>
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To: ctan-ann at dante.de
Subject: CTAN packages updated: pstricks, pstricks-add and pst-3dplot
From: CTAN Announcements <ctan-ann at dante.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:00:02 +0000
Message-ID: <1787.1201118402 at mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
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Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE> wrote:

> I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. Please
> copy all files into the directories
> /graphics/pstricks/*
> 
> this is a major update of the main PSTricks packages
> pstricks, pstricks-add and pst-3dplot

i've done that, and updated the catalogue repository to reflect the
new/updated material.

> Read /graphics/pstricks/doc/pst-news2008.pdf for
> more information and examples.
> 
> ---- pstricks.sty
> 0.36  2008-01-22
>    - Better error message, when the document
>      has the same name as a PSTricks file. (RN)
>    - add message for loading pst-alpparser.pro
>    - add option vtex to disable opacity values
> 
> pst-node.sty --------
>   2007-09-13
>    add message for loading pst-node.pro  (hv)
> 
> pst-all.sty  --------
>   2008-01-01  load pstricks-add
> 
> ---- pstricks.tex
> 1.20  2008-01-01
>    - added opacity for default fill operations
>    - added strokeopacity for normal stroke operation (lines)
>    - added the arrowtype <D-D> and <D<D-D>D>, which draws the
>      sides as bezier curves (ArrowD type in pstricks.pro)
>    - add special coor type (*x f(x)), which invokes the
>      algebraic parser for f(x) before using the default
>     (!x y) coor type
>    - add option linejoin=0,1,or 2 for connecting lines
>    - add option linecap=0,1,or 2 for line ends
>    - small tweaks to psellipticarc x y -> xOrig yOrig
>    - fix introduced bug with \newpsstyle: \pst at tempa->\pst at tempA
>    - add PS subroutines /UserCoor and /ScreenCoor for easy
>      transforming into user or screen coordinates
>    - changed wrong name of \psk at shift to \pst at shift
>    - fix bug with pst-node and \\[name=...]. It now uses
>      \ps at ifnextchar for scanning the next token
>    - fix bug with pst at tempg in \polar at coor. It was already
>      used in \pst at getangle.
>    - new option gridfont for the label font of \psgrid
>      Times-Roman, Palatino-Roman, ...
> 
> 
> ---- pstricks.pro
> 1.02  2008-01-01
>    - added the arrowtype D>, sides as curves (ArrowD)
>    - added the whole algebraic parser stuff
>    - added function tan := sin cos div
>    - added function Tan := sin cos Div
>    - added Pyth2 for 2 points given by xA yA xB yB
>    - change variable names from x,y to xOrig, yOrig for
>             EllipticArcArrow
>    - move font setting for \psgrid into pstricks.tex
> 
> 
> vtex.con ------
> 0.02 2008-01-01
>    - disable transparent color setting
> 
> 
> ---- pstricks-add.tex
> v 3.00  2008-01-01
>    - delete transalpha stuff (moved into pstricks.tex)
>    - load header file pst-algparser.pro
> 
> pst-3dplot.tex --------
> 1.79  2008-01-03
>    - add option algebraic for 3d plots
>    - fix bug with ellipse phi=f(alpha)!

The catalogue entries are:
http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html
http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html
http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html
(those files will be updated to reflect the new version overnight)

The updated material may be browsed as follows
pstricks     -- http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/
pstricks-add -- 
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
pst-3dplot   --
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team


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