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From #CTAN: Stephan Lukasczyk submitted an update to the dtk-bibliography package. Version: 2026-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Bibliography of “Die TeXnische Komödie” ctan.org/pkg/dtk-biblio… #TeXLaTeX 📚

From #CTAN: Naam Mohamed submitted the na-cover package. Version: 1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Custom artistic covers and borders for educational documents and magazines ctan.org/pkg/na-cover #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: Fabian Fuchs submitted an update to the beamer-varbox package. Version: 2026-05-12 License: lppl gpl Summary description: Provide beamer boxes with variable size corners ctan.org/pkg/beamer-var… #TeXLaTeX 📽️

From #CTAN: Vít Starý Novotný submitted an update to the expltools package. Version: 2026-05-12 License: lppl1.3c gpl2+ Summary description: Development tools for expl3 programmers ctan.org/pkg/expltools #TeXLaTeX 🛠️

From #CTAN: Udo Wermuth submitted the plain-grid package. Version: 1.0 2026-05-05 License: gpl3+ Summary description: Four sets of macros for typesetting on a baseline grid ctan.org/pkg/plain-grid #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the luamplib package. Version: 2.41.2 2026-05-12 License: gpl2 Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter ctan.org/pkg/luamplib #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: Stéphane Pasquet submitted an update to the pas-tableur package. Version number: 2.07 2026-05-12 License type: lppl Summary description: Create a spreadsheet layout ctan.org/pkg/pas-tableur #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: Nan Geng submitted an update to the nwafuthesis package. Version: 2.13 2026-05-12 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A thesis template package for Northwest A&F University, China ctan.org/pkg/nwafuthesis #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: François Pantigny submitted an update to the nicematrix package. Version: 7.9 2026-05-11 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Improve the typesetting of matrices and tabulars with PGF ctan.org/pkg/nicematrix #TeXLaTeX

@TeXUsersGroup @koppor In the upcoming v0.22.0 release of explcheck, planned for the end of May, I aim to add flow-aware analysis of the expandability of functions and boolean expressions, which we have been building towards over the past few releases. #LaTeX #expl3 #programming #TeXLaTeX #expltools

From #CTAN: J. A. Corbal submitted the screenwriter package. Version number: 1.0.2 2026-05-10 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Write film and television screenplays ctan.org/pkg/screenwrit… #TeXLaTeX 📺🎬

From #CTAN: The Tsinghua University TUNA Association submitted an update to the thuthesis package. Version: 7.7.0 2026-05-10 License: lppl1.3c Summary: Thesis template for Tsinghua University github.com/tuna/thuthesis ctan.org/pkg/thuthesis #TeXLaTeX @Tsinghua_Uni

From #CTAN: Naam Mohamed submitted the na-fancyborders package. Version: 1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Artistic TikZ page borders for educational documents and exams ctan.org/pkg/na-fancybo… #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: Akira Yamaji submitted an update to the mcf2graph package. Version: 5.30 2026-05-10 License: mit Summary description: Draw chemical structure diagrams with MetaPost ctan.org/pkg/mcf2graph #TeXLaTeX 🧪

From #CTAN: Berik I. Tuleuov submitted the babel-kazakh package. Version: 1.0 License: lppl Summary description: Kazakh language support for pdf/Xe/LuaLaTeX with babel and polyglossia ctan.org/pkg/babel-kaza… #TeXLaTeX 🇰🇿

From #CTAN: Erik Nijenhuis submitted an update to the lua-placeholders package. Version: 2.0.1 2026-05-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Specifying placeholders for demonstration purposes github.com/Xerdi/lua-plac… ctan.org/pkg/lua-placeh… #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: Ulrike Fischer submitted an update to the newpax package. Version: 0.58 2026-05-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Experimental package to extract and reinsert PDF annotations ctan.org/pkg/newpax #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: David Carlisle submitted an update to the colortbl package. Version: 1.0l 2026-05-01 License: lppl Summary description: Add colour to LaTeX tables ctan.org/pkg/colortbl #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: Elayson Abreu submitted an update to the abntexto package. Version: 1.1 2026-05-08 License: pd Summary description: LaTeX class for formatting academic papers in ABNT standards ctan.org/pkg/abntexto #TeXLaTeX

From #CTAN: Alex Ball submitted an update to the dccpaper package. Version: 2.7 2026-05-08 License: lppl1.3c cc-by-4 Summary description: Typeset papers for the International Journal of Digital Curation ctan.org/pkg/dccpaper #TeXLATeX @digitalcuration