CTAN update: nameauth

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quoth the daemon:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: nameauth
> Author's name: Charles P. Schaum
> Package version: 0.92
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
> Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and
> flexibility in body text and index.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The nameauth package now builds under latex, lualatex, pdflatex, and
> xetex. The .dtx file functions as a test suite for the package using
> these engines.

thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/

The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team

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the daemon tells me, as i sit in post-prandial contemplation...

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: nameauth
> Author's name: Charles P. Schaum

> Package version: 0.94

> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
> Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and
> flexibility in body text and index.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

> Fine-tuning features added include: fine-grained indexing control,
> specific handling of certain naming conventions, and more extensive
> error-handling. Testing is welcome in order to declare the package to
> be stable and move it to 1.0.

[CTAN Announcements]

the daemon tells me:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: nameauth
> Author's name: Charles P. Schaum

> Author's email: charles...@att.net
> Package version: 0.96

> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
> Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and flexibility in body text and index.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

> Version 0.96 has addressed several package conflict issues and has a
> friendlier quick start guide. There remains an outstanding issue that
> is discussed, with manual workarounds, in the manual. Resolving that
> issue will be a final step toward version 1.0, and I welcome anyone's
> interest in finding a solution. It is my hope that this package will
> help others as much as it helps me.

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the daemon wrote:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: nameauth
> Author's name: Charles P. Schaum
> Author's email: charles...@att.net

> Package version: 1.0

> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
> Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and
> flexibility in body text and index.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

> This marks the 1.0 release, in which all the initial goals of the
> package have been met. Its design has been informed but the Chicago
> Manual of Style, but it should work for general use and perhaps more
> so in Continental typography. I truly stand on the shoulders of
> giants, whom I thank heartily for bringing me this far.

thanks for the upload (and congratulations on the achievement!); i've