Submission: The AcroTeX eDucation Bundle

[Robin Fairbairns]

D P Story writes:

> -- mail the administrators (ctan at dante.de) to report:
>    + what you've uploaded
> 
> I've uploaded to the uk ctan server, in the incoming/webeq directory
> the following files:
> 
>  154606 Feb 10 23:32 acrotex.zip
>   12863 Feb 10 23:45 dljslib.dtx
>    2174 Feb 10 23:45 dljslib.ins
>   13221 Feb 10 23:32 eq_pdfs.zip
>   63311 Feb 10 23:46 insdljs.dtx
>    1963 Feb 10 23:46 insdljs.ins
>    3080 Feb 10 23:32 readme.txt
>  815769 Feb 10 23:39 webeqman.pdf
>  542565 Feb 10 23:44 webeqman_p.pdf
> 
> 
>    + which CTAN node you've uploaded to
> 
> uk: ftp.tex.ac.uk
> 
>    + where you want the files to go
> 
> I have a directory
> 
> tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/webeq
> 
> delete all files in that folder, and replace with the files listed above.
> 
>    + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list
>      below).
> 
> lppl            LaTeX Project Public Licence
> 
>    + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do.
>    (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy 
> processing)
> 
> 
> I've just uploaded the Web/Exerquiz Packages, now bundled 
> together under the name "AcroTeX eDucation Bundle", read,
> "AcroTeX Education Bundle".
> 
> The AcroTeX Bundle is a series of LaTex packages, as the name 
> implies, is intended for, but not limited to, the creation of electronic 
> education materials, authored using LaTeX, with final file form of 
> PDF.
> 
> The materials are available for users of Distiller 5.0 or later (though 
> prior will work too), pdftex or dvipdfm.  Distiller users must make 
> their postscript document using either dvips or dvipsone.
> 
> The bundle comes with four componets
> (1) The Web.sty : for good screen design
> (2) The Exerquiz Package : for online exercises and quizzes
> (3) The insdljs Package : for introducing document level JavaScript 
> into the PDF document from a LaTeX source
> (4) The dljslib Package : A library of JavaScript functions, with the
> package, you can "check out" a function for use in your document 
> 
> What's New: The introduction of the insdljs Package enables the 
> LaTeX author to write his/her own JavaScript in the LaTeX source,
> the functions end up at the document-level of the final PDF 
> document. This is a standalone package that needs only hyperref
> and verbatim.
> 
> Exerquiz has been rewritten to use this package, and new 
> arguments of the math fill-in macro are introduced that lets the 
> author specify a JavaScript procedure that will process a given 
> question. As such, Exerquiz becomes quite programmable. See 
> jqzspec.pdf for example to see how Exerquiz can now process 
> math fill-in questions for which the answer is expected to be a 
> vector.  In addition to math fill-in questions, there is now text fill-in 
> as well, this too has many options.
> 
> In anticipation of the usefulness of insdljs, I recently wrote the 
> dljslib package. This package acts as sort of a library of routines 
> you can insert into your document. Very cool.

i've installed the macros (and other things) as requested.  thanks for
the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team