CTAN update: glossaries

[CTAN Announcements]

yesterday, my upload daemon wrote:

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> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: glossaries
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries
> Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> v1.17:
>    * changed definition of \@glossary to prevent conflict with
>      memoir
> 
>    * added check to determine if \printglossary is defined. (If
>      it is, issue warning and redefine.)
> 
>    * provided means to suppress number list for specific entries
> 
>    * provided means to suppress description terminator for
>      specific entries
> 
>    * added cross-referencing support
> 
>    * added hierarchical support
> 
>    * added xindy support
> 
>    * modified \glshypernumber to support \nohyperpage
>      (code provided by Heiko Oberdiek)
> 
>    * added 2 and 3-page suffix support
> 
>    * added "order" package option to set word/letter ordering
>      (only has an effect in combination with makeglossaries script)
> 
>    * added Brazilian dictionary (supplied by Thiago de Melo)

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/glossaries.html

(note that the entry will be updated overnight tonight.)

> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team