CTAN package update: glossaries

[CTAN Announcements]

Dr Nicola L C Talbot wrote:

> Announcement text:
> 
> v3.0 (Major changes):
> 
>    * Documentation has been restructured:
> 
>      - glossaries-user: main user manual
>      - glossariesbegin: cut-down introduction for beginners
>      - mfirstuc-manual: user manual for mfirstuc package
>      - glossaries.pdf: documented code for advanced users
>      - glossary2glossaries: upgrading from glossary.sty to glossaries.sty
> 
>    * Added new package options:
> 
>      - entrycounter : number main (level 0) entries in the glossary.
> 
>      - counterwithin : set parent counter for the entry counter.
> 
>      - subentrycounter : number level 1 entries in the glossary.
> 
>      - sort : set the sort order to
>               - standard alphabetical (sort=standard),
>               - order of definition (sort=def)
>               - order of use (sort=use)
> 
>      - seeautonumberlist : automatically activates the number list
>                            for entries that use the "see" key.
> 
>      - savewrites : minimise number of \newwrite
> 
>      - compatible-2.07 :
> 
>          bug fixes in v3.0 have cause compatibility problems. This
>          package option will restore the old behaviour but bugs will
>          remain.  (Should mostly only effect documents that used
>          \noist with a custom Xindy style file.)
> 
>    * \printglossary sets \currentglossary to the current glossary's
>      label. (Allows custom glossary styles access to the glossary
>      type.)
> 
>    * Modified internal workings of acronyms and:
> 
>      - Added starred versions of \acrshort etc.
> 
>      - Added "long", "short", "longplural" and "shortplural" keys
>        (Reserved for use with \newacronym.)
> 
>      - Added analogous "longaccess", "shortaccess", "longpluralaccess"
>        and "shortpluralaccess" keys for \newacronym in
>        glossaries-accsupp.sty
> 
>    * Added \glsseeitemformat to customise the text given in the link
>      created by \glsseeitem.
> 
>    * \newglossaryentry key "nonumberlist" now boolean.
> 
>    * added debugging commands \showgloname etc.
> 
>    * now loads etoolbox:
> 
>      - replaced \DeclareRobustCommand with \newrobustcmd
> 
>      - replaced \@ifundefined with \ifcsundef
> 
>      - replaced \let...\undefined with \undef...
> 
>    * Bug Fixes:
> 
>      - now works with equation counter in amsmath's align
>        environment.
> 
>      - Mixed counters now work with xindy option.
> 
>      - Fixed hyperlinks in location numbers where \theH<counter>
>        has a prefix not present in \the<counter>.
> 
>      - If title specified in \printglossary but toctitle hasn't
>        been specified, make toctitle same as supplied title.
> 
>      - \newglossaryentry "see" key and \glssee now sanitize and escape
>        special characters before writing to output file. (Allows
>        user to redefine \seename any point before \printglossary or
>        \printglossaries.)
> 
>      - \glshyperlink: Changed the default value of the optional argument
>                       to \glsentrytext instead of \glsentryname.
> 
>    * mfirstuc.sty (v1.05):
> 
>      - added \glsmakefirstuc (replaces \@gls at makefirstuc) to make
>        it easier to customise.
> 
>    makeglossaries (v2.02):
> 
>    * now displays version number on startup unless -q
> 
>    * added more diagnostics to give more helpful messages than
>      those supplied by xindy or makeindex.

i have installed the new version, but the change to the catalogue entry
is going to take a little longer than usual.  it will be in place by the
time the catalogue is updated tonight.

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

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

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team