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Hugo Gomes submitted an update to the
pgf-PeriodicTable
package.
Version: 2.1.6a 2026-05-06
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: Create custom periodic tables of elements
Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major changes:
*** v2.1.6a (06/05/2026) ***
Correction of the pgf-PeriodicTable.sty file: the previous version, 2.1.5, was included in the update to version 2.1.6.
*** v2.1.6 (03/05/2026) ***
Small bug fixes:
- the font selection in eDist is now within a group
- alignment for unavailable values '---' is now correctly centered vertically
- fixed a problem that occurs when changing the Z position (with \pgfPTbuildcell)
- fixed the resizing of boxes for some numeric values (larger than the width given in the built cell - via \pgfPTbuildcell)
Interaction with other packages (see pgfPT manual for more information):
- babel-spanish
- graphicx (\resizebox) & preview
- extdash
New translations:
- Russian translation provided by Konstantin Nikiforov
- Ukrainian translation provided by Nikita Khveshchuk
- Slovenian translation provided by Domen Vaupotic
New loading option:
- hyperref
New keys:
- legend xshift
- legend yshift
- legend acronyms at right
- radio symbol
- radio font
- radio font color
- Z links (available with the 'hyperref' loading option)
- Z links color (available with the 'hyperref' loading option)
- Z links outline width (available with the 'hyperref' loading option)
Updated keys:
- group numbers, now supports a list of user labels to display group numbers
- ls, now supports a starred version of the available flags - fig*, txt*, fig+txt* and txt+fig* - which omits the structure figure in the extra legend that describes the structures' abbreviations
New libraries:
'fittowidth': fits the Periodic Table to the text's width
- \pgfPTfittowidth[font size]
- \pgfPTendfittowidth
'override': user can override the default acronyms or the element names:
- \pgfPToverrideacros[language flag]{override list}
- \pgfPTrestoreacros[language flag]{override list}
- \pgfPToverridenames[language flag]{override list}
- \pgfPTrestorenames[language flag]{override list}
Fixed some typos in manual.
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More information is at
https://ctan.org/pkg/pgf-periodictable
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For the CTAN Team
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