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Liam Huang submitted an update to the

CTeX

bundle.

Version: 2.6.0 2026-06-23
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

ctex v2.6.0 is a major release that synchronises the bundle with
recent LaTeX2e and expl3 baselines and addresses long-standing
issues across heading, font, and engine-adaptation subsystems.

NEW FEATURES
* New experimental option experiment/font-size-system selecting
between word, letterpress (was traditional) and user-defined
Chinese font-size tables (#543, #813).
* Document clarifies that "letterpress" denotes one specific
metal-type font-size system rather than the only traditional
one (#871).
* pdfLaTeX with UTF-8 input now prefers the
\DeclareUnicodeCharacter definition for four-byte UTF-8
characters (#815).
* Document fonts unified to the Noto CJK family (#686).

BUG FIXES
* hyperref driverfallback is now handled per loading state to
avoid duplicate-setting warnings (#715).
* The \verb / \do@noligs xkanjiskip leak under upLaTeX is fixed
by porting the lltjcore patch (#556).
* pifont's interchartokenstate no longer leaks into the output
routine via a vertical-mode page break (#688).
* Heading documentation explains the interaction between the
runin and aftertitle options (#574).
* Fixed corrupt argument signature \@@_char_auxi:NNNN
(was NNN).
* CJKpunct override of CJKglue in the preamble now works for all
engines via the engine-deferred redefinition pattern (#761).

BREAKING CHANGES
* \newCJKfontfamily defines its font-switching command locally
instead of globally (#751/PR #773), aligning with
\newcommand semantics inside groups.
* Removed compatibility shims for LaTeX2e older than 2020/10/01
(#746).
* Minimum LaTeX3 (expl3) baseline raised to 2025/10/09.

DEPRECATIONS
* Replaced deprecated _tl keys with \l_keys_key_str and
\l_keys_choice_str (#806).
* Replaced deprecated \char_to_utfviii_bytes:n.

Full ChangeLog (per \changes{v2.6.0} entries) is in the package
documentation.

Source and issue tracker:
https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit

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https://ctan.org/pkg/ctex

The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/chinese/ctex/

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For the CTAN Team
Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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Liam Huang submitted an update to the

CTeX

package.

Version: 2.6.1
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This release fixes one bug.

BUG FIXES

- Fixed a missing error message in the third sub-branch (`zhmap != false`) of `\ctex_zhmap_case:nnn` under the pdfTeX branch of the `windows` font set option.

Source code: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit
Issue tracker: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit/issues --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This package is located at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/chinese/ctex

More information is at
https://ctan.org/pkg/ctex


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Liam Huang submitted an update to the

CTeX

package.

Version: 2.6.2
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This release adds FangSong font support for the `ubuntu` fontset, fixes a metadata inconsistency, refactors the source structure, and improves the documentation typography.

NEW FEATURES

- The `ubuntu` fontset now includes a FangSong configuration and the `\fangsong` command. When compiling with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, the font is automatically selected from Zhuque FangSong, FandolFang, or Source Han Serif, in that order (#908).

BUG FIXES

- Fixed `\ProvidesExplFile` in `ctex-heading-*.def` where the declared filename (`ctex-*.def`) did not match the actual filename.

IMPROVEMENTS

- Split the monolithic `ctex.dtx` into six source files: `ctex.dtx` (install script and user documentation), `ctex-kernel.dtx`, `ctex-engine.dtx`, `ctex-scheme.dtx`, `ctex-auxpkg.dtx`, and `ctex-fontset.dtx`. Refactoring by Xia Mingyu (#937).
- Enabled `Language` and `PoZheHaoLigature` for the documentation font, so that em dashes render as full-width ligatures (#382).
- Switched the documentation monospaced font to Zhuque FangSong and the italic font to LXGW WenKai GB Lite (#908).

Source code: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit
Issue tracker: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit/issues --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This package is located at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/chinese/ctex

More information is at
https://ctan.org/pkg/ctex


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Liam Huang submitted an update to the

CTeX

package.

Version: 2.6.3
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This release adds a public interface for querying CTeX heading numbering, improves LuaTeX compatibility, and updates documentation.

BREAKING CHANGES

- Block loading the incompatible `CJKfntef` package on the LuaTeX backend; recommend using `lua-ul` instead (#381).

NEW FEATURES

- Provide interfaces to query heading numbers, full labels, and numbering switches by level, allowing Beamer theme authors to read and respond to CTeX localized numbering settings through public interfaces without accessing private
variables (#275).

DOCUMENTATION

- Document the compatibility behavior of preserving zero paragraph indentation (#402).
- Reorganize third-party compatibility notes by package, and add guidance on using ctex with `babel` and `biblatex` (#986, #987).

Source code: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit
Issue tracker: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit/issues

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This package is located at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/chinese/ctex

More information is at
https://ctan.org/pkg/ctex


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Liam Huang submitted an update to the

CTeX

package.

Version: 2.6.4
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

This release fixes one font mapping issue.

BUG FIXES

- `macnew`: The regular upright glyph for Song (o<iE+o) now uses Songti SC Regular (#994).

Source code: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit
Issue tracker: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit/issues

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For the CTAN Team
Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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Liam Huang submitted an update to the

CTeX

bundle.

Version: 2.6.5
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting

Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

This release fixes one bug.

BUG FIXES

- `\selectfont` no longer resets user-configured inter-CJK glyph spacing (#1068).

Source code: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit
Issue tracker: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit/issues

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https://ctan.org/pkg/ctex

The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/chinese/ctex/

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Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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