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Nan Geng submitted an update to the

suanpan-l3

package.

Version: 2.0.0 2026-08-04
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-bids suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw

Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.Renamed the bid command to bead.
2.Added range syntax support for the \rods command, supporting both start-end and start-end-step forms.
3.Added an optional counting point parameter for the \rods command.
4.Added the numrods option to set the maximum number of rods, allowing flexible control over the size of the abacus.
5.Implemented static component caching to reduce redundant drawing.
6.Improved the error reporting mechanism.
7.Revised and enhanced the documentation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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More information is at
https://ctan.org/pkg/suanpan-l3


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Nan Geng submitted an update to the

suanpan-l3

package.

Version: 2.0.1 2026-08-09
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-beads suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw

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

1.Removed the numrods option and lifted the restriction on abacus size.

2.Fixed a bug in the rod value range checking code.

3.Optimized code for improved maintainability.

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For the CTAN Team
Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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Nan Geng submitted an update to the

suanpan-l3

package.

Version: 2.1.1 2026-08-12
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-beads suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw

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

1.Optimized the suanpan environment to avoid unnecessary computations
and operations.

2.Cached 21 rod unit for values 0rCo20 to improve compilation speed.

3.Added range syntax (start-end, start-end-step) and repetition syntax
(value[count]) support for \rods.

4.Added range syntax (start-end) support for the position list of \bead.

5.Further improved the error reporting mechanism.

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https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/suanpan-l3/

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For the CTAN Team
Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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