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  • CTAN update: luamplib

    From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Sun Mar 8 15:08:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.40.0 2026-03-07
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * new metapost macro, withmplibopacities

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  • From CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Sat Mar 21 09:47:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version number: 2.40.2 2026-03-20
    License type: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXos built-in MetaPost interpreter

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


    * new option for asgroup: asgroup "off"
    which will generate an ordinary From XObject rather than group XObject.

    * \mplibmakenocache{*} will suppress making caches for *.mp files.


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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Wed Mar 25 12:04:27 2026
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    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.40.3 2026-03-24
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * fix mplibgraphictext for variable fonts (#178)

    * fix mplibglyph for variable fonts with axis option

    * 'outputdir' is now a lua function and called upon when needed.

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Sat Mar 28 11:50:58 2026
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    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.40.4 2026-03-27
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    Runtime file change:
    * call pattern-related routine before transparency group routine
    so that shading pattern upon transparency group works as documented

    Documentation changes:
    * add caution about shading pattern in a transparency group (1.2.13)
    * add a remark about axis feature of variable fonts (1.2.9)

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Fri Apr 3 14:36:31 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.40.5 2026-04-02
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * mplibglyph operator accepts Type1 font (.pfb) filename.
    N.B. Some glyphs in cmr10 and its family (or maybe other)
    Type1 fonts are not working properly.

    * fix the mplibgraphictext function to embolden rules
    when fakebold == 0

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  • From CTAN Announcements@manfred@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Fri Apr 10 15:06:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.40.6 2026-04-09
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * fix the function for shading pattern inside transparency group

    * [doc] add an example and caution re. shading pattern inside/outside
    a transparency group (1.2.13)

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


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  • From CTAN Announcements@manfred@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Wed Apr 15 13:58:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.40.7 2026-04-14
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * allow tiling pattern inside masking transparency group

    * fix for shading pattern inside transparency group in DVI mode

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


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  • From CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Fri Apr 17 11:12:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version number: 2.40.8 2026-04-16
    License type: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXos built-in MetaPost interpreter

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


    * [doc] add a remark and examples about the recommended way to get
    shading pattern with transparency group (1.2.13)

    * fix gather_resources function to support pgf package


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    More information is at
    https://www.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib

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  • From CTAN Announcements@manfred@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Wed Apr 29 14:26:45 2026
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    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.41.0 2026-04-28
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * new options for shading:
    - new macros withshadingpoints, withshadingcenters, and withshadingextend
    - revise the documentation on shading accordingly (1.2.6)

    * new options for transparency group, though both are not encouraged:
    - add colorspace option to \mplibgroup
    - allow color expressions in rgb/cmyk model after withmaskingbgcolor

    * [doc] replace the example in \mplibgroup section with a new one (1.2.14)

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    More information is at
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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Wed Mar 18 11:08:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.40.1 2026-03-17
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * new option for withmaskinggroup, withmaskingbgcolor <numeric>
    which sets the background color of the masking group

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Wed May 6 08:41:22 2026
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    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    bundle.

    Version: 2.41.1 2026-05-05
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * address the issue on the displacement of pdf link boxes (#189)

    * address the ages-old issue on nested mplibcode environments (#63)

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Wed May 13 09:05:42 2026
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    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.41.2 2026-05-12
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * new optional macro for shading: withshadingmatrix

    * new optional macros for fading: withfadestep, withfadefraction,
    withfadeextend, withfadematrix

    * new option for \mplibgroup: asgroup="wrapped"

    * fix the issue #63 (previous version was faulty with codeinherit)

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Wed May 27 09:20:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.41.3 2026-05-26
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * new optional argument for asgroup operator: wrapped

    * fix the parsing of asgroup option

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Thu Jun 11 15:46:08 2026
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    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.42.0 2026-06-10
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * new shading method "coons" which implemented Coons patch mesh shading

    * withshadingmatrix is available with path as well as picture objects

    * [doc] rearrange the order of subsections about metapost macros

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Thu Jun 18 08:30:44 2026
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    Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the

    luamplib

    package.

    Version: 2.42.1 2026-06-17
    License: gpl2

    Summary description: Use LuaTeXrCOs built-in MetaPost interpreter

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

    * new shading methods: "triangle", "lattice", and "tensor"

    * Coons patch mesh shading is available in DVI mode as well

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