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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2020-07-22 03:01:48 +0000
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-This is version 0.92 of the horoscop package for typesetting astrological
+This is version 1.0 of the horoscop package for typesetting astrological
charts in LaTeX.
Features include:
* A unified interface for astrological symbols/glyphs, supporting three
- different astrological fonts as well as text abbreviations.
+ different astrological fonts as well as text abbreviations and Unicode
+ astrological symbol code points.
* Support for invoking Astrolog or Swiss Ephemeris to calculate charts.
Positions can also be specified manually.
* Loading and saving object and cusp positions into TeX macros.
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ Typesetting astrological symbols requires an appropriate font. The horoscop
package can work with the marvosym, wasysym, and starfont LaTeX packages,
with varying quality in the results; starfont is recommended and default.
It can also use text-only substitutes if none of those packages are
-available.
+available, or in XeLaTeX or LuaTeX it can use Unicode code points, in which
+case font management to typeset those code points is left to the TeX
+enginge to resolve.
Other, less significant, dependencies may exist; consult the PDF manual.
@@ -73,12 +76,21 @@ The horoscop package is public domain. External calculation software might
not be; you are responsible for any relevant licensing issues for any other
software you use.
-CONTACT AND LINKS
+LINKS AND TUG 2016 PRESENTATION
-LaTeX astrology page: http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/107
-GitHub repository: http://github.com/mskala/horoscop
-Online demo: http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/astrology/makechart.php
+LaTeX astrology page: https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/107
+Online demo: https://edifyingfellowship.org/astro/
+
+Skala, M. 2016. Astrological charts with horoscop and starfont. TUGboat,
+37(2):p. 182. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the TeX Users
+Group (TUG 2016), Toronto, Ontario, July 25-27, 2016.
+
+PDF from proceedings: https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb37-2/tb116skala.pdf
+PDF of slides: https://tug.org/tug2016/slides/skala.pdf
+Video of talk: http://zeeba.tv/astrological-charts-with-horoscop-and-starfont/
+
+CONTACT
Matthew Skala
mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca
-http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/
+https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/