From d3e0375ca41ebad2625c6fedf57992a8db8cd0ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 03:01:48 +0000 Subject: CTAN sync 202007220301 --- macros/latex/contrib/horoscop/README | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'macros/latex/contrib/horoscop/README') diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/horoscop/README b/macros/latex/contrib/horoscop/README index 0f1f53d116..5fbcef74bd 100644 --- a/macros/latex/contrib/horoscop/README +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/horoscop/README @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -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/ -- cgit v1.2.3