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    <title>CTAN has a new package: xargs</title>
    <link href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/1193920037.9520.5.camel&#64;alan.smcvt.edu" />
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    <updated>2007-11-01T08:27:17Z</updated>
    <summary>A new package has gone up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite
mirror.

Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon

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      <pre xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">A new package has gone up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite
mirror.

Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: xargs
Author's name: Manuel  Pégourié-Gonnard
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xargs
Summary description: Easily defining commands with many optional arguments
License type: lppl


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    <title>CTAN Update: xargs</title>
    <link href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/alpine.DEB.1.00.0803242139201.11002&#64;wintermute.proteosys" />
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    <updated>2008-03-24T21:40:55Z</updated>
    <summary>On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 Manuel Pegourie-Gonnard submitted an update to the

  xargs 

package.

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      <pre xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 Manuel Pegourie-Gonnard submitted an update to the

  xargs 

package.

The package provides extended versions of \newcommand and related LaTeX 
commands, which allow easy and robust definition of macros with many optional 
arguments, using a clear and simple xkeyval-style syntax.

Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xargs
Summary description: extented optional arguments handling
License type: lppl

Announcement text: <hr>Two new features:

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