Release Notes
1.3 (2023-08-01)
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Added ZTemplate and Apache FreeMarker support, see FreeMarker and ZTemplate Templates.
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Added support for embedding BFO Graph Library graphs, see Graphs
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Added support for Factur-X invoice processing, see Factur-X
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Many improvements to PDF/UA output, and added support for soon-to-be-published PDF/UA-2
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Redid the
ext.MailExtension
class to add support for Configurations, including the first early draft of PDF/mail-1s. -
Include
javax.mail
andjavax.activation
into the "bundle" Jar, to allow conversion of RFC822 email to PDF without any additional Jars -
Added
-bfo-layer-type: file
to create a file attachment. -
Fixed the importing of metadata with
<link rel="meta">
, which was broken if used more than once, and also broken if specified as a<?link?>
processing instruction (which we hadn’t documented; see Linking Resources). -
Allow local resources to be attached to the PDF with
<link rel="attachment" href="#style">
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Updated
:has()
and:lang()
to the syntax from the latest draft, and fixed a couple of points where the distinction between invalid and non-matching selectors was not clear -
Added support for the draft css-link-params specification
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Fixed some issues with
filter()
function -
Added support for generated content inside SVG, eg
text::before { content: var(--param) }
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Add support for
column-span
elements from css-multicol -
Added support for tables inside multicolumn alements
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Correct distinction between three-value logic in
@media
and two-value logic in@supports
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Fixes when using multiple
<?xml-stylesheet?>
declarations with XSLT stylesheets. -
Add GlobalSign QSS signatures
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General layout improvements, mostly in multi-column layout
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Upgraded underlying PDF library from 2.27 to 2.28.4: this adds "sha3-256", "sha3-384", "sha3-512" as options for
hash
when signing, and adds support for Ed25519 and Ed448 key algorithms; fixes QR-Code issue with Kanji; improves PDF/UA and PDF/A output profiles
1.2 (2022-08-31)
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Fix for loading
file
URLs on Windows -
Fixed hyperlinks in SVG so they reflect the outline of the content rather than the bounding-box.
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clip-path
set on aninline-block
element was not clipping properly. -
General fixes for 3D transforms; fix clip when
overflow:hidden
on grandparent andtransform
on parent. -
SVG
<a>
elements now closely wrap the content, rather than the rectangular box. -
Opacity was being applied twice when it was set on an element with filter
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Automatically convert MathML "content markup" to "presentation markup"
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Fixed static position of inline absolute where it was the first child of the parent.
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Implemented
reversed()
function for counters, fixed positioning for inline counters.
1.1 (2022-07-28)
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"display:grid" was causing a hard failure, but should instead have been simply unrecognised
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"lookahead" mode was undocumented and should be on by default (it was off). Added documentation.
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Trim any trailing blank pages from the PDF output
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Several fixes to footnote sizing/positioning. Footnote regions now accept
max-height
and fragment across pages. -
Several fixes to flex layout.
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Fixed a multi-column layout issue relating to column balancing.
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Removed some debug output
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Adjust webservice logging to record IP of remote host, and log local times rather than UTC
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Added
proxy_servers
andauthorities.from
to web-service configuration options, to allow limiting access to the web-service by IP. -
Fixed some issues in the webservice where HTTP Keep-alive would sometimes fail
1.0 (2022-07-18)
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Initial Release
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Build on PDF Library 2.26.5
Known Issues
Short / Medium term (under development or scheduled).
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CSS Flex layout has bugs. Flex items do not currently fragment.
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CSS Multi-column layout module has bugs. Multi-column spanners (
column-span
) are not yet implemented. Footnotes in multi-column containers are not yet implemented. -
RTL table layout is not working
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transform-style: preserve-3d
is not yet implemented.
Long term issues; no planned development
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CSS Grid layout
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CSS Ruby layout
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CSS
writing-mode
for vertical text -
text-emphasis
markers -
CSS region fragmentation
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OpenType 1.9 COLRv1 color fonts
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OpenType variable fonts
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SVG2 multi-line text
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The
plus-lighter
andplus-darker
blend modes have no PDF equivalent so can’t be implemented.