See also INFO/Changes-ver_2 for changes released for PDF::API2, and
incorporated into PDF::Builder.
See also INFO/Changes_2021 for earlier version 3 release logs.
3.024 2022-09-12
lib/PDF/Builder/Resource/CIDFont/TrueType/FontFile.pm
"loca" table in TTF is optional, so to fix PDFAPI2#47, return from
subsetByCId() method early if no such table. According to PDFAPI2#37, it
may be necessary to instruct ttfont() to NOT subset the font. Also, it
appears that 'glyf' table may be missing in some fonts, so add check.
Doesn't blow up any more, but problem #47 persists even with this fix.
t/info.t (new), t/version.t (new), MANIFEST, tools/2_t-tests.pl
New t-tests per PDF::API2.
All "options" whose name begins with a dash (hyphen) "-" may now be given
without a dash. E.g., "-translate => [30,25]" may now be given as
"translate => [30,25]", or "'translate' => [30,25]". This is in keeping
with the new practices on PDF::API2. The old (dashed) names are still
valid, although they may be deprecated in the future.
lib/PDF/Builder/Content.pm
advancewidth() adds alias text_width(), per PDF::API2 changes.
lib/PDF/Builder/Content.pm
Fix problems in position() and textpos() methods reported by J Vromans,
where the returned X coordinate was incorrect after being set twice.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm
New interfaces added for metadata query and set.
INFO/RoadMap Add thoughts on an Environments package
lib/PDF/Builder.pm, INFO/KNOWN_INCOMPAT
Various changes to keep compatibility with latest PDF::API2, although
not all old methods are deprecated. Some methods are added, some are
renamed (alternate names added), and some may have minor changes or
extended functionality. See KNOWN_INCOMPAT for a description of these
minor differences.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm, lib/PDF/Builder/ViewerPreferences.pm (new), MANIFEST
Per PDF::API2 change, split up function of $pdf->preferences into several
easier-to-use methods: page_mode(), page_layout(), viewer_preferences(),
open_action().
lib/PDF/Builder/NamedDestination-Annotation.pm, t/named-destinations.t
(new), MANIFEST, tools/2_t-tests.pl, examples/042_links
Minor cleanup plus locations may now be given without leading dashes.
'link' is now alias for 'goto', 'file' is now alias for 'launch', 'url'
is now alias for 'uri', and 'pdf_file' and 'pdfile' are now aliases for
'pdf' method names.
lib/PDF/Builder/Dict.pm
Fix doubled $class (per PDF::API2 fix).
INFO/old/.travis.yml.HOLD
Remove per PDF::API2 removal of .travis.yml
lib/PDF/Builder/Content.pm
For linejoin()/line_join() and linecap()/line_cap(), allow alpha
strings ("miter" or "m", etc.) in addition to numeric values (0, etc.).
For PDF::API2 compatibility, many alternate method names exist now, such
as line_join() in addition to linejoin().
lib/PDF/Builder/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode.pm
Some minor fixes to improve spacing between bars and labels when both
-lmzn and -fnsz are set and the font size is larger than -lmzn. Per
PDF::API2 change. The barcode() convenience function has not been
implemented.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm, t/gif.t, t/jpg.t, t/png.t
Add convenience image() method to simplify use of image_jpeg(),
image_tiff(), image_pnm(), image_png(), image_gif(), and image_gd().
This is for PDF::API2 compatibility, and the original methods are
unchanged.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm, t/font-ttf.t, font-type1.t
Add convenience font() method to combine corefont(), ttfont(), psfont(),
and bdfont(). This is for PDF::API2 compatibility, and the original
methods are unchanged. Font search path changes: add font_path() and
set_font_path() for base search paths for fonts. Rename addFontDirs()
to add_to_font_path() (keeping the old name around). Note that, unlike
corefont(), font() requires the exact name of a standard core font.
Kerning defaults to "on" when using font(), unlike other font methods.
lib/PDF/Builder/Page.pm, lib/PDF/Builder.pm
Deprecate unneeded update() method. Per PDF::API2 changes.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm
Rename method end() to close(). close should be used for new work.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm, t/deprecations.t, t/pdf.t, t/rt67767.t
Rename method open_scalar() to from_string(). from_string() should be
used for new work. This is for compatibility with PDF::API2 changes
renaming open_scalar() to from_string(). Although open_scalar() should
still be supported for some time, it is possible that it may be
deprecated and removed in the future.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm
Permit the save(filename) method to be used as an alias for
saveas(filename). This is for compatibility with PDF::API2 changes
combining save() and saveas(). Note that this is NOT good interface
design, to use 'save' for both purposes.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm, lib/PDF/Builder/Lite.pm, t/annotate.t, t/barcode.t,
t/bbox.t, t/circular-references.t, t/content.t, t/cs-webcolor.t,
t/deprecations.t, t/extgstate.t, t/gd.t, t/gif.t, t/jpg.t, t/outlines.t,
t/pdf.t, t/png.t, t/pnm.t, t/rt120450.t, t/rt67767.t, t/69503.t,
t/text.t, t/tiff.t, t/viewer-preferences.t, examples/011_open_update,
t/resources/test-rgba.png (new), MANIFEST
pdf->stringify() renamed to pdf->to_string() (original still available).
Also catch up on some new t-tests from API2.
lib/PDF/Builder/Basic/PDF/File-Objind.pm
Per RT131657 PDF::API2 fix, Suppress recursion warnings while releasing
(destroying) PDF indirect objects, which can be highly-interconnected
(reported by Leon Winter).
lib/PDF/Builder.pm
Revise RT41971 fix per PDF::API2 change for outlines (no functional change)
lib/PDF/Resource/Font/SynFont.pm
Code cleanup per PDF::API2. This includes a number of renamed options
(old ones are still supported) and changed behavior for 'bold' if
coming through alternate name synthetic_font(). Read the documentation
for synfont/synthetic_font to ensure that you won't be tripped up by
any changes, or differences between the two.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm per PDF::API2 fix, messages if fail to open input PDF
CONTRIBUTING minor update
docs/buildDoc.pl update to better handle non-PDF::Builder doc builds
Makefile.PL, META.json, META.yml, README.md
Perl 5.24 is the earliest supported version.
README.md add manual build section
t/tiff.t add exclude_version() function to exclude GhostScript or
ImageMagick from all or selected uses, if your installed version
falls with a range of excluded version numbers. This is to fix a problem
where certain GhostScript versions were built with a bad library.
Currently, the bad builds are believed to be limited to GhostScript
9.56.0 and 9.56.1. If you have this version, two of the tests in tiff.t
(13 and 16, lzw+horizontal predictor, not converted to flate) will be
skipped with "GhostScript not found".
META.json, META.yml, MANIFEST add "provides" entry to make package
sites happier.
INFO/RoadMap add comments on PCF-format bitmapped fonts, and possible
MathJax-based eqn support.
INFO/LICENSE, MANIFEST
License moved up to top level, to make package sites happier.
examples/HarfBuzz.pl, examples/resources/HarfBuzz_example.pdf
Add 'fj' and 'ij' ligatures, although Times doesn't appear to include
them.
examples/020_textrise add baselines and additional examples
lib/PDF/Builder/Docs.pm, examples/HarfBuzz.pl
Adobe Acrobat DC has changed its installed fonts location, so several
non-Latin entries had to be updated.
lib/PDF/Builder/Resource/CIDFont.pm
Per PDF::API2 code style changes and uninitialized variable fix.
INFO/Changes_2021, MANIFEST, README.md, lib/PDF/Builder.pm, INFO/LICENSE
2022 copyright.
lib/PDF/Builder/Annotation.pm, t/annotate.t, examples/040_annotation,
examples/041_annot_fileattach, examples/042_links
Annotations revert to "no border" [#176] to match up with PDF::API2
behavior.
lib/PDF/Builder.pm per #171, allow blank or prefix-only page label (on
Reader's thumb slider) with -style => 'nocounter'.
lib/PDF/Builder/Basic/PDF/File.pm
Per RT 136648, PDF::API2 fix when writing xref streams. Note that while
there is no longer an error message (fixed some time ago in PDF::Builder),
there is still some new material (an XRef stream) added at the end of
the PDF, at each save (for both PDF::API2 and PDF::Builder). Something
still needs to be done about this, some time later.
lib/PDF/Builder/Resource/XObject/Image/GD-GIF-JPEG-PNG-PNM-TIFF.pm
Add -name option to name the image object if desired.
In sync with PDF::API2, add -compress option for PNM.
lib/PDF/Builder/Resource/XObject/Image/GIF-PNM.pm minor changes to sync
with PDF::API2 changes.
examples/HarfBuzz.pl, examples/resources/HarfBuzz_example.pdf
show a better Chinese (CJK) example in vertical mode, which demonstrates
rotation of punctuation such as ( ). Continuation of #144.
INFO/RoadMap comments on page labeling (slider thumb) enhancements per
#171, including possibly integrating with header() and footer() calls
that place a page number on the paper, and any outline/bookmarks, so
that they all give a consistent page label (number).
optional_update.pl, MANIFEST, README.md
optional_update moved to tools/, otherwise it
was being placed in the PDF/ directory by the installer. Note that you
should be in your PDF::Builder root (parent of tools/) and run
tools/optional_update.pl.
(see INFO/Changes_2021 for earlier changes)
(see INFO/Changes-ver_2 for changes to PDF::API2 up through 2.034)