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4.5

4.5.10 (13.9.2021)

• Switch back to Lua based XML reader.

4.5.9 (12.9.2021)

• Allow Br before Image (342)

4.5.8 (30.8.2021)

• Remove spurious line break in HTML (340).

4.5.7 (25.8.2021)

• Bugfix for self closing HTML tags (339).
• Better length calculation in XPath expressions.

4.5.6 (16.7.2021)

• New layout function sd:tounit() for unit conversion.
• PlaceObject keepposition="yes" with absolute positioning.

4.5.5 (6.7.2021)

• Allow SetGrid to access data.

4.5.4 (2.7.2021)

• HSpace at the beginning of text (338).

4.5.3 (2.7.2021)

• Ignore data attributes for css styling (337).

4.5.2 (1.6.2021)

• Handle double XInclude with the new XML parser.

4.5.1 (25.5.2021)

• Internal changes (named attributes, more CSS alike style names).
• New Go based XML reader.

4.4

4.4.1 (25.5.2021)

• Bugfix for InsertPages (335).

4.4.0 (11.5.2021)

• Release version 4.4.

4.3

4.3.21 (11.5.2021)

• Warning for Windows users and non-ascii path names (310).

4.3.20 (4.5.2021)

• Bugfix for multiple NewPage (334).

4.3.19 (3.5.2021)

• Bugfix for InsertPages after NewPage (333).

4.3.18 (27.4.2021)

• Better border-collapse implementation (260, 332).

4.3.17 (26.4.2021)

• Various bugfixes (330, 331, 316, 317).

4.3.16 (16.4.2021)

• New alignment PlaceObject/hreference=center (327).
• Bugfix: NewPage openon="…​" at end of document (329).
• Print md5sum of XML files with --verbose.

4.3.15 (15.4.2021)

• New PDFOption for hyperlink borders.
• Transparency with text and images.
• MetaPost enhancements.

4.3.14 (24.3.2021)

• Change MetaPost variable names, add page.* variables.
• Bugfix error on sd:file-exists() and external resource (again).

4.3.13 (23.3.2021)

• MetaPost CSS colors and bug fixes.
• Bugfix error on sd:file-exists() and external resource.

4.3.12 (16.3.2021)

• Bugfix for Incscape on Windows (324).
• Set language on Hyphenation (319).

4.3.11 (16.3.2021)

• Bugfix for Incscape on Windows (324).
• Include metapost format in distribution.

4.3.10 (12.3.2021)

• Basic MetaPost functionality.

4.3.9 (10.3.2021)

• Better error message for problems running sdluatex.

4.3.8 (9.3.2021)

• Grow image if needed (maxwidth,maxheight set and stretch="yes") (321).

4.3.7 (8.3.2021)

• Bugfix visible-pagenumbers (320).

4.3.6 (23.2.2021)

• Bugfix Tablefoot (315).
• Cleanup Go source organization.
• Allow hyperlinks for Image and Box.

4.3.5 (12.2.2021)

• New variable for page sectioning (_matter).
• Bugfix li/p (313).
• sd:merge-pagenumbers() with hyperlinks.
• New layout function sd:visible-pagenumber().
• Link to pages (<A page="…​").
• Document parts (frontmatter, mainmatter) for different page numbering.
• New xpath function sd:romannumeral().

4.3.4 (4.2.2021)

• Set temporary directory in server mode.

4.3.3 (20.1.2021)

• Empty <p> in HTML mode creates an empty line (309).
• Bugfix: space creates a new line in HTML mode (308).

4.3.2 (19.1.2021)

• Bugfix for newlines introduced by empty attributes (306).
• Support for mulitple br tags in HTML (303, 305).
• Bugfix for rowspan in table head (300).

4.3.1 (13.1.2021)

• $_lastpage handles final NewPage (299).
• Empty paragraph results in newline (297).
• Fix indentation of UL/OL, set fontfamily.
• Harfbuzz: fix accents placement (296, 298).
• HTML: allow br in elements (293).
• HTML parser: handle void elements.
• Windows 64 bit package

4.2

4.2.0 (9.1.2021)

• Release version 4.2

4.1

4.1.25 (6.1.2021)

• Rewrite command Initial (backwards incompatible change) (287).

4.1.24 (4.1.2021)

• Styling of li::before (286).
• Underline after dash (291).
• Bookmark at PlaceObject level (290).
• Bugfix incrorrect line height (289).

4.1.23 (15.12.2020)

• Implement li::before for alternative bullet points. (286)

4.1.22 (11.12.2020)

• Bugfix for right-to-left and empty strings (285).

4.1.21 (8.12.2020)

• Beautify version information (284).
• Bugfix for incorrect font scaling (283).

4.1.20 (7.12.2020)

• Bugfix for thin lines in qrcodes (282).

4.1.19 (3.12.2020)

• Lots of minor changes (documentation and re-organization of internal code).

4.1.18 (23.11.2020)

• New options columndirection in Pagetype.
• Bugfix for initials in rtl mode.
• Re-organize Go files, move sp server to a separate package.

4.1.17 (18.11.2020)

• Fixes for bidi text/right to left text, documentation updates.

4.1.16 (13.11.2020)

• Bugfix for background-color and word space.

4.1.15 (12.11.2020)

• Some right-to-left and mixed ltr/rtl fixes.
• Bugfix for rowspan in table heads (279, 280).
• Remove doctype from XML catalog (this is due to a regression in VSCode/XML mode).
• Report missing glyphs for harfbuzz mode.

4.1.14 (30.10.2020)

• Automatic NewPage before SavePages (forward mode).
• Bidi algorithm (experimental).

4.1.13 (28.10.2020)

• Set page width and page height at Pagetype.
• Bugfix color at end of a paragraph (276).

4.1.12 (27.10.2020)

• Paragraph: allow direction setting (experimental).
• Bugfixes for harfbuzz mode.
• Allow setting of fontloader in sp/config.
• Higher resolution for QA images.
• Schema fix (languages).

4.1.11 (22.10.2020)

• Better accents placement in harfbuzz mode (RTL).
• Bugfix for hyphenation after a <br> (274).
• Deprecate fontface on text commands (Paragraph, Textblock, Initial, Text, Barcode, Table, Nobreak). This command will stop working in version 5.

4.1.10 (21.10.2020)

• Set language on Span (273).
• Allow language shortcodes in XML Schema.
• First preperations for right-to-left text.
• Schema fix (allow XPath in Paragraph/language).
• Buffix textformat/margin bottom and border bottom (262).

4.1.9 (19.10.2020)

• Bugfix reordering bookmarks with forward pagestore.
• Guess language/script if not explicitly set (harfbuzz mode).
• Lazy loading of fonts.
• Bugfix empty first table head and last table foot (271).
• More diagnostic information on failed server mode publisher run.

4.1.8 (13.10.2020)

• Bugfix textformat in table cells (270).
• Add kerning in harfbuzz mode, allow kern tracing.
• Disable liga in harfbuzz mode.
• Replace font CrimsonText by CrimsonPro.

4.1.7 (7.10.2020)

• Add basic support for simplified Chinese. (204)
• Fix HTML whitespace handling.

4.1.6 (5.10.2020)

• Better padding-left and padding-right on Paragraph (fixes 267).
• Control vertical spacing in HTML mode and HTML data.
• Enhance harfbuzz font loader (more supported fonts).
• Server temporary directories can start with any character.

4.1.5 (1.10.2020)

• Access options during the prepressing stage.

4.1.4 (1.10.2020)

• Bugfix ordering of ul/ol li (264).
• Margin notes left for Paragraph.

4.1.3 (28.9.2020)

• Fix HTML ul/ol and li.
• Allow xinclude in table cells (263).

4.1.2 (23.9.2020)

• Few bugfixes and improvements (Barcode/keepfontsize).

4.1.1 (14.9.2020)

• New paragraph construction mode and new HTML processing, better language support.

4.1.0 (8.9.2020)

• Bugfix for locale setting.

4.0

4.0.0 (7.9.2020)

• Release stable version 4.0.0.

3.9

3.9.36 (7.9.2020)

• New Option reportmissingglyphs="warning".

3.9.35 (26.8.2020)

• Bugfix for empty Value tag.

3.9.34 (24.8.2020)

• Safe require harfbuzz library, new binaries for Windows/Mac/Linux.

3.9.33 (23.8.2020)

• Disable harfbuzz on windows.

3.9.32 (21.8.2020)

• Experimental (unsupported) inclusion of harfbuzz renderer.

3.9.31 (16.8.2020)

• Allow interactions (hyperlinks) as a default.

3.9.30 (14.8.2020)

• Fix hyperlinks (no border in acrobat, make them work).

3.9.29 (14.8.2020)

• Bugfix for ForAll and reduced result set (261).

3.9.28 (3.8.2020)

• Bugfix for rowspan/colspan calculation. (259)

3.9.27 (31.7.2020)

• padding-left and padding-right on Paragraph. (258)

3.9.26 (29.7.2020)

• New xpath functions firstmark and lastmark to get the first and the last marker on a page.
• New internal variable $_lastpage that holds the page number of the previous run.

3.9.25 (26.7.2020)

• Bugfix for underline color (256).
• Enhance schema (257).

3.9.24 (10.7.2020)

• New <Option> randomseed.
• Bugfix for hyperlinks at the end of a line starting with space (255).

3.9.23 (5.7.2020)

• Server mode: /v0/pdf/‹id› deletes the PDF file on the server after the request.

3.9.22 (5.7.2020)

• Server mode: add configurable filter and extra-dir, move entries to section server.

3.9.21 (3.7.2020)

• Lua filter runtime.find_file to get the absolute path of a resource.

3.9.20 (2.7.2020)

• Server mode: specify modes in the URL.

3.9.19 (1.7.2020)

• Enhance HTML support (margin-top, margin-bottom and other).

3.9.18 (25.6.2020)

• Enhance HTML support.

3.9.17 (22.6.2020)

• Bugfix qrcode (from upstream).
• CSS border-radius.

3.9.16 (12.6.2020)

• Bugfix HTML, update documentation.

3.9.15 (10.6.2020)

• Update to new LuaTeX 1.12 (without visible changes).
• New Englisch manual.

3.9.14 (19.5.2020)

• Various bugfixes introduced in recent development version.

3.9.13 (15.5.2020)

• Bugfixes related finding the executable (254).

3.9.12 (12.5.2020)

• Two bugfixes related to HTML mode (252 and 253).

3.9.11 (12.5.2020)

• New HTML mode: better table support.

3.9.10 (10.5.2020)

• New HTML mode: sp html myfile.html.
• Second argument for sd:imageheight, sd:imagewidth for exact size.
• Image as a child of Output.

3.9.9 (21.4.2020)

• Enhanced HTML support.

3.9.8 (3.4.2020)

• New option PDFOptions/showbookmarks for Adobe Acrobat.

3.9.7 (31.3.2020)

• Bugfix: double hyperlink in one line (251)
• CSS: table 100% width, td: align
• Textformat: set margin at the top of the surrounding box.
• First (preliminary) version of the new HTML parser.

3.9.6 (12.3.2020)

• Table balancing: single tablerule in last frame gets into previous frame. (250)
• Bugfix: simple HTML table (249).
• Bugfix: html hyperlinks with widows/orphan (248).
• Bugfix: run_saxon() fails.
• Bugfix: backgroundcolor of table cells with defaults in Column (247).

3.9.5 (25.2.2020)

• Fix height calculation for cell allocation.

3.9.4 (14.2.2020)

• New way to call run_saxon in the preprocessing filter.

3.9.3 (10.2.2020)

• Set log file for server mode.

3.9.2 (27.1.2020)

• New option interaction to remove hyperlinks, handle U+2011 correctly.

3.9.1 (16.1.2020)

• External image processors and converter.

3.8

3.8.0 (14.1.2020)

• Release stable version 3.8.0.

3.7

3.7.24 (6.1.2020)

• A few bugfixes (242, 174, 239). Prepare for 3.8.

3.7.23 (19.12.2019)

• Add cache option "none".

3.7.22 (11.12.2019)

• Improvements for caching external media files.

3.7.21 (11.12.2019)

• Improvements for downloading assets.

3.7.20 (27.11.2019)

• New command line parameter: set image cache.

3.7.19 (25.11.2019)

• Bugfix for table balancing (243).

3.7.18 (22.11.2019)

• New finalizer callback and new http module in Lua filter.

3.7.17 (19.11.2019)

• Better error messages for external files loading (241).

3.7.16 (18.11.2019)

• Bugfix 2 for table balancing (240).

3.7.15 (5.11.2019)

• Bugfix for table balancing (240).

3.7.14 (31.10.2019)

• Halloween release. (Bugfix for SavePages in backward mode).

3.7.13 (28.10.2019)

• Update to LuaTeX version 1.11.1 for the new page_order_index callback.
• Allow mode access via $_mode variable.
• Remove feature “insert after” on NewPage.

3.7.12 (22.10.2019)

• New command line switch mode for alternative code execution.
• Re-order pages with SavePages and InsertPages.

3.7.11 (9.10.2019)

• Page number on errors and warnings

3.7.10 (11.9.2019)

• New command 'sp new' for scaffolding.
• Add XML Schema (XSD).

3.7.9 (3.9.2019)

• Allow Options to appear more than once in the layout file.

3.7.8 (15.8.2019)

• sd:group-width() now has a second parameter for get the exact width, just as sd:group-height().
• Allow re-setting the page dimensions.
• Better rotation in table cells.

3.7.7 (18.7.2019)

• Fallback for LoadFontfile.

3.7.6 (1.7.2019)

• Allow elements in Message.
• New XPath function number().
• Bugfix initials and line height.

3.7.5 (12.6.2019)

• Bugfix textformat/fill-last-line (234).
• Bugfix valign=bottom (233).

3.7.4 (21.5.2019)

• Bugfix table balancing (232).

3.7.3 (2.5.2019)

• AttachFile: set the PDF name of the included file.

3.7.2 (28.4.2019)

• Bugfix: TD with align=right containing only one or more spaces (230)
• AttachFile can select an XML node from data instead of reading from an external resource.

3.7.1 (2.4.2019)

• Some bug fixes (221, 225, 226, 228, 229).

3.6

3.6.0 (13.2.2019)

• Release version 3.6.0

3.5

3.5.13 (13.2.2019)

• Bugfix for valign="botton" in PlaceObject (222)
• Fix leading in paragraphs for small fonts (221)
• Fix URL breaking (173)
• Fix textformat tracing (172)

3.5.12 (31.1.2019)

• Bugfix for table balancing and break-below=no

3.5.11 (27.1.2019)

• Bugfix: set row when balancing tables.
• Row height in table balancing taken into account.

3.5.10 (21.12.2018)

• Various bugfixes. Remove XProc filter. New attribute clip with Frame. Update hyphenation patterns. XInclude for data. Move to Go 1.11 modules.

3.5.9 (29.11.2018)

• Default margin now 1cm, bugfix for dynamic table head and balance="yes".

3.5.8 (28.11.2018)

• Fix a few minor errors.

3.5.7 (21.11.2018)

• Bugfix table split and cursor movement (202).
• Support for PDF/X-3 and PDF/X-4.
• Basic support for PDF/UA (accessibility).

3.5.6 (9.11.2018)

• Better handling of rotation in table cells.

3.5.5 (30.10.2018)

• SVG on the fly conversion with Inkscape.
• Optional filename in Lua-filter XML-writer.

3.5.4 (4.10.2108)

• New file loader allows many ways to include files.
• Allow inclusion of files with non-ascii characters on Windows.

3.5.3 (25.9.2018)

• Various bugfixes (HTML-linking in data, pdf-dest link too low 198).

3.5.2 (18.9.2018)

• Letter spacing in Span.
• Break-below works with Tablerule.
• CID-keyd fonts can be used.
• Bugfixes for upper-case(), lower-case() and replace().
• Various bugfixes introduced by LuaTeX 1.0.7.

3.5.1 (5.9.2018)

• First release with dynamic library, mainly for testing.

3.4

3.4.0 (3.9.2018)

• Release version 3.4.0

3.3

3.3.14 (30.8.2018)

• Update to LuaTeX version 1.0.7
• sp compare HTML status report
• limit TCP connection to localhost

3.3.13 (22.8.2018)

• New command TableNewPage to eject a page within a table
• Access user variables within the Lua filter
• New xpath function lower-case()

3.3.12 (13.8.2018)

• Bugfix for table cell width calculation (194)
• Ellipsis can be drawn using the circle command.

3.3.11 (8.8.2018)

• Bugfix for tables spanning multiple frames (191)
• Ensure minimal length of last line of a paragraph (188)

3.3.10 (31.7.2018)

• sd:group-height() with a second argument, a unit.
• Bookmarks don’t change the zoom of the PDF
• Bugfix for NoBreak
• New Lua implementation for the filter (yuin/gopher-lua instead of Shopify/go-lua)

3.3.9 (18.6.2018)

• Various bugfixes, expose $_jobname

3.3.8 (18.6.2018)

• SaveDataset: rename attribute filename to name.
• Hyperlinks within documents
• Allow bookmarks in dynamic table headers (Tr/sethead='yes')
• XPath: fix comparison of elements and atomic values.

3.3.7 (13.6.2018)

• Text rotation in table cells (Td)

3.3.6 (1.6.2018)

• Bugfix in textformat/spacebelow (171)

3.3.5 (30.5.2018)

• New attribute minwidth to set the HSpace width.
• Various bug fixes (leaders in table, documentation links, space="…​" with LoadFontfile)
• New xpath function local-name()
• HTML text now allows the em tag
• “New” color model RGB for values between 0 and 255
• Add language “French” to schema.

3.3.4 (16.5.2018)

• Bugfixes for ctrl-c when running sp (167) and Output/balance="yes".

3.3.3 (15.5.2018)

• Bugfix: allow page format taken from the data source.
• Fix QR code generation.

3.3.2 (20.4.2018)

• Bugfix height calculation Output/Text and balance="yes"

3.3.1 (16.4.2018)

• Balance: padding-bottom and valign on last page
• Output/Text balance="yes" and textformat/column-padding-top

3.2

3.2.0 (27.3.2018)

• Release version 3.2.0

3.1

3.1.28 (27.3.2018)

• Documentation enhancements

3.1.27 (23.3.2018)

• Another bugfix with Tables

3.1.26 (23.3.2018)

• Bugfix with Tables (166)
• Bugfix with Ul/Li

3.1.25 (20.3.2018)

• Bugfix with XPath operators (165)
• Updated the German documentation

3.1.24 (16.3.2018)

• New feature: Table/balance="yes"

3.1.23 (14.3.2018)

• Tr/minheight allows length units

3.1.22 (9.3.2018)

• PlaceObject: enhance absolute positioning
• SortSequence: allow descending sort
• More detailled setting of orphan/widow

3.1.21 (16.2.2018)

• Bugfix for multipage table
• New standard fonts

3.1.20 (1.2.2018)

• Lot’s of font improvements, first attempt to get chinese right

3.1.19 (30.1.2018)

• Allow setting of PDF title and author

3.1.18 (29.1.2018)

• Fix fontmapping problem

3.1.17 (28.1.2018)

• Report glyphs missing from a font
• exit="yes" at Message to quit a publishing run

3.1.16 (19.12.2017)

• Allow other namespaces in Layout file
• Bugfix for FontFace

3.1.15 (7.12.2017)

• New command Span for background color

3.1.14 (1.12.2017)

• speedup

3.1.13 (30.11.2017)

• Use exeSufix for sp compare on Windows
• Bugfix for Output/allocate="auto"

3.1.12 (28.11.2017)

• Bugfix for future pages

3.1.11 (23.11.2017)

• Add Excel reader and RelaxNG validaton
• Add basic support for LuaTeX 1.0.4

3.1.10 (3.11.2017)

• Enhance Lua CSV reader

3.1.9 (31.10.2017)

• New Lua based pre-processing

3.1.8 (24.10.2017)

• New xpath function round, padding-* in Column

3.1.7 (22.10.2017)

• Various bugfixes (Grid, Fontface)

3.1.6 (27.9.2017)

• Various bugfixes

3.1.5 (8.9.2017)

• New feature: DefineTextformat/tab=hspace change tab into a stretching space

3.1.4 (6.9.2017)

• Bugfix: Image/page does not work with href

3.1.3 (22.8.2017)

• New xpath function sd:dimexpr() for calculation with dimensions

3.1.2 (31.7.2017)

• Bugfix for underline.

3.1.1 (28.7.2017)

• ZUGFeRD integration, new commands AttachFile and AddSearchpath

3.0

3.0.0 (25.7.2017)

• Release version 3.0

2.9

2.9.15 (12.7.2017)

• Force pagetype if provided at NewPage, strip NL/Tab at beginning / end of paragraph.

2.9.14 (27.6.2017)

• Allow font-family setting in CSS for custom element.

2.9.13 (27.6.2017)

• Bugfix numerical entities in data. New: base64 decode, filecontents.

2.9.12 (16.6.2017)

• Bugfix PlaceObject/hreference=right and absolute positioning

2.9.11 (18.5.2017)

• Lazy evaluation of defaultcolor / Pagetype, minor bugfixes.

2.9.10 (10.5.2017)

• New command: Groupcontents to insert a group in a Td. Bugfix XPath parser, sd:current-framenumber().

2.9.9 (8.5.2017)

• Lazy evaluation of Grid in Pagetype (130), bugfix nested tables (129), improved Initials (color), bugfix cursor movement (128)

2.9.8 (24.4.2017)

• Bugfix XML attributes with quotation marks

2.9.7 (16.4.2017)

• New command Initial.

2.9.6 (21.3.2017)

• Enhancements on Image/bleed="auto", extra allocation margin on PlaceObject

2.9.5 (9.3.2017)

• Absolute positioning now allows allocate="yes".
• New internal variables _bleed, _pagewidth, _pageheight
• New attribute bleed="…​" on Image.

2.9.4 (24.2.2017)

• Box with backgroundcolor="-" only allocates cells.

2.9.3 (20.2.2017)

• Bugfix resetmarks, new attribute defaultcolor on Pagetype, remove obsolete commands.

2.9.2 (10.2.2017)

• Bugfix for processing instructions in the XML file (will be ignored now)
• New feature: style <span> and other elemnts in data with CSS.

2.9.1 (8.2.2017)

• Bugfix: top-distance in Tr

2.8

2.8.1 (6.2.2017)

• Fix hotfolder (variable directory)

2.7

2.7.13 (3.2.2017)

• Use tempdir setting to calculate imagecache.

2.7.12 (26.1.2017)

• New command DefineFontalias
• Bugfixes for multipage tables

2.7.11 (16.1.2017)

• Makeindex: make page number attribute variable
• Bugfix: objects with ht > 0 and “jump to next row”
• Remove images from cache when 404.

2.7.10 (6.1.2017)

• Allow setting of error correction level for QR-codes.

2.7.9 (28.11.2016)

• allowbreak=" " does not break at a hyphen character anymore.
• NoBreak default is now 'keeptogether' which prevents a line break.

2.7.8 (25.11.2016)

• Change U+2011 (NON-BREAKING HYPHEN) to U+002D (HYPHEN-MINUS) and don’t insert a break.

2.7.7 (21.10.2016)

• Don’t clear image cache before first run

2.7.6 (14.10.2016)

• Better image cache - don’t re-load images during the same run.

2.7.5 (12.10.2016)

• New method for image caching. Rename Image/maxsize to visiblebox.

2.7.4 (3.10.2016)

• New command Trace for debugging selections. Remove show-* on Options.
• Behavior change with NextRow, remove command EmptyLine, compatibility switch with Compatibility.
• New Option: defaultarea.

2.7.3 (14.9.2016)

• New API /v0/statusfile/<id> to get the file publisher.status.

2.7.2 (14.9.2016)

• When PlaceObject goes past the right margin (for example in full width text), go to next row.

2.7.1 (8.9.2016)

• Fix error when fallback image is not found
• Emtpy attributes in Attribute don’t give a table value

2.7.0 (18.8.2016)

• Disable German layoutrules, bugfix (104) distribution error

2.6

2.6.1 (18.8.2016)

• Bugfix for Mac and Linux ZIP files

2.5

2.5.13 (10.8.2016)

• Bugfix for large tables (> 200 pages?)

2.5.12 (8.8.2016)

• Bugfixes for paragraph shape, move LuaTeX binary to different directory

2.5.11 (2.8.2016)

• Add padding-* to Stylesheet, allow image styling with CSS (padding only), add padding-* to Image

2.5.10 (2.8.2016)

• Many improvements for Text/Output and allocate="yes"
• Remove all German commands from the manual
• New attributes for Text: fontface, color and textformat
• Improvements to the documentation (spelling fixes), Language string "English (Great Britan)" corrected

2.5.9 (6.7.2016)

• Bugfix related to “jump to next area” and multipage table/

2.5.8 (2.7.2016)

• Bugfix get remaining height jumps to last line, even if “full”

2.5.7 (25.6.2016)

• Bugfix allocation on non-integer columns

2.5.6 (25.6.2016)

• Remove obsolete command ProcessRecord, add limit option for ProcessNode, bugfix Output/Text paragraph shape (89)

2.5.5 (23.6.2016)

• Various bugfixes / future objects and tables

2.5.4 (20.6.2016)

• Allow control over size of background-text in Td.

2.5.3 (18.6.2016)

• Include bugfixes from 2.4.4

2.5.2 (13.6.2016)

• (2.4.2) A few bugfixes related to sd:current-framenumber(), minheight in Textblock and looking for next free row.

2.5.1 (10.6.2016)

• Interpret <sub> and <sup> in data.
• Bugfix: pagetype and NewPage, version assertion in Layout tag

2.4

2.4.4 (18.6.2016)

• Various bugfixes: leaders disappear on a linebreak, Nobreak allows setting for font family, escape attribute contents, fix for bad images.

2.4.3 (17.6.2016)

• Bugfix related to an improper fix in 2.4.2 / find next free row for an object

2.4.2 (13.6.2016)

• A few bugfixes related to sd:current-framenumber(), minheight in Textblock and looking for next free row.

2.4.1 (9.6.2016)

• Bugfix: pagetype and NewPage, version assertion in Layout tag

2.4.0 (7.6.2016)

• Release version 2.4.0

2.3

2.3.77 (6.6.2016)

• Fallback filename for image (in case of image not found)

2.3.76 (2.6.2016)

• New API /v0/layout/<id> to get the layout.xml

2.3.75 (31.5.2016)

• New API /v0/data/<id> to get the data.xml
• Bugfix empty value should not make a space.

2.3.74 (23.5.2016)

• New API /v0/status to get all statuses

2.3.73 (20.5.2016)

• Allow frame number in sd:allocated()

2.3.72 (28.4.2016)

• Bugfix: element names with dash accpeted

2.3.71 (28.4.2016)

• New xpath function sd:allocated(x,y,name)

2.3.70 (26.4.2016)

• Messages can set error code on error

2.3.69 (25.4.2016)

• Bugfix indent and parshape with allocate="auto"

2.3.68 (8.4.2016)

• Bugfix: API /v0/pdf/<id> must wait for the pdf file to finish. Error happens with mutliple runs

2.3.67 (7.4.2016)

• ForAll has a new attribute: start to give the starting point (default: 1)

2.3.66 (5.4.2016)

• Change mechanism on image wrapping, only partly enabled.

2.3.65 (29.3.2016)

• Various bugfixes with HTML output and Output/Text

2.3.64 (21.3.2016)

• Underline in data respects CSS style

2.3.63 (18.3.2016)

• Bufgfix line height calculation with Output/Text and allocation = auto

2.3.62 (17.3.2016)

• Various bugfixes: paragraph shape, server wait until run finished

2.3.61 (14.3.2016)

• New feature U/dashed="yes"

2.3.60 (14.3.2016)

• Bugfix for HTML tables and sp --ignore-case / font files

2.3.59 (24.2.2016)

• Bugfix HTML tables

2.3.58 (22.2.2016)

• Experimental HTML tables

2.3.57 (19.2.2016)

• New sp option --ignore-case for case insensitive file loading

2.3.56 (18.2.2016)

• Bufgix Ouptut/allocate="auto"

2.3.55 (18.2.2016)

• halign on PlaceObject
• Much better wrap around with Output allocate="auto".

2.3.54 (8.2.2016)

• New XPath function sd:randomitem(Value, Value, Value)

2.3.53 (6.2.2016)

• Nobreak allows to cut text with …​
• PDF producer is set to LuaTeX, creator is set to speedata Publisher - version number
• Various bugfixes

2.3.52 (21.1.2016)

• Various bugfixes: multi paragraph Output with par shape, decode-html

2.3.51 (18.1.2016)

• Temporary directory configurable.

2.3.50 (18.1.2016)

• Dashed rules
• Leaders in HSpace

2.3.48 (12.1.2016)

• Server mode: id always start with a non-zero value.

2.3.47 (11.1.2016)

• New PDFOption Duplex

2.3.46 (8.1.2016)

• Vertical spacing between grid cells
• PDF options PrintScaling and PickTrayByPDFSize

2.3.45 (18.12.2015)

• API call /v0/status returns time stamp-

2.3.44 (16.12.2015)

• Write warnings to status file

2.3.43 (15.12.2015)

• Options / imagenotfound: error or warning

2.3.42 (13.12.2015)

• Access foo/@bar attributes on sub elements
• New shape: Circle

2.3.41 (10.12.2015)

• New xpath function substring()

2.3.40 (8.12.2015)

• Bugfix when reading a config file

2.3.39 (7.12.2015)

• Server mode honors jobname from publisher.cfg

2.3.38 (30.11.2015)

• New XPath function 'string-length()', bug fixes, prepare for LuaTeX 0.85

2.3.37 (19.11.2015)

• Bugfix for broken utf8/status file

2.3.36 (19.11.2015)

• Workaround for broken publisher.status file
• Table and vreference=bottom works.

2.3.35 (6.11.2015)

• Schematron rules in RelaxNG schema
• Image/href can omit file: scheme

2.3.34 (4.11.2015)

• Bugfix: configuration file requires end of line marker on last line

2.3.33 (4.11.2015)

• Possible bug fix with LoadDataset/Windows

2.3.32 (18.9.2015)

• Bugfix: height calculation in tables with row where break-below=no
• Much better table debugging with --trace
• Dynamic table heads can be removed
• Action / Mark can have multiple entries

2.3.31 (12.9.2015)

• New xpath function 'contains()'

2.3.30 (8.9.2015)

• New API call /v0/delete/id to remove the publishing request
• New xpath function sd:keep-alternating() to re-use the current alternating value.

2.3.29 (24.8.2015)

• Bugfix with servermode on windows

2.3.28 (11.8.2015)

• Textblock can have a minimum height.
• Option crop can take a length.

2.3.27 (7.8.2015)

• Bugfix for Overlay command: Image can be stacked on another element.

2.3.26 (7.8.2015)

• New command Overlay to stack objects.

2.3.25 (5.8.2015)

• New command line option --extra-xml and new configuration option extraxml to add additional XML files to the layout instructions (similar to xinclude).
• New configuration option var to add variables.
• New server mode api parameter vars to send additional variables to the publishing process.
• New command line option --varsfile to define more variables.

2.3.24 (26.6.2015)

• Add option »trimmarks«, show the trim box when show-grid is turned on.

2.3.23 (25.6.2015)

• Bugfix width calculation in the grid

2.3.22 (19.6.2015)

• Bugfix with dx and nx in SetGrid

2.3.21 (30.5.2015)

• New option crop for pages with a tight cropbox.

2.3.20 (21.4.2015)

• Bugfix: width Table and Rule and grid distance

2.3.19 (20.4.2015)

• PositioningFrames can now use the current data ({@attrib} for example)
• Bugfix/workaround for an issue introduced in 2.3.18 in multi line Td cells.

2.3.18 (8.4.2015)

• Bugfixes: replace() and $1, $2, …​ / multi line <Td align="center">…​</Td> contents

2.3.17 (25.3.2015)

• Experimental garbage collection, in effect with SetVariable.

2.3.16 (11.3.2015)

• Command NoBreak to disable a line break within.

2.3.15 (9.3.2015)

• API changes: make jobname configurable through parameter, better error messages.

2.3.14 (4.3.2015)

• Server-mode: /v0/pdf/<id> returns the PDF
• Server-mode: add timestamp for /v0/publish/<id>

2.3.12 (27.2.2015)

• New api call /available → 200 OK, /v0/publish returns 201

2.3.11 (26.2.2015)

• Grid distance horizontal can be set.

2.3.10 (25.2.2015)

• Bugfix: index entry without contents crashes the publisher.

2.3.9 (24.2.2015)

• Bugfixes (sp server mode protocol file, infinite loop on malformed utf8 data)
• Empty attributes (attr="") are treated as nil. empty(@attr) now returns true().

2.3.8 (21.2.2015)

• Rotate (steps of 90°) for images
• New xpath function sd:aspectratio('imgname.png')
• Simple if/then/else expressions in XPath

2.3.7 (19.2.2015)

• Background text for table cells (td)

2.3.6 (12.2.2015)

• publisher.status file contains the (error-)messages.

2.3.4 (27.1.2015)

• Bugfix: spot colors apply to stroking and non-stroking operations

2.3.3 (26.1.2015)

• Some CSS for rule, direct color definition.

2.3.2 (22.1.2015)

• New server mode for remote publishing.

2.2

2.1.36 (15.1.2015)

• Add all CSS level 3 colors (see https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-3/ for a list)

2.1.35 (19.12.2014)

• Allow bookmarks on any level (experimental)

2.1.34 (18.12.2014)

• New function sd:attr() to access attribute with a dynamically constructed name.

2.1.32 (1.12.2014)

• XML parser / XInclude takes --extra-dir into account

2.1.28 (11.11.2014)

• Allow specification of hyphen char in textformat.

2.1.27 (6.11.2014)

• New example "mail merge"

2.1.26 (29.10.2014)

• New command: Frame. Can be used inside PlaceObject to frame an object.

2.1.23 (13.10.2014)

• Rounded corners on PlaceObject / Frame

2.1.22 (9.10.2014)

• Transformations can be nested inside PlaceObject

2.1.21 (8.10.2014)

• Custom spot colors
• Transformation origin for rotate and matrix (PlaceObject)

2.1.20 (16.9.2014)

• Copy-of copys does not destroy the underlying content.

2.1.18 (9.9.2014)

• A transformation matrix can be set on PlaceObject

2.1.16 (22.8.2014)

• Don’t break lines on / anymore, unless specified in allowbreaks="/".

2.1.15 (18.8.2014)

• Experimental server-mode (/v0/format)

2.1.14 (15.8.2014)

• Hyphenation = yes/no at DefineTextformat

2.1.13 (12.8.2014)

• Basic version of tokenize() and replace(), basic server mode.
• Colors can have overprinting enabled.
• Spot colors (PANTONE and HKS)

2.1.12 (25.7.2014)

• New command »Color« to switch to a different text color in text.

2.1.10 (3.7.2014)

• Change behaviour of allowbreak=".." at Paragraph. Space must be made explicit.
• New xpath function sd:dummytext() and sd:loremipsum() for a sample text (lorem ipsum)

2.1.9 (27.6.2014)

• XInclude rebirth

2.1.8 (24.6.2014)

• Extend table rows (Tr) to re-use as table header.
• Merge pagenumbers now accept page ranges.

2.1.7 (6.6.2014)

• Bugfix for table in table and alignment. align="right" didn’t work.

2.1.6 (5.6.2014)

• Experimental option 'allowbreak' on Paragraph to provide a list of characters where line break may occur.
• sp --quiet for console-less output
• Parallelise sp compare for much better performance.

2.1.5 (28.5.2014)

• Bugfix table cells with align=center and a fixed width.

2.1.3 (20.5.2014)

• Allow hyphenation in the second word in compound words such as longword-anotherlongword. Also enable line breaks after "/"

2.1.1 (19.5.2014)

• New implemtation of paragraph splitting, should be completely backward compatible.

2.1.0 (15.5.2014)

• New behaviour of contents in table cells (Td). The rules of HTML (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Block-level_elements - HTML block elements) are followed as far as possible.

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