Changelog
4.15
4.15.4 (18.9.2023)
Rewrite and extension of the MetaPost subsystem.
4.15.3 (7.9.2023)
Add more Unicode spacing characters.
4.15.2 (18.8.2023)
Warning for image not found on non-last Option fix (514 ).
4.15.1 (16.8.2023)
New PDFOptions for page layout.
4.15.0 (17.7.2023)
Allow tracing grid to stay on front (512 ).
4.14
4.14.0 (3.7.2023)
4.13
4.13.18 (6.6.2023)
Bugfix: border collapse and rowspan (482 ).
Bugfix Nobreak can have only one child (455 ).
Bugfix. Span/padding and space at the beginning (506 ).
4.13.17 (5.6.2023)
Bugfix valign and halign on PlaceObject (503 ).
Bugfix available space with grid dy > 0 (505 ).
4.13.16 (2.6.2023)
Bugfix halign="right" with grid gap > 0 (503 ).
Add warning on duplicate file search entries (501 ).
New syntax for filename, page number and PDF box in image functions (502 ).
4.13.15 (11.5.2023)
Bugfix with Options startpage.
Bugfix: Image bleed="auto" and Options trim not set.
Outline fonts.
4.13.14 (4.5.2023)
Bug fix for *-columns in tables and minwidth.
Bug fix for image margin (491 ).
Frame: set border radius for all four corner (492 ).
4.13.13 (20.4.2023)
margin-* in Image.
Bugfix colspan (481 ).
4.13.12 (27.3.2023)
\r in version file (486 ).
Update dependencies.
4.13.11 (14.3.2023)
Bugfix for empty aux files.
4.13.10 (10.3.2023)
Special file name with colon syntax in layout functions (468 ).
B: # in URLs correctly encoded (472 ).
Set display mode only if requested (470 ).
4.13.9 (27.2.2023)
New Column spec minwidth and new keywords for width (min and max).
New XPath function matches() (453 ).
Remove documenation from ZIP.
4.13.8 (23.2.2023)
Two new functions for page width and page height (464 ).
4.13.7 (22.2.2023)
Bugfix: broken hyperlink gets inserted at kern (461 ).
Fix bottom radii at Frame (459 ).
4.13.6 (20.2.2023)
Rename graphics attribute on Td to graphic (457 ).
Remove command NewPage from schema and documentation.
Colon syntax for specifying page number on sd:aspectratio, sd:imagewidth and sd:imageheight (456 ).
4.13.5 (7.1.2023)
Bugfix for sd list-fonts (454 ).
Bugfix for border with hyphens (449 ).
Specify default type for attachments (451 ).
4.13.4 (22.11.2022)
Bugfixes calculating hashes and reading attachments (446 ).
Bugfix style at penalty (449 ).
4.13.3 (18.11.2022)
A few bugfixes related to AttachFile.
4.13.2 (10.11.2022)
Vertical shift for hyperlink anchors.
AttachFile can now attach other files than ZUGFeRD invoices..
4.13.1 (9.11.2022)
Bugfix spacing in RTL mode (445 ).
4.13.0 (30.9.2022)
4.12
4.12.0 (30.9.2022)
4.11
4.11.8 (6.9.2022)
Suppressinfo allows creator to be set (420 ).
New attribute displaymode for PDFOptions (428 ).
Optional delay execution on SetVariable (412 ).
Add sd:sha256, sd:sha512 and sd:md5 functions (414 ).
Set border color for hyperlinks (416 ).
4.11.7 (25.8.2022)
Fix NoBreak inside Td (410 ).
Handle command line variables with backslashes (411 ).
Allow Unicode strings in attachment description (376 ).
Correct kerning in mixed fontforge / harfbuzz paragraphs (413 ).
Fix space at end of the paragraph (392 ).
4.11.6 (25.7.2022)
Better error handling for file lookup (407 ).
4.11.5 (15.7.2022)
Rename the methods on command Clip (405 ).
4.11.4 (12.7.2022)
4.11.3 (12.7.2022)
New command Clip to cut off edges from objects.
4.11.2 (8.7.2022)
Various bugfixes introduced in the migration from LuaJIT/FFI.
4.11.1 (7.7.2022)
Remove LuaJIT/FFI dependency.
4.10
4.10.0 (7.7.2022)
4.9
4.9.10 (7.7.2022)
Bugfix: remove space between text and number (392 ).
Bugfix: named destinations and unbalanced parenthesis.
4.9.9 (6.7.2022)
Filter: show output on runtime.execute.
4.9.8 (1.7.2022)
Allow to set image shape on Image element.
Add XML decoder for lua filter.
Bugfix URL rendering with hyperlinks (381 ).
4.9.7 (27.6.2022)
runtime.execute in Lua filter.
4.9.6 (22.6.2022)
Only documentation updates.
4.9.5 (17.5.2022)
Bugfix for long table foot on the last page (268 ).
4.9.4 (12.5.2022)
Better fix for ZWJ (369 ).
4.9.3 (10.5.2022)
New command line option to set the PDF version (--pdfversion).
Bugfix zero width joiner in Hindi texts (369 ).
4.9.2 (9.5.2022)
Allow setting the creator of the document.
4.9.1 (3.5.2022)
Fix PDFOptions overrides previous entries (367 ).
Fix ordering of bookmarks in InsertPages (366 ).
4.8
4.8.0 (2.5.2022)
4.7
4.7.13 (29.4.2022)
Bugfix: indent and br in HTML mode (302 ).
Start-attribute with ol (HTML mode) (311 ).
Bugfix: A href und interaction="no" (362 ).
4.7.12 (28.4.2022)
Bugfixes (sd:group-height() and HTML rendering) (364 ).
VSpace now has minheight and height attributes.
4.7.11 (7.4.2022)
Allow color - in Tablerule.
4.7.10 (5.4.2022)
Bugfix table split and rowsep / leading (361 ).
4.7.9 (1.4.2022)
Bugfix transparency and multipage table (360 ).
Re-implement pathrewrite.
4.7.8 (24.3.2022)
NextFrame moves cursor to first column (358 ).
URL escape hyperlinks.
sd:decode-html() decodes all HTML entities.
Bugfix ul/ol missing first entry of li (357 ).
4.7.7 (2.3.2022)
XML parser: ignore DTD (355 ).
Schema: add NoBreak to ForAll, Case, Otherwise, Loop,… (356 ).
4.7.6 (21.2.2022)
Background color (text) and kerning (353 ).
4.7.5 (20.2.2022)
Background color and mix of rtl/ltr text (352 ).
4.7.4 (9.2.2022)
4.7.3 (21.1.2022)
Bugfix unicode escape in HTML parsing (350 ).
4.7.2 (7.1.2022)
Bugfix: table balancing and minheight=1 (348 ).
4.7.1 (17.12.2021)
Bugfix: colspan > 1 and border-collapse (347 ).
4.6
4.6.0 (10.11.2021)
4.5
4.5.19 (4.11.2021)
4.5.18 (2.11.2021)
Set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH on macOS.
Restrict {} xpath evaluation for non-xpath attributes (all except select, test).
4.5.17 (26.10.2021)
Set the number of publishing-runs for the server.
4.5.16 (26.10.2021)
Increase verbosity of sp server (sp server --verbose).
4.5.15 (20.10.2021)
Add new route for REST API to send data and get PDF in one request.
4.5.14 (8.10.2021)
Deprecate NewPage, use ClearPage. See 345 for details.
4.5.13 (7.10.2021)
Include color profile in distribution (344 ).
4.5.12 (6.10.2021)
Internal/Tablerule: replace filled rectangular by PDF line.
Set vertical excess space behavior for rowspan in tables.
4.5.11 (23.9.2021)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 LuaTe X 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)
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)
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 LuaTe X 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)
3.6
3.6.0 (13.2.2019)
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)
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 LuaTe X 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)
3.3
3.3.14 (30.8.2018)
Update to LuaTe X 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)
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)
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)
3.1.13 (30.11.2017)
Use exeSufix for sp compare on Windows
Bugfix for Output/allocate="auto"
3.1.12 (28.11.2017)
3.1.11 (23.11.2017)
Add Excel reader and RelaxNG validaton
Add basic support for LuaTe X 1.0.4
3.1.10 (3.11.2017)
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)
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)
3.1.1 (28.7.2017)
ZUGFeRD integration, new commands AttachFile and AddSearchpath
3.0
3.0.0 (25.7.2017)
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)
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 LuaTe X 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)
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)
2.3.58 (22.2.2016)
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 LuaTe X , 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)
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 LuaTe X 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)
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)
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)
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)
