- updated to 2.47.0 (2.047)
see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-PDF-API2/Changes
2.047 2024-05-18
- Fixed implementation of GH-77.
- Added $pdf->standard_fonts() and $pdf->is_standard_font($name) (initial
patch by Johan Vromans).
2.046 2024-05-14
- [GH-74] Fixed documentation error saying that stroke_color and fill_color
can be chained.
- Crash instead of freezing if a PDF trailer's Prev keys result in a loop or
if multiple trailers use the same object ID and generation number.
- [GH-70] Fix off-by-one error when adding a page at the beginning of a PDF.
- [GH-77] Significantly improve performance when adding many pages to a PDF.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1182910
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:perl/perl-PDF-API2?expand=0&rev=72
- updated to 2.045
see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-PDF-API2/Changes
2.045 2023-09-25
- Fixed documentation error in synopsis for QR codes.
- Fixed date validation when timezone offset minute contains a trailing
apostrophe, which is required by the Adobe PDF specifications and
prohibited by the ISO PDF specifications. PDF::API2 now accepts either
version as valid (report by Johan Vromans).
- Fixed passing a GD object to $pdf->image() (reported by Hakon Hagland).
- Fixed a crash when object numbers contain leading zeroes.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1113736
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:perl/perl-PDF-API2?expand=0&rev=68
- updated to 2.044
see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-PDF-API2/Changes
2.044 2022-11-16
- Added support for QR codes.
- [GH-44] The X coordinate returned by $text->position() or (deprecated)
$text->textpos() was incorrect when read after being set twice (report by
Johan Vromans).
- [GH-45] Renamed transform's "relative" option to "repeat" and fixed the
documentation describing what it does (report by Johan Vromans).
- [GH-49] Fix page_layout storing its value as page_mode (report by Johan
Vromans).
- [GH-50] Fix $pdf->viewer_preferences to return the same values it accepts
for non_full_screen_page_mode (report by Johan Vromans).
- Minor doc clarifications and improved error messages.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1037674
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:perl/perl-PDF-API2?expand=0&rev=66
- updated to 2.042
see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-PDF-API2/Changes
2.042 2021-09-16
- This release includes many changes to method names, options, and
documentation aimed at improving approachability, but existing code should
continue to work. See the new Backward Compatibility section in the main
PDF::API2 documentation for details about deprecation timelines and a
suggested workflow for handling upgrades. See the new Migration section
for a consolidated list of deprecated methods/options and their
replacements.
- Renamed several methods in the PDF::API2 base class:
- end -> close
- open_scalar -> from_string
- stringify -> to_string
- pages -> page_count
- importPageIntoForm -> embed_page
- isEncrypted -> is_encrypted
- xmpMetadata -> xml_metadata
- outlines -> outline
- Merged saveas into save.
- Added individual accessors for PDF metadata (title, author, producer,
etc.). Replaced info and infoMetaAttributes with info_metadata for custom
metadata.
- Renamed the following methods in the PDF::API2::Page class:
- gfx -> graphics
- rotate -> rotation
- Added $page->boundaries() and $pdf->default_page_boundaries() to replace
the separate methods for the various page boundaries. The supported
arguments are slightly different; some edge cases have been removed and
new options have been added. See below and the PDF::API2::Page
documentation for details.
- Added $page->size() and $pdf->default_page_size() as a shortcut for
setting the media box.
- Both $page->size() and $page->boundaries() (and their $pdf default
equivalents) now accept "WxH" page sizes in inches (e.g. 11x17 or 8.5x11).
This does not apply to the deprecated versions of these methods.
- Both $page->size() and $page->boundaries() (and their $pdf default
equivalents) now accept a single number for page boundaries other than the
media box, representing an amount in points to shrink the next larger box.
This does not apply to the deprecated versions of these methods.
- Replaced pageLabel with page_labels. The option syntax is slightly
different (pass options as a hash instead of a hashref; remove hyphens
from option names).
- Replaced image_jpeg, image_tiff, image_pnm, image_png, image_gif, and
image_gd with $pdf->image.
- Replaced the individual barcode methods with $pdf->barcode, which is
fully documented and includes reasonable defaults based on the chosen
barcode format.
- Improved spacing between barcodes and labels when both bar_extend
(formerly -lmzn) and font_size (formerly -fnsz) are set and the font size
is larger than the bar extension.
- Replaced corefont, ttfont, psfont, and bdfont with $pdf->font. Unlike
corefont, font requires the exact name of one of the standard fonts.
Kerning is on by default (vs. off by default in the type-specific
methods).
- Renamed synfont to synthetic_font. Renamed and documented the options.
The new hscale option (formerly -slant) now takes a percentage (100 = no
change, vs. 1 = no change for -slant) to match the hscale method in
Content. The new "bold" option is in thousandths of a text unit,
vs. hundredths for "-bold", so multiply the old value by 10 when
migrating.
- Replaced the individual colorspace methods with $pdf->colorspace. Added
documentation and examples for the various colorspace types except for the
former colorspace_hue, because I couldn't find the standard that it
implements (if one exists).
- Renamed several methods in PDF::API2::Content:
- linewidth -> line_width
- linecap -> line_cap
- linejoin -> line_join
- miterlimit -> miter_limit
- flatness -> flatness_tolerance
- endpath -> end
- rectxy -> rectangle
- fillstroke -> paint
- charspace -> character_spacing
- wordspace -> word_spacing
- nl -> crlf
- advancewidth -> text_width
- In PDF::API2::Content, replaced image and formimage with object. Added a
$page->object() convenience method that is equivalent to
$page->graphics->object().
- In PDF::API2::Content, merged text_center and text_right into text. Use
the "align" option to set alignment to "center" or "right".
- In PDF::API2::Content, merged paragraphs into paragraph.
- In PDF::API2::Content, deprecated poly and added polyline. poly was the
only path-drawing method that took a starting position as its first two
arguments. These should be passed to a move call instead, with the
remaining arguments passed to the new polyline method.
- In PDF::API2::Content, added position, which combines the functionality of
distance and textpos2 (which was undocumented). Deprecated textpos, which
attempted to return the position of the "cursor" after taking into account
coordinate transformations. textpos2 and the new position method return
the text position before any coordinate transformations are applied, which
is consistent with how the other methods in this class behave.
- In PDF::API2::Content, deprecated bogen. Recreate using arc, if feasible.
If not, I'm likely to leave the code in place indefinitely as an
undocumented method.
- In PDF::API2::Content, deprecated cr. Replace with either position (if
called with arguments) or crlf (if called without arguments).
- Tentatively deprecated $pdf->cjkfont. If you're successfully using this
method for CJK font support, read PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont::CJKFont
and contact me to discuss your use case.
- Tentatively deprecated $pdf->unifont. If you're successfully using this
method for Unicode support, please contact me to discuss your use case.
- Replaced $pdf->preferences() with separate page_mode, page_layout,
viewer_preferences, and open_action methods, all of which are now fully
documented.
- Added font_path and set_font_path accessors for the font search path (the
list of directories searched when a font name is included without its full
path). Renamed addFontDirs to add_to_font_path.
- Removed C:/WinNT/Fonts from the default font search path.
- Named Destinations are now fully documented, with updated method names and
arguments.
- Outlines are now fully documented, with additional methods for examining
and modifying the outline tree. Existing method names and arguments have
been updated to match those used in Named Destinations. Various bugs have
been fixed when reading or modifying outlines in existing PDFs.
- Updated annotation documentation. Revised methods and arguments to match
those used in Named Destinations and Outlines.
- A PDF version number specified in the document catalog is now respected by
$pdf->version().
- Fixed space calculation between words in justified text (report and fix by
Vladislav Glinsky).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/921741
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:perl/perl-PDF-API2?expand=0&rev=64
- updated to 2.041
see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-PDF-API2/Changes
2.041 2021-07-27
- Bug reports should now be made at GitHub Issues rather than RT.
- Rename openpage to open_page in PDF::API2. The old name is deprecated.
- [RT #136648] Fix when writing PDFs containing cross-reference streams
(reported by Chris Papademetrious, fix by Vadim Repin from RT #117184).
- [RT #44877] GIFs containing comments or plain-text representations will no
longer result in an error (reported by Chris Czub).
- [RT #132844] Fix corruption when a PGM image is included (reported by Jeff
Ratcliffe, fix by Vadim Repin).
- Expand PNM support to include all image types.
- [RT #131657] Disable recursion warnings while releasing (destroying) PDF
indirect objects, which can be highly-interconnected (reported by Leon
Winter).
- [RT #41971] Fix when attempting to read an existing PDF's outlines
(reported by Damyan Ivanov, fix based on a patch by Vadim Repin).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/909777
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:perl/perl-PDF-API2?expand=0&rev=63
- updated to 2.040
see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-PDF-API2/Changes
2.040 2021-04-13
- Fix open() followed by stringify() resulting in a corrupt (mostly-empty)
PDF, which was broken by changes in 2.039 (reported by Gareth Tunley).
- [RT #134993] Calling open($filename) followed by saveas($same_filename)
instead of update() resulted in a corrupt PDF in 2.039, which no longer
reads the entire file into memory on open (reported by Marco Pessotto).
- [RT #134957] Fix encoding of \n in a PDF string containing non-printable
characters (reported by Stuart Henderson).
- [RT #133131] Fix endianness of 64-bit numbers in cross-reference stream
widths array (reported by Christopher Papademetrious, fix by Vadim Repin).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/885397
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:perl/perl-PDF-API2?expand=0&rev=61
- updated to 2.039
see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-PDF-API2/Changes
2.039 2021-03-04
- PDF::API2->open($filename) no longer reads the entire file into memory
before working on it, instead reading from the file as needed. This
results in a substantial reduction in memory usage and start-up time for
large PDF files, particularly in cases where the calling script doesn't
need to access all of the contents of the PDF.
- PDF files containing cross-reference streams can now be modified and saved
normally. Previously, they were read-only.
- $text->paragraph(...) and $text->paragraphs(...) (formerly "section") are
no longer undocumented and experimental. If you were previously using
them at your own risk, note that "-spillover" is no longer an option (text
will always wrap inside the specified width if possible). In addition,
paragraphs(...) no longer collapses consecutive newlines.
- [RT #98546] There is now an -align-last option for justified text to
specify how the final line should be justified. Left is still the
default.
- Code in the PDF::API2::Basic::PDF namespace was originally licensed under
the Perl Artistic License, which has been determined to not be
(L)GPL-compatible. Martin Hosken has graciously granted an MIT license
for use of his code contained in PDF::API2, so the distribution may now be
used solely under the terms of the LGPL rather than requiring both
licenses simultaneously. Many thanks to Petr Pisar for his help in
working through the licensing issues.
- Renamed $text->lead(...) to $text->leading(...). The old name is
deprecated but will continue to work. If you're modifying PDF::API2
objects by editing their hash values instead of using these accessors,
you'll need to update your code.
- Added a -compress option (on by default) to PDF::API2->new(), open(), and
open_scalar(). If disabled, most streams won't be compressed, which can
simplify debugging.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/876982
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:perl/perl-PDF-API2?expand=0&rev=59
