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| author | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2023-12-21 23:14:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2023-12-21 23:43:29 +0100 |
| commit | 4400ce84eeb204cdcb35950dd8fde094fc249051 (patch) | |
| tree | 2a60ae462f22d21b35214a3fdaa4af5d63f8b149 /manual | |
| parent | bb12a7ff8df1582a2cb0583bc463a84f5a736219 (diff) | |
| download | qpdf-4400ce84eeb204cdcb35950dd8fde094fc249051.tar.zst | |
Add "n:/pdf-name" to qpdf JSON for binary names (fixes #1072)
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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/json.rst | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/release-notes.rst | 7 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/manual/json.rst b/manual/json.rst index e848cc65..e07dde3b 100644 --- a/manual/json.rst +++ b/manual/json.rst @@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ Object Values syntax resolved. For example, the name whose canonical form (per the PDF specification) is ``text/plain`` would be represented in JSON as ``"/text/plain"`` and in PDF as ``"/text#2fplain"``. + Starting with qpdf 11.7.0, the syntax ``"n:/pdf-syntax"`` is + accepted as an alternative. This can be used for any name (e.g. + ``"n:/text#2fplain"``), but it is necessary when the name contains + binary characters. For example, ``/one#a0two`` must be represented + as ``"n:/one#a0two"`` since the single byte ``a0`` is not valid in + JSON. - Indirect object references are represented as JSON strings that look like a PDF indirect object reference and have the form @@ -824,7 +830,8 @@ version 2. - Names are shown in qpdf's canonical form rather than in PDF syntax. (Example: the PDF-syntax name ``/text#2fplain`` appeared as ``"/text#2fplain"`` in v1 but appears as ``"/text/plain"`` in - v2. + v2. In qpdf 11.7.0, a fix was made to accept ``"n:/pdf-syntax"`` + for names containing binary characters. - The top-level representation of an object in ``"objects"`` is a dictionary containing either a ``"value"`` key or a ``"stream"`` diff --git a/manual/release-notes.rst b/manual/release-notes.rst index 5e41fef7..f720f99e 100644 --- a/manual/release-notes.rst +++ b/manual/release-notes.rst @@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ Planned changes for future 12.x (subject to change): reference streams, linearization hint streams, and object streams. This has been fixed. + - Fix to QPDF JSON: the syntax ``"n:/pdf-syntax"`` is now accepted + as an alternative way to represent names. This can be used for + any name (e.g. ``"n:/text#2fplain"``), but it is necessary when + the name contains binary characters. For example, ``/one#a0two`` + must be represented as ``"n:/one#a0two"`` since the single byte + ``a0`` is not valid in JSON. + - Build Enhancements: - The qpdf test suite now passes when qpdf is linked with an |