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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"`` |