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diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml index cfa6ec2b..a06dcaa6 100644 --- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml +++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ <!ENTITY mdash "—"> <!ENTITY ndash "–"> <!ENTITY nbsp " "> -<!ENTITY swversion "4.0.1"> -<!ENTITY lastreleased "January 17, 2013"> +<!ENTITY swversion "4.1.0"> +<!ENTITY lastreleased "April 14, 2013"> ]> <book> <bookinfo> @@ -2621,6 +2621,155 @@ print "\n"; </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term>4.1.0: April 14, 2013</term> + <listitem> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Note to people including qpdf in distributions: the + <filename>.la</filename> files generated by libtool are now + installed by qpdf's <command>make install</command> target. + Before, they were not installed. This means that if your + distribution does not want to include <filename>.la</filename> + files, you must remove them as part of your packaging process. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Major enhancement: API enhancements have been made to support + parsing of content streams. This enhancement includes the + following changes: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <function>QPDFObjectHandle::parseContentStream</function> + method parses objects in a content stream and calls + handlers in a callback class. The example + <filename>examples/pdf-parse-content.cc</filename> + illustrates how this may be used. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <type>QPDFObjectHandle</type> can now represent operators + and inline images, object types that may only appear in + content streams. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Method <function>QPDFObjectHandle::getTypeCode()</function> + returns an enumerated type value representing the + underlying object type. Method + <function>QPDFObjectHandle::getTypeName()</function> + returns a text string describing the name of the type of a + <type>QPDFObjectHandle</type> object. These methods can be + used for more efficient parsing and debugging/diagnostic + messages. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <command>qpdf --check</command> now parses all pages' content + streams in addition to doing other checks. While there are + still many types of errors that cannot be detected, syntactic + errors in content streams will now be reported. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Minor compilation enhancements have been made to facilitate + easier for support for a broader range of compilers and + compiler versions. + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Warning flags have been moved into a separate variable in + <filename>autoconf.mk</filename> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The configure flag <option>--enable-werror</option> work + for Microsoft compilers + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + All MSVC CRT security warnings have been resolved. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + All C-style casts in C++ Code have been replaced by C++ + casts, and many casts that had been included to suppress + higher warning levels for some compilers have been removed, + primarily for clarity. Places where integer type coercion + occurs have been scrutinized. A new casting policy has + been documented in the manual. This is of concern mainly + to people porting qpdf to new platforms or compilers. It + is not visible to programmers writing code that uses the + library + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Some internal limits have been removed in code that + converts numbers to strings. This is largely invisible to + users, but it does trigger a bug in some older versions of + mingw-w64's C++ library. See + <filename>README-windows.txt</filename> in the source + distribution if you think this may affect you. The copy of + the DLL distributed with qpdf's binary distribution is not + affected by this problem. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The RPM spec file previously included with qpdf has been + removed. This is because virtually all Linux distributions + include qpdf now that it is a dependency of CUPS filters. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + A few bug fixes are included: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Overridden compressed objects are properly handled. + Before, there were certain constructs that could cause qpdf + to see old versions of some objects. The most usual + manifestation of this was loss of filled in form values for + certain files. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Installation no longer uses GNU/Linux-specific versions of + some commands, so <command>make install</command> works on + Solaris with native tools. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The 64-bit mingw Windows binary package no longer includes + a 32-bit DLL. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> <term>4.0.1: January 17, 2013</term> <listitem> <itemizedlist> |