[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: liblouisxml 2.4.0 has been released
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 13:15:19 -0500
Neil,
Sorry about that. I haven't paid much attention to the googlecode
liblouisutdml page except for the repository. I'll see if I can get
around to it.
John
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:54:58AM -0700, Neil Soiffer wrote:
> It would be really useful to let people who visit the liblouisxml website
> that they should be using liblouisutdml. I know that I wasted time on using
> liblouisxml only to eventually find that I should have been using
> liblouisutdml.
>
> Neil
>
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:21 AM, John J. Boyer <
> john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Great work, Christian! Note that development has now moved to
> > liblouisutdml. So liblouisxml can be considered stable, but bugs will
> > still be corrected. Both Bert and I will make future changes to
> > liblouisutdml. It has a googlecode page with not much except the
> > Mercurial repository. We do need someone to update the rest of the page,
> > and we also need to bring the documentation up to date. liblouisxmll
> > also needs its documentation updated.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 02:56:26PM +0200, Christian Egli wrote:
> > >
> > > liblouisxml 2.4.0 has been released
> > >
> > > The liblouisxml developer team is proud to announce the liblouisxml
> > > release 2.4.0. The release is available for download at:
> > >
> > > http://code.google.com/p/liblouisxml/downloads/list
> > >
> > > Introduction
> > > ------------
> > >
> > > Liblouisxml is a library intended to provide complete braille
> > > transcription services for xml documents. It translates into
> > > appropriate braille codes and formats according to its style sheet and
> > > the specifications in the document. A command-line program, xml2brl
> > > which uses this library is also included. The latest version of
> > > liblouis is required.
> > >
> > > Changes in this release
> > > -----------------------
> > >
> > > This release brings in the many bug fixes and feature enhancements that
> > > Bert Frees has done while working on the odt2braille Braille extension
> > > to OpenOffice.org Writer[1].
> > >
> > > New features
> > > =============
> > > * xpath expression handling
> > > Element specifiers for semantic actions can now be defined in terms
> > > of xpath expressions
> > >
> > > * New style attributes
> > > - dontSplit + keepWithNext + orphanControl
> > >
> > > - underlinex: New style similar to italicx and boldx
> > >
> > > - heading5 ... heading10: Additional heading styles
> > >
> > > - contents5 ... contents10: Additional table of contents styles
> > >
> > > - centeredMargin: Prevent centered text from extending too near to
> > > the left and right edges.
> > >
> > > - dontSplit: Protect an element from being split across multiple
> > > pages.
> > >
> > > - keepWithNext: keep an element together with the first line of
> > > the next sibling.
> > >
> > > - orphanControl: Control how many lines of an element must be
> > > printed at least at the bottom of a Braille page.
> > >
> > > * New table of content parameters
> > > printPageNumbersInContents + braillePageNumbersInContents
> > >
> > > * Many layout improvements
> > > - continuePages: Enable or disable prefixing of page numbers with
> > > a letter (a, b, c, etc.) on continued pages.
> > >
> > > - pageSeparator: Enable or disable placing of a page separator
> > > line where a print page break occurs.
> > >
> > > - pageSeparatorNumber: Enable or disable placing of page numbers
> > > with page separator lines.
> > >
> > > - ignoreEmptyPages: Empty pages can be ignored, or they can be
> > > indicated with a combined print page number.
> > >
> > > - printPageNumberRange: Show only the first print page number of a
> > > Braille page, or display the whole range of print pages
> > > contained in a Braille page.
> > >
> > > - mergeUnnumberedPages: Ignore page breaks without a page number.
> > >
> > > - pageNumberTopSeparateLine/pageNumberBottomSeparateLine: Provide
> > > a separate line for page numbers when they are placed at the top
> > > or bottom.
> > >
> > > - printPageNumbersInContents/braillePageNumbersInContents: Enable
> > > or disable print and Braille page numbers in the table of
> > > contents.
> > >
> > > Improvements
> > > =============
> > > - braillePageNumberAt/printPageNumberAt: Print page numbers and
> > > Braille page numbers can now both be placed at the top or bottom
> > > together.
> > > - Improved handling of linesBefore, linesAfter, newPageBefore,
> > > newPageAfter and pagenum.
> > >
> > > Bug fixes
> > > ==========
> > > - Fixed table of content bugs
> > > - Fixed braille page number should only be visible on odd pages
> > > when interpoint = yes
> > > - Fixed failure when new print page starts on second last line of
> > > page
> > > - Fixed endless loop when braillePages=yes
> > >
> > >
> > > Share and Enjoy!
> > >
> > > -- Christian Egli, on behalf of the liblouisxml developers
> > >
> > > Footnotes:
> > > [1] http://odt2braille.sourceforge.net/index.html
> > >
> > > --
> > > Christian Egli
> > > Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled
> > > Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Z??rich, Switzerland
> > >
> > > -----
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> > > Mehr Informationen erhalten Sie unter http://www.sbs.ch/offenetuer
> > > For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> > > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >
> > --
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> > For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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