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liblouisutdml 2.6.0 has been released. The release is available for | ||
download at: | ||
liblouisutdml 2.8.0 has been released | ||
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https://github.com/liblouis/liblouisutdml/releases | ||
The liblouis developer team is proud to announce the liblouisutdml | ||
release 2.8.0. The release is available for download at: | ||
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https://github.com/liblouis/liblouisutdml/releases | ||
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Introduction | ||
============ | ||
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Liblouisutdml is an open-source braille formatter. The formatting can | ||
be configured via a style sheet. By incorporating Liblouis[1] it | ||
provides the capability of translating any XML or plain text file into | ||
properly transcribed, embosser-ready braille. This includes | ||
translation into grade two, mathematical codes, etc. | ||
Liblouisutdml is an open-source braille formatter. The formatting can be | ||
configured via a style sheet. By incorporating Liblouis [1]_ it provides | ||
the capability of translating any XML or plain text file into properly | ||
transcribed, embosser-ready braille. This includes translation into | ||
grade two, mathematical codes, etc. | ||
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Noteworthy changes in this release | ||
================================== | ||
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Changes in this release | ||
======================= | ||
This Liblouisutdml release adds a couple of new features and adds | ||
support for liblouis 3.11. | ||
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This is the first official Liblouisutdml release in a long time. Many | ||
bug fixes and stability improvements have gone into it. There are a | ||
couple of new features like end note functionality and boxlines for | ||
example. Also there is an extensive test suite now and the | ||
documentation has been vastly enhanced. | ||
For a detailed list of all the changes refer to the list of closed | ||
issues [2]_. | ||
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New features | ||
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- Added an extensive test suite which tests liblouisutml under various | ||
circumstances. | ||
- Add a configure option to disable the Java bindings. | ||
- Added Java bindings for logging callback API in liblouis. | ||
- Add end note functionality. Thanks to Paul Wood from Torch Trust | ||
- Add support for liblouis 3.11 | ||
- Add a setting for minimum syllable length (hyphenation) thanks to | ||
Bert Frees | ||
- Add a new page number format: Roman capitals, thanks to Bert Frees | ||
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Bug fixes | ||
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- Drop the dependency on internal liblouis API, thanks to Christian | ||
Egli and Bert Frees | ||
- Handle empty elements with style thanks to Bert Frees | ||
- Fix ``topBoxline`` and ``bottomBoxline`` thanks to Bert Frees | ||
- Fix ``printPageNumberRange=yes`` with ``printPageNumberAt=bottom`` | ||
thanks to Bert Frees | ||
- Allow Roman numbers greater than 1000 thanks to Bert Frees | ||
- Fix Belgian math thanks to Bert Frees | ||
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Other | ||
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- fixed a problem with duplicate semantics attributes | ||
- solve multiple brl nodes after math nodes | ||
- Improve the documentation on XPath expressions. | ||
- Fixed numerous problems in the build system. | ||
- Fixed the character used when UCS2 builds encounter characters above | ||
u+ffff | ||
- Added a huge set of MathML -> Nemeth tests thanks to Neil Soiffer | ||
- Add a description to the NAME section of the man page thanks to | ||
Samuel Thibault | ||
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Documentation updates | ||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
Share and Enjoy! | ||
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- Document the end note functionality | ||
- Add an index for the default styles | ||
- Update the documentation appendix | ||
- Add the boxline style. Thanks to Michael Whapples. | ||
– Christian Egli, on behalf of the liblouis developers | ||
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Footnotes | ||
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[1] See https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis | ||
.. [1] | ||
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis | ||
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.. [2] | ||
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouisutdml/milestone/3?closed=1 |