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diff --git a/doc/News.htm b/doc/News.htm index de256246..b73856a5 100644 --- a/doc/News.htm +++ b/doc/News.htm @@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/license.html">Licensing</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/releases.html">Releases</a></li> - <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/release_history.html">Release History</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/documentation.html" title="Documentation">Documentation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/download.html" title="Download">Download</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/performance.html" title="Performance">Performance</a></li> @@ -86,66 +85,58 @@ overview</a>. <!-- [1.0 end visible header] ============================================== --> <!-- [2.0 begin contents] ================================================== --> -<h2><a name="Version9.53.0"></a>Version 9.53.1 (2020-09-14)</h2> +<h2><a name="Version9.54.0"></a>Version 9.54.0 (2021-03-30)</h2> +<p>The 9.54.0 release is a maintenance release, and also adds new functionality. +<br> <p> Highlights in this release include: <ul> <li> -<p>The 9.53.1 release is primarily maintenance. -</li> -<li> -<p>The most obvious change is the (re-)introduction of the patch level to the version number, -this helps facilitate a revised policy on handling security related issues. +<p>Overprint simulation is now available to all output devices, allowing +quality previewing/proofing of PostScript and PDF jobs that rely on overprint. +See the <code>-dOverprint</code> option documentation in: +<a href="Use.htm#Overprint">Overprint</a> </li> <li> -<p>Our efforts in code hygiene and maintainability continue. +<p>The "docxwrite" device adds the ability to output to Microsoft Word +"docx" format. See: <a href="VectorDevices.htm#DOCX">docxwrite</a> </li> <li> -<p>We have added the capability to build with the Tesseract OCR engine. In such -a build, new devices are available (pdfocr8/pdfocr24/pdfocr32) which render the -output file to an image, OCR that image, and output the image "wrapped" up as a -PDF file, with the OCR generated text information included as "invisible" text -(in PDF terms, text rendering mode 3). -<p>Due to some patches to the Tesseract sources that are required (integrated -upstream, but awaiting release), time constraints, and the experimental nature -of the feature, we only support including Tesseract from source, not linking to -Tesseract shared libraries. Whether we add this capability will be largely -dependant on community demand for the feature. +<p>The pdfwrite device is now capable of using the Tesseract OCR engine when it is +built into Ghostscript to improve searchability and copy and paste functionality when +the input lacks the metadata for that purpose. See: <a href="VectorDevices.htm#UseOCR">UseOCR</a> </li> <li> -<p>We have added Python bindings for the <code>gsapi</code> interface, can be found -in <code>demos/python</code>. These are experimental, and we welcome feedback from -interested developers. +<p>Ghostscript/GhostPDL now includes a "map text to black" +function, where text drawn by an input job (except when drawn using a +Type 3 font) can be forced to draw in solid black. See: +<a href="Use.htm#BlackText">BlackText</a> </li> <li> -<p>For those integrating Ghostscript/GhostPDL via the <code>gsapi</code> interface, we -have added new capabilities to that, specifically in terms of setting and interrogating -device parameters. These, along with the existing interface calls, are documented in: -<a href="API.htm">Ghostscript Interpreter API</a> +<p>Ghostscript/GhostPDL now supports simple N-up imposition "internally". See: +<a href="Use.htm#NupControl">NupControl</a> </li> <li> -<p><b>IMPORTANT:</b> In consultation with a representative of -(<a href="http://www.openprinting.org">OpenPrinting</a>) it is -our intention to deprecate and, in the not distant future, remove the -OpenPrinting Vector/Raster Printer Drivers (that is, the <code>opvp</code> -and <code>oprp</code> devices). -<p> If you rely on either of these devices, <b><i>please</i></b> get in touch with -us, so we can discuss your use case, and revise our plans accordingly. +<p>Our efforts in code hygiene and maintainability continue. </li> <li> -<p>IMPORTANT: We have forked LittleCMS2 into LittleCMS2mt (the "mt" indicating "multi-thread"). -LCMS2 is not thread safe and cannot be made thread safe without breaking the ABI. Our fork -will be thread safe and include performance enhancements (these changes have all be been -offered and rejected upstream). We will maintain compatibility between Ghostscript and LCMS2 -for a time, but not in perpetuity. If there is sufficient interest, our fork will be -available as its own package separately from Ghostscript (and MuPDF). +<p>The usual round of bug fixes, compatibility changes, and incremental improvements. </li> <li> -<p>The usual round of bug fixes, compatibility changes, and incremental improvements. +<p>(9.53.0) We have added the capability to build with the Tesseract OCR engine. In such +a build, new devices are available (pdfocr8/pdfocr24/pdfocr32) which render the +output file to an image, OCR that image, and output the image "wrapped" up as a +PDF file, with the OCR generated text information included as "invisible" text +(in PDF terms, text rendering mode 3). +<p>Mainly due to time constraints, we only support including Tesseract from +source included in our release packages, and not linking to Tesseract/Leptonica +shared libraries. Whether we add this capability will be largely dependent on +community demand for the feature. +<p>See <a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/ocr.html">Enabling OCR</a> for more details. </li> </ul> <p>For a list of open issues, or to report problems, please visit <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/">bugs.ghostscript.com</a>. -<h3><a name="9.52_Incompatible_changes"></a>Incompatible changes</h3> +<h3><a name="9.54.0_Incompatible_changes"></a>Incompatible changes</h3> <h4>Included below are incompatible changes from recent releases (the specific release in question listed in parentheses). We include these, for now, as we are aware that not everyone upgrades with every release.</h4> @@ -194,13 +185,9 @@ operators may stop working or may change behaviour. or the gs-devel mailing list would be best), and we'll work with you to either find an alternative solution or return the previous functionality, if there is genuinely no other option. -<p>One case we know this has occurred is GSView 5 (and earlier). GSView 5 support for PDF -files relied upon internal use only features which are no longer available. GSView 5 will -still work as previously for PostScript files. For PDF files, users are encouraged to look -at <a href="https://www.mupdf.com">MuPDF</a>. </li> </ul> -<h3><a name="9.53.1_changelog"></a>Changelog</h3> +<h3><a name="9.54.0_changelog"></a>Changelog</h3> <p>See the <a href="History9.htm">history file</a> for complete log of changes. @@ -211,7 +198,7 @@ of changes. <hr> <p> -<small>Copyright © 2005-2020 Artifex Software, Inc. +<small>Copyright © 2005-2021 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.</small> <p> @@ -225,7 +212,7 @@ or contact Artifex Software, Inc., 1305 Grant Avenue - Suite 200, Novato, CA 94945, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861, for further information. <p> -<small>Ghostscript version 9.53.1, 14 September 2020 +<small>Ghostscript version 9.54.0, 30 March 2021 <!-- [3.0 end visible trailer] ============================================= --> @@ -252,7 +239,7 @@ Novato, CA 94945, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861, for further information. </ul> </div> <div class="col-ft-3 footright"><img src="images/Artifex_logo.png" width="194" height="40" alt=""/> <br> - © Copyright 2019 Artifex Software, Inc. <br> + © Copyright 2019-2021 Artifex Software, Inc. <br> All rights reserved. </div> </div> |