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@@ -1,141 +1,97 @@ -*- org -*- -* Version 1.0 -** Added experimental support for high-resolution displays. - Set `pdf-view-use-scaling' to a non-nil value in order to enable, - if the appropriate image-formats and monitor are available. +* Version 1.0.0 (Under Development) +From this version onward, we will follow Semantic Versioning for new ~pdf-tools~ releases. +** Raise the minimum supported version of Emacs to 25.1 +Drop support for Emacs 24. This allows for some code cleanup. +* Version 0.91 +** Make changes required by for newer versions of Emacs +A number of changes are made to support new elisp / package changes. There is no impact of this on existing users. +** Improve overall install experience +Running ~M-x pdf-tools-install~ should _just work_. +** Add support for high-resolution displays (Retina display on Mac) +Setting ~pdf-view-use-scaling~ to a non-nil value now renders crisp images on high-resolution displays. * Version 0.90 ** The displayed columns when listing annotations is now customizable - See variable pdf-annot-list-format and - pdf-annot-list-highlight-type. +See variable ~pdf-annot-list-format~ and ~pdf-annot-list-highlight-type~. ** Improved handling of default annotation properties - A new variable pdf-annot-default-annotation-properties was - introduced, subsuming and obsoleting - pdf-annot-default-text-annotation-properties and - pdf-annot-default-markup-annotation-properties. The new variable - let's the user choose default properties, e.g. a color, for all - supported annotations separately. +A new variable ~pdf-annot-default-annotation-properties~ was introduced, subsuming and obsoleting ~pdf-annot-default-text-annotation-properties~ and ~pdf-annot-default-markup-annotation-properties~. The new variable lets the user choose default properties, e.g. a color, for all supported annotations separately. ** Provide a faster "boot-loader" - The autoloaded function pdf-loader-install acts as a replacement - for pdf-tools-install and makes Emacs load and use PDF Tools as - soon as a PDF file is opened, but not sooner. +The autoloaded function ~pdf-loader-install~ acts as a replacement for ~pdf-tools-install~ and makes Emacs load and use PDF Tools as soon as a PDF file is opened, but not sooner. ** Improved the process of (re)compiling the server - This obsoletes the variable pdf-tools-handle-upgrades, which does - nothing anymore. +This obsoletes the variable ~pdf-tools-handle-upgrades~, which does nothing anymore. * Version 0.80 ** Tablist package - The files tablist.el and tablist-filter.el are no longer part of - pdf-tools, but continue to live on in the tablist package, on which - pdf-tools now depends on. +The files ~tablist.el~ and ~tablist-filter.el~ are no longer part of ~pdf-tools~, but continue to live on in the ~tablist~ package, on which ~pdf-tools~ now depends on. ** View *** Encrypted files - When encountering an encrypted file, query for a password and - attempt to decrypt it. +When encountering an encrypted file, query for a password and attempt to decrypt it. *** Backward sync from isearch - In isearch, press M-s s to visit the source of the current match. +In ~isearch~, press ~M-s s~ to visit the source of the current match. *** Disable unicode in mode-line - New variable pdf-view-use-unicode-lighter which allows for - disabling the use of unicode in the mode-line. +New variable ~pdf-view-use-unicode-lighter~ which allows for disabling the use of unicode in the mode-line. * Version 0.70 ** View *** Register integration - The keys m and ' now set resp. jump to a register corresponding to - a position in the PDF. Also '' is handled special: It jumps to the - position before the last register-jump. +The keys ~m~ and ~'~ now set respectively to jump to a register corresponding to a position in the PDF. Also ~''~ is handled special: It jumps to the position before the last register-jump. *** Export parts of a page as an image +See ~pdf-view-extract-region-image~. ** Info *** Interface changes - The return value of many pdf-info-* functions was changed in order - to prefer alists over other data-structures (indexed lists, - trees). +The return value of many pdf-info-* functions was changed in order to prefer alists over other data-structures (indexed lists, trees). ** Virtual PDF - A virtual PDF is a collection of pages (or parts thereof) of - arbitrary documents, which appear to the rest of pdf-tools as one - big PDF, though they are always read-only. +A virtual PDF is a collection of pages (or parts thereof) of arbitrary documents, which appear to the rest of ~pdf-tools~ as one big PDF, though they are always read-only. * Version 0.60 ** Regexp support - You may now search for perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE) - in PDF documents, both via Isearch and Occur. If that scares you, - customize the variable pdf-occur-prefer-string-search. +You may now search for perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE) in PDF documents, both via Isearch and Occur. If that scares you, customize the variable ~pdf-occur-prefer-string-search~. ** Occur *** Asynchronous search - Searching is performed asynchronously in a private server - instance, i.e. it doesn't block neither ordinary editing nor - pdf-view-mode. +Searching is performed asynchronously in a private server instance, i.e. it doesn't block neither ordinary editing nor ~pdf-view-mode~. *** Moccur - Added the ability to search multiple documents in one occur - buffer. +Added the ability to search multiple documents in one occur buffer. ** Isearch *** Occur Integration - M-s o now starts occur, while keeping the isearch session, like it - is in text-buffers. +~M-s o~ now starts occur, while keeping the isearch session, like it is in text-buffers. *** Word search - M-s w now does a word search, which will also find hyphenated - words (as determined by pdf-isearch-hyphenation-character), though - not at page boundaries. +~M-s w~ now does a word search, which will also find hyphenated words (as determined by ~pdf-isearch-hyphenation-character~), though not at page boundaries. ** View *** Navigate by pagelabels - M-g l may be used to jump to a page by label, i.e. it's displayed - number. +~M-g l~ may be used to jump to a page by label, i.e. it's displayed number. *** Rendering - Added the ability to display the page as it would be printed - (e.g. w/o annotations) and to apply a color filter - (pdf-view-printer-minor-mode resp. pdf-view-midnight-minor-mode). +Added the ability to display the page as it would be printed (e.g. w/o annotations) via ~pdf-view-printer-minor-mode~ and to apply a color filter via ~pdf-view-midnight-minor-mode~. ** Outline - New option `pdf-outline-display-labels', determining whether to - display labels instead of plain page-numbers. +New option ~pdf-outline-display-labels~, determining whether to display labels instead of plain page-numbers. * Version 0.50 ** PDF Tools is now available on MELPA. ** SyncTeX *** File name handling - SyncTeX is pretty picky about source filenames. So instead of - trying various filenames and hoping for best, we find it by - directly inspecting the database. +SyncTeX is pretty picky about source filenames. So instead of trying various filenames and hoping for best, we find it by directly inspecting the database. *** Heuristic backward search - Backward searching now tries to find the exact position in the - LaTeX buffer. This may be disabled by setting - pdf-sync-backward-use-heuristic to nil. +Backward searching now tries to find the exact position in the LaTeX buffer. This may be disabled by setting ~pdf-sync-backward-use-heuristic~ to ~nil~. *** Renamed most variables/functions/commands. - The old ones are still there but declared obsolete. +The old ones are still there but declared obsolete. ** Compatible with Emacs 24.3 ** Integrate with bookmark.el ** Compiling on OSX - PDF Tools should now compile on OSX, though it is unsupported. +PDF Tools should now compile on OSX, though it is unsupported. ** MELPA - Try to handle an update via MELPA by package.el by shutting down - the server, recompiling and restarting it. This may be deactivated - by setting pdf-tools-handle-upgrades to nil. +Try to handle an update via MELPA by ~package.el~ by shutting down the server, recompiling and restarting it. This may be deactivated by setting ~pdf-tools-handle-upgrades~ to nil. ** Auto slicing - A new minor mode which will automatically slice the page according - to it's bounding box. +A new minor mode which will automatically slice the page according to it's bounding box. * Version 0.40 - I basically reimplemented the whole thing. (Not really, but a lot - has changed.) +I basically reimplemented the whole thing. (Not really, but a lot has changed.) ** Displaying PDF Files. - Rendering is now done almost completely in libpoppler (no convert - anymore), while PNG images are kept in memory and files are solely - used as a means of exchange between Emacs and epdfinfo. In - essence, display should be much faster. +Rendering is now done almost completely in ~libpoppler~ (no convert anymore), while PNG images are kept in memory and files are solely used as a means of exchange between Emacs and ~epdfinfo~. In essence, display should be much faster. *** New Major Mode pdf-view - Hacking up doc-view.el to support a server-based ,,rendering - engine'' would have been to awkward. So a new major-mode was - needed : pdf-view-mode . Both are very similar regarding - user-interface. Some differences are: - + Setting the width to `fit-width', `fit-height' or `fit-page' - keeps up with window-size changes. - + The values of the slice are relative, i.e. independent of the - image-size. +Hacking up ~doc-view.el~ to support a server-based *rendering engine* would have been to awkward. So a new major-mode was needed : ~pdf-view-mode~. Both are very similar regarding user-interface. Some differences are: ++ Setting the width to ~fit-width~, ~fit-height~ or ~fit-page~ keeps up with window-size changes. ++ The values of the slice are relative, i.e. independent of the ~image-size~. *** PNG Image Cache - Image data is cached, in order to keep the time it needs to - display a page low. Some pages are pre-loaded for the same reason, - while idling. The number of cached images per buffer may be - customized using `pdf-cache-image-limit'. +Image data is cached, in order to keep the time it needs to display a page low. Some pages are pre-loaded for the same reason, while idling. The number of cached images per buffer may be customized using ~pdf-cache-image-limit~. ** Annotations *** New supported types - Provided epdfinfo was build with a recent version of libpoppler, - you may now create and modify the following markup annotation - types: highlight, squiggly, underline and strike-out. +Provided ~epdfinfo~ was build with a recent version of ~libpoppler~, you may now create and modify the following markup annotation types: highlight, squiggly, underline and strike-out. ** Various *** You may now select extended regions with C-mouse-1. *** Numerous other changes |