Re: [Libwpd-devel] ATTN: libwpd 0.9.0 and writerperfect 0.8.0 released

[William L. <wr...@gm...>]

Awesome work everyone! (especially Fridrich) I'm cracking open a
newcastle to celebrate as I type this. :)

For those interested, I wrote up a blog entry (with screenshots)
highlighting the new features of libwpd 0.9.0 here:

http://masalalabs.ca/2010/11/back-to-wordperfect-libwpd-0-9-0/

Will

2010/11/17 Fridrich Strba <fri...@bl...>:
> Hello, good people,
>
> The good news is that on Tuesday, November 16th 2010, after more then
> five years of development, libwpd 0.9.0 and writerperfect 0.8.0 have
> been released.
>
> libwpd 0.9.0 is not backward compatible with libwpd 0.8.14. Both 0.9.x
> and 0.8.x series are installable in parallel except for the wpd2html and
> wpd2text tools.
>
> The main features of this release are:
>
>      * Conversion of page-numbering.
>      * Conversion of embedded images and text boxes in WP1, WP3, WP5
>        and WP6 documents.
>      * Conversion of password protected WP1, WP3, WP42 and WP5
>        documents.
>      * Conversion of annotations/comments in WP6 parser.
>      * Fix some greek characters so that Text written in WP5.1 with
>        Printer Polyglott convert correct.
>      * Fix unicode mappings of some older Symbol and Dingbats fonts.
>      * Drop the libgsf dependency in favour of pure C++ implementation
>        of the WPXInputStream interface.
>      * Fix the footnote/endnote/comment/annotation/textbox writing in
>        wpd2html converter.
>      * Improve metadata parsing.
>
> The libwpd development team hopes that you enjoy the new functionality
> and that you stay tuned for more exciting news.
>
> Cheers
>
> Fridrich
>
>
>
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