Hi again, I've decided it's time to put a release out, and will do so tomorrow unless last-minute testing shows something doesn't work well. Feel free to try out
http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/software/xournal/xournal-0.4.8.tar.gz (candidate source distribution release) http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/software/xournal/xournal-0.4.8-win32.zip (candidate Win32 binary release) With the windows binaries, it'd be great if someone who didn't install any GTK libraries in the windows system directories can confirm that the package is indeed self-contained and isn't missing any required DLLs. I am confused by the gdk-pixbuf-loader libraries disappearing since the previous release, though loading images of various kinds (PNG and JPG mostly, I don't have too much else around) does seem to work. (Please test BMP and other formats if you have some lying around). If I don't hear back about any problems I'll probably make the release public tomorrow. Thanks, Denis Candidate release On 06/28/2014 11:24 PM, Denis Auroux wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Two significant updates to the xournal code base today (in cvs and git > on sourceforge.net): > > 1. the auto-save feature. I wasn't happy with the (several) existing > patches so I wrote my own code. If the option is enabled (Options -> > Auto-Save Files), Xournal will check periodically (default: 5 seconds; > see config file to change) whether there are unsaved changes, and if so, > it will create a file named filename.xoj.autosaveN.xoj where N varies > between 0 and 9 (between 0 and 1 if you only have one instance of > xournal editing the same file at the same time). > When a file is opened, Xournal checks for autosave files and offers the > option to attempt a recovery (or to ignore the autosave file, or to > delete the autosaves). (If there are several autosaves for the same xoj > file, the user is prompted to choose one). The autosave files can of > course also be opened directly and saved back over the original xoj > file; xournal does this automatically (and erases the autosave file) > when recovering an autosave. > > 2. new "export to PDF" code. The built-in PDF parser and generator were > getting a bit dusty (no longer able to parse all PDF files; exported > text items would not copy-paste to readable text; etc). So the new > default "export to PDF" behavior is to use poppler and cairo code to > generate a PDF file. This is very similar to File -> Print -> Print to > PDF except it preserves the page sizes of the xoj file instead of > adopting a standard printer paper size, and doesn't bring up a print > dialog. The legacy "export to PDF" code remains available if you select > Options -> Legacy PDF Export. However, when the xoj file annotates a PDF > file that can't be parsed (e.g. PDF 1.5+ compression), instead of > stupidly generating a low-resolution bitmap version, we will always fall > back to the new cairo/poppler code. > > Please test if you have interest and time. Especially, the stress-test > features are: > > - test auto-save recovery in the presence of attached files (e.g. files > that annotate screenshots (Page -> Background Screenshot), and of > multiple concurrent instances of xournal editing the same file. > > - test pdf export with text in a variety of fonts, > highlighter/transparency effects, and mixed page sizes within the same > xoj document; also when annotating a compressed pdf file that previously > caused xournal to export a low-resolution bitmap. (Highlighter > transparency remains imperfect in the exported PDF but should not be > worse than with the legacy code). > > Let me know if you spot issues that need fixing; release 0.4.8 might > come sooner rather than later, and I'd rather make sure that things work > properly. > > Thanks in advance! > Denis > -- Denis Auroux aur...@math.berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley Tel: 510-642-4367 Department of Mathematics Fax: 510-642-8204 817 Evans Hall # 3840 Berkeley, CA 94720-3840 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Xournal-devel mailing list Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel
