From: Jeremias Maerki Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:53:47 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update on the README file. X-Git-Tag: fop-0_92-beta~15 X-Git-Url: https://source.dussan.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c7cbd2c71f2e126dc71fc24848fbaceab89c306e;p=xmlgraphics-fop.git Update on the README file. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk@392903 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- diff --git a/README b/README index bd51f057d..d81fa95d2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ $Id$ Contents of this file: - What is FOP? + - Legal Information - Where to get help? - How do I build FOP? - How do I run FOP? @@ -21,13 +22,14 @@ Apache FOP is the world's first print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object tree conforming to the XSL 1.0 Recommendation (15 October 2001) and then turns it into a PDF document, certain other output formats or allows you to preview it -directly on screen. +directly on screen. Some parts of the XSL 1.1 specification (work in progress!) +have also been implemented. Apache FOP is part of Apache's XML Graphics project. The homepage of Apache FOP is http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/. -Legal information +Legal Information --------------------- Apache FOP is published under the Apache License version 2.0. For the license @@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ How do I build FOP? If you've downloaded a binary distribution, you don't need to build FOP. Otherwise, please follow the instructions found here: -http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.90/compiling.html +http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/latest/compiling.html How do I run FOP? @@ -86,13 +88,13 @@ For more details, see: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/latest/running.html RELEASE NOTES ============================================================================== -Version 0.91 beta +Version 0.92 beta --------------------- -We don't list all the changes since the 0.20.5 release, since this release -represents the first after a complete redesign of the FOP codebase. This -is basically a new software. But the changes since 0.90 alpha 1 can be looked -up under http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html. +We don't list all the changes since the 0.20.5 release, since the codebase +was practically rewritten in large areas as part of a big redesign effort. +This is basically a new software. But the changes since 0.90 alpha 1 can be +looked up under http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html. Upgrading from 0.20.5: Please read http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/latest/upgrading.html @@ -106,8 +108,9 @@ Caveats: - This release is a beta release. If you intend to use this software in a production environment, please perform careful testing. - - The API is not to be considered stable, yet. Please be prepared - for the API to be changed in a backwards-incompatible way. + - With the latest changes, the API is now considered stable. Please + note that the API has changed in a backwards-incompatible way since + the last release. - You may experience different behaviour compared to version 0.20.5. Please consult the "Upgrading" page indicated above for details. @@ -116,7 +119,6 @@ Known issues: - PCL, MIF and SVG support have not been restored, yet. - Java2D/AWT support contains some problems, for example with block-containers. - - Support for kerning has not been restored, yet. - Auto table layout is not implemented, yet. - The collapsing border model on tables is not implemented, yet. Please use border-collapse="separate" for now. @@ -128,7 +130,6 @@ Known issues: - block-containers with no height currently don't create a fence for spaces as they should (they behave like a normal block). - Preserved linefeeds in fo:character are not handled correctly. - - Zero-width spaces are not handled correctly. - An empty block currently produces a fence for stacking constraints which it shouldn't. - There are several small problems around white space handling. @@ -136,7 +137,6 @@ Known issues: too big and shrinking is allowed to happen. - Block-level content in fo:inlines may produce unwelcome results. - inline-container may not work as expected. - - letter-spacing and word-spacing properties may not work as expected. - leaders with leader-pattern="use-content" may not work as expected. - keep-with-previous doesn't work inside tables and lists, yet. - White space on direct inline-level children of a marker is not @@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ Known issues: and attempting to create columns implicitly from the first table row is not implemented, yet (Bugzilla #35656). - Leaders with the "rule" pattern don't work for PostScript output. - - break-after may in some cases cause subsequent content to be swallowed. - Please use break-before, if possible. - Internal basic-links don't point to the exact location on a page, yet, as they did in 0.20.5. Currently you land in the upper left corner of the page.