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@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ 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 1.1 Recommendation (05 December 2006) and then turns it into a PDF document, certain other output formats or allows you to preview it -directly on screen. Some parts of the XSL 1.1 specification (work in progress!) -have also been implemented. +directly on screen. Note that not all parts of the XSL 1.1 specification +have yes been implemented. Apache FOP is part of Apache's XML Graphics project. The homepage of Apache FOP is http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/. @@ -93,6 +93,46 @@ http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/stable/running.html RELEASE NOTES ============================================================================== +Version 1.1rc1 +============== + +This is a candidate release of the next, minor (dot) release of Apache FOP, +which primarily addresses bug fixes and also adds a number of new features. +See below for details. + +Compliance +---------- + +This release implements the XSL 1.0 and 1.1 recommendations to a relatively +high degree of compliance. See the compliance page +http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html for further details. + +Known issues +------------ + +A detailed list of known issues in this release is available at +http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/knownissues_overview.html. + +Major Changes in Version 1.1rc1 +------------------------------- + +* Adds support for complex scripts, in particular those that require + either bidirectional processing or advanced typographic tables in + fonts (e.g., the GSUB and GPOS tables of OpenType). +* Adds support for fo:bidi-override and (relatively) full support + for writing-mode='rl-tb' (or equivalent). +* Adds support for Unicode BIDI Control characters: U+200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT + MARK (LRM), U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK (RLM), U+202A LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING + (LRE), U+202B RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING (RLE), U+202D LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE + (LRO), U+202E RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE (RLO), and U+202C POP DIRECTIONAL + FORMATTING (PDF). + +A more detailed list of changes in this release is available at +http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1rc1/changes_1.1rc1.html. + +A more detailed list of changes in this and earlier releases is available at +http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html. + Version 1.0 =========== |