comp.lang.ruby

Chris Cummer

12/12/2007 7:01:00 PM

Great stuff Greg, I'm very pleased to see this project taken over
again and look forward to seeing what comes of it. Good luck!


On 9-Dec-07, at 7:45 PM, Gregory Brown wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm happy to announce we have our first PDF::Writer maintenance
> release ready.
> This includes a number of bug fixes; some of the interesting ones
> include:
>
> * Better memory footprint for PDF::SimpleTable
> * Fixed an error with BMP images in ImageInfo#measure_BMP
> * Temporary removal of encryption functionality, as it seems to have
> numerous issues
> * Resolved an issue with ordering of column names in
> PDF::SimpleTable
> * Resolved an issue with shading in PDF::SimpleTable
> * Applied a patch to allow toggling visible column separators in
> QuickRef
> * Partially fixed issues with page numbering
>
> == Get it
>
> gem install pdf-writer -y
>
> == Get Involved
>
> Mike Milner and myself are working on getting familiar with the
> PDF::Writer codebase, but it'll take us a while to get up to full
> steam. We are really relying on community bug reports, patches, and
> guidance to keep this project moving forward. You can find all the
> relevant info, including mailing list and subversion info on our Trac:
>
> http://stonecode.svnrepository.com/ruby_pd...
>
> Please feel free to use the mailing list to bring up any issues with
> PDF::Writer you'd like. We know it is slow, so please come with
> suggestions in the form of patches if that's your complaint. :)
>
> == Acknowledgments
>
> Virtually all of these fixes came from either Austin or the community,
> so aside from janitorial work I've done so far, they deserve all the
> credit.
>
> Special thanks goes to Eric Budd, Fabio Aquotte, and Alexander Lang
> for patches. Hopefully late thanks are better than none at all :)
>
> == Note
>
> We still haven't killed all outstanding issues with PDF::Writer. We
> plan to have a 1.1.5 release out reasonably soon with some more fixes.
> Until then, hopefully this will tighten things up a bit.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -greg
>
>
>