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APACHE FOP - README

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Contents of this file:

- What is FOP?

- Legal Information

- Where to get help?

- How do I build FOP?

- How do I run FOP?

- Release Notes

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What is FOP?

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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.

Apache FOP is part of Apache's XML Graphics project. The homepage of Apache

FOP is http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/.

Legal Information

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Apache FOP is published under the Apache License version 2.0. For the license

text, please see the following files:

- LICENSE

- NOTICE

Legal information on libraries used by Apache FOP can be found in the

"lib/README.txt" file.

Here is a list of files included in Apache FOP but not published under Apache

License version 2.0:

- sRGB IEC61966-2.1 color profile

File: src/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/sRGB Color Space Profile.icm

Info: src/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/sRGB Color Space Profile.icm.LICENSE.txt

- K3 3 of 9 barcode font (TrueType)

File: examples/fo/advanced/K3.TTF

Info: examples/fo/advanced/K3.README

- DejaVu LGC Serif font (TrueType)

File: test/resources/fonts/DejaVuLGCSerif.ttf

Info: test/resources/fonts/DejaVuLGCSerif.LICENSE

Where to get help?

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http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/gethelp.html

A mailing list where you can get all your questions about FOP answered is at

fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org. You can subscribe by sending an empty mail

to fop-users-subscribe@xmlgraphics.apache.org.

Before you post any questions, please have a look at the FAQ at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/faq.html and FO help page at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/fo.html.

Please report bugs to bugzilla at http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/

How do I build FOP?

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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/stable/compiling.html

How do I run FOP?

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Simply by typing "fop" on the command-line. Without any parameters you

will receive a screen with instruction on how to call FOP from the

command-line.

For more details, see:

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/stable/running.html

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RELEASE NOTES

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Version 1.0

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This is a production grade release of Apache FOP.

It contains many bug fixes and new features. See below for details.

Compliance

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This release implements the XSL 1.0 and 1.1 recommendations to a high

degree of compliance. See the compliance page

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html for a detailed

overview.

Known issues

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The known issues of this release are listed at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/knownissues_overview.html.

Major Changes in Version 1.0

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* Added support for addressing all glyphs available in a Type 1 font

* Added support for auto-configuring TrueType Collections. XML font

metrics files for *.ttc fonts are not required anymore.

* Added support for rendering pages using Java Printing System.

* Support character-by-character font-selection strategy on

fo:character element.

* Implemented word-by-ford font-selection strategy on text.

* AFP Output: Various enhancements

* FOP now creates ToUnicode CMaps for single-byte fonts that don't use

built-in encodings

* Introduced a new, additional intermediate format optimized for

performance. See the intermediate format documentation for details.

* Added an initial set of extensions for prepress support.

* Added limited support for different page widths within a page-sequence.

* Added support for TrueType fonts with symbol character maps (like

"Wingdings" and "Symbol").

* Added an event handling framework which allows to get better feedback

from within FOP with the ability to customize problem management.

The long list of changes in this release is available at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/changes_1.0.html.

The long list of changes in this and earlier releases is available at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html.

Version 0.95

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This is a production grade release of Apache FOP.

It contains many bug fixes and new features. See below for details.

Compliance

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This release implements the XSL 1.0 and 1.1 recommendations to a high

degree of compliance. See the compliance page

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html for a detailed

overview.

Known issues

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The known issues of this release are listed at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/knownissues_overview.html.

Major Changes in Version 0.95

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* Add new fox:external-document extension element that allows to insert whole

documents into a page-sequence (JM)

* Add support for background on fo:table-column and fo:table-header/footer/body

elements (VH)

* Add support for conditional borders in tables (VH)

* Add support for scale-down-to-fit and scale-up-to-fit (JM)

* Fix various bugs and performance problems with external graphics by

introducing a new image loading framework (JM)

The long list of changes in this release is available at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/changes_0.95.html.

The long list of changes in this and earlier releases is available at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html.

Changes since Version 0.95beta

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Please refer to the list of changes on the web:

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html

Version 0.94

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This is the second production grade release of the new FOP codebase.

It contains many bug fixes and new features. See below for details.

Compliance

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This release implements the XSL 1.0 and 1.1 recommendations to a high

degree of compliance. See the compliance page

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html for a detailed

overview.

Known issues

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The known issues of this release are listed at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.94/knownissues_overview.html.

Major Changes in Version 0.94

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* Add support for font auto-detection (JM) Thanks to Adrian Cumiskey

* Add support for the border-collapsing model in tables (VH, JM)

* Add support for named destinations in PDF (JB)

* Add support for UAX#14 type line breaking (MM)

The long list of changes in this release is available at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.94/changes_0.94.html.

The long list of changes in this and earlier releases is available at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html.

Version 0.93

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This is the first production grade release of the new FOP codebase.

* It contains the new API first introduced in release 0.92

beta. The preceding API has been removed.

* This release again contains many bug fixes and new features. See

below for details.

Compliance

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This release implements the XSL 1.0 and 1.1 recommendations to a high

degree of compliance. See the compliance page

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html for a detailed

overview.

Known issues

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The known issues of this release are listed at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/knownissues.html.

Upgrading

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You may experience different behaviour compared to version

0.20.5. Please consult the "Upgrading" page

(http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/stable/upgrading.html) for

details.

Major Changes in Version 0.93

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* Added support for the use of Open Type fonts (BD)

* Support for the rgb-icc() function and for a proprietary cmyk()

function (for device CMYK colors only through the PDF renderer so

far). (JM) Thanks to Peter Coppens. Fixes 40729.

* Enabled Copy/Paste from PDF content in Acrobat Reader for

text using embedded TrueType fonts. (BD) Thanks to Adam Strzelecki,

Victor Mote. Fixes 5535.

* Added support for PDF/A-1b and PDF/X-3:2003. (Note: this may still

be a bit incomplete. Feedback is welcome!)

* The Java2DRenderer (and therefore the print and bitmap renderers) is

now offering the same quality as the PDF and PS renderers. Note:

There can still be little differences between PDF and Print/PNG/TIFF

because the latter uses a different font metrics source.

* Automatic support for all fonts available to the Java2D subsystem

for all Java2D-descendant renderers (TIFF, PNG, print, AWT).

The long list of changes in this release is available at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.93/changes_0.93.html.

The long list of changes in this and earlier releases is available at

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html.

The Apache FOP team asks you for your continued feedback on the

software. We're also interested in success stories with the new

release. So if the latest version works fine for you, please tell us!

And if it doesn't, you may tell us as well, of course. ;-)

Release notes for older FOP versions can be found on:

http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/relnotes.html