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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by Arnaud HERITIER <ah...@gmail.com> on 2005/09/05 23:35:05 UTC
[ANN] Maven PDF Plug-in 2.4 released
We are pleased to announce the Maven PDF Plug-in 2.4 release!
http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/pdf/
PDF Documentation generator
Changes in this version include:
New Features:
o Allow the pdf plugin to be added as a project's report. Issue: MPPDF-9.
Thanks to Fabrizio Giustina.
Fixed bugs:
o sub-/superscripts do not work. Issue: MPPDF-43. Thanks to Lukas Theussl.
o Error when logo locations are not set. Issue: MPPDF-42. Thanks to Lukas
Theussl.
o Suppress verbose output by default. Issue: MPPDF-41. Thanks to Lukas
Theussl.
o Missing patch for MPPDF-24 ( it defines a missing attribute for
&lt;code
style="indent"&gt; tags and cleans up some layout issues with definition
lists). Issue: MPPDF-39. Thanks to Lukas Theussl.
o Standardize copyright notices. Issue: MPPDF-35. Thanks to Lukas Theussl.
o Fix some "contents overflows area" errors. Issue: MPPDF-33. Thanks to
Valerie Nyre.
o Cannot use SVG images. (batik: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError.) Issue:
MPPDF-32. Thanks to Lukas Theussl.
o Can't insert the logo image described in the POM if its path begins with a
slash (as it works for the xdoc plugin). Issue: MPPDF-31. Thanks to Lukas
Theussl.
o Allow copy and paste from pdf to text editor. Issue: MPPDF-22. Thanks to
Lukas Theussl.
o Add support for external imaging libraries like jimi and jai to use PNG
images in generated pdf files. Issue: MPPDF-8. Thanks to Fabio Franco
Uechi.
o PDF generation doesn't use proxy settings for external resources. Issue:
MPPDF-7.
Changes:
o Make the plugin compatible with maven 1.0 and jdk 1.3/1.4/1.5 or with
maven
1.1 and jdk 1.4/1.5.
To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:
maven plugin:download
-Dmaven.repo.remote=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven,
http://cvs.apache.org/repository/
-DgroupId=maven
-DartifactId=maven-pdf-plugin
-Dversion=2.4
For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-pdf-plugin-2.4.jar
Have fun!
-The Maven PDF Plug-in development team