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HTMLDOC 1.9.19 November 21, 2024

HTMLDOC 1.9.19 is a bug fix release. Changes include:

• Security: Fixed an issue with the file_basename implementation (Issue #532)
• Added support for ‘file’ method in links (Issue #512)
• Updated HTML and header/footer code to use a string pool to simplify memory management and fix potential double-free bugs.
• Updated configure script to look for zlib with pkg-config (Issue #519)
• Updated markdown support code to mmd.
• Fixed hyperlinks to subfolders (Issue #525)
• Fixed export of UTF-8 HTML (Issue #526)
• Fixed handling of whitespace-only nodes (Issue #528)
• Fixed handling of tabs in PRE nodes (Issue #529)
• Fixed case sensitivity of link targets (Issue #530)

Binaries are available from Github for Windows and macOS, and through the Snapcraft store for Linux.

Enjoy!

Download HTMLDOC 1.9.19 Install HTMLDOC 1.9.19 Snap Home Page

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PAPPL v1.4.8 November 14, 2024

PAPPL v1.4.8 is now available for download and is a bug fix release. Changes include:

• SECURITY: The web interface password didn’t work properly (Issue #373)
• Now use the “listen-hostname” hostname as system hostname if a name is specified (Issue #369)

Enjoy!

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PDFio 1.3.2 October 15, 2024

PDFio 1.3.2 is a bug fix release. Changes include:

• Added some more sanity checks to the TrueType font reader.
• Updated documentation (Issue #77)
• Fixed an issue when opening certain encrypted PDF files (Issue #62)

Enjoy!

Download PDFio v1.3.2 Home Page

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PAPPL v1.4.7 October 15, 2024

PAPPL v1.4.7 is now available for download and is a bug fix release. Changes include:

• PAM-based authentication did not work on Linux due to a glibc incompatibility (Issue #343)
• Fixed the web interface for setting the admin and print groups (Issue #356)
• Fixed the web interface for adding network printers on non-standard port numbers (Issue #360)
• Fixed some USB gadget error conditions.
• Fixed the Wi-Fi configuration web page.
• Fixed a logging deadlock issue.
• Fixed some threading issues.
• Fixed how PAPPL responds to an unsupported request character set.
• Fixed the “no-tls” server option.

Enjoy!

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TTF v1.0.0 August 19, 2024

This is the first stable release of TTF, a simple C library for using TrueType and OpenType font files.

Enjoy!

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Announcing TTF, a Simple C Library for Using TrueType/OpenType Files August 09, 2024

TTF is a simple C library for using TrueType and OpenType font files. I’ve actually been embedding this in a couple other projects but wanted to make the core project more visible for those that need to work with font files.

I’m providing TTF under the Apache License Version 2.0 with an (optional) exception to allow linking against GPL2/LGPL2 software.

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PDFio 1.3.1 August 05, 2024

PDFio 1.3.1 is a security fix release. Changes include:

• CVE 2024-42358: Updated TrueType font reader to avoid large memory allocations.
• Fixed some documentation errors and added examples (Issue #68, Issue #69)

Enjoy!

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PDFio 1.3.0 June 28, 2024

PDFio 1.3.0 is a feature and bug fix release. Changes include:

• Added pdfioFileGetCatalog API for accessing the root/catalog object of a PDF file (Issue #67)
• Updated number support to avoid locale issues (Issue #61)
• Updated the PDFio private header to allow compilation with MingW; note that MingW is NOT a supported toolchain for PDFio (Issue #66)
• Optimized string pool code.

Enjoy!

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