diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..d31c548fa1eeb3316a018b7d4a3be36127723f34 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,262 @@ +Overview of changes leading to 0.6.0 +Friday, May 27, 2011 +==================================== + +- Vertical text support in GPOS +- Almost all API entries have unit tests now, under test/ +- All thread-safety issues are fixed + +Summary of API changes follows. + + +* Simple Types API: + + o New API: + HB_LANGUAGE_INVALID + hb_language_get_default() + hb_direction_to_string() + hb_direction_from_string() + hb_script_get_horizontal_direction() + HB_UNTAG() + + o Renamed API: + hb_category_t renamed to hb_unicode_general_category_t + + o Changed API: + hb_language_t is a typed pointers now + + o Removed API: + HB_TAG_STR() + + +* Use ISO 15924 tags for hb_script_t: + + o New API: + hb_script_from_iso15924_tag() + hb_script_to_iso15924_tag() + hb_script_from_string() + + o Changed API: + HB_SCRIPT_* enum members changed value. + + +* Buffer API streamlined: + + o New API: + hb_buffer_reset() + hb_buffer_set_length() + hb_buffer_allocation_successful() + + o Renamed API: + hb_buffer_ensure() renamed to hb_buffer_pre_allocate() + hb_buffer_add_glyph() renamed to hb_buffer_add() + + o Removed API: + hb_buffer_clear() + hb_buffer_clear_positions() + + o Changed API: + hb_buffer_get_glyph_infos() takes an out length parameter now + hb_buffer_get_glyph_positions() takes an out length parameter now + + +* Blob API streamlined: + + o New API: + hb_blob_get_data() + hb_blob_get_data_writable() + + o Renamed API: + hb_blob_create_empty() renamed to hb_blob_get_empty() + + o Removed API: + hb_blob_lock() + hb_blob_unlock() + hb_blob_is_writable() + hb_blob_try_writable() + + o Changed API: + hb_blob_create() takes user_data before destroy now + + +* Unicode functions API: + + o Unicode function vectors can subclass other unicode function vectors now. + Unimplemented callbacks in the subclass automatically chainup to the parent. + + o All hb_unicode_funcs_t callbacks take a user_data now. Their setters + take a user_data and its respective destroy callback. + + o New API: + hb_unicode_funcs_get_empty() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_default() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_parent() + + o Changed API: + hb_unicode_funcs_create() now takes a parent_funcs. + + o Removed func getter functions: + hb_unicode_funcs_get_mirroring_func() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_general_category_func() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_script_func() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_combining_class_func() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_eastasian_width_func() + + +* Face API: + + o Renamed API: + hb_face_get_table() renamed to hb_face_reference_table() + hb_face_create_for_data() renamed to hb_face_create() + + o Changed API: + hb_face_create_for_tables() takes user_data before destroy now + hb_face_reference_table() returns empty blob instead of NULL + hb_get_table_func_t accepts the face as first parameter now + +* Font API: + + o Fonts can subclass other fonts now. Unimplemented callbacks in the + subclass automatically chainup to the parent. When chaining up, + scale is adjusted if the parent font has a different scale. + + o All hb_font_funcs_t callbacks take a user_data now. Their setters + take a user_data and its respective destroy callback. + + o New API: + hb_font_get_parent() + hb_font_funcs_get_empty() + hb_font_create_sub_font() + + o Removed API: + hb_font_funcs_copy() + hb_font_unset_funcs() + + o Removed func getter functions: + hb_font_funcs_get_glyph_func() + hb_font_funcs_get_glyph_advance_func() + hb_font_funcs_get_glyph_extents_func() + hb_font_funcs_get_contour_point_func() + hb_font_funcs_get_kerning_func() + + o Changed API: + hb_font_create() takes a face and references it now + hb_font_set_funcs() takes user_data before destroy now + hb_font_set_scale() accepts signed integers now + hb_font_get_contour_point_func_t now takes glyph first, then point_index + hb_font_get_glyph_func_t returns a success boolean now + + +* Changed object model: + + o All object types have a _get_empty() now: + hb_blob_get_empty() + hb_buffer_get_empty() + hb_face_get_empty() + hb_font_get_empty() + hb_font_funcs_get_empty() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_empty() + + o Added _set_user_data() and _get_user_data() for all object types: + hb_blob_get_user_data() + hb_blob_set_user_data() + hb_buffer_get_user_data() + hb_buffer_set_user_data() + hb_face_get_user_data() + hb_face_set_user_data() + hb_font_funcs_get_user_data() + hb_font_funcs_set_user_data() + hb_font_get_user_data() + hb_font_set_user_data() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_user_data() + hb_unicode_funcs_set_user_data() + + o Removed the _get_reference_count() from all object types: + hb_blob_get_reference_count() + hb_buffer_get_reference_count() + hb_face_get_reference_count() + hb_font_funcs_get_reference_count() + hb_font_get_reference_count() + hb_unicode_funcs_get_reference_count() + + o Added _make_immutable() and _is_immutable() for all object types except for buffer: + hb_blob_make_immutable() + hb_blob_is_immutable() + hb_face_make_immutable() + hb_face_is_immutable() + + +* Changed API for vertical text support + + o The following callbacks where removed: + hb_font_get_glyph_advance_func_t + hb_font_get_kerning_func_t + + o The following new callbacks added instead: + hb_font_get_glyph_h_advance_func_t + hb_font_get_glyph_v_advance_func_t + hb_font_get_glyph_h_origin_func_t + hb_font_get_glyph_v_origin_func_t + hb_font_get_glyph_h_kerning_func_t + hb_font_get_glyph_v_kerning_func_t + + o The following API removed as such: + hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_advance_func() + hb_font_funcs_set_kerning_func() + hb_font_get_glyph_advance() + hb_font_get_kerning() + + o New API added instead: + hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_h_advance_func() + hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_v_advance_func() + hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_h_origin_func() + hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_v_origin_func() + hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_h_kerning_func() + hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_v_kerning_func() + hb_font_get_glyph_h_advance() + hb_font_get_glyph_v_advance() + hb_font_get_glyph_h_origin() + hb_font_get_glyph_v_origin() + hb_font_get_glyph_h_kerning() + hb_font_get_glyph_v_kerning() + + o The following higher-leve API added for convenience: + hb_font_get_glyph_advance_for_direction() + hb_font_get_glyph_origin_for_direction() + hb_font_add_glyph_origin_for_direction() + hb_font_subtract_glyph_origin_for_direction() + hb_font_get_glyph_kerning_for_direction() + hb_font_get_glyph_extents_for_origin() + hb_font_get_glyph_contour_point_for_origin() + + +* OpenType Layout API: + + o New API: + hb_ot_layout_position_start() + hb_ot_layout_substitute_start() + hb_ot_layout_substitute_finish() + + +* Glue code: + + o New API: + hb_glib_script_to_script() + hb_glib_script_from_script() + hb_icu_script_to_script() + hb_icu_script_from_script() + + +* Version API added: + + o New API: + HB_VERSION_MAJOR + HB_VERSION_MINOR + HB_VERSION_MICRO + HB_VERSION_STRING + HB_VERSION_CHECK() + hb_version() + hb_version_string() + hb_version_check() + + diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index e8bf009fd066dd839abc480b22a38ae3765e3da7..372c9f290249c9cbafc804f8b3d8e876cee90da1 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.64]) AC_INIT([harfbuzz], - [0.5.0], + [0.6.0], [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz], [harfbuzz], [http://harfbuzz.org/])