Release Notes for the DocBook XSL Stylesheets

$Revision: 8934 $ $Date: 2010-11-01 13:03:14 -0700 (Mon, 01 Nov 2010) $

2010-11-01

This release-notes + document is available in the following formats: + HTML, + PDF, + plain text; it provides a per-release list +of enhancements and changes to the stylesheets’ public APIs +(user-configurable parameters) and excludes descriptions of most +bug fixes. For a complete list of all changes (including all bug +fixes) that have been made since the previous release, see the +separate NEWS (plain text) or NEWS.html files. Also available: +An online hyperlinked change history (warning: big file) of all +changes made over the entire history of the codebase.

+ +

As with all DocBook Project “dot + one plus” releases, this release aspires to be stable (in + contrast to dot-zero releases, which + are experimental).

+ + +

Table of Contents

Release Notes: 1.76.1

FO
HTML
Params

Release Notes: 1.76.0

Gentext
Common
FO
HTML
Manpages
Epub
Eclipse
Params
XSL-Xalan

Release Notes: 1.75.2

Gentext
Common
FO
HTML
Manpages
Epub
Profiling
XSL-Saxon
XSL-Xalan

Release Notes: 1.75.1

FO
HTML
Epub
Params

Release Notes: 1.75.0

Gentext
Common
FO
HTML
Manpages
ePub
HTMLHelp
Params
Highlighting
XSL-Saxon
XSL-Xalan

Release Notes: 1.74.3

Release Notes: 1.74.2

Release Notes: 1.74.1

Gentext
FO
HTML
Manpages
ePub
Roundtrip
Params
Highlighting

Release Notes: 1.74.0

Gentext
Common
FO
HTML
Manpages
Epub
HTMLHelp
Eclipse
JavaHelp
Roundtrip
< span class="sect2">Slides
Website
Params
Profiling
Tools
Extensions
XSL-Saxon
XSL-Xalan
XSL-libxslt

Release Notes: 1.73.2

Release: 1.73.1

Gentext
FO
HTML
Manpages
HTMLHelp
Eclipse
JavaHelp
Roundtrip
Params

Release: 1.73.0

Gentext
Common
FO
HTML
Manpages
Eclipse
JavaHelp
Roundtrip
Params
Highlighting
Profiling
Lib
Tools
XSL-Saxon
XSL-Xalan

Release: 1.72.0

Common
FO
HTML
Manpages
Params
Template
Roundtrip

Release: 1.71.1

Common
FO
HTML
Highlighting
Manpages
Params
Profiling

Release: 1.71.0

Common
Extensions
FO
HTML
Highlighting
Manpages
Params
Tools

Release: 1.70.1

FO
HTML
HTMLHelp
Params

Release: 1.70.0

Common
Extensions
FO
HTML
Manpages
Params
Profiling
Tools
WordML

Release 1.69.1

Release 1.69.0

Common
FO
Help
HTML
man

About dot-zero releases

+ + + + +

Release Notes: 1.76.1

+ +

The following is a list of changes that have been made + since the 1.76.0 release.

+ +

FO

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + fo code + since the 1.76.0 release.

Robert Stayton: docbook.xsl; xref.xsl; fop1.xsl

Apply patch to support named destination in fop1.xsl, per Sourceforge
+bug report #3029845.

+ +

HTML

+ +

The following changes have been made to the html code since the 1.76.0 release.

Keith Fahlgren: highlight.xsl

Implementing handling for <b> and <i>: transform to <strong> and <em> for XHTML outputs and do not use in the highliting output (per Mauritz Jeanson)

+ +

Params

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + params code + since the 1.76.0 release.

+
Robert Stayton: draft.mode.xml
```
Change default for draft.mode to 'no'.
```
+

+ + +

Release Notes: 1.76.0

+ +

This release includes important bug fixes and adds the following +significant feature changes:

Webhelp: A new browser-based, cross-platform help format with full-text search and other features typically found in help systems. See webhelp/docs/content/ch01.html for more information and a demo.
Gentext: Many updates and additions to translation/locales thanks to Red Hat, the Fedora Project, and other contributors.
Common: Faster localization support, as language files are loaded on demand.
FO: Support for SVG content in imagedata added.
HTML: Output improved when using 'make.cl ean.html' and a stock CSS file is now provided.
EPUB: A number of improvements to NCX, cover and image selection, and XHTML 1.1 element choices

+ +

The following is a list of changes that have been made since the 1.75.2 release.

Gentext

+ +

The following changes have been made to the gentext code since the 1.75.2 release.

+ rlandmann: locale/fa.xml +

+            Update to Persian translation from the Fedora Project
+

+ rlandmann: locale/nds.xml +

+            Locale for Low German
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: locale/ka.xml; Makefile +

+            Added support for Georgian based on patch #2917147.
+

+ rlandmann: locale/nl.xml; locale/ja.xml +

+            Updated translations from Red Hat and the Fedora Project
+

+ rlandmann: locale/bs.xml; locale/ru.xml; locale/hr.xml +

+            Updated locales from Red Hat and the Fedora Project
+

+ rlandmann: locale/pt.xml; locale/cs.xml; locale/es.xml; locale/bg.xml; locale/nl.xml; loca⋯ +

+            Updated translations from Red Hat and the Fedora Project
+

+ rlandmann: locale/as.xml; locale/bn_IN.xml; locale/ast.xml; locale/ml.xml; locale/te.xml; ⋯ +

+            New translations from Red Hat and the Fedora Project
+

+ rlandmann: locale/pt.xml; locale/ca.xml; locale/da.xml; locale/sr.xml; locale/ru.xml; loca⋯ +

+            Updated translations from Red Hat and the Fedora Project
+

+ +

Common

+ +

The following changes have been made to the common code since the 1.75.2 release.

+ Mauritz Jeanson: common.xsl +

+            Fixed bug in output-orderedlist-starting-number template (@startingnumber did not work for FO).
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: gentext.xsl +

+            Added fix to catch ID also of descendants of listitem. Closes bug #2955077.
+

+ Jirka Kosek: l10n.xsl +

+            Stripped down, faster version of gentext.template is used when there is no localization customization.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: stripns.xsl +

+            Added fix that preserves link/@role (makes links in the reference documentation
+with @role="tcg" work).
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: l10n.xsl +

+            Fixed bugs related to manpages and L10n.
+

+ Jirka Kosek: entities.ent; autoidx-kosek.xsl +

+            Upgraded to use common entities. Fixed bug when some code used @sortas and some not for grouping/sorting of indexterms.
+

+ Jirka Kosek: l10n.xsl; l10n.dtd; l10n.xml; autoidx-kosek.xsl +

+            Refactored localization support. Language files are loaded on demand. Speedup is about 30%.
+

+ Jirka Kosek: l10n.xsl +

+            Added xsl:keys for improved performance of localization texts look up. Performance gain around 15%.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: titles.xsl +

+            Fixed bug #2912677 (error with xref in title).
+

+ Robert Stayton: olink.xsl +

+            Fix bug in xrefstyle "title" handling introduced with 
+the 'insert.targetdb.data' template.
+

+ Robert Stayton: gentext.xsl +

+            Fix bug in xref to equation without title to use context="xref-number" instead
+of "xref-number-and-title".
+

+ Robert Stayton: labels.xsl +

+            Number all equations in one sequence, with or without title.
+

+ Robert Stayton: entities.ent +

+            Fix bug #2896909 where duplicate @sortas on indexterms caused 
+some indexterms to drop out of index.
+

+ Robert Stayton: stripns.xsl +

+            Expand the "Stripping namespace ..." message to advise users to
+use the namespaced stylesheets.
+

+ Robert Stayton: stripns.xsl +

+            need a local version of $exsl.node.set.available variable because
+this module imported many places.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: olink.xsl +

+            Added /node() to the select expression that is used to compute the title text
+so that no <ttl> elements end up in the output. Closes bug #2830119.
+

+ +

FO

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + fo code + since the 1.75.2 release.

+ Robert Stayton: table.xsl +

+            Fix bug 2979166 able - Attribute @rowheader not working
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: inline.xsl +

+            Improved glossterm auto-linking by using keys. The old code was inefficient when processing documents
+with many inline glossterms.
+

+ Robert Stayton: titlepage.xsl +

+            Fix bug 2805530 author/orgname not appearing on title page.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: graphics.xsl +

+            Added support for SVG content in imagedata (inspired by patch #2909154).
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: table.xsl +

+            Removed superfluous test used when computing column-width. Closes bug #3000898.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: inline.xsl +

+            Added missing <xsl:call-template name="anchor"/>. Closes bug #2998567.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: lists.xsl +

+            Added table-layout="fixed" on segmentedlist table (required by XSL spec when  proportional-column-width() is used).
+

+ Jirka Kosek: autoidx-kosek.xsl +

+            Upgraded to use common entities. Fixed bug when some code used @sortas and some not for grouping/sorting of indexterms.
+

+ Jirka Kosek: index.xsl +

+            Upgraded to use common entities. Fixed bug when some code used @sortas and some not for grouping/sorting of indexterms.
+

+ Robert Stayton: xref.xsl +

+            Fix bug in olink template when an olink has an id.
+Add warning message with id value when trying to link
+to an element that has no generated text.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: refentry.xsl +

+            Fixed bug #2930968 (indexterm in refmeta not handled correctly).
+

+ Robert Stayton: block.xsl +

+            fix bug 2949567 title in revhistory breaks FO transform.
+

+ Robert Stayton: glossary.xsl +

+            Output id attributes on glossdiv blocks so they can be added to
+xrefs or TOC.
+

+ Jirka Kosek: xref.xsl +

+            Enabled hyphenation of URLs when ulink content is the same as link target
+

+ Robert Stayton: table.xsl +

+            Apply patch to turn off row recursion if no @morerows attributes present.
+This will enable very large tables without row spanning to 
+process without running into recursion limits.
+

+ Robert Stayton: formal.xsl +

+            Format equation without title using table layout with equation number
+next to the equation.
+

+ Robert Stayton: param.xweb; param.ent +

+            Add equation.number.properties.
+

+ +

HTML

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + html code + since the 1.75.2 release.

+ Mauritz Jeanson: block.xsl +

+            Modified acknowledgements template to avoid invalid output (<p> in <p>).
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: titlepage.xsl +

+            Added default sidebar attribute-sets.
+

+ Robert Stayton: table.xsl +

+            Fix bug 2979166 able - Attribute @rowheader not working
+

+ Robert Stayton: footnote.xsl +

+            Fix bug 3033191 footnotes in html tables.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: inline.xsl +

+            Improved glossterm auto-linking by using keys. The old code was inefficient when processing documents
+with many inline glossterms.
+

+ Robert Stayton: docbook.css.xml; verbatim.xsl +

+            Fix bug 2844927 Validity error for callout bugs.
+

+ Robert Stayton: formal.xsl +

+            Convert formal.object.heading to respect make.clean.html param.
+

+ Robert Stayton: titlepage.templates.xml; block.xsl +

+            Fix bug 2840768 sidebar without title inserts empty b tag.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: docbook.xsl +

+            Moved the template that outputs <base> so that the base URI also applies to relative CSS paths that come later.
+See patch #2896121.
+

+ Jirka Kosek: autoidx-kosek.xsl +

+            Upgraded to use common entities. Fixed bug when some code used @sortas and some not for grouping/sorting of indexterms.
+

+ Robert Stayton: chunk-code.xsl +

+            fix bug 2948363 generated filename for refentry not unique, when
+used in a set.
+

+ Robert Stayton: component.xsl +

+            Fix missing "Chapter n" label when use chapter/info/title.
+

+ Robert Stayton: table.xsl +

+            Row recursion turned off if no @morerows attributes in the table.
+This will prevent failure on long table (with no @morerows) due
+to excessive depth of recursion.
+

+ Robert Stayton: autotoc.xsl; docbook.css.xml +

+            Support make.clean.html in autotoc.xsl.
+

+ Robert Stayton: docbook.css.xml; block.xsl +

+            Add support for make.clean.html setting in block elements.
+

+ Robert Stayton: docbook.css.xml +

+            Stock CSS styles for DocBook HTML output when 'make.clean.html' is non-zero.
+

+ Robert Stayton: html.xsl +

+            Add templates for generating CSS files and links to them.
+

+ Robert Stayton: param.xweb +

+            Fix bugs in new entity references.
+

+ Robert Stayton: chunk-common.xsl +

+            List of Equations now includes on equations with titles.
+

+ Robert Stayton: table.xsl +

+            If a colspec has a colname attribute, add it to the HTML col
+element as a class attribute so it can be styled.
+

+ Robert Stayton: formal.xsl +

+            Fix bug 2825842 where table footnotes not appearing in HTML-coded table.
+

+ Robert Stayton: chunktoc.xsl +

+            Fix bug #2834826 where appendix inside part was not chunked as it should be.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: chunktoc.xsl +

+            Added missing namespace declarations. Closes bug #2890069.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: footnote.xsl +

+            Updated the template for footnote paras to use the 'paragraph' template. Closes bug #2803739.
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: inline.xsl; lists.xsl +

+            Remove <b> and <i> elements "discouraged in favor of style sheets" from
+XHTML, XHTML 1.1 (and therefore EPUB) outputs by changing html2xhtml.xsl.
+
+Fixes bug #2873153: No <b> and <i> tags in XHTML/EPUB
+
+Added regression to EPUB specs:
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: inline.xsl +

+            Fixed bug #2844916 (don't output @target if ulink.target is empty).
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: autoidx.xsl +

+            Fix a bug when using index.on.type: an 'index symbols' section was created 
+even if that typed index didn't include any symbols (they were in the other types).
+

+ +

Manpages

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + manpages code + since the 1.75.2 release.

+ Mauritz Jeanson: other.xsl +

+            Modified the write.stubs template so that the section directory name is not output twice. Should fix bug #2831602.
+Also ensured that $lang is added to the .so path (when man.output.lang.in.name.enabled=1).
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: docbook.xsl; other.xsl +

+            Fixed bug #2412738 (apostrophe escaping) by applying the submitted patch.
+

+ Norman Walsh: block.xsl; endnotes.xsl +

+            Fix bug where simpara in footnote didn't work. Patch by Jonathan Nieder, jrnieder@gmail.com
+

+ dleidert: lists.xsl +

+            Fix two indentation issues: In the first case there is no corresponding .RS
+macro (Debian #519438, sf.net 2793873). In the second case an .RS instead of
+the probably intended .sp leads to an indentation bug (Debian #527309,
+sf.net #2642139).
+

+ +

Epub

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + epub code + since the 1.75.2 release.

+ Keith Fahlgren: bin/spec/examples/AMasqueOfDays.epub; docbook.xsl; bin/spec/epub_spec.rb +

+            Resolve some actual regressions in date output spotted by more recent versions of epubcheck
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: docbook.xsl +

+            Updated mediaobject selection code that better uses roles (when available); based on contributons by  Glenn McDonald
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: bin/spec/epub_regressions_spec.rb; docbook.xsl +

+            Ensure that NCX documents are always outputted with a default namespace
+to prevent problems with the kindlegen machinery
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: bin/spec/epub_regressions_spec.rb; bin/spec/files/partintro.xml; docbook.x⋯ +

+            Adding support for partintros with sect2s, 3s, etc
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: docbook.xsl +

+            Adding param to workaround horrific ADE bug with the inability to process <br>
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: docbook.xsl +

+            Add support for authorgroup/author in OPF metadata (via Michael Wiedmann)
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: bin/spec/epub_regressions_spec.rb +

+            Remove <b> and <i> elements "discouraged in favor of style sheets" from
+XHTML, XHTML 1.1 (and therefore EPUB) outputs by changing html2xhtml.xsl.
+
+Fixes bug #2873153: No <b> and <i> tags in XHTML/EPUB
+
+Added regression to EPUB specs:
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: bin/lib/docbook.rb; bin/spec/files/DejaVuSerif-Italic.otf; docbook.xsl; bi⋯ +

+            This resolves bug #2873142, Please add support for multiple embedded fonts
+
+
+If you navigate to a checkout of DocBook-XSL and go to:
+xsl/epub/bin/spec/files
+You can now run the following command:
+
+../../dbtoepub -f DejaVuSerif.otf -f DejaVuSerif-Italic.otf -c test.css
+-s test_cust.xsl orm.book.001.xml
+
+In dbtoepub, the following option can be used more than once:
+-f, --font [OTF FILE] Embed OTF FILE in .epub.
+
+The underlying stylesheet now accepts a comma-separated list of font file
+names rather than just one as the RENAMED epub.embedded.fonts ('s' added).
+
+The runnable EPUB spec now includes:
+- should be valid .epub after including more than one embedded font
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: docbook.xsl +

+            Improve the selection of cover images when working in DocBook 4.x land (work in progress)
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: bin/spec/epub_regressions_spec.rb; docbook.xsl +

+            Improve the quality of the OPF spine regression by ensuring that the spine
+elements for deeply nested refentries are in order and adjacent to their
+opening wrapper XHTML chunk.
+

+ Keith Fahlgren: bin/spec/epub_regressions_spec.rb; docbook.xsl; bin/spec/files/orm.book.00⋯ +

+            Add more careful handling of refentries to ensure that they always appear in the opf:spine.
+This was only a problem when refentries were pushed deep into the hierarchy (like inside
+a sect2), but presented navigational problems for many reading systems (despite the
+correct NCX references). This may *not* be the best solution, but attacking a better
+chunking strategy for refentries was too big a nut to crack at this time.
+

+ +

Eclipse

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + eclipse code + since the 1.75.2 release.

+ Mauritz Jeanson: eclipse3.xsl +

+            Added a stylesheet module that generates plug-ins conforming to the standard (OSGi-based) Eclipse 3.x 
+architecture. The main difference to the older format is that metadata is stored in a separate 
+manifest file. The module imports and extends the existing eclipse.xsl module. Based on code 
+contributed in patch #2624668.
+

+ +

Params

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + params code + since the 1.75.2 release.

+ Robert Stayton: draft.watermark.image.xml +

+            Fix bug 2922488 draft.watermark.image pointing to web resource.
+Now the value is images/draft.png, and may require customization
+for local resolution.
+

+ Mauritz Jeanson: equation.number.properties.xml +

+            Corrected refpurpose.
+

+ Norman Walsh: paper.type.xml +

+            Added USlegal and USlegallandscape paper types.
+

+ Jirka Kosek: highlight.xslthl.config.xml +

+            Added note about specifying location as URL
+

+
+ Robert Stayton: docbook.css.source.xml; generate.css.header.xml; custom.css.source.xml; ma⋯ +
+
```
+            Params to support generated CSS files.
+          
```
+

+ Robert Stayton: equation.number.properties.xml +

+            New attribute set for numbers appearing next to equations.
+

+ +

XSL-Xalan

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + xsl-xalan code + since the 1.75.2 release.

+ dleidert: nbproject/genfiles.properties; nbproject/build-impl.xml +

+            Rebuild netbeans build files after adding missing Netbeans configuration to allow easier packaging for Debian.
+

+ +

Release Notes: 1.75.2

+ +

The following is a list of changes that have been made + since the 1.75.1 release.

+ +

Gentext

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + gentext code + since the 1.75.1 release.

dleidert: locale/ja.xml

Improved Japanese translation for Note(s). Closes bug #2823965.

dleidert: locale/pl.xml

Polish alphabet contains O with acute accent, not with grave accent. Closes bug #2823964.

Robert Stayton: locale/ja.xml

Fix translation of "index", per bug report 2796064.

+
Robert Stayton: locale/is.xml
```
New Icelandic locale file.
```
+

+ +

Common

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + common code + since the 1.75.1 release.

+
Norman Walsh: stripns.xsl
```
Support more downconvert cases
```
+

Robert Stayton: titles.xsl

Make sure title inside info is used if no other title.

+ +

FO

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + fo code + since the 1.75.1 release.

Robert Stayton: pi.xsl

Turn off dbfo-need for fop1.extensions also, per bug #2816141.

+ +

HTML

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + html code + since the 1.75.1 release.

Mauritz Jeanson: titlepage.xsl

Output "Copyright" heading in XHTML too.

Mauritz Jeanson: titlepage.xsl

Added stylesheet.result.type test for copyright. Closes bug #2813289.

Norman Walsh: htmltbl.xsl

Remove ambiguity wrt @span, @rowspan, and @colspan

+ +

Manpages

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + manpages code + since the 1.75.1 release.

Mauritz Jeanson: endnotes.xsl

Added normalize-space() for ulink content. Closes bug #2793877.

Mauritz Jeanson: docbook.xsl

Added stylesheet.result.type test for copyright. Closes bug #2813289.

+ +

Epub

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + epub code + since the 1.75.1 release.

Keith Fahlgren: bin/dbtoepub; bin/lib/docbook.rb

Corrected bugs caused by path and file assumptions were not met

Keith Fahlgren: bin/lib/docbook.rb; docbook.xsl

Cleaning up hardcoded values into parameters and fixing Ruby library to pass them properly; all thanks to patch from Liza Daly

+ +

Profiling

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + profiling code + since the 1.75.1 release.

Robert Stayton: profile.xsl

Fix bug 2815493 missing exsl.node.set.available parameter.

+ +

XSL-Saxon

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + xsl-saxon code + since the 1.75.1 release.

+
Mauritz Jeanson: src/com/nwalsh/saxon/ColumnUpdateEmitter.java; src/com/nwalsh/saxon/Colum⋯
```
Added fixes so that colgroups in the XHTML namespace are processed properly.
```
+

+ +

XSL-Xalan

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + xsl-xalan code + since the 1.75.1 release.

+
Mauritz Jeanson: nbproject/project.xml
```
Added missing NetBeans configuration.
```
+

+ +

+ + +

Release Notes: 1.75.1

+ +

This release includes bug fixes.

+ +

The following is a list of changes that have been made since the 1.75.0 release.

+ + +

FO

+ +

The following changes have been made to the fo code since the 1.75.0 release.

Keith Fahlgren: block.xsl

Switching to em dash for character before attribution in epigraph; resolves Bug #2793878

Robert Stayton: lists.xsl

Fixed bug 2789947, id attribute missing on simplelist fo output.

+ +

HTML

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + html code + since the 1.75.0 release.

Keith Fahlgren: block.xsl

Switching to em dash for character before attribution in epigraph; resolves Bug #2793878

Robert Stayton: lists.xsl

Fixed bug 2789678: apply-templates line accidentally deleted.

+ +

Epub

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + epub code + since the 1.75.0 release.

Keith Fahlgren: bin/spec/epub_regressions_spec.rb; docbook.xsl

Added regression and fix to correct "bug" with namespace-prefixed container elements in META-INF/container.xml ; resolves Issue #2790017

+
Keith Fahlgren: bin/spec/epub_regressions_spec.rb; bin/spec/files/onegraphic.xinclude.xml;⋯
```
Another attempt at flexible named entity and XInclude processing
```
+

Keith Fahlgren: bin/lib/docbook.rb

Tweaking solution to Bug #2750442 following regression reported by Michael Wiedmann.

+ +

Params

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + params code + since the 1.75.0 release.

Mauritz Jeanson: highlight.source.xml

Updated documentation to reflect changes made in r8419.

+ +

+ + +

Release Notes: 1.75.0

+ +

This release includes important bug fixes and adds the following +significant feature changes: +

Gentext

Modifications to translations have been made.

Common

Added support for some format properties on tables using +HTML table markup.

Added two new qanda.defaultlabel values so that numbered sections +and numbered questions can be distinguished. Satisfies +Feature Request #1539045.

Added code to handle acknowledgements in book and part. The element is processed +similarly to dedication. All acknowledgements will appear as front matter, after +any dedications.

FO

The inclusion of highlighting code has been simplified.

Add support for pgwide on informal objects.

Added a new parameter, bookmarks.collapse, that controls the initial state of the bookmark tree. Closes FR #1792326.

Add support for more dbfo processing instructions.

Add new variablelist.term.properties to format terms, per request # 1968513.

Add support for @width on screen and programlisting, fixes bug #2012736.

Add support for writing-mode="rl-tb" (right-to-left) in FO outputs.

Add writing.mode param for FO output.

HTML

Convert all calls to class.attribute to calls to common.html.attributes to support dir, lang, and title attributes in html output for all elements. Fulfills feature request #1993833.

Inclusion of highlighting code was simplified. Only one import is now necessary.

Add new param index.links.to.section.

Add support for the new index.links.to.section param which permits precise links to indexterms in HTML output rather than to the section title.

ePub

Slightly more nuanced handling of imageobject alternatives and better support in dbtoepub for XIncludes and ENTITYs to resolve Issue #2750442 reported by Raphael Hertzog.

Added a colon after an abstract/title when mapping into the dc:description for OPF metadata in ePub output to help the flat text have more pseudo-semantics (sugestions from Michael Wiedmann)

Added DocBook subjectset -> OPF dc:subject mapping and tests

Added DocBook date -> OPF dc:date mapping and tests

Added DocBook abstract -> OPF dc:description mapping and tests

Added --output option to dbtoepub based on user request

HTMLHelp

Add support for generating olink target database for htmlhelp files.

Params

Add default setting for @rules attribute on HTML markup tables.

Added a new parameter, bookmarks.collapse, that controls the initial state of the bookmark tree. When the parameter has a non-zero value (the default), only the top-level bookmarks are displayed initially. Otherwise, the whole tree of bookmarks is displayed. This is implemented for FOP 0.9X. Closes FR #1792326.

Add new variablelist.term.properties to format terms, per request # 1968513.

Add two new qanda.defaultlabel values so that numbered sections and numbered questions can be distinguished. Satisfies Feature Request #1539045.

Add param to control whether an index entry links to a section title or to the precise location of the indexterm.

New attribute list for glossentry in glossary.

New parameter to support @width on programlisting and screen.

Add attribute-sets for formatting glossary terms and defs.

Highlighting

Inclusion of highlighting code was simplified. Only one import is now necessary.

+ + +

The following is a list of changes that have been made + since the 1.74.3 release.

+ +

Gentext

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + gentext code + since the 1.74.3 release.

Robert Stayton: locale/sv.xml; locale/ja.xml; locale/pl.xml

Check in translations of Legalnotice submitted on mailing list.

Robert Stayton: locale/es.xml

Fix spelling errors in Acknowledgements entries.

Robert Stayton: locale/es.xml

Check in translations for 4 elements submitted through docbook-apps
+message of 14 April 2009.

+
David Cramer: locale/zh.xml; locale/ca.xml; locale/ru.xml; locale/ga.xml; locale/gl.xml; l⋯
```
Internationalized punctuation in glosssee and glossseealso
```
+

Robert Stayton: Makefile

Check in fixes for DSSSL gentext targets from submitted patch #1689633.

Robert Stayton: locale/uk.xml

Check in major update submitted with bug report #2008524.

Robert Stayton: locale/zh_tw.xml

Check in fix to Note string submitted in bug #2441051.

Robert Stayton: locale/ru.xml

Checkin typo fix submitted in bug #2453406.

+ +

Common

+ +

The following changes have been made to the + common code + since the 1.74.3 release.

Robert Stayton: gentext.xsl

Fix extra generated space when xrefstyle includes 'nopage'.

Robert Stayton: table.xsl

Add support for some format properties on tables using
+HTML table markup.  These include:
+  - frame attribute on table (or uses $default.table.frame parameter).
+  - rules attribute on table (or uses $default.table.rules parameter).
+  - align attribute on td and th
+  - valign attribute on td and th
+  - colspan on td and th
+  - rowspan on td and th
+  - bgcolor on