Package 0.35 and Converters 0.11 released

[email protected] Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:28:18 +0200 (MEST)
Newsgroups perl.perlpoint
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

the mentioned updates just arrived at CPAN. These are minor updates but 
we recommend to install them. ;-) 

What's new? Here is the Converters changelog:

-  Bullet bug fixed: When there was no bullet list in the PerlPoint 
input file 
   then in the table of contents all bullets were standard HTML <LI> 
tags even 
   if bullet images had been specified.
-  minor help text bug fixed (==item --> =item)
-  \BOXCOLORS can now have the option set=default which restores 
box_bg_color and 
   box_fg_color to their original values (which had been set by options 
...) 
-  Evaluation of style and main options: Now the main options overwrite 
options from 
   style directories.
-  edit_cfg.pl script added
-  replace LOGO_IMAG_FILENAME with 
$OPT{image_ref}/$OPT{logo_image_filename} 
-  use reasonalble defaults for  TOP_RIGHT_TXT etc. in styles. They can 
now be 
   overwritten by main options.
-  expand HTML escapes also in Page Headers (e. g. E<uuml>)
-  --start_page=filename option (default: index.htm)
-  new keywords for Templates to be replaced: TOP_BGCOLOR, BOT_BGCOLOR, 
... 



And here is what's new in the Package:

* There is an important bugfix in the parser (or lexer, respectively)
  - surprisingly, perl 5.6 worked around it automatically in some
  cases ;-), so I didn't notice the bug completely before. Now I did,
  because

* PerlPoint now runs under perl 5.005 (really! ;-).

* More, PerlPoint now runs under Windows as well which means it runs
  out of the box (it was possible to use it there before, especially by
  deactivating the cache). I expect ActiveState PPM files to become
  available soon.

* More documentation. New documents include "Gettings started (with
  PerlPoint)" and a tutorial describing how to write a converter.

* New projector support: the package comes with a new demo which 
produces 
  slides for Clinton Pierce's Perl Projector.


Enjoy!

           Jochen