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Version 2.2
January 2004
- Added compression
support for style sheets (CSS).
- CSS id names can now be
replaced by short generic names. For that, all id names must be defined in the
configuration file. No replacement is done if the generic id is already in
use.
- Better XML support (various), e.g. a new option --(no)lint
to run xmllint (default on).
- Added option --(no)link to
check all hyperlinks (default off).
- Introduced a &sign_off
subroutine that the user can define in much the same way as &html_rules.
Whereas &html_rules is called at the beginning of our processing,
&sign_off is evoked at the very end. You can use this, for instance, to
issue warnings on whatever you do not like about the result.
- Retired
variable as it was not used.
- The file naming fall-back routine
now checks whether a file rule has been used used before applying default
settings.
- Changed variable to (eq "xml").
- Added support for € -> €.
- New <<doctype *>>
macro to declare the document type. The inserted DOCTYPES adhere to W3C
standards for HTML 4.01 XHTML 1.0 and 1.1 documents. Use e.g.
<<doctype strict>>.
- While not intended as a complete
syntax checker, a number of consistency checks have been added.
- New
option --(no)syntax to switch test off (default on).
- Added a check for
lowercase <doctype> which is not allowed.
- Added a check for
undetected <<macros>>.
- Simplified the code through
stronger use of "unless".
- Processing now stops at "__END__" (in a
separate line).
- Changed the format of the debug messages (to
STDERR).
- New subs "msg", "err" to streamline messages.
Version 2.1
July 2003 (internal build)
- Added support for command-line options
though Getopt::Long.
- Introduced options to access some internal
variables:
--configuration=name (name of file
[_html_configuration.pl])
--configuration (no file: skip configuration
file)
--help --usage (show embedded help page via Pod::Usage).
--verbose
( = 1) - New option --pipe be able to use htmlXPress in a pipe
such as: cat test.html | htmlXPress.pl --pipe > new.html
-
messages are now printed to STDERR.
Version 2.0
March 2002
- Renamed to htmlXPress (was htmlPress).
- Now Mac OS X
compliant.
- Modified the structure to be able to run under Mac OS
X.
- Whether or not MacPerl is used is determined by .
- Added debugging features ().
- New to track whether
we are writing into the same directory.
- Changed the text wrap flag in
the file_rules - it is no longer a boolean; instead it indicates the column
width. Sub html_rules is now declared in main; call checked via 'define'.
- Renamed configuration file to "_html_configuration.pl".
- Recoded
parts after suggestions from the Perl porting guide.
- Thus now using
File::Spec::Function.
- Improved the code documentation.
Version 1.6
September 2002
- Fixed a bug with the input separator $/ now
correctly using .
- Corrected the date handling - and was
incorrect.
is adjusted to be in the range 1-7 (Mon-Sun). - Now
removes unnecessary markup code: </p> </li> </dd>
</dt>.
... but not if we are processing an XML file (stricter
syntax). - Exchanged longer HTML codes against smaller ones, e.g.
<address> will be exchanged by <i>.
- New keyword
<<file>> which is replaced by the result file name.
- Fixed
handling of a '#' comment in the very first line.
Version 1.5.1
July 2002
- Renamed it to htmlPress to avoid name conflict with a shareware tool
of the same name (HTML Squeezer).
- Minor fix for removing HTML-style
comments.
- Adjusted all date variables to be useful, e.g.
+= 1900.
- The variable is now an integer again.
Version 1.5
July
2002
- Adopted the GNU General Public License for the distribution
of htmlPress.
- Fixed a bug handling multi-line HTML comments as well as
multiple '#' comments.
- Introduced more flexible solution to handle
different file types. The new array @file_rules now defines how file names are
generated, which creator is used for the result file, whether it will be
compressed and whether it will be line-wrapped.
Version 1.4
February 2002
- Source files may now have several possible file name extensions. The
default extensions are "src", "html-src", and "txt". The user may
customize this via the @source_extensions array.
- The file name
extension for resulting HTML files can now be customized via the
variable. The default is "html".
- The browser
application that owns the resulting HTML files can now be selected via the
variable .
- Added support for more special characters such
as ê, ï, etc.
- New shortcuts for < and >: \<
\>.
- Now using "perl -w" for better syntax checking.
- In
the absence of embedded JavaScripts, the resulting HTML code is now
line-wrapped. This feature is "beta" and must be enabled in the configuration
file.
Version 1.3
December 2001
- htmlPress now makes use of a
local configuration file named "_html.configuration", which must be placed in
the same directory as the HTML source files. In this configuration file, the
user may define her own code words (thus eliminating the need to change
htmlPress itself). This is also excellent for project-specific settings.
- Moved the definition of special keywords out of htmlPress into the
configuration file. It is easier to edit the definitions there.
- It is
now possible to specify a destination directory in the configuration file. The
processed HTML files will then be saved in this directory.
- Added an
example to the configuration file on how users may define their own date
format.
Version 1.2
September 2001
- Added tons of new keywords,
including: <<doctype>>, <<body>>, <<font>>,
<<copyright>>, <<author>>, <<company>>,
<<email>>, and <<madewithmac>>.
- Added support
for umlauts such as ä and ö. This makes writing the source files more
convenient.
Version 1.1
August 2001
- The default source file
extension is now ".src". Resulting HTML files will have a ".html"
extension.
- Embedded java scripts are now exempt from compression.
- Added support for MacPerl::Choose() to allow the user to select a new
destination file if required. In this way, the user may also choose to override
the previous file. The user may also cancel processing at this point.
- The source files are now processed as a whole, rather than line-by-line.
This improved the code reduction further.
Version 1.0
August 2001 (first
version)
- Introduced HTML code compression techniques.
