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HTMLDOC 1.9 · HTMLDOC 1.10 · HTMLDOC 2.0

This page provides a dynamic look at all Requests For Enhancement ("RFEs") that have been filed and accepted through the Bugs & Features page. If you would like to contribute code to implement any of the RFEs below, please consult the Configuration Management Plan for the coding standards we follow and then post your changes to the corresponding RFE.

HTMLDOC 1.9 (29 of 64 completed, 45%)

The 1.9 series will focus on supporting UTF-8, basic CSS1 functionality, INPUT and TEXTAREA form fields, background images in tables, and custom Type 1 fonts.

STR #	Summary	Priority	Status
175	33th character Euro not recognized	MOD	New
123	Set margin without advancing to new page	RFE	New
144	Enable highlighting	RFE	New
146	image conversion on sites using basic authentication	RFE	New
152	Add support for border-top, border-left, ... styles for TR	RFE	New
156	PATCH - Support for repeating divs and comment directive to ensure N rows in a table show on the same page	RFE	New
159	formatting header/footer, lines, alignment	RFE	New
165	Hyperlinks to not be underlined for printed version.	RFE	New
172	utf-8 encoded HTML	MOD	Pending
56	links in <PRE>formatted text	LOW	Pending
164	Font size inheritance problems in styles	LOW	Pending
9	Add booklet modes	RFE	Pending
13	Starting page number in the header/footer	RFE	Pending
15	CSS1 output support	RFE	Pending
17	THEAD support	RFE	Pending
18	Table background image support	RFE	Pending
19	Imagemap support	RFE	Pending
21	INPUT/TEXTAREA Support	RFE	Pending
22	External Type1 Font Support	RFE	Pending
24	Rewrite documentation	RFE	Pending
25	Add options for crop and other commercial printing marks/info	RFE	Pending
31	Built-in text editor	RFE	Pending
36	please allow images with absolute paths (starting in '/' or 'http://') to be placed in the --outdir	RFE	Pending
46	Provide an option to not allow table row to break across pages	RFE	Pending
51	It would be nice to be able to put the document's URL in a header or footer	RFE	Pending
54	Scale big images	RFE	Pending
57	Command-line wildcards not supported on Windows	RFE	Pending
77	option for making a table cause page break if it does not fit on page	RFE	Pending
79	Please allow support of the image 'title' tag.	RFE	Pending
84	Allow defining soft page break points.	RFE	Pending
96	HTML table page spanning enhancement	RFE	Pending
94	Patch for wrong links in created PDF file if file names/anchors are not unique.	LOW	Active
8	Add interpolation option/attribute	RFE	Active
50	Add an option to fit webpage on one single page	RFE	Active
67	enable tag for index entry	RFE	Active

HTMLDOC 1.10 (2 of 6 completed, 33%)

The 1.10 series will focus on more advanced font support, including TrueType font support, character pair kerning, and Hebrew/Arabic/Asian text formatting.

STR #	Summary	Priority	Status
26	Add TrueType font support	RFE	Pending
27	Font subsetting	RFE	Pending
29	Language string rewriting	RFE	Pending
76	mulitple line footers	RFE	Pending

HTMLDOC 2.0 (0 of 5 completed, 0%)

The 2.0 series will focus on converting the HTMLDOC core into a C++ class library so that applications can link to HTMLDOC rather than calling the command-line program.

STR #	Summary	Priority	Status
127	CSS2 - Positional CSS support	RFE	New
143	Enable creation of accessible 'tagged' PDFs	RFE	New
160	Support for CSS2.1 counters	RFE	New
87	HTML file for header	RFE	Pending
92	Show link URL as footnote or endnote	RFE	Pending

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