Improve overall user experience
- Make
selection-style
configurable when selecting text, via
pdf-view-selection-style
@hrdl-github #73- This feature enabled us to change the default
selection-style
used
inpdf-tools
fromGLYPH
toWORD
. - The change makes highlighting / selecting text much snappier. If
you want to go back to the old behaviour of selecting by glyph
instead of word, or if you want to select a whole line instead,
customizepdf-view-selection-style
- This feature enabled us to change the default
- Track rotation of pages and add a command to make rotation of pages
easy @Vizs #165- The new command is bound to
R
inpdf-view-mode-map
.
- The new command is bound to
- Add support for maintaining hue in
pdf-view-midnight-minor-mode
using the OKLab color space @smithzvk #69 #197- This inversion method is now enabled by default and can be
controlled by thepdf-view-midnight-invert
variable. Check out the
images in the PR for how beautiful the colors look in midnight mode
now. - Also thanks to @Atreyagaurav for pushing fixes which improved this
feature.
- This inversion method is now enabled by default and can be
Functionality fixes and improvements
- Fix: Saving a PDF when
buffer-file-name
is missing will now prompt
for a filename (eg: in EWW) @akater #178 - Fix: Ensure
pixel-scroll-precision-mode
is deactivated correctly
@mssdvd #206
Installation and Platform Compatibility improvements
Please note: as of this release, users are not expected to manually set
anything on their machines during installation. (for example:
$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
). The installation should just work. If it does
not, please open a ticket so that we can track it.