CTAN update: pst-barcode

CTAN Announcements ctan-ann at ctan.org
Wed Aug 24 21:08:41 CEST 2022


Herbert Voß submitted an update to the

                  pst-barcode

package.

Version:  0.19
License:  lppl

Summary description:  Print barcodes using PostScript

Announcement text:
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 This version has a lot of changes:

 ----- pst-barcode.tex
 0.19  2022-07-03 - The parse option was extended to perform replacement
                    of control character names such as ^NUL and ^RS with their ASCII value.
                                  - The horizontal alignment of text in matrix symbols was fixed.
                  - Various fixes were made for the encoding of Data Matrix, DotCode and Micro QR Code symbols.
                  - The encoding of QR Code symbols was optimised.
                  - The encoding of Rectangular Micro QR Code symbols was aligned with the final release of the specification.
  - The linear render now uses filled polygons rather than stroked lines.
  - Code 93 Extended was amended to not shift encode "$%+/" symbols.
  - Support was added for USPS FIM E marks.
  - Support for AI (715) was added to the GS1 linter.
  - Ultracode tile colours are now defined as RGB rather than CMYK. New tile colour patterns are defined for the upcoming revision.
  - A bug in the encoding of certain Aztec Code symbols was fixed.
  - A bug in the encoding of certain Dotcode symbols was fixed.
  - A bug in the encoding of QR Code symbols containing Kanji compression was fixed.
  - The rMQR encoding was optimised, potentially resulting in smaller symbols.
  - The colours for Ultracode symbols were changed to RGB values rather than CMYK.
  - The metrics for Ultracode symbols was updated and a raw mode was added.
  - Linting of GS1 AI (4308) was fixed.
  - Linting of the check character pair for AI (8013) was added.
  - Linting for GS1 coupon AIs (8110) and (8112) was added.
  - Linting for GS1 AI syntax data was expanded and fixed.
  - A convenience encoder for GS1 DotCode was added.
  - GS1 Composite Component symbols were fixed.
  - Linting was added to GS1 Composite Components.
  - Linting for GS1 AI syntax data was added.
  - A bug in the compact encoding methods 0110X for GS1 DataBar Expanded formats was fixed.
  - The parse and parsefnc options are now processed by a single routine that allows their escape patterns to coexist in the input data.
  - Bugs in ECI processing with PDF417 and MicroPDF417 were fixed.
  - A bug in the seperator pattern for GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Composite was fixed.
  - A bug in leaving punctuation mode in Aztec Code was fixed.
  - An inefficiency in the QR Code encoding was fixed.
  - ECI support was added to Code One.
  - A bug in Data Matrix for ECI checks at end of data was fixed.
  - ECI support was added to Data Matrix, Aztec Code, QR Code, PDF417, MicroPDF417, Maxicode and DotCode.
  - GS1 DataBar Limited was updated to include a righthand whitespace guard.
  - Code 32 was fixed to avoid overwriting the provided barcode string.
  - A new encoder for Swiss QR Code was added.
  - The Codablock F encoding was optimised potentially resulting in smaller symbols.
  - The GS1 DataBar Stacked, GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional and GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked separator patterns were fixed.
  - A bug in GS1-128 that sometimes prevented encoding with a Composite Component was fixed.
  - Bugs in GS1 Composite Component encoding were fixed.
  - The GS1 QR Code encoder was fixed.
  - Changes were required to the package build script due to new defaults in recent versions of GhostScript.
  - Preliminary support for the Rectangular Micro QR Code symbology was added.
  - The encoders were amended to workaround a non-standard operator on Harlequin RIPs.
  - A distict encoder was added for Data Matrix Rectangular Extension.
  - The Data Matrix encoder was enhanced to include the ISO formats for DMRE.
  - A crash with a certain encoding of data in GS1 Databar Expanded based symbologies was fixed.
  - A bug in the Code 128 encoder when composite component linkage flags were used with data terminating in mode C was fixed.
  - An encoder for the Royal Mail Mailmark symbology was added.
  - The performance of the renmatrix renderer was slightly optimised.
  - The performance of the renmatrix renderer was significantly improved.
  - A recent regression in the Data Matrix encoder was fixed.
  - The Data Matrix encoder was fixed to avoid certain cases where switching between C40, Text and X12 encoding might latch repeatedly.
  - Preliminary support for the JAB Code symbology was added.
  - The raw option was added to the Data Matrix encoder.
  - The base size of Ultracode symbols was increased.
  - Support for symbols composed of dots was added to the renmatrix renderer.
  - The DotCode encoder was amended to use the dotty matrix feature.
  - A bug in the DotCode encoder's handling of FNC3 message separator characters was fixed.
  - The DotCode encoder was fixed to support optimised handling of "FNC1 in First" for leading numeric input.
  - The performance of the Channel Code encoder was improved.
  - The base symbol size of the DotCode encoder was increased.
  - The DotCode encoder was enhanced to fix weaknesses with the mask evaluation algorithm.
  - The Channel Code encoder checksum calculation for channels 4 and 7 was fixed.
  - Fixed end of data region encoding error with EDIFACT encoding in Data Matrix.
  - Preliminary support for the Ultracode symbology was added.
  - The renmatrix renderer was improved to support colour symbols.

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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
   https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-barcode

The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
   https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/

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   Thanks for the upload.

     For the CTAN Team
    Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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