
NEWS
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Version 1.4.1 - 2021-01-15
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* This package is in maintenance mode, no new features will be added, there will
  be no change of behavior, just bugfixes will be merged.
* Merged some contributions and bugfixes.

Version 1.4 - 2020-03-28
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* Requires Python 3.6
* Removed Python2 support
* Optimized/faster ``svgparser.py`` module by Florian Festi
* Removed batch files to run tests on Windows, use ``pytest`` or ``tox`` instead

Version 1.3.1 - 2019-06-28
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* BUGFIX: changed license of module shapes.py to MIT license

Version 1.3.0 - 2019-06-23
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* Dropping Python 2 support in v1.4
* NEW: easy stylesheet embedding: `Drawing.embed_stylesheet(content)`, see example `using_fonts.py <https://github.com/mozman/svgwrite/blob/9d509fe1842e519b8d8475f83543a7589b7c1879/examples/using_fonts.py#L21>`_
* NEW: embedded local fonts: `Drawing.embed_font(fontname, filename)`, see example using_fonts.py
* NEW: embedded web fonts: `Drawing.embed_google_web_font(fontname, uri)`, see example using_fonts.py
* NEW: shapes extension by `Christof Hanke <https://www.induhviduals.de/>`_
* NEW: for write(), save() and saveas(), indentation for pretty print is configurable by `Mitar <http://mitar.tnode.com/>`_
* BUGFIX: converted regex strings in tests to raw strings by `tirkarthi <http://tirkarthi.github.io/>`_

Version 1.2.1 - 2018-11-16
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* BUGFIX: Python 2 pretty print encoding issue

Version 1.2.0 - 2018-10-27
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* NEW: Inkscape extension - support for Inkscape layers
* BUGFIX: compatibility with Python 3.7 by fixing re.split() usage

Version 1.1.12 - 2017-12-27
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* BUGFIX: values attribute for element animate, accepts any semicolon separated values

Version 1.1.11 - 2017-05-31
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* CHANGED: e.set_markers((sm, mm, em)), accepts None/False values to set markers individually, like just set end
  marker: s.set_markers((None, False, em))
* BUGFIX: text-decoration attribute accepts multiple values like 'underline overline'

Version 1.1.10 - 2017-01-28
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* NEW: added `pretty` argument to `Drawing.write`, `Drawing.save` and `Drawing.saveas` to produce easy to read XML
  output, svgwrite reparses the output string with minidom, this reduces the performance because this process requires
  memory and runtime, default value for `pretty` is False.
* Moved repository to GitHub.com: http://github.com/mozman/svgwrite.git

Version 1.1.9 - 2016-10-26
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* NEW: added solidColor paint server (only valid in the Tiny 1.2 profile)

Version 1.1.8 - 2016-05-31
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* BUGFIX: None checks: 'if value:' -> 'if value is not None:'

Version 1.1.7 - 2016-05-22
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* BUGFIX: color accepts percentage values as floats like "rgb(10.2%, 3.78%, 20%)"

Version 1.1.6 - 2014-05-30
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* BUGFIX: sign for offset-value wasn't optional

Version 1.1.5 - 2014-03-26
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* BUGFIX: xml serialization for CPython 3.4.0

Version 1.1.4 - 2014-03-16
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* simplified path parser
* pyparsing as external dependency (by jenselme)

Version 1.1.3 - 2013-10-01
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* updated pyparsing for Python 3 to version 2.0.1 (prior version caused memory leaks)
* BUGFIX: utf8 to unicode encoding error for Python 2.7
* Tests for Python 3 require CPython3.3 or newer, using the 'u' prefix.

Version 1.1.2 - 2013-01-08
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* prevent setup.py from compiling all modules - error with 'pyparsing_py2.py' and Python3
* BUGFIX: all tests run with CPython3.3

Version 1.1.1 - 2012-08-15
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* License changed to MIT License
* tested with CPython2.7, CPython3.2, CPython3.3 and pypy-1.9 on Win7 Pro 32-bit
* BUGFIX: dwg.animateTranform() -> dwg.animateTransform()
* BUGFIX: in examples, replaced width and height params by size parameter
* added examples
* edit docs

Version 1.0.1 - 2012-06-08
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* added inline stylesheets
* added examples created by Lawrence Tattrie

Version 1.0.0 - 2012-05-27
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* stable
* tested with CPython 2.7, CPython 3.2, pypy-1.8
* added script tag - thx to jmahmood
* docs also available at: http://readthedocs.org/docs/svgwrite

Version 0.2.4 - 2011-12-30
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* beta version
* Python 2.7: all strings will be converted by the unicode() function, for strings containing none-ascii-characters use
  prefix ``u""`` or better use ``from __future__ import unicode_literals``, because this is Python 3 compatible.
* tested with CPython 2.7, CPython 3.2, and PyPy 1.7
* BUGFIX: color parsing accepts white spaces in ``rgb()`` like ``rgb(0, 0, 0)``

Version 0.2.3 - 2010-11-13
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* beta version
* Python 3.1 support
* splitted examples.py into several files and moved them to the subdir 'examples'

Version 0.2.2 - 2010-11-05
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* alpha version
* removed 'attribs' parameter from all constructors
* new elements: Set, Animate, AnimateMotion, AnimateColor, AnimateTransform, all filter elements
* added set_desc(title, desc), set_metadata(xmldata) to BaseElement class
* moved content of interfaces.py to mixins.py, (ITransform -> Transform and so on)

Version 0.2.1 - 2010-10-31
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* alpha version
* new elements: Marker, ClipPath, Mask
* paint service: LinearGradient, RadialGradient, Pattern

Version 0.2.0 - 2010-10-24
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* alpha version
* validator rewritten as validator2.py
* debug and profile options separated for each drawing object
* important change: create objects with factory functions of the *Drawing* class: drawing.<svg-elementname>(...)
* added mixins for setting stroke and fill properties
* new elements: Hyperlink, Image, TextArea,

Version 0.1.0 - 2010-09-26
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* alpha version
* new elements:

    * basic shapes: Line, Rect, Circle, Ellipse, Polyline, Polygon, Path
    * text elements: Text, TSpan, TRef, TextPath
    * container elements: Group, Symbol, SVG, Use, Defs

* for examples see: examples.py
