On Wed, Jan 28, 2026, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > * The gropdf(1) output driver has several new features. > - JFIF/JPEG and JPEG 2000 image files are embeddable in documents. > - If PerlMagic is installed, many more image formats are as well. > - It ships a grops(1)-compatible "SS" (slanted symbol) font. > - It subsets fonts by default, reducing file size. > - Its output conforms to the ISO 32000/PDF 1.7a standard by default. > - It permits control of page numbers in a PDF reader's outline pane. > - It supports characters outside the Unicode Basic Latin subset > in bookmarks, named destinations, and external hyperlinks.
The changes to gropdf are new and shiny and much-hoped-for. I'd be inclined to put this item near the top of the list. Personal bias, of course, since mom's thrust is toward generation of pdf documents. On the subject of mom, > * groff 1.24.0 includes mom 2.6, a macro package contributed by Peter > Schaffter. "...a macro packaged contributed by..." The indefinite article makes it sound as if mom just popped out of thin air. Since mom has been part of groff since just shy of 25 years, I propose: "groff 1.24.0 includes version 2.6 of Peter Schaffter's mom macro package" or, more succinctly, "groff 1.24.0 includes version 2.6 of the mom macro package" -- Peter Schaffter https://www.schaffter.ca
