py-pdf/fpdf2 2.7.9

Improvements on `table()` and `write_html()`, and several bugfixes.

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Added

• new optional parameter repeat_headings for FPDF.table() that indicates whether to print table headings on every page
• support for overriding paragraph direction on bidirectional text
• new optional li_prefix_color parameter for FPDF.write_html()
• support for start & type attributes of <ol> tags, and type attribute of <ul> tags, when using FPDF.write_html()
• FPDF.write_html() now accepts a tag_styles parameter to control the font, color & size of HTML elements: <a>, <blockquote>, <li>...
• FPDF.write_html() now accepts a tag_indents parameter to control, for example, the indent of <blockquote> elements
• FPDF.write_html() now honors line-height attributes on <ol> & <li> elements, or the same CSS property in style attributes on those tags
• allow to define custom cell_fill_mode logic for tables: Set cells background - documentation section. Also added 2 new values: TableCellFillMode.EVEN_ROWS & TableCellFillMode.EVEN_COLUMNS: documentation

Fixed

• a bug when rendering vector images with dashed lines that caused a warning message in Adobe Acrobat Reader
• ordering RTL fragments on bidirectional texts
• fixed type hint of member level in class OutlineSection from str to int.
• SVG clipping paths being incorrectly painted - cf. issue #1147]
• new translation of the tutorial in Polski - thanks to @DarekRepos

Changed

• improved the performance of FPDF.start_section() - cf. issue #1092

Deprecated

• The dd_tag_indent & li_tag_indent parameters of FPDF.write_html() are replaced by the new tag_indents generic parameter.
• The heading_sizes & pre_code_font parameters of FPDF.write_html() are replaced by the new tag_styles generic parameter.