PyMuPDF 1.21.0

PyMuPDF-1.21.0 released

on Python PyPI

PyMuPDF-1.21.0 has been released.

• This release uses MuPDF-1.21.0.

• New feature: Stories.

• Added wheels for Python-3.11.

• Bug fixes:

  • Fixed #1701: Broken custom image insertion.
  • Fixed #1854: Document.delete_pages() declines keyword arguments.
  • Fixed #1868: Access Violation Error at page.apply_redactions().
  • Fixed #1909: Adding text with fontname="Helvetica" can silently fail.
  • Fixed #1913: draw_rect(): does not respect width if color is not specified.
  • Fixed #1917: subset_fonts(): make it possible to silence the stdout.
  • Fixed #1936: Rectangle detection can be incorrect producing wrong output.
  • Fixed #1945: Segmentation fault when saving with clean=True.
  • Fixed #1965: pdfocr_save() Hard Crash.
  • Fixed #1971: Segmentation fault when using get_drawings().
  • Fixed #1946: block_no and block_type switched in get_text() docs.
  • Fixed #2013: AttributeError: 'Widget' object has no attribute '_annot' in delete widget.

• Misc changes to core code:

  • Fixed various compiler warnings and a sequence-point bug.
  • Added support for Memento builds.
  • Fixed leaks detected by Memento in test suite.
  • Fixed handling of exceptions in set_name() and set_rect().
  • Allow build with latest MuPDF, for regular testing of PyMuPDF master.
  • Cope with new MuPDF exceptions when setting rect for some Annot types.
  • Reduced cosmetic differences between MuPDF's config.h and PyMuPDF's _config.h.
  • Cope with various changes to MuPDF API.

• Other:

  • Fixed various broken links and typos in docs.
  • Mention install of swig-python on MacOS for #875.
  • Added (untested) wheels for macos-arm64.