PyMuPDF-1.23.8 released

PyMuPDF-1.23.8 has been released.

Wheels for Windows, Linux and MacOS, and the sdist, are available on pypi.org and can be installed in the usual way, for example:

python -m pip install --upgrade pymupdf

[Linux-aarch64 wheels are not available yet, they will be build and uploaded later.]

Changes in version 1.23.8 (2023-12-19)

• Bug fixes (rebased implementation only):

  • Fixed 2634
  • Fixed 2861
  • Fixed 2871
  • Fixed 2886

• Bug fixes (rebased and classic implementations):

  • Fixed 2885

• Other:

  • Rebased implementation:

    • Page.insert_htmlbox(): new, much more powerful alternative to Page.insert_textbox() or TextWriter.fill_textbox(), using Story.
    • Story.fit*(): new methods for fitting a Story into an expanded rect.
    • Story.write_with_links(): add support for external links.
    • Document.language(): fixed to use MuPDF's new mupdf.fz_string_from_text_language2().
    • Document.subset_fonts() - fixed.
    • Fixed internal Archive._add_treeitem() method.
    • Fixed fitz_new.__doc__ to contain PyMuPDF and Python version information, and OS name.
    • Removed use of (*args, **kwargs) in API, we now specify keyword args explicitly.
    • Work with new MuPDF Python exception classes.

  • Fixed bug where button_states() returns None when /AP points to an indirect object.

  • Fixed pillow test to not ignore all errors, and install pillow when testing.

  • Added test for fitz.css_for_pymupdf_font() (uses package pymupdf-fonts).

  • Simplified Github Actions test specifications.

  • Updated tests/README.md.