Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

pnpmisc v0.2.0 (development)

Breaking changes

• The first argument of layout_preset() is now preset instead of name (so we can now pass layout_grid()’s new name argument in the ...).
• The default argument for paper is now getOption("papersize", "letter") instead of (depending on the function) “letter” or “special”.
• bm_create_pdf() and pdf_create_blank() now follow the convention that paper size will be determined by height and width if either are non-missing (and/or paper = "special") otherwise paper size will be determined by both paper and orientation.
• By default pdf_rm_crosshairs() now removes crosshairs from all pages. You’ll need to explicitly pass pages = "odd" to get the previous behaviour.
• The original pdf contents are now rasterized in fewer cases. In such cases if you want to explicitly rasterize the pdf contents you’ll need to pass rasterize = TRUE.

New features

• The following PDF creation functions:

  • pdf_add_lines() adds lines along the components of a print-and-play layout.
  • pdf_add_overlay() overlays custom graphics on selected pages.
  • pdf_apply() can modify the selected pages of pdf files by overlaying custom graphics on top and/or customizing the (rasterized) original contents.
  • pdf_change_paper() changes the paper size of a pdf centering the original contents.
  • pdf_combine() combines multiple pdf files into one (wraps qpdf::pdf_combine()).
  • pdf_create_4x6_jacket() creates 4x6 photo storage box jacket pdf files.
  • pdf_create_poker_jacket() creates poker deck storage box jacket pdf files.
  • pdf_overlay_stamp() overlays a stamp pdf onto each page of a pdf (wraps qpdf::pdf_overlay_stamp()).
  • pdf_pdfxup() wraps the pdfxup command-line program to create n-up PDF documents with automatic margin removal. pdf_pdfxup_booklet() is a convenience wrapper with defaults suited for printing a physical booklet.
  • pdf_rasterize() re-renders a pdf by rasterizing each page.
  • pdf_rep() repeats pages of a pdf similar to rep().
  • pdf_scale() scales pdf contents centered within the page.

• pdf_pages() and pdf_subset() gain three new pages string options: "interleave" interleaves the first and second halves of the pages (requires an even number of pages); "interleave_first" repeats the first page and interleaves it with the remaining pages; "interleave_last" repeats the last page and interleaves it with the preceding pages.

• pdf_create_jacket() gains orientation, width, height, depth, and bg arguments.

• pdf_create_jacket_instructions() gains an orientation argument.

• Other PDF utilities:

• pdf_paper() infers the paper size of a PDF document (#42).

• bittermelon pixmap object functions:

  • bm_create_pdf() creates pdf documents from a list of (raster) images (#36).
  • bm_rm_crosshairs() removes crosshairs from a raster object.
  • bm_split_layout() extracts all the components in a page of a print-and-play layout into a bittermelon::bm_list() of bittermelon::bm_pixmap() objects.
  • pdf_render_bm_list() renders all the pages in a pdf into bittermelon pixmap objects (#35).
  • zip_extract_bm_pixmap() extracts/renders an image from a zipfile into a bittermelon pixmap object.

• {grid} functions:

  • as_fill() converts bitmap or grob objects to a grid::pattern() to be used as fills in grid grobs.
  • fullGrob() is a wrapper around grid::rectGrob() for a single rectangle grob filled with a color, bitmap, grob, or pattern. grid.full() creates a fullGrob() and draws it to the active graphics device.
  • grid_add_layout() draws a list of images according to a layout object.
  • grid_add_origami() draws origami fold symbols for a box jacket. grid_add_origami_bb() draws origami fold symbols optimized for Boardgame Barrio’s Small Board Game Jackets.

• The following enhancements to bm_crop_layout():

  • Adds name argument as an alternative to row and col.
  • Will now rotate the returned pixmap “up” if the layout’s angle value is non-zero.

• The following enhancements to layout_grid():

  • Adds angle, direction, and name arguments
  • Adds angle and name columns to returned data frames.

• The following enhancements to layout_preset():

  • New ... argument(s) passed to layout_grid().
  • New supported name value button_shy_rules_2x2 to support Button Shy’s 4-page booklets.
  • New supported name values 4x6_jacket, poker_jacket_1x1, and poker_jacket_1x2 for storage box jackets created by pdf_create_4x6_jacket() and pdf_create_poker_jacket().
  • Adds angle and name columns to returned data frames.

• layout_name_fn() can be used to return a function to generate layout names in layout_grid()’s name argument.

• layout_octavo() calculates a layout data frame for one side of a 16-page octavo booklet signature using a standard sheetwise imposition.

• All functions with a dpi argument now default to getOption("pnpmisc.dpi", 300) to allow setting a global default dpi.

pnpmisc v0.1.1

New features

• The following PDF modification functions:

  • pdf_add_cropmarks() adds crop marks to the pdf (#21).
  • pdf_add_crosshairs() adds crosshairs to the pdf (#2).
  • pdf_add_origami() adds origami symbols to the pdf. Currently only supports adding some origami symbols to Boardgame Barrio’s Small Board Game Jackets (#1).
  • pdf_add_rects() adds (round)rects to the pdf (#6).
  • pdf_clean() copies pdf file while removing temporary pdf files.
  • pdf_compress(), pdf_rotate_pages(), and pdf_subset() wrap the qpdf functions of the same name but follow the conventions of this package (i.e. input first positional argument, output second positional argument and defaults to temporary file, all other arguments must be named).
  • pdf_gs() processes a pdf file with ghostscript.
  • pdf_append_blank() adds blank pages to the end of a pdf file (#10).
  • pdf_pad_paper() makes a pdf file larger by padding it (i.e. adding space to the outside margins). The original images are not rescaled (#5).
  • pdf_rm_crosshairs() removes crosshairs from a pdf file (#7).
  • pdf_set_bookmarks(), pdf_set_docinfo(), and pdf_set_xmp() wrap around xmpdf functions to edit pdf metadata but follow the conventions of this package (i.e. input first positional argument, output second positional argument and defaults to temporary file, all other arguments must be named) (#8).

• The following PDF creation functions:

  • pdf_create_blank() creates blank pdf files.
  • pdf_create_jacket() creates 4x6 photo box jacket pdf files (#16). pdf_create_jacket_instructions() creates a printable sheet of instructions for making such a jacket.
  • pdf_create_wallet() creates origami wallet pdf files (#4).

• Other PDF utility functions:

  • ls_temp_pdfs() lists temporary pdfs while rm_temp_pdfs() removes temporary pdfs.
  • pdf_orientation() tells whether a pdf is in portrait or landscape mode.
  • pdf_pages() calculates an integer vector of subset of pdf pages (#9).
  • pdf_render_raster() renders a PDF page as a raster or nativeRaster object.
  • pdf_width() and pdf_height() get pdf page dimensions.

• Layout data frame functions:

  • layout_grid() calculates a layout data frame for a grid of identically sized print-and-play components.
  • layout_preset() calculates a layout data frame for a named preset.
  • layout_names() returns the supported layout presets.

• bittermelon pixmap object functions:

  • pdf_render_bm_pixmap() renders a PDF page as a bittermelon::bm_pixmap() object.
  • bm_crop_layout() crops out a print-and-play component from a layout.

• {grid} functions:

  • grid_add_cropmarks() draws crop marks around components in a layout.
  • grid_add_crosshairs() draws crosshairs around components in a layout.
  • grid_add_lines() draws along the edges of components in a layout.
  • grid_add_rects() draws (rounded) rectangles around components in a layout.