cr2xt 0.9.3

Release v0.9.3

Summary

This release adds inline footnotes, image auto-rotation, inverted export mode, and a range of engine fixes for styling, layout, and HiDPI rendering.

What's New

Inline Footnotes

• Three new footnote display modes: Inline (content flows with text), Inline Block (content as a block on the next line), and the existing Page Bottom mode
• Custom footnote styling: font, color, separators via CSS
• Footnote marker symbol and separator support with full UTF-8 CSS strings
• Settings UI for selecting footnote mode and configuring styling

Image Auto-Rotation

• Block images are automatically rotated 90° when rotation improves screen space utilization
• Smart detection: only rotates when the rotated image would be larger on screen
• Inline images are left untouched to preserve text flow

Invert Export Mode

• New export mode option for inverted output (white-on-black to black-on-white conversion)

CSS Enhancements

• Support for !important suffix in CSS properties
• Example stylesheets for enhanced footnote styling with nested elements

Version Info

• Version display now includes git hashes from all submodules (crqt-ng, crengine-ng) for easier issue tracking

Bug Fixes

Engine Fixes

• Fixed stylesheet reset not properly clearing styles
• Fixed XTC chapter page numbering
• Fixed EPUB TOC path resolution
• Fixed image auto-rotate aspect ratio and direction handling
• Fixed progress bar updates

UI Fixes

• Fixed HiDPI initial window sizing
• Fixed HiDPI fractional scaling
• Fixed settings dialog UI state persistence

Build Fixes

• Fixed macOS cross-architecture builds (PKG_CONFIG_PATH for cross-arch, --skip-deploy flag)
• Fixed remote-build-macos.ps1 exit code handling

Full Changelog: v0.9.2...v0.9.3

cr2xt 0.9.2

Release v0.9.2

Summary

This release focuses on preview enhancements, batch export improvements, and bug fixes for the export dialog and preview widget.

What's New

Preview Widget Enhancements

• DPI-aware resizable preview: Preview widget now scales properly on high-DPI displays
• Keyboard navigation: Navigate pages using arrow keys, Home/End, and Page Up/Down
• Trackpad-aware scrolling and zoom: Better scrolling and zoom support for trackpads
• Pan centering fix: Preview now centers correctly after panning operations
• Zoom reset resizing: Dialog automatically resizes when zoom is reset to fit content (double-click on preview)

Batch Export Improvements

• Scanning functionality: New async scanning with progress indication and cancellation support
• Archive filename handling: Consistent base name extraction for files inside archives
• History fix: Fixed issue with batch export adding entries to Recent Books

Bug Fixes

• Dialog screen bounds: Export dialog now fits within screen bounds on launch and resize
• Small screen support: Improved dialog behavior on smaller screens with MIN_WIDTH/MIN_HEIGHT constants
• Font warning fix: Don't show warnings for fonts that may not render all the glyphs correctly
• Undetermined language fix: Proper handling of documents with undetermined language
• History clear crash fix: Fixed crash when clearing export history
• Font size list fix: Added missing font size 27 to the list

Full Changelog

See v0.9.1...v0.9.2

cr2xt 0.9.1

Release v0.9.1

Summary

This release focuses on macOS support, Linux AppImage builds, and UI improvements for the export dialogs and settings.

What's New

macOS Support

• Full macOS build support with Universal Binary (Intel + Apple Silicon)
• DMG creation with custom background and icon placement
• Remote macOS build script for cross-platform development
• Fusion style as default on macOS for consistent appearance
• Fix for window position drift on macOS

Linux AppImage

• New AppImage build scripts using WSL
• Proper data directory support for AppImage deployments
• XCB platform as default for better compatibility

Build System Improvements

• Multi-platform distribution build script (build-dist-all.ps1)
• Improved Windows build script with better archive handling
• Modular macOS build with architecture-specific dylib handling

UI Improvements

• XtExportDlg: Refactored to horizontal 3-column layout, saving vertical space
• XtExportDlg: Window size and position now persist between sessions
• Settings dialog: Added responsive resizing, scrolling, and size persistence
• Style selection is now case-insensitive

Documentation

• Updated README with Linux build steps and macOS instructions
• Added documentation for rotate view option

Files Changed

• 19 files changed
• ~3,200 lines added
• New scripts: build-dist-macos.sh, create-appimage.sh, build-appimage-wsl.ps1, build-dist-all.ps1, remote-build-macos.ps1
• DMG background assets added

Full Changelog

See 0.9.0...v0.9.1

cr2xt 0.9.0

Initial release with XTC export support in single file and batch modes.