XLingPaper version 3.15.0 available for Windows, Mac, and Linux

[Andy Black]

XLingPaper version 3.15.0 (for the XMLmind XML Editor version 7.2+ or 8.2+) is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Note: for Mac users upgrading to this version from versions before 3.7.5, please see:

1. Using a new version of XeLaTeX; and
2. Some changes you may need to make in your documents.

This new version of XLingPaper has a number of improvements and bug fixes.

The highlights of this version are:

1. Add the SortReferences command to sort a references master list file.
2. Add the FindAnyDuplicateAuthors command to find any duplicate authorRef elements.
3. Enable links in web page output to open in a new tab.
4. Add bookversion to book and collection reference elements.
5. Allow framedUnit in a figure element.
6. Add numeralFormat attribute to partLayout in publisher style sheet to control numeral formatting of parts.
7. Enable showing abbreviations as a table in a section1 element and in a chapter element.
8. Add useDigitsForEndnoteNumbering attribute to authorLayout element so one can have footnotes on authors be numbered like other footnotes.

If you have not previously installed XLingPaper, you can obtain an installation program for Windows, Mac or Linux at http://software.sil.org/xlingpaper/download/.

If you have already installed XLingPaper version 2.10.0 or higher and merely want to upgrade, then you will need to download and install the XLingPaper update file. See https://software.sil.org/xlingpaper/download/config-only/. Be careful to get the installer for the version of the XMLmind XML Editor you are using (it is possible to install both, if you wish). If you have modified any of the stock publisher style sheets, please be sure to make a backup of your work before running this installer. It may overwrite your modifications.

The recent changes are:

• 3.15.0 9 May 2024
  • Add the SortReferences command to sort a references master list file.
  • Add the FindAnyDuplicateAuthors command to find any duplicate authorRef elements.
  • Enable links in web page output to open in a new tab.
  • Add bookversion to book and collection reference elements.
  • Allow framedUnit in a figure element.
  • Add numeralFormat attribute to partLayout in publisher style sheet to control numeral formatting of parts.
  • Enable showing abbreviations as a table in a section1 element and in a chapter element.
  • Add useDigitsForEndnoteNumbering attribute to authorLayout element so one can have footnotes on authors be numbered like other footnotes.
  • Fix bug: in a chapters in collection document, the preface style sheet information of the main front matter was always used.
  • Fix bug: promoting a section1 element to a chapter would cause a validity error about two attributes being invalid.
  • Fix typo in section 5.3.15 of the publisher style sheet documentation.
  • For the default way of producing PDF (via XeLaTeX):
    • Add ability to control the number of PDF bookmark levels to show by adding the bookmarksShowLevel attribute to the contents element.
    • Fix bug: for the non-style sheet output, paragraphs after a numbered table would not be indented properly.
    • Fix bug: index output could have unneeded blank space at the end of a column or page when an index item had embedded items.