vpype 1.3.0

New features and improvements:

• Added new layout command (#168)

  This command automates the page layout process on a specified the page size by centering the geometries (with
  customizable horizontal and vertical alignment) and optionally fitting to specified margins. It intends to supersede
  write's layout options (i.e. --page-size and --center) in more intuitive way. In particular this command
  acts on the pipeline rather than on the output file so its effect can be previewed with the show command.

• (Beta) Complete rewrite of the viewer underlying the show command (#163)

  • fully hardware-accelerated rendering engine
  • smooth zooming and panning, with touchpad and mouse support
  • preview mode with adjustable pen width and opacity
  • outline mode with optional colorful and point display
  • optional pen-up trajectories display
  • per-layer visibility control
  • interactively adjustable display settings

  Note: This new viewer is a beta feature and will evolve in future versions. Your feedback is welcome. The current, matplotlib-based viewer is still available using show --classic.

• Added support for arbitrary paper size to write's HPGL output (configuration for the Calcomp Designmate included, check the documentation for details) (#178)

• Added large format paper sizes (A2, A1, A0) (#144)

• The splitall command will now filter out segments with identical end-points (#146)

• Minor loading time improvement (#133)

Bug fixes:

• Various documentation fixes (#170, #172, thanks to @theomega)

API changes:

• Added the new viewer engine and Qt-based GUI (#163)