Release Notes for XWiki Enterprise 1.8.3

This is a bug fix and enhancement release mainly around new WYSIWYG and new Rendering modules.

Changes since XWiki Enterprise 1.8.2

New WYSIWYG and Syntax bug fixes and improvements

• XWIKI-3712 - Create an improved Image & Attachment Insertion UI
• XWIKI-3676 - Edit link does not set the edited page correctly when the reference is relative
• XWIKI-3645 - Scrolling behavior
• XWIKI-3616 - When a new page being created hasn't been saved yet, it doesn't show up in the treeview thus no attachment can be added
• XWIKI-3573 - Title style removed after hitting return then backspace at the beginning of a line
• XWIKI-3519 - Remove "inline" and rename "paragraph" into "plain text" in WYSIWYG options
• XWIKI-3431 - Implement the new UI for the Image dialogs
• XWIKI-3430 - Provide tabs allowing to switch between WYSIWYG and WIKI when editing a page
• XWIKI-3345 - The caret is not scrolled into view after pressing return at the end of the text area
• XWIKI-3341 - Typing after standalone links in internet explorer breaks the document
• XWIKI-3296 - Font family are not set correctly when editing a document with it set
• XWIKI-3290 - "Insert Column After" button doesn't work when in last column in IE6
• XWIKI-3251 - Single enter key should go out of headings into a paragraph
• XWIKI-3063 - Support cleaning parameters in HTMLCleaner interface
• XWIKI-3767 - HTML cleaner shouldn't compact empty XML elements
• XWIKI-3764 - Modify behavior of HTML macro when it's set to contain wiki syntax
• XWIKI-3754 - XWikiDocument.getLinkedPages loose multiwiki information
• XWIKI-3745 - getLinkedPages in rendering 2.0 treats internal anchor links as links to the WebHome of the space
• XWIKI-3739 - Inline edit doesn't work for syntax 2.0
• XWIKI-3736 - Anchor links are not rendered correctly
• XWIKI-3729 - XHTML parser does not handle white spaces correctly for unknown elements
• XWIKI-3720 - Upgrade to Jython 2.5 Beta 4
• XWIKI-3716 - Parameters for groups are not supported when defined on a separate line
• XWIKI-3713 - Add getCurrentDocumentName to DocumentAccessBridge
• XWIKI-3675 - Allow entering invalid XHTML using the HTML macro
• XWIKI-3668 - Problem when there is a {{velocity}} marker in a title : double line under the title
• XWIKI-3418 - New rendering link to page that does not exist does not set the parent in edit link
• XWIKI-3417 - Attributes of <div> elements are dropped
• XWIKI-3082 - Macro block is not inline when it's the first element of the line
• XWIKI-2891 - Support automatic inline editing with new rendering

1.0 to 2.0 syntax converter bug fixes and improvements

• XWIKI-3768 - Converter should makes sure velocity or html macro does not start in a block and ends in another
• XWIKI-3765 - Modify 1.0->2.0 converter based on new HTML macro behavior
• XWIKI-3742 - Converter does not support comma as velocity macro parameters separator
• XWIKI-3740 - Converter should print some log on error
• XWIKI-3738 - Conversion fails when table with escape-backslash and code macro are together
• XWIKI-3727 - Conversion does not honor empty cells in table
• XWIKI-3700 - Link syntax not escaped during syntax conversion
• XWIKI-3662 - Translate <div param="value">content</div> into (% params="value" %)(((content)))
• XWIKI-3661 - Translate <span param="value">content</span> into (% params="value" %)content(%%)

PDF export bug fixes and improvements

1.9M2 adds a few important features and addresses several issues related to the PDF export feature:

• PDFs now contain a cover page and a table of contents page.

• Changed the default font to FreeSerif, as it looks better on paper.

• Scaled images preserve the custom dimensions in PDFs also, with the exception that the aspect ratio is always preserved to be the same as the original image, and:
• Images are prevented from overflowing the paper, by being automatically scaled down to the maximum available space.
• The export works when running the container as a user with no home directory, since now the cache is correctly created in the temporary directory.
• A few style changes.

Office Importer bug fixes and improvements

• XWIKI-3721 - Starting an already started openoffice server should be prohibited
• XWIKI-3711 - Upgrade officeimporter to use jodconverter-3.0-beta-2

Other bug fixes and improvements

• XWIKI-3771 - Create a CompactDocumentNameSerializer
• XWIKI-3724 - Some translation keys for officeimporter application are missing in 1.8.x XE versions
• XWIKI-3702 - Upgrade groovy to 1.6.2
• XWIKI-3718 - Update French, German, Spanish, Romanian and Russian translations
• XWIKI-3757 - tables with blank headers produce "table: null" error
• XWIKI-3746 - Some pages are not displayed in XWikiExplorer
• XWIKI-3730 - "Always authenticate on ..." parameters don't work in languages other than english (RMUI)
• XAADMINISTRATION-38 - Adding a user/group to a group results in XWiki.Admin being displayed
• XSKINX-24 - Extension XClasses are not created anymore in virtual wikis
• XSKINX-25 - Allow file skin extension to be parameterized
• XWIKI-3781 - Add information indicating if the current document is new or not for javascript in javascript
• XAPANELS-81 - Make syntax converter not ask for confirmation in WYSIWYG mode when the doc is new
• XAPANELS-79 - Navigation panel should check access levels

Known issues

• Bugs we know about

Migration notes

General Migration notes

The database structure hasn't been changed since XWiki Enterprise 1.5 so you shouldn't have to touch your Database to upgrade. Thus you can simply install this version and configure it to point to your existing database.

You may also want to import the default wiki XAR in order to benefit from improvements listed above.