Developers using Python on Linux can now leverage the enhanced capabilities of Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET 24.2.0. This release brings a collection of new features and improvements to augment their existing Python PDF processing apps or create new ones from scratch.

New Features

We have introduced a number of new features in this release:

• Effortlessly retrieve vector data from your PDF documents.
• You can now load DjVu and CDR file formats within your Python PDF processing apps.
• Add page reference in the callback for HOCR text recognition on Linux machines.
• Using version 24.2.0 of Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET, you can pass a page in the form of an image to the HOCR callback method.
• Convert PDF to Markdown with enhancements to image usage.
• Transform searchable PDF files to XPS format, having the ability to select and copy text within the resulting XPS document.

Feature Enhancements

We have added feature enhancements in this release:

• Accurately extract images in PDF to Markdown conversion.
• Manage page settings while converting HTML to PDF.
• Review comments’ status precisely in TextAnnotation on Linux systems.
• Enhanced the functionality of the document repair API.
• Control the LaTeX document compilation with version 24.2.0 of the Python PDF API.
• CSS styling and PageInfo are supported in Markdown loading capabilities.

Bug Fixes

This release also addresses numerous bugs reported in previous versions, including issues with:

• Text extraction and rendering.
• XPS to PDF conversion.
• Splitting PDF documents.
• Handling absolute image positions in HTML to PDF conversion
• PDF to PDFA1A conversion.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

Added APIs

We have added several new classes, methods, and properties to the public API in this release. Some of these are:

• aspose.pdf.annotations.MarkupAnnotation.clear_state
• aspose.pdf.annotations.MarkupAnnotation.set_review_state(aspose.pdf.annotations.AnnotationState, str)
• aspose.pdf.annotations.MarkupAnnotation.set_marked_state(bool)
• aspose.pdf.CdrLoadOptions
• aspose.pdf.CdrLoadOptions.#ctor
• aspose.pdf.DjvuLoadOptions
• aspose.pdf.DjvuLoadOptions.#ctor
• aspose.pdf.DocSaveOptions.re_save_fonts bool
• aspose.pdf.LoadFormat.DJVU
• aspose.pdf.LoadFormat.CDR
• aspose.pdf.printing.PaperSource.#ctor(aspose.pdf.printing.PaperSourceKind, str)

Removed APIs

We have removed the following property from the public API in this release:

• aspose.pdf.annotations.TextAnnotation.state

You can view the list of all new features, enhancements, and bug fixes introduced in this release by visiting Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET 24.2.0 Release Notes.