Dear all,

I am happy to announce the release of TeXmacs 1.99.6.
The main novelties are as follows:

  ∗  New page breaker with better support for floating objects and footnotes.
  ∗  Improved native Pdf generation based on Hummus.
  ∗  Several new algorithms for micro typography:
     mathematical accents, scripts, etc.
  ∗  Improved support for TeX Gyre fonts.
  ∗  Various bug fixes.

As a reminder, these were the changes in TeXmacs 1.99.5:

  ∗  Support for retina screens.
  ∗  Various improvements for the laptop presentation mode.
  ∗  Simplified editor for graphical slides in laptop presentations.
  ∗  Highly improved animations.
  ∗  An editing mode for simple animations based on morphing.
  ∗  Various graphical effects and font effects.
  ∗  Reorganizations in the configuration of TeXmacs.
  ∗  Improved rendering of pages, including a mode for double sided rendering,
     and a panorama mode.
  ∗  High quality mathematical typesetting for many standard fonts;
     see also the paper “Mathematical Font Art” presented at ICMS 2016.
  ∗  Rudimentary support for inking.
  ∗  Customizable snapping in graphics mode.
  ∗  Various enhancements and fixes for graphics mode.

Merry christmas, and a happy new year!

--Joris