Introduction

CHILI publisher supports Backward Backwards Compatibility; this means that newer version of the system will open older versions of content.

Having said that, newer versions of the software will include improvements and new features. These new features did not exist in the previous document, and will be added once the document is saved in the newer version.

Document format

Each CHILI publisher document is based on the XML format. That Object Model (the syntax) is documented here.

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_{Example does NOT reflect actual CHILI publisher XML, example to illustrate the case}

Rendering

The rendering engine of CHILI publish is the logic that interprets the contents and markup in the (XML) document.

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• On screen (browser)

• On output creation (PDF, image, …)

Text Layout Engine (TLE)

Next to the positioning of images and frames in ouput, we are proud to be in control of our own Text Layout Engine. We control the drawing of the characters, spacing between characters, leading between lines, etc. We have control over the fine grains in typography that is rendered on screen and in output.

Backward compatibility of Text Layout

The Text Layout Engine, is part of the process of Continuous Improvement.

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Major changes will be documented also in the Release Notes.

Output

If your output is digital, then tiny changes will almost have no (visible) effect. A new version of the rendered version will “look” similar to the eye, but might be off by 1 pixel; not visible for the human eye.

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We cannot guarantee the exact placement of each element, due to the nature of improving the rendering engine.

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Summary

Due to the nature of continuous improvement, tiny changes might / will appear in the rendering engine.

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