v2.36.2

fix a bug regarding expansion of options

v2.36.1

fix a bug of previous release: missing local in front of os

v2.36.0

• <path>|<textual picture> withshadingmethod <string>, where <string> shall be "linear" or "circular", gives shading effect to the <path> or <textual picture> with plain format as well as metafun. See the documentation.

• withtransparency (<number>|<string>, <number>) gives transparency effect with plain format as well. See the documentation.

• added dir TLT to usemplibgroup boxes

• removed tag=artifact option. Use artifact instead.

v2.35.2

• fix height/depth of boxes made by \mplibgroup command
• enhanced tagging of \usemplibgroup

v2.35.1

• cope with TEX(char13): remove everything from char13 to the end of input string
  (https://tug.org/pipermail/metapost/2024-November/003572.html)

• (WIP) avoid internal command names of tagpdf/kernel code (#151)

v2.35.0

• even under \mplibtextextlabel{true}, the original infont operator will
  be used when the character slot of the text argument is less than 32, or is
  equal to 35, 36, 37, 38, 92, 94, 95, 123, 125, 126 or 127.

• \mplibforcehmode will have effects on \usemplibgroup as well as ordinary
  metapost figures.

• support tagged PDF when tagpdf package is activated. The related code is
  currently in experimental stage. See the documentation for details.

v2.34.5

• provide withgroupbbox macro for transparency group to enable users to control the bounding box

• write down the width/height/depth values of mplibgroup to the log file

v2.34.4

• withpattern operator accepts a textual picture as well as a path for its operand. Thus users can give pattern effect to the result of btex command or infont operator.

• fix regarding line width in mplibgraphictext

v2.34.3

• in DVI mode, use LaTeX's shipout hooks to generate new XObjects or to put resources to pageresources.
  (in plain, load atbegshi.sty)
• fix shading to allow the even-odd rule

v2.34.2

• With the newly introduced macros, \mplibgroup ... \endmplibgroup, users
  can define a transparency group or a normal form XObject from TeX side.
  The LaTeX environment mplibgroup is identical to this pair of macros.
  See the document for details.

• document: be more precise about the color effect of a transparency group

• remove trailing zeros from numeric objects to get smaller PDF