Currently the compatibility-file is loaded using a standard `import`-statement and while its code is enclosed in a pre-processor block, and thus is excluded in e.g. the MOZCENTRAL build-target, it still results in the *built* `pdf.js`/`pdf.worker.js` files having an effectively empty closure as a result.
By moving the checks from `src/shared/compatibility.js` and into `src/shared/util.js` instead, we can load the file using a build-time `require`-statement and thus avoid that closure.
Note that with these changes the compatibility-file will no longer be loaded in development mode, i.e. when `gulp server` is used. However, this shouldn't be a big issue given that none of its included polyfills could be loaded then anyway (since `require`-statements are being used) and that it's really only intended for the `legacy`-builds of the library.
Fewer dependencies shouldn't be a bad idea in general, and given that the `node-canvas` package already include a `DOMMatrix` polyfill we can simply use that one instead.
*Please note:* The dates below are still a little ways off, however that obviously won't affect the existing PDF.js releases. Hence I think that we can make these changes now, since by the time of the *next* official PDF.js release they'll likely match up pretty well.[1]
While we "support" some (by now) fairly old browsers, that essentially means that the library (and viewer) will load and that the basic functionality will work as intended.[2]
However, in older browsers, some functionality may not be available and generally we'll ask users to update to a modern browser when bugs (specific to old browsers) are reported.[3]
Since we've previously settled on only supporting browsers/environments that are approximately *three years old*, this patch updates the minimum supported browsers/environments as follows:
- Chrome 76, which was released on 2019-07-30; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_version_history
- Firefox ESR (as before); see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar
- Safari 13, which was released on 2019-09-19; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_version_history#Safari_13
- Node.js 14, which was release on 2020-04-21 (all older versions have reached EOL); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#Releases
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[1] Given that the releases usually happen every two to three months.
[2] Assuming that a `legacy/`-build is being used, of course.
[3] In general it's never a good idea to use old/outdated browsers, since those may contain *known* security vulnerabilities.
According to the MDN compatibility data, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMMatrix/DOMMatrix#browser_compatibility, all browsers that we support have native `DOMMatrix` implementations (since quite some time too).
Hence Node.js is the only environment that lack `DOMMatrix` support, which probably isn't that surprising given that it's browser functionality.
While the `DOMMatrix` polyfill isn't that large, it nonetheless seems completely unnecessary to bundle it in the `legacy` builds when it's not needed in browsers. However, we can avoid that by simply listing `dommatrix` as a dependency for the `pdfjs-dist` library.
According to the MDN compatibility data, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ReadableStream#browser_compatibility, all browsers that we support have native `ReadableStream` implementations (since quite some time too).
Hence only Node.js is now lagging behind w.r.t. `ReadableStream` support, and its experimental implementation doesn't really help us given the life-span of the LTS releases (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#Releases).
It seems quite unfortunate to bundle a `ReadableStream` polyfill in the `legacy` builds when it's unnecessary in browsers, given its overall size, but fortunately we can avoid that by simply listing `web-streams-polyfill` as a dependency for the `pdfjs-dist` library.
Please note that while we "support" some (by now) fairly old browsers, that essentially means that the library (and viewer) will load and that the basic functionality will work as intended.[1]
However, in older browsers, some functionality may not be available and generally we'll ask users to update to a modern browser when bugs (specific to old browsers) are reported.[2]
There's always a question of just how old browsers the PDF.js contributors can realistically support, and here I'm suggesting that we place the cut-off point at approximately *three* years.
With that in mind, this patch updates the *minimum* supported browsers (and environments) as follows:
- Chrome 73, which was released on 2019-03-12; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_version_history
- Firefox ESR (as before); see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar
- Safari 12.1, which was released on 2019-03-25; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_version_history#Safari_12
- Node.js 12, which was release on 2019-04-23 (and will soon reach EOL); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#Releases
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[1] Assuming a `legacy`-build is being used, of course.
[2] In general it's never a good idea to use an old/outdated browser, since those may contain *known* security vulnerabilities.
This allows us to remove the manually implemented `structuredClone` polyfill, thus reducing the maintenance burden for the `LoopbackPort` class; refer to https://github.com/zloirock/core-js#structuredclone
*Please note:* While `structuredClone` support landed already in Firefox 94, Google Chrome only added it in version 98 (currently in Beta). However, given that the `LoopbackPort` will only be used together with *fake workers* in browsers this shouldn't be too much of a problem.[1]
For Node.js environments, where *fake workers* are unfortunately necessary, using a `legacy/`-build is already required which thus guarantees that the `structuredClone` polyfill is available.
Also, the patch updates core-js to the latest version since that one includes `structuredClone` improvements; please see https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/releases/tag/v3.20.3
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[1] Given that we only support browsers with proper worker support, if *fake workers* are being used that essentially indicates a configuration problem/error.
At this point in time, all of the supported browsers (in the PDF.js project) have native `ReadableStream` implementations; see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ReadableStream#browser_compatibility
Hence the polyfill is *only* necessary in Node.js environments now, and we shouldn't need to do any detailed feature detection either (since that was only done for the non-Chromium versions of the MS Edge browser).
Finally, we can slightly reduce the size of the Chromium-extension since the polyfill shouldn't be needed there either.
Given that `DOMMatrix` is, unsurprisingly, not supported in Node.js the `createMatrix` helper function in `src/display/pattern_helper.js` is most likely broken in Node.js environments. It will obviously try to fallback to the `DOMSVGFactory`, however that isn't intended for Node.js usage and errors will be thrown.
Rather than trying to implement a `NodeSVGFactory`, this patch takes the easier route of just adding a `DOMMatrix` polyfill using: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dommatrix
This isn't done only for simplicity, but it'll become necessary anyway since the `createMatrix` helper function is only temporary and will be removed in the future.
With the changes in PR 13361, we're now using the `CanvasPattern.setTransform()` method when rendering certain Shadings/Patterns.
Note that while `CanvasPattern` itself has been supported since basically "forever", its `setTransform` method is a slightly newer addition to the specification; please refer to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasPattern#browser_compatibility
Rather than trying to re-write PR 13361 to not use, or possibly spending time/effort (if possible) polyfilling, `CanvasPattern.setTransform()` this patch thus suggests that we simply update the *minimum* supported browser versions instead.
According to the compatibility data linked above, the *minimum* supported browser versions in the PDF.js library are now as follows:
- Chrome >= 68, which was released on 2018-07-24.[1]
- Firefox ESR, see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar.
- Safari >= 11.1, which was release on 2018-03-29.[2]
(Given that the PDF.js contributors cannot realistically test a bunch of old browsers, it's not unimaginable that some older browser versions are already not working with the PDF.js library.)
Based on these changes, which we should ensure are reflected in the Wiki as well, we can also remove a number of now redundant polyfills. Furthermore we'll no longer "claim" to support Windows XP, note the `gulpfile.js` changes, which should definitely *not* be an issue given that it's no longer officially supported.[3]
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[1] According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_version_history
[2] According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_version_history#Safari_11
[3] According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP#End_of_support
Based on this compatibility information, given that IE 11 is now *explicitly* unsupported, we should no longer need to bundle a `URL` polyfill in any builds: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/URL#browser_compatibility
Note that the caveat listed for older Safari-versions doesn't apply to any code in the PDF.js library, since we never call `new URL(url, undefined)` in the code-base.
Note also that Node.js has a web-compatible `URL` implementation, which according to the "History" section at https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_the_whatwg_url_api has been available since Node.js `10.0.0` (according to https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/ that branch is one month away from being EOL-ed).
Previously this rule has been enabled in the `web/` folder, and in select files in the `src/` sub-folders.
In this case, enabling of this rule didn't actually require any further code changes.
Please find additional details about the ESLint rule at https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-var
This allows for merging of dictionaries one level deeper than previously. This could be useful e.g. for /Resources dictionaries, where you want to e.g. merge their respective /Font dictionaries (and other) together rather than picking just the first one.
This replaces some additional `require`/`exports` usage with standard `import`/`export` statements instead.
Hence another, small, part in the effort to reduce the reliance on SystemJS-specific functionality in the development viewer.
Please note that these changes were done automatically, using `gulp lint --fix`.
Given that the major version number was increased, there's a fair number of (primarily whitespace) changes; please see https://prettier.io/blog/2020/03/21/2.0.0.html
In order to reduce the size of these changes somewhat, this patch maintains the old "arrowParens" style for now (once mozilla-central updates Prettier we can simply choose the same formatting, assuming it will differ here).
By slicing the Uint8Array directly, rather than using the prototype and a `call` invocation, the runtime of `decryptAscii` is decreased slightly (~30% based on quick logging).
The `decryptAscii` function is still less efficient than `decrypt`, however ASCII encoded Type1 font programs are sufficiently rare that it probably doesn't matter much (we've only seen *two* examples, issue 4630 and 11740).
With two kind of builds now being produced, with/without translation/polyfills, it's unfortunately somewhat easy for users to accidentally pick the wrong one.
In the case where a user would attempt to use a modern build of PDF.js in an older browser, such as e.g. IE11, the failure would be immediate when the code is loaded (given the use of unsupported ECMAScript features).
However in some browsers/environments, in particular Node.js, a modern PDF.js build may load correctly and thus *appear* to function, only to fail for e.g. certain API calls. To hopefully lessen the support burden, and to try and improve things overall, this patch adds checks to ensure that a modern build of PDF.js cannot be used in browsers/environments which lack native support for critical functionality (such as e.g. `ReadableStream`). Hence we'll fail early, with an error message telling users to pick an ES5-compatible build instead.
To ensure that we actually test things better especially w.r.t. usage of the PDF.js library in Node.js environments, the `gulp npm-test` task as used by Node.js/Travis was changed (back) to test an ES5-compatible build.
(Since the bots still test the code as-is, without transpilation/polyfills, this shouldn't really be a problem as far as I can tell.)
As part of these changes there's now both `gulp lib` and `gulp lib-es5` build targets, similar to e.g. the generic builds, which thanks to some re-factoring only required adding a small amount of code.
*Please note:* While it's probably too early to tell if this will be a widespread issue, it's possible that this is the sort of patch that *may* warrant being `git cherry-pick`ed onto the current beta version (v2.4.456).
Please find additional details about the ESLint rule at https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-const
With the recent introduction of Prettier this sort of mass enabling of ESLint rules becomes a lot easier, since the code will be automatically reformatted as necessary to account for e.g. changed line lengths.
Note that this patch is generated automatically, by using the ESLint `--fix` argument, and will thus require some additional clean-up (which is done separately).
In order to eventually get rid of SystemJS and start using native `import`s instead, we'll need to provide "complete" file identifiers since otherwise there'll be MIME type errors when attempting to use `import`.
This patch makes the follow changes:
- Remove no longer necessary inline `// eslint-disable-...` comments.
- Fix `// eslint-disable-...` comments that Prettier moved down, thus causing new linting errors.
- Concatenate strings which now fit on just one line.
- Fix comments that are now too long.
- Finally, and most importantly, adjust comments that Prettier moved down, since the new positions often is confusing or outright wrong.
Note that Prettier, purposely, has only limited [configuration options](https://prettier.io/docs/en/options.html). The configuration file is based on [the one in `mozilla central`](https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/.prettierrc) with just a few additions (to avoid future breakage if the defaults ever changes).
Prettier is being used for a couple of reasons:
- To be consistent with `mozilla-central`, where Prettier is already in use across the tree.
- To ensure a *consistent* coding style everywhere, which is automatically enforced during linting (since Prettier is used as an ESLint plugin). This thus ends "all" formatting disussions once and for all, removing the need for review comments on most stylistic matters.
Many ESLint options are now redundant, and I've tried my best to remove all the now unnecessary options (but I may have missed some).
Note also that since Prettier considers the `printWidth` option as a guide, rather than a hard rule, this patch resorts to a small hack in the ESLint config to ensure that *comments* won't become too long.
*Please note:* This patch is generated automatically, by appending the `--fix` argument to the ESLint call used in the `gulp lint` task. It will thus require some additional clean-up, which will be done in a *separate* commit.
(On a more personal note, I'll readily admit that some of the changes Prettier makes are *extremely* ugly. However, in the name of consistency we'll probably have to live with that.)
Note that most (reasonably) modern browsers have supported this for a while now, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ReadableStream#Browser_compatibility
By moving the polyfill into `src/shared/compatibility.js` we can thus get rid of the need to manually export/import `ReadableStream` and simply use it directly instead.
The only change here which *could* possibly lead to a difference in behavior is in the `isFetchSupported` function. Previously we attempted to check for the existence of a global `ReadableStream` implementation, which could now pass (assuming obviously that the preceding checks also succeeded).
However I'm not sure if that's a problem, since the previous check only confirmed the existence of a native `ReadableStream` implementation and not that it actually worked correctly. Finally it *could* just as well have been a globally registered polyfill from an application embedding the PDF.js library.
I've always disliked the solution in PR 10461, since it required changes to the `PDFHistory` code itself to deal with a bug in IE11.
Now that IE11 support is limited, it seems reasonable to remove these `pushState`/`replaceState` hacks from the main code-base and simply use polyfills instead.
Rather than specifying certain build targets manually, it seems much more appropriate (and future-proof) to use the `SKIP_BABEL` build target instead.
Also, the patch adds a missing `/* eslint no-var: error */` line since I'm touch the file anyway and no code-changes were necessary for it.
This only required changing the import paths. The `es` folder contains
all polyfills we need now. If we want to import everything, we need to
explicitly require the `index` file.
After PR 9340 all glyphs are now re-mapped to a Private Use Area (PUA) which means that if a font fails to load, for whatever reason[1], all glyphs in the font will now render as Unicode glyph outlines.
This obviously doesn't look good, to say the least, and might be seen as a "regression" since previously many glyphs were left in their original positions which provided a slightly better fallback[2].
Hence this patch, which implements a *general* fallback to the PDF.js built-in font renderer for fonts that fail to load (i.e. are rejected by the sanitizer). One caveat here is that this only works for the Font Loading API, since it's easy to handle errors in that case[3].
The solution implemented in this patch does *not* in any way delay the loading of valid fonts, which was the problem with my previous attempt at a solution, and will only require a bit of extra work/waiting for those fonts that actually fail to load.
*Please note:* This patch doesn't fix any of the underlying PDF.js font conversion bugs that's responsible for creating corrupt font files, however it does *improve* rendering in a number of cases; refer to this possibly incomplete list:
[Bug 1524888](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1524888)
Issue 10175
Issue 10232
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[1] Usually because the PDF.js font conversion code wasn't able to parse the font file correctly.
[2] Glyphs fell back to some default font, which while not accurate was more useful than the current state.
[3] Furthermore I'm not sure how to implement this generally, assuming that's even possible, and don't really have time/interest to look into it either.
Unsurprisingly IE11 doesn't support this, so a polyfill is needed since otherwise the sidebar can no longer be opened.
Also, simplifies the existing `classList.toggle` polyfill.
This polyfill is currently used in only *one* file, i.e. `src/display/api.js`, and only when trying to build a *fallback* `workerSrc` path.
Given that the global `workerSrc` should *always* be set[1] when using the PDF.js library[2], and that the fallback `workerSrc` should only be regarded as a best-effort solution anyway, there isn't a particularily strong reason to keep the compatibility code in my opinion.
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[1] Other supported options include setting the global `workerPort`, or passing in a `PDFWorker` instance as part of the `getDocument` call.
[2] Which is clearly mentioned in the JSDocs in `src/display/worker_options.js`.
