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6 :Maintainer: docutils-develop@lists.sourceforge.net
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13 This document summarizes the major changes in recent releases. For a
14 more detailed list of changes, please see the `Docutils History`_.
16 .. _Docutils History: HISTORY.html
23 * remove the `handle_io_errors` option from io.FileInput/Output.
25 * »Prune« the doctree (no change to the reST input syntax):
27 - "doctest" element -> literal block with class argument,
28 - special admonitions (note, hint, warning, ...) -> generic "admonition"
29 element with class attribute and auto-generated title.
35 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
37 - Drop the simple algorithm replacing straight double quotes with
38 English typographic ones. Use the SmartQuotes transform
39 (``--smart-quotes=True``) instead.
40 - New setting `stylesheet_dirs`: Comma-separated list of directories
41 where stylesheets are found. Used by `stylesheet_path` when expanding
42 relative path arguments.
44 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
45 - New setting `stylesheet_dirs` (see above).
47 Now, it is easy to add a custom stylesheet to Docutils' default
48 stylesheet with, e.g., ``--stylesheet_path='html4css1.css, mystyle.css'``
50 Changed behaviour of the default settings:
51 if there is a file ``html4css1.css`` in the working directory of the
52 process at launch, it is used instead of the one provided by Docutils
53 in the writer source directory.
56 Release 0.10 (2012-12-16)
57 =========================
61 Docutils 0.9.x is the last version supporting Python 2.3.
63 Docutils 0.10 is compatible with Python versions from 2.4 to 3.2
64 (cf. `Python 3 compatibility`_).
68 - SmartQuotes transform for typographic quotes and dashes.
70 - ``docutils/math``, ``docutils/error_reporting.py``, and
71 ``docutils/urischemes.py`` moved to the utils package.
72 Code importing these modules needs to adapt, e.g.::
75 import docutils.math as math
77 import docutils.utils.math as math
79 - enhanced math and error handling.
83 - FileInput/FileOutput: no system-exit on IOError.
84 The `handle_io_errors` option is ignored.
86 .. _Python 3 compatibility: README.html#python-3-compatibility
88 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
90 - Use ``<code>`` tag for inline "code",
91 do not drop nested inline nodes (syntax highlight tokens).
92 - Customizable MathJax URL (based on patch by Dmitry Shachnev).
93 - No line break after opening inline math tag.
95 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py, docutils/writers/xetex/__init__.py
97 - Fix section numbering by LaTeX.
99 * docutils/writers/s5_html/__init__.py
101 - Fix [ 3556388 ] Mathjax does not work with rst2s5.
104 Release 0.9.1 (2012-06-17)
105 ==========================
109 Several fixes for Python 3 usage.
113 - Fix [ 3527842 ]. Under Python 3, converted tests and tools were
114 installed in the PYTHONPATH. Converted tests are now
115 stored in ``docutils/test3/``, tools no longer need conversion.
117 If you installed one of Docutils versions 0.7 ... 0.9 with
118 ``setup.py install`` under Python 3, remove the spurious
119 ``test/`` and ``tools/`` directories in the site library root.
122 Release 0.9 (2012-05-02)
123 =========================
127 - reStructuredText "code" role and directive with syntax highlighting
129 - "code" option of the "include" directive.
131 .. _Pygments: http://pygments.org/
133 - Fix [ 3402314 ] allow non-ASCII whitespace, punctuation
134 characters and "international" quotes around inline markup.
136 - Fix handling of missing stylesheets.
140 - Fix [ 2971827 ] and [ 3442827 ]
141 extras/roman.py moved to docutils/utils/roman.py
143 * docutils/utils.py -> docutils/utils/__init__.py
145 - docutils.utils is now a package (providing a place for sub-modules)
147 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
149 - change default for `math-output` setting to MathJax
151 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
153 - Support the `abbreviation` and `acronym` standard roles.
154 - Record only files required to generate the LaTeX source as dependencies.
155 - Use ``\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}`` instead of ``*``-versions
156 when suppressing LaTeX section numbering.
159 Release 0.8.1 (2011-08-30)
160 ==========================
164 - Fix [ 3364658 ] (Change last file with Apache license to BSD-2-Clause)
165 and [ 3395920 ] (correct copyright info for rst.el).
167 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
169 - Clean up Babel language setting. Restores Sphinx compatibility.
172 Release 0.8 (2011-07-07)
173 ========================
177 - Some additions to the Docutils core are released under the 2-Clause BSD
182 - Handle language codes according to `BCP 47`_.
183 - If the specified langauage is not supported by Docutils,
184 warn and fall back to English.
185 - Math support: reStructuredText "math" role and directive,
186 ``math`` and ``math_block`` doctree elements.
187 - Orphaned "python" reader and "newlatex2e" writer moved to the sandbox.
189 .. _BCP 47: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt
193 - most directives now support a "name" option that attaches a
194 reference name. So you can write ::
196 .. figure:: image.png
199 as a short form of ::
203 .. figure:: image.png
205 Internationalization:
207 * Added lithuanian mappings.
213 - New setting "math-output" with support for HTML, MathML, and LaTeX.
217 - Convert image URI to a local file path.
218 - Apply [ 3148141 ] fix multicolumn support when a colspanning cell
219 has more than one paragraph (Wolfgang Scherer).
223 - New writer generating LaTeX code for compiling with ``xelatex``.
225 XeTeX uses unicode and modern font technologies.
227 * and fixes and enhancements here and there.
230 Release 0.7 (2010-07-07)
231 ========================
237 - Support SVG and SWF images (thanks to Stefan Rank).
238 - Generate valid XHTML for centered images with targets.
239 Use CSS classes instead of "align" tags for image alignment.
243 - Use the ``\url`` command for URLs (breaks long URLs instead of writing
245 - Preserve runs of spaces in 'inline literals'.
246 - Deprecate ``figure_footnotes`` setting.
247 - Rename ``use_latex_footnotes`` setting to `docutils_footnotes`__.
248 - New ``latex_preamble`` setting.
249 - Use PDF standard fonts (Times/Helvetica/Courier) as default.
250 - `hyperref` package called with ``unicode`` option (see the
251 `hyperref config tips`__ for how to override).
252 - Drop the special `output_encoding`__ default ("latin-1").
253 The Docutils wide default (usually "UTF-8") is used instead.
255 __ docs/user/config.html#docutils-footnotes
256 __ docs/user/latex.html#hyperlinks
257 __ docs/user/latex.html#output-encoding
261 - Titles level 1, that is ``.SH``, always uppercase.
262 - Apply patch from mg: literal text should be bold in man-pages.
266 * io.FileInput opens files as text files with universal newline support
267 (mode "rU", configurable with the new optional argument "mode").
271 - Python 3 support: copy test/ and tools/ to the build-dir
272 and convert Python sources with 2to3.
275 Release 0.6 (2009-10-11)
276 ========================
280 Docutils 0.5 is the last version supporting Python 2.2.
282 Docutils 0.6 is compatible with Python versions from 2.3 up to 2.6
283 and convertible to 3.1 code.
287 The "newlatex" writer is orphaned.
289 The recommended way to generate PDF output is to use either the
290 LaTeX2e writer or one of the alternatives listed at
291 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/links.html#pdf.
295 - Allow length units for all length specifications.
296 - Allow percent sign in "scale" argument of "figure" and "image" directives.
297 - Bugfix: The "figalign" argument of a figure now works as intended
298 (aligning the figure not its contents).
299 - Align images with class "align-[right|center|left]"
300 (allows setting the alignment of an image in a figure).
301 - Hard tabs in literal inclusions are replaced by spaces. This is
302 configurable via the new "tab-width" option of the "include" directive
303 (a negative tab-width prevents tab expansion).
307 - ``--stylesheet`` and ``--stylesheet-path`` options now support a comma
308 separated list of stylesheets.
313 - font-encoding: "T1" (formerly implicitely set by 'ae').
314 - use-latex-toc: true (ToC with page numbers).
315 - use-latex-footnotes: true (no mixup with figures).
316 - Float placement defaults to "here definitely" (configurable).
317 - Align of image in a figure defaults to 'center'.
318 - Use class defaults for page margins ('typearea' now optional).
319 - Support LaTeX packages as ``--stylesheet`` arguments.
320 - Use ``bp`` for lengths without unit or unit ``pt``,
321 do not convert ``px`` to ``pt``.
322 - Do not use 'ae' and 'aeguill' packages if font-encoding is set to ''.
323 - Set sub- and superscript role argument as text not math.
324 - Support custom roles based on standard roles.
325 - Load packages and define macros only if required in the document.
326 - All Docutils specific LaTeX macros are prefixed with ``DU``.
327 - Better conformance to Docutils specifications with "use_latex_toc".
328 - If 'sectnum_xform' is False, the 'sectnum' directive triggers
329 section numbering by LaTeX.
330 - Use default font in admonitions and sidebar.
331 - Typeset generic topic as "quote with title".
332 - Use template (file and configuration option).
333 - Render doctest blocks as literal blocks (indented).
337 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
341 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
344 Release 0.5 (2008-06-25)
345 ========================
351 - Dropped all ``name`` attributes of ``a`` elements (``id`` is
352 universally supported now).
356 - Better bibTeX citation support.
357 - Add ``--literal-block-env``
361 - Changed to support new python.org website structure and
366 * Changed the directive API to a new object-oriented system.
367 (Compatibility for the old, functional-style directive interface is
368 retained.) See the updated `Creating reStructuredText Directives`__
371 __ docs/howto/rst-directives.html
373 * Allow ``+`` and ``:`` in reference names requested for citations.
377 * Added `Deploying Docutils Securely`__
379 __ docs/howto/security.txt
381 Internationalization:
383 * Added hebrew mappings.
387 * Configuration files are now assumed and required to be
390 * Added docutils/writers/html4css1/template.txt.
392 * Enhance emacs support.
395 Release 0.4 (2006-01-09)
396 ========================
400 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will support Python 2.1.
401 Docutils 0.5 will *not* be compatible with Python 2.1; Python 2.2
402 or later will be required.
404 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will make compromises in
405 its HTML output for Netscape Navigator 4. Docutils 0.5 will
406 require more up-to-date browsers (the exact definition is to be
411 * Added an `S5/HTML writer`__ and the rst2s5.py__ front end:
412 multi-platform, multi-browser HTML slide shows.
414 __ docs/user/slide-shows.html
415 __ docs/user/tools.html#rst2s5-py
417 * The newlatex2e writer is nearing completion.
419 * Added a DocTree reader, ``publish_doctree`` and
420 ``publish_from_doctree`` convenience functions, for document tree
421 extraction and reprocessing.
425 * Added directives: "container__" (generic block-level container),
426 "default-role__" (role used for \`backtick\` syntax), "title__"
427 (document title metadata), and "date__" (generate the current local
428 date, for substitution definitions).
430 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#container
431 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#default-role
432 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#title
433 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#date
435 * Length units are now supported for image__ sizes.
437 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#image
439 * Added `standard definition files`__ for special characters etc.
441 __ docs/ref/rst/definitions.html
443 Internationalization:
445 * Added Japanese and Simplified Chinese language mappings, and support
446 for double-width CJK-characters in tables and section titles.
450 * Added a `guide for distributors`__ (package maintainers) and a
451 `guide for developers`__.
453 __ docs/dev/distributing.html
454 __ docs/dev/hacking.html
458 * Added significant `Emacs support for reST`__.
460 __ docs/user/emacs.html
462 * Added a `--strip-comments`__ option.
464 __ docs/user/config.html#strip-comments
466 * `--embed-stylesheet`__ is now the default for the HTML writer
467 (rather than --link-stylesheet).
469 __ docs/user/config.html#embed-stylesheet
472 Release 0.3.9 (2005-05-26)
473 ==========================
475 * Added "file_insertion_enabled__" and "raw_enabled__" settings.
477 __ docs/user/config.html#file-insertion-enabled
478 __ docs/user/config.html#raw-enabled
480 * Added `auto-enumerated lists`__.
482 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#enumerated-lists
484 * Added `"header" and "footer"`__ directives.
486 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#document-header-footer
488 * Added "list-table__" directive.
490 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#list-table
492 * Added support for `section subtitles`__.
494 __ docs/user/config.html#sectsubtitle-xform
496 * Added "field_name_limit__" and "option_limit__" settings to HTML writer.
498 __ docs/user/config.html#field-name-limit
499 __ docs/user/config.html#option-limit
501 * Added "cloak_email_addresses__" setting to HTML writer.
503 __ docs/user/config.html#cloak-email-addresses
505 * UTF-8 BOMs are now removed from the input stream.
508 Release 0.3.7 (2004-12-24)
509 ==========================
511 * A special "`line block`__" syntax has been added. (Also see the
512 `quick reference`__.)
514 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#line-blocks
515 __ docs/user/rst/quickref.html#line-blocks
517 * Empty sections are now allowed.
519 * A "raw__" role has been added.
521 __ docs/ref/rst/roles.html#raw
523 * The LaTeX writer now escapes consecutive dashes (like "--" or "---")
524 so that they are no longer transformed by LaTeX to en or em dashes.
525 (Please see the FAQ__ for how to represent such dashes.)
527 __ FAQ.html#how-can-i-represent-esoteric-characters-e-g-character-entities-in-a-document
529 * A `dependency recorder`__ has been added.
531 __ docs/user/config.html#record-dependencies
533 * A directive has been added for `compound paragraphs`__.
535 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#compound-paragraph
538 Release 0.3.5 (2004-07-29)
539 ==========================
541 * Improved, extended and reorganized the documentation__.
545 * Added "csv-table__" directive.
547 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#csv-table