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:Author: David Goodger
:Contact: goodger@users.sourceforge.net
:Date: $Date$
:Web site: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

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Acknowledgements
================

I would like to acknowledge the people who have made a direct impact
on the Docutils project, knowingly or not, in terms of encouragement,
suggestions, criticism, bug reports, code contributions, tasty treats,
and related projects:

    Aahz, David Abrahams, David Ascher, Eric Bellot, Ian Bicking,
    Martin Blais, Fred Bremmer, Simon Budig, Bill Bumgarner, Brett
    Cannon, Adam Chodorowski, Jason Diamond, William Dode, Fred Drake,
    Dethe Elza, Marcus Ertl, Benja Fallenstein, fantasai, Stefane
    Fermigier, Jim Fulton, Peter Funk, Jorge Gonzalez, Engelbert
    Gruber, Simon Hefti, Doug Hellmann, Juergen Hermann, Michael
    Hudson, Jeremy Hylton, Tony Ibbs, Alan Jaffray, Dmitry Jemerov,
    Richard Jones, Andreas Jung, Garth Kidd, Nicola Larosa, Daniel
    Larsson, Marc-Andre Lemburg, Julien Letessier, Wolfgang Lipp,
    Edward Loper, Dallas Mahrt, Ken Manheimer, Vasko Miroslav, Skip
    Montanaro, Paul Moore, Nigel W. Moriarty, Mark Nodine, Patrick
    K. O'Brien, Michel Pelletier, Sam Penrose, Tim Peters, Pearu
    Peterson, Mark Pilgrim, Brett g Porter, David Priest, Tavis Rudd,
    Oliver Rutherfurd, Kenichi Sato, Ueli Schlaepfer, Gunnar Schwant,
    Bruce Smith, tav, Bob Tolbert, Laurence Tratt, Guido van Rossum,
    Martin von Loewis, Greg Ward, Barry Warsaw, Edward Welbourne,
    Ka-Ping Yee, Moshe Zadka

Thank you!

(I'm still waiting for contributions of computer equipment and cold
hard cash :-).)  Hopefully I haven't forgotten anyone or misspelled
any names; apologies (and please let me know!) if I have.


Changes Since 0.2
========================

General:

* Renamed "attribute" to "option" for directives/extensions.

* Renamed transform method "transform" to "apply".

* Renamed "options" to "settings" for runtime settings (as set by
  command-line options).  Sometimes "option" (singular) became
  "settings" (plural).  Some variations below:

  - document.options -> document.settings (stored in other objects as
    well)
  - option_spec -> settings_spec (not directives though)
  - OptionSpec -> SettingsSpec
  - cmdline_options -> settings_spec
  - relative_path_options -> relative_path_settings
  - option_default_overrides -> settings_default_overrides
  - Publisher.set_options -> Publisher.get_settings

Specific:

* FAQ.txt: Frequently asked questions, added to project.

* docutils/__init__.py:

  - Bumped version to 0.2.1 to reflect changes to I/O classes.
  - Bumped version to 0.2.2 to reflect changes to stylesheet options.
  - Factored ``SettingsSpec`` out of ``Component``; separately useful.
  - Bumped version to 0.2.3 because of the new "--embed-stylesheet"
    option and its effect on the PEP template & writer.
  - Bumped version to 0.2.4 due to changes to the PEP template &
    stylesheet.
  - Bumped version to 0.2.5 to reflect changes to Reporter output.
  - Added ``TransformSpec`` class for new transform system.
  - Bumped version to 0.2.6 for API changes (renaming).
  - Bumped version to 0.2.7 for new ``docutils.core.publish_*``
    convenience functions.
  - Added ``Component.component_type`` attribute.
  - Bumped version to 0.2.8 because of the internal parser switch from
    plain lists to the docutils.statemachine.StringList objects.

* docutils/core.py:

  - Made ``publish()`` a bit more convenient.
  - Generalized ``Publisher.set_io``.
  - Renamed ``publish()`` to ``publish_cmdline()``; rearranged its
    parameters; improved its docstring.
  - Added ``publish_file()`` and ``publish_string()``.
  - Factored ``Publisher.set_source()`` and ``.set_destination()``
    out of ``.set_io``.
  - Added support for "--dump-pseudo-xml", "--dump-settings", and
    "--dump-transforms" hidden options.
  - Added ``Publisher.apply_transforms()`` method.
  - Added ``Publisher.set_components()`` method; support for
    ``publish_*()`` conveninece functions.

* docutils/frontend.py:

  - Check for & exit on identical source & destination paths.
  - Fixed bug with absolute paths & "--config".
  - Set non-command-line defaults in ``OptionParser.__init__()``:
    ``_source`` & ``_destination``.
  - Distributed ``relative_path_settings`` to components; updated
    ``OptionParser.populate_from_components()`` to combine it all.
  - Require list of keys in ``make_paths_absolute`` (was implicit in
    global ``relative_path_settings``).
  - Added "--expose-internal-attribute", "--dump-pseudo-xml",
    "--dump-settings", and "--dump-transforms" hidden options.
  - Removed nasty internals-fiddling ``ConfigParser.get_section``
    code, replaced with correct code.

* docutils/io.py:

  - Split ``IO`` classes into subclasses of ``Input`` and ``Output``.
  - Added automatic closing to ``FileInput`` and ``FileOutput``.
  - Delayed opening of ``FileOutput`` file until ``write()`` called.
  - ``FileOutput.write()`` now returns the encoded output string.
  - Try to get path/stream name automatically in ``FileInput`` &
    ``FileOutput``.
  - Added defaults for source & destination paths.
  - Allow for Unicode I/O with an explicit "unicode" encoding.
  - Added ``Output.encode()``.
  - Deprecated reliance on runtime settings; pass encoding directly.
  - Recognize Unicode strings in ``Input.decode()``.

* docutils/nodes.py:

  - Added "Invisible" element category class.
  - Changed ``Node.walk()`` & ``.walkabout()`` to permit more tree
    modification during a traversal.
  - Added element classes: ``line_block``, ``generated``, ``address``,
    ``sidebar``.
  - Added support for lists of nodes to ``Element.insert()``.
  - Fixed parent linking in ``Element.replace()``.
  - Added new abstract superclass ``FixedTextElement``; adds
    "xml:space" attribute.
  - Added support for "line" attribute of ``system_message`` nodes.
  - Added support for the observer pattern from ``utils.Reporter``.
    Added ``parse_messages`` and ``transform_messages`` attributes to
    ``document``, removed ``messages``.  Added ``note_parse_message``
    and ``note_transform_message`` methods.
  - Added support for improved diagnostics:

    - Added "document", "source", and "line" internal attributes to
      ``Node``, set by ``Node.setup_child()``.
    - Converted variations on ``node.parent = self`` to
      ``self.setup_child(node)``.
    - Added ``document.current_source`` & ``.current_line``
      attributes, and ``.note_source`` observer method.
    - Changed "system_message" output to GNU-Tools format.

  - Added a "rawsource" attribute to the ``Text`` class, for text
    before backslash-escape resolution.
  - Support for new transform system.
  - Reworked ``pending`` element.
  - Fixed XML DOM bug (SF #660611).
  - Removed the ``interpeted`` element class and added
    ``title_reference``, ``abbreviation``, ``acronym``.
  - Made substitutions case-sensitive-but-forgiving; moved some code
    from the parser.
  - Fixed Unicode bug on element attributes (report: William Dode).

* docutils/statemachine.py:

  - Factored out ``State.add_initial_transitions()`` so it can be
    extended.
  - Converted whitespace-specific "blank" and "indent" transitions
    from special-case code to ordinary transitions: removed
    ``StateMachineWS.check_line()`` & ``.check_whitespace()``, added
    ``StateWS.add_initial_transitions()`` method, ``ws_patterns`` &
    ``ws_initial_transitions`` attributes.
  - Removed ``State.match_transition()`` after merging it into
    ``.check_line()``.
  - Added ``StateCorrection`` exception.
  - Added support for ``StateCorrection`` in ``StateMachine.run()``
    (moved ``TransitionCorrection`` support there too.)
  - Changed ``StateMachine.next_line()`` and ``.goto_line()`` to raise
    ``EOFError`` instead of ``IndexError``.
  - Added ``State.no_match`` method.
  - Added support for the Observer pattern, triggered by input line
    changes.
  - Added ``strip_top`` parameter to
    ``StateMachineWS.get_first_known_indented``.
  - Made ``context`` a parameter to ``StateMachine.run()``.
  - Added ``ViewList`` & ``StringList`` classes;
    ``extract_indented()`` becomes ``StringList.get_indented()``.
  - Added ``StateMachine.insert_input()``.
  - Fixed ViewList slice handling for Python 2.3.  Patch from (and
    thanks to) Fred Drake.

* docutils/utils.py:

  - Added a ``source`` attribute to Reporter instances and
    ``system_message`` elements.
  - Added an observer pattern to ``utils.Reporter`` to keep track of
    system messages.
  - Fixed bugs in ``relative_path()``.
  - Added support for improved diagnostics.
  - Moved ``normalize_name()`` to nodes.py (``fully_normalize_name``).

* docutils/languages: Fixed bibliographic field language lookups.

* docutils/languages/fr.py: Added to project; French mappings by
  Stefane Fermigier.

* docutils/languages/it.py: Added to project; Italian mappings by
  Nicola Larosa.

* docutils/languages/sk.py: Added to project; Slovak mappings by
  Miroslav Vasko.

* docutils/parser/__init__.py:

  - Added ``Parser.finish_parse()`` method.

* docutils/parser/rst/__init__.py:

  - Added options: "--pep-references", "--rfc-references",
    "--tab-width".

* docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:

  - Changed "title under/overline too short" system messages from INFO
    to WARNING, and fixed its insertion location.
  - Fixed enumerated list item parsing to allow paragraphs & section
    titles to begin with enumerators.
  - Converted system messages to use the new "line" attribute.
  - Fixed a substitution reference edge case.
  - Added support for "--pep-references" and "--rfc-references"
    options; reworked ``Inliner`` code to make customization easier.
  - Removed field argument parsing.
  - Added support for short section title over/underlines.
  - Fixed "simple reference name" regexp to ignore text like
    "object.__method__"; not an anonymous reference.
  - Added support for improved diagnostics.
  - Reworked directive API, based on Dethe Elza's contribution.  Added
    ``Body.parse_directive()``, ``.parse_directive_options()``,
    ``.parse_directive_arguments()`` methods.
  - Added ``ExtensionOptions`` class, to parse directive options
    without parsing field bodies.  Factored
    ``Body.parse_field_body()`` out of ``Body.field()``, overridden in
    ``ExtensionOptions``.
  - Improved definition list term/classifier parsing.
  - Added warnings for unknown directives.
  - Renamed ``Stuff`` to ``Struct``.
  - Now flagged as errors: transitions at the beginning or end of
    sections, empty sections (except title), and empty documents.
  - Updated for ``statemachine.StringList``.
  - Enabled recognition of schemeless email addresses in targets.
  - Added support for embedded URIs in hyperlink references.
  - Added backslash-escapes to inline markup end-string suffix.
  - Added support for correct interpreted text processing.
  - Fixed nested title parsing (topic, sidebar directives).
  - Added special processing of backslash-escaped whitespace (idea
    from David Abrahams).
  - Made substitutions case-sensitive-but-forgiving; moved some code
    to ``docutils.nodes``.

* docutils/parsers/rst/tableparser.py:

  - Fixed a bug that was producing unwanted empty rows in "simple"
    tables.
  - Detect bad column spans in "simple" tables.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives: Updated all directive functions to
  new API.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/__init__.py:

  - Added ``flag()``, ``unchanged()``, ``path()``,
    ``nonnegative_int()``, and ``choice()`` directive option helper
    functions.
  - Added warnings for unknown directives.
  - Return ``None`` for missing directives.
  - Added ``register_directive()``, thanks to William Dode and Paul
    Moore.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/body.py: Added to project.  Contains
  the "topic", "sidebar" (from Patrick O'Brien), "line-block", and
  "parsed-literal" directives.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/images.py:

  - Added an "align" attribute to the "image" & "figure" directives
    (by Adam Chodorowski).

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py:

  - Added "include", "raw", and "replace" directives, courtesy of
    Dethe Elza.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/parts.py:

  - Added the "sectnum" directive; by Dmitry Jemerov.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/references.py: Added to project.
  Contains the "target-notes" directive.

* docutils/parsers/rst/languages/__init__.py:

  - Return ``None`` from get_language() for missing language modules.

* docutils/parsers/rst/languages/de.py: Added to project; German
  mappings by Engelbert Gruber.

* docutils/parsers/rst/languages/en.py:

  - Added interpreted text roles mapping.

* docutils/parsers/rst/languages/fr.py: Placeholder added to project;
  awaiting translation.

* docutils/parsers/rst/languages/it.py: Added to project; Italian
  mappings by Nicola Larosa.

* docutils/parsers/rst/languages/sk.py: Added to project; Slovak
  mappings by Miroslav Vasko.

* docutils/readers/__init__.py:

  - Added support for the observer pattern from ``utils.Reporter``, in
    ``Reader.parse`` and ``Reader.transform``.
  - Removed ``Reader.transform()`` method.
  - Added default parameter values to ``Reader.__init__()`` to make
    instantiation easier.
  - Removed bogus aliases: "restructuredtext" is *not* a Reader.

* docutils/readers/pep.py:

  - Added the ``peps.TargetNotes`` transform to the Reader.
  - Removed PEP & RFC reference detection code; moved to
    parsers/rst/states.py as options (enabled here by default).
  - Added support for pre-acceptance PEPs (no PEP number yet).
  - Moved ``Inliner`` & made it a class attribute of ``Reader`` for
    easy subclassing.

* docutils/readers/python: Python Source Reader subpackage added to
  project, including preliminary versions of:

  - __init__.py
  - moduleparser.py: Parser for Python modules.

* docutils/transforms/__init__.py:

  - Added ``Transformer`` class and completed transform reform.

* docutils/transforms/frontmatter.py:

  - Improved support for generic fields.
  - Fixed bibliographic field language lookups.

* docutils/transforms/parts.py: Added to project.  Miscellaneous
  transforms.

* docutils/transforms/parts.py:

  - Moved the "id" attribute from TOC list items to the references
    (``Contents.build_contents()``).
  - Added the ``SectNum`` transform; by Dmitry Jemerov.

* docutils/transforms/peps.py:

  - Added ``mask_email()`` function, updating to pep2html.py's
    functionality.
  - Linked "Content-Type: text/x-rst" to PEP 12.
  - Added the ``TargetNotes`` PEP-specific transform.
  - Added ``TargetNotes.cleanup_callback``.
  - Added title check to ``Headers``.
  
* docutils/transforms/references.py:

  - Added the ``TargetNotes`` generic transform.
  - Split ``Hyperlinks`` into multiple transforms.
  - Fixed bug with multiply-indirect references (report: Bruce Smith).
  - Added check for circular indirect references.
  - Made substitutions case-sensitive-but-forgiving.

* docutils/transforms/universal.py:

  - Added support for the "--expose-internal-attributes" option.
  - Removed ``Pending`` transform classes & data.

* docutils/writers/__init__.py:

  - Removed ``Writer.transform()`` method.

* docutils/writers/docutils-xml.py:

  - Added XML and doctype declarations.
  - Added "--no-doctype" and "--no-xml-declaration" options.

* docutils/writers/html4css1.py:

  - "name" attributes only on these tags: a, applet, form, frame,
    iframe, img, map.
  - Added "name" attribute to <a> in section titles for Netscape 4
    support (bug report: Pearu Peterson).
  - Fixed targets (names) on footnote, citation, topic title,
    problematic, and system_message nodes (for Netscape 4).
  - Changed field names from "<td>" to "<th>".
  - Added "@" to "&#64;" encoding to thwart address harvesters.
  - Improved the vertical whitespace optimization; ignore "invisible"
    nodes (targets, comments, etc.).
  - Improved inline literals with ``<span class="pre">`` around chunks
    of text and ``&nbsp;`` for runs of spaces.
  - Improved modularity of output; added ``self.body_pre_docinfo`` and
    ``self.docinfo`` segments.
  - Added support for "line_block", "address" elements.
  - Improved backlinks (footnotes & system_messages).
  - Improved system_message output.
  - Redefined "--stylesheet" as containing an invariant URL, used
    verbatim.  Added "--stylesheet-path", interpreted w.r.t. the
    working directory.
  - Added "--footnote-references" option (superscript or brackets).
  - Added "--compact-lists" and "--no-compact-lists" options.
  - Added "--embed-stylesheet" and "--link-stylesheet" options;
    factored out ``HTMLTranslator.get_stylesheet_reference()``.
  - Improved field list rendering.
  - Added Docutils version to "generator" meta tag.
  - Fixed a bug with images; they must be inline, so wrapped in <p>.
  - Improved layout of <pre> HTML source.
  - Fixed attribute typo on <colspec>.
  - Refined XML prologue.
  - Support for no stylesheet.
  - Removed "interpreted" element support.
  - Added support for "title_reference", "sidebar" elements.

* docutils/writers/latex2e.py: LaTeX Writer, added by Engelbert Gruber
  (from the sandbox).

  - Added french.
  - Double quotes in literal blocks (special treatment for de/ngerman).
  - Added '--hyperlink-color' option ('0' turns off coloring of links).

* docutils/writers/pep_html.py:

  - Parameterized output encoding in PEP template.
  - Reworked substitutions from ``locals()`` into ``subs`` dict.
  - Redefined "--pep-stylesheet" as containing an invariant URL, used
    verbatim.  Added "--pep-stylesheet-path", interpreted w.r.t. the
    working directory.
  - Added an override on the "--footnote-references" option.
  - Factored out ``HTMLTranslator.get_stylesheet_reference()``.
  - Added Docutils version to "generator" meta tag.
  - Added a "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" comment to generated HTML.

* docs/tools.txt:

  - Added a "silent" setting for ``buildhtml.py``.
  - Added a "Getting Help" section.
  - Rearranged the structure.
  - Kept up to date, with new settings, command-line options etc.
  - Added section for ``rst2latex.py`` (Engelbert Gruber).

* docs/rst/quickstart.txt:

  - Added a table of contents.
  - Added feedback information.
  - Added mention of minimum section title underline lengths.
  - Removed the 4-character minimum for section title underlines.

* docs/rst/quickref.html:

  - Added a "Getting Help" section.
  - Added a style to make section title backlinks more subtle.
  - Added mention of minimum section title underline lengths.
  - Removed the 4-character minimum for section title underlines.

* spec/doctree.txt:

  - Changed the focus.  It's about DTD elements:  structural
    relationships, semantics, and external (public) attributes.  Not
    about the element class library.
  - Moved some implementation-specific stuff into ``docutils.nodes``
    docstrings.
  - Wrote descriptions of all common attributes and parameter
    entities.  Filled in introductory material.
  - Working through the element descriptions: 53 down, 32 to go.
  - Removed "Representation of Horizontal Rules" to
    spec/rst/alternatives.txt.

* spec/docutils.dtd:

  - Added "generated" inline element.
  - Added "line_block" body element.
  - Added "auto" attribute to "title".
  - Changed content models of "literal_block" and "doctest_block" to
    ``%text.model``.
  - Added ``%number;`` attribute type parameter entity.
  - Changed ``%structural.elements;`` to ``%section.elements``.
  - Updated attribute types; made more specific.
  - Added "address" bibliographic element.
  - Added "line" attribute to ``system_message`` element.
  - Removed "field_argument" element; "field_name" may contain
    multiple words and whitespace.
  - Changed public identifier to docutils.sf.net.
  - Removed "interpreted" element; added "title_reference",
    "abbreviation", "acronym".
  - Removed "refuri" attribute from "footnote_reference" and
    "citation_reference".
  - Added "sidebar" element.

* spec/pep-0256.txt: Converted to reStructuredText & updated.

* spec/pep-0257.txt: Converted to reStructuredText & updated.

* spec/pep-0258.txt: Converted to reStructuredText & updated.

* spec/semantics.txt: Updated with text from a Doc-SIG response to
  Dallas Mahrt.

* spec/transforms.txt: Added to project.

* spec/howto: Added subdirectory, for developer how-to docs.

* spec/howto/rst-directives.txt: Added to project.  Original by Dethe
  Elza, edited & extended by David Goodger.

* spec/howto/i18n.txt: Docutils Internationalization.  Added to
  project.

* spec/rst/alternatives.txt:

  - Added "Doctree Representation of Transitions" from
    spec/doctree.txt.
  - Updated "Inline External Targets" & closed the debate.
  - Added ideas for interpreted text syntax extensions.

* spec/rst/directives.txt:

  - Added directives: "topic", "sectnum", "target-notes",
    "line-block", "parsed-literal", "include", "replace", "sidebar".
  - Formalized descriptions of directive details.
  - Added an "align" attribute to the "image" & "figure" directives
    (by Adam Chodorowski).

* spec/rst/interpreted.txt: Added to project.  Descriptions of
  interpreted text roles.

* spec/rst/introduction.txt:

  - Added pointers to material for new users.

* spec/rst/reStructuredText.txt:

  - Disambiguated comments (just add a newline after the "::").
  - Updated enumerated list description; added a discussion of the
    second-line validity checking.
  - Updated directive description.
  - Added a note redirecting newbies to the user docs.
  - Expanded description of inline markup start-strings in non-markup
    contexts.
  - Removed field arguments and made field lists a generic construct.
  - Removed the 4-character minimum for section title underlines.
  - Clarified term/classifier delimiter & inline markup ambiguity
    (definition lists).
  - Added "Embedded URIs".
  - Updated "Interpreted Text" section.
  - Added "Character-Level Inline Markup" section.

* test: Continually adding & updating tests.

  - Moved test/test_rst/ to test/test_parsers/test_rst/.
  - Moved test/test_pep/ to test/test_readers/test_pep/.
  - Added test/test_readers/test_python/.
  - Added test/test_writers/ (Engelbert Gruber).

* tools:

  - Made the ``locale.setlocale()`` calls in front ends
    fault-tolerant.

* tools/buildhtml.py:

  - Added "--silent" option.
  - Fixed bug with absolute paths & "--config".
  - Updated for new I/O classes.
  - Added some exception handling.
  - Separated publishers' setting defaults; prevents interference.
  - Updated for new ``publish_file()`` convenience function.

* tools/pep-html-template:

  - Allow for "--embed-stylesheet".
  - Added Docutils version to "generator" meta tag.
  - Added a "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" comment to generated HTML.
  - Conform to XHTML spec.

* tools/pep2html.py:

  - Made ``argv`` a parameter to ``main()``.
  - Added support for "Content-Type:" header & arbitrary PEP formats.
  - Linked "Content-Type: text/plain" to PEP 9.
  - Files skipped (due to an error) are not pushed onto the server.
  - Updated for new I/O classes.
  - Added ``check_requirements()`` & ``pep_type_error()``.
  - Added some exception handling.
  - Updated for new ``publish_string()`` convenience function.
  - Added a "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" comment to generated HTML.

* tools/quicktest.py:

  - Added "-V"/"--version" option.

* tools/rst2latex.py: LaTeX front end, added by Engelbert Gruber.

* tools/editors: Support code for editors, added to project.  Contains
  ``emacs/restructuredtext.el``.

* tools/stylesheets/default.css: Moved into the stylesheets directory.

  - Added style for chunks of inline literals.
  - Removed margin for first child of table cells.
  - Right-aligned field list names.
  - Support for auto-numbered section titles in TOCs.
  - Increased the size of inline literals (<tt>) in titles.
  - Restored the light gray background for inline literals.
  - Added support for "line_block" elements.
  - Added style for "address" elements.
  - Removed "a.footnote-reference" style; doing it with ``<sup>`` now.
  - Improved field list rendering.
  - Vertical whitespace improvements.
  - Removed "a.target" style.

* tools/stylesheets/pep.css:

  - Fixed nested section margins.
  - Other changes parallel those of ``../default.css``.


Release 0.2 (2002-07-31)
========================

General:

- The word "component" was being used ambiguously.  From now on,
  "component" will be used to mean "Docutils component", as in Reader,
  Writer, Parser, or Transform.  Portions of documents (Table of
  Contents, sections, etc.)  will be called "document parts".
- Did a grand renaming: a lot of ``verylongnames`` became
  ``very_long_names``.
- Cleaned up imports: no more relative package imports or
  comma-separated lists of top-level modules.
- Added support for an option values object which carries default
  settings and overrides (from command-line options and library use).
- Added internal Unicode support, and support for both input and
  output encodings.
- Added support for the ``docutils.io.IO`` class & subclasses.

Specific:

* docutils/__init__.py:

  - Added ``ApplicationError`` and ``DataError``, for use throughout
    the package.
  - Added ``Component`` base class for Docutils components; implements
    the ``supports`` method.
  - Added ``__version__`` (thus, ``docutils.__version__``).

* docutils/core.py:

  - Removed many keyword parameters to ``Publisher.__init__()`` and
    ``publish()``; bundled into an option values object.  Added
    "argv", "usage", "description", and "option_spec" parameters for
    command-line support.
  - Added ``Publisher.process_command_line()`` and ``.set_options()``
    methods.
  - Reworked I/O model for ``docutils.io`` wrappers.
  - Updated ``Publisher.set_options()``; now returns option values
    object.
  - Added support for configuration files (/etc/docutils.conf,
    ./docutils.conf, ~/.docutils).
  - Added ``Publisher.setup_option_parser()``.
  - Added default usage message and description.

* docutils/frontend.py: Added to project; support for front-end
  (command-line) scripts.  Option specifications may be augmented by
  components.  Requires Optik (http://optik.sf.net/) for option
  processing (installed locally as docutils/optik.py).

* docutils/io.py: Added to project; uniform API for a variety of input
  output mechanisms.

* docutils/nodes.py:

  - Added ``TreeCopyVisitor`` class.
  - Added a ``copy`` method to ``Node`` and subclasses.
  - Added a ``SkipDeparture`` exception for visitors.
  - Renamed ``TreePruningException`` from ``VisitorException``.
  - Added docstrings to ``TreePruningException``, subclasses, and
    ``Nodes.walk()``.
  - Improved docstrings.
  - Added ``SparseNodeVisitor``, refined ``NodeVisitor``.
  - Moved ``utils.id()`` to ``nodes.make_id()`` to avoid circular
    imports.
  - Added ``decoration``, ``header``, and ``footer`` node classes, and
    ``PreDecorative`` mixin.
  - Reworked the name/id bookkeeping; to ``document``, removed
    ``explicit_targets`` and ``implicit_targets`` attributes, added
    ``nametypes`` attribute and ``set_name_id_map`` method.
  - Added ``NodeFound`` exception, for use with ``NodeVisitor``
    traversals.
  - Added ``document.has_name()`` method.
  - Fixed DOM generation for list-attributes.
  - Added category class ``Labeled`` (used by footnotes & citations).
  - Added ``Element.set_class()`` method (sets "class" attribute).

* docutils/optik.py: Added to project.  Combined from the Optik
  package, with added option groups and other modifications.  The use
  of this module is probably only temporary.

* docutils/statemachine.py:

  - Added ``runtime_init`` method to ``StateMachine`` and ``State``.
  - Added underscores to improve many awkward names.
  - In ``string2lines()``, changed whitespace normalizing translation
    table to regexp; restores Python 2.0 compatibility with Unicode.

* docutils/urischemes.py:

  - Filled in some descriptions.
  - Added "shttp" scheme.

* docutils/utils.py:

  - Added ``clean_rcs_keywords`` function (moved from
    docutils/transforms/frontmatter.py
    ``DocInfo.filter_rcs_keywords``).
  - Added underscores to improve many awkward names.
  - Changed names of Reporter's thresholds:
    warning_level -> report_level; error_level -> halt_level.
  - Moved ``utils.id()`` to ``nodes.make_id()``.
  - Added ``relative_path(source, target)``.

* docutils/languages/de.py: German mappings; added to project.  Thanks
  to Gunnar Schwant for the translations.

* docutils/languages/en.py: Added "Dedication" bibliographic field
  mappings.

* docutils/languages/sv.py: Swedish mappings; added to project by Adam
  Chodorowski.

* docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:

  - Added underscores to improve many awkward names.
  - Added RFC-2822 header support.
  - Extracted the inline parsing code from ``RSTState`` to a separate
    class, ``Inliner``, which will allow easy subclassing.
  - Made local bindings for ``memo`` container & often-used contents
    (reduces code complexity a lot).  See ``RSTState.runtime_init()``.
  - ``RSTState.parent`` replaces ``RSTState.statemachine.node``.
  - Added ``MarkupMismatch`` exception; for late corrections.
  - Added ``-/:`` characters to inline markup's start string prefix,
    ``/`` to end string suffix.
  - Fixed a footnote bug.
  - Fixed a bug with literal blocks.
  - Applied patch from Simon Budig: simplified regexps with symbolic
    names, removed ``Inliner.groups`` and ``Body.explicit.groups``.
  - Converted regexps from ``'%s' % var`` to ``'%(var)s' % locals()``.
  - Fixed a bug in ``Inliner.interpreted_or_phrase_ref()``.
  - Allowed non-ASCII in "simple names" (directive names, field names,
    references, etc.).
  - Converted ``Inliner.patterns.initial`` to be dynamically built
    from parts with ``build_regexp()`` function.
  - Changed ``Inliner.inline_target`` to ``.inline_internal_target``.
  - Updated docstrings.
  - Changed "table" to "grid_table"; added "simple_table" support.

* docutils/parsers/rst/tableparser.py:

  - Changed ``TableParser`` to ``GridTableParser``.
  - Added ``SimpleTableParser``.
  - Refactored naming.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/__init__.py: Added "en" (English) as
  a fallback language for directive names.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/html.py: Changed the ``meta``
  directive to use a ``pending`` element, used only by HTML writers.

* docutils/parsers/rst/directives/parts.py: Renamed from
  components.py.

  - Added "backlinks" attribute to "contents" directive.

* docutils/parsers/rst/languages/sv.py: Swedish mappings; added to
  project by Adam Chodorowski.

* docutils/readers/__init__.py: Gave Readers more control over
  choosing and instantiating Parsers.

* docutils/readers/pep.py: Added to project; for PEP processing.

* docutils/transforms/__init__.py: ``Transform.__init__()`` now
  requires a ``component`` parameter.

* docutils/transforms/components.py: Added to project; transforms
  related to Docutils components.

* docutils/transforms/frontmatter.py:

  - In ``DocInfo.extract_authors``, check for a single "author" in an
    "authors" group, and convert it to a single "author" element.
  - Added support for "Dedication" and generic bibliographic fields.

* docutils/transforms/peps.py: Added to project; PEP-specific.

* docutils/transforms/parts.py: Renamed from old components.py.

  - Added filter for `Contents`, to use alt-text for inline images,
    and to remove inline markup that doesn't make sense in the ToC.
  - Added "name" attribute to TOC topic depending on its title.
  - Added support for optional TOC backlinks.

* docutils/transforms/references.py: Fixed indirect target resolution
  in ``Hyperlinks`` transform.

* docutils/transforms/universal.py:

  - Changed ``Messages`` transform to properly filter out system
    messages below the warning threshold.
  - Added ``Decorations`` transform (support for ``--generator``,
    ``--date``, ``--time``, ``--source-link`` options).

* docutils/writers/__init__.py: Added "pdf" alias in anticipation of
  Engelbert Gruber's PDF writer.

* docutils/writers/html4css1.py:

  - Made XHTML-compatible (switched to lowercase element & attribute
    names; empty tag format).
  - Escape double-dashes in comment text.
  - Improved boilerplate & modularity of output.
  - Exposed modular output in Writer class.
  - Added a "generator" meta tag to <head>.
  - Added support for the ``--stylesheet`` option.
  - Added support for ``decoration``, ``header``, and ``footer``
    elements.
  - In ``HTMLTranslator.attval()``, changed whitespace normalizing
    translation table to regexp; restores Python 2.0 compatibility
    with Unicode.
  - Added the translator class as instance variable to the Writer, to
    make it easily subclassable.
  - Improved option list spacing (thanks to Richard Jones).
  - Modified field list output.
  - Added backlinks to footnotes & citations.
  - Added percentage widths to "<col>" tags (from colspec).
  - Option lists: "<code>" changed to "<kbd>", ``option_argument``
    "<span>" changed to "<var>".
  - Inline literals: "<code>" changed to "<tt>".
  - Many changes to optimize vertical space: compact simple lists etc.
  - Add a command-line options & directive attributes to control TOC
    and footnote/citation backlinks.
  - Added support for optional footnote/citation backlinks.
  - Added support for generic bibliographic fields.
  - Identify backrefs.
  - Relative URLs for stylesheet links.

* docutils/writers/pep_html.py: Added to project; HTML Writer for
  PEPs (subclass of ``html4css1.Writer``).

* docutils/writers/pseudoxml.py: Renamed from pprint.py.

* docutils/writers/docutils_xml.py: Added to project; trivial writer
  of the Docutils internal doctree in XML.

* docs/tools.txt: "Docutils Front-End Tools", added to project.

* spec/doctree.txt:

  - Changed the title to "The Docutils Document Tree".
  - Added "Hyperlink Bookkeeping" section.

* spec/docutils.dtd:

  - Added ``decoration``, ``header``, and ``footer`` elements.
  - Brought ``interpreted`` element in line with the parser: changed
    attribute "type" to "role", added "position".
  - Added support for generic bibliographic fields.

* spec/notes.txt: Continual updates.  Added "Project Policies".

* spec/pep-0256.txt:  Updated.  Added "Roadmap to the Doctring PEPs"
  section.

* spec/pep-0257.txt: Clarified prohibition of signature repetition.

* spec/pep-0258.txt: Updated.  Added text from pysource.txt and
  mailing list discussions.

* spec/pep-0287.txt:

  - Renamed to "reStructuredText Docstring Format".
  - Minor edits.
  - Reworked Q&A as an enumerated list.
  - Converted to reStructuredText format.

* spec/pysource.dtd:

  - Reworked structural elements, incorporating ideas from Tony Ibbs.

* spec/pysource.txt: Removed from project.  Moved much of its contents
  to pep-0258.txt.

* spec/rst/alternatives.txt:

  - Expanded auto-enumerated list idea; thanks to Fred Bremmer.
  - Added "Inline External Targets" section.

* spec/rst/directives.txt:

  - Added "backlinks" attribute to "contents" directive.

* spec/rst/problems.txt:

  - Updated the Enumerated List Markup discussion.
  - Added new alternative table markup syntaxes.

* spec/rst/reStructuredText.txt:

  - Clarified field list usage.
  - Updated enumerated list description.
  - Clarified purpose of directives.
  - Added ``-/:`` characters to inline markup's start string prefix,
    ``/`` to end string suffix.
  - Updated "Authors" bibliographic field behavior.
  - Changed "inline hyperlink targets" to "inline internal targets".
  - Added "simple table" syntax to supplement the existing but
    newly-renamed "grid tables".
  - Added cautions for anonymous hyperlink use.
  - Added "Dedication" and generic bibliographic fields.

* test: Made test modules standalone (subdirectories became packages).

* test/DocutilsTestSupport.py:

  - Added support for PEP extensions to reStructuredText.
  - Added support for simple tables.
  - Refactored naming.

* test/package_unittest.py: Renamed from UnitTestFolder.py.

  - Now supports true packages containing test modules
    (``__init__.py`` files required); fixes duplicate module name bug.

* test/test_pep/: Subpackage added to project; PEP testing.

* test/test_rst/test_SimpleTableParser.py: Added to project.

* tools:

  - Updated html.py and publish.py front-end tools to use the new
    command-line processing facilities of ``docutils.frontend``
    (exposed in ``docutils.core.Publisher``), reducing each to just a
    few lines of code.
  - Added ``locale.setlocale()`` calls to front-end tools.

* tools/buildhtml.py: Added to project; batch-generates .html from all
  the .txt files in directories and subdirectories.

* tools/default.css:

  - Added support for ``header`` and ``footer`` elements.
  - Added styles for "Dedication" topics (biblio fields).

* tools/docutils.conf: A configuration file; added to project.

* tools/docutils-xml.py: Added to project.

* tools/pep.py: Added to project; PEP to HTML front-end tool.

* tools/pep-html-template: Added to project.

* tools/pep2html.py: Added to project from Python (nondist/peps).
  Added support for Docutils (reStructuredText PEPs).

* tools/quicktest.py:

  - Added the ``--attributes`` option, hacked a bit.
  - Added a second command-line argument (output file); cleaned up.

* tools/stylesheets/: Subdirectory added to project.

* tools/stylesheets/pep.css: Added to project; stylesheet for PEPs.


Release 0.1 (2002-04-20)
========================

This is the first release of Docutils, merged from the now inactive
reStructuredText__ and `Docstring Processing System`__ projects.  For
the pre-Docutils history, see the `reStructuredText HISTORY`__ and the
`DPS HISTORY`__ files.

__ http://structuredtext.sourceforge.net/
__ http://docstring.sourceforge.net/
__ http://structuredtext.sourceforge.net/HISTORY.html
__ http://docstring.sourceforge.net/HISTORY.html

General changes: renamed 'dps' package to 'docutils'; renamed
'restructuredtext' subpackage to 'rst'; merged the codebases; merged
the test suites (reStructuredText's test/test_states renamed to
test/test_rst); and all modifications required to make it all work.

* docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:

  - Improved diagnostic system messages for missing blank lines.
  - Fixed substitution_reference bug.

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