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15 This document summarizes the major changes in recent and upcoming releases.
16 For a more detailed list of changes, please see the `Docutils History`_.
18 .. _Docutils History: HISTORY.html
28 * remove the `handle_io_errors` option from io.FileInput/Output.
29 Used by Sphinx up to version 1.3.1, fixed in 1.3.2 (Nov 29, 2015).
31 * Drop support for python 2.4.
36 * »Prune« the doctree (no change to the reST input syntax):
38 - "doctest" element -> literal block with "pycon" (python-console)
39 class argument and syntax highlight (like the "code" directive),
40 - special admonitions (note, hint, warning, ...) -> generic "admonition"
41 element with class attribute and auto-generated title.
44 * The default HTML writer "html" with frontend ``rst2html.py`` may change
45 from "html4css1" to "html5".
47 Use `get_writer_by_name('html')` or the rst2html.py_ front end, if you
48 want the output to be up-to-date automatically.
50 Use a specific writer name or front end, if you depend on stability of the
51 generated HTML code, e.g. because you use a custom style sheet or
52 post-processing that may break otherwise.
54 .. _rst2html.py: docs/user/tools.html#rst2html-py
60 * docutils/parsers/rst/:
62 - Added functionality: escaped whitespace in URI contexts.
63 - Consistent handling of all whitespace characters in inline markup
64 recognition. (May break documents that relied on some whitespace
65 characters (NBSP, ...) not to be recognized as whitespace.)
67 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
69 - Handle class arguments for block-level elements by wrapping them
70 in a "DUclass" environment. This replaces the special handling for
71 "epigraph" and "topic" elements.
75 - New front-end ``rst2html4.py``.
78 Release 0.13.1 (2016-12-09)
79 ===========================
81 * docutils/writers/html5_polyglot
83 - New HTML writer generating `HTML 5`_.
87 - New front-end ``rst2html5.py``.
89 .. _HTML 5: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/
91 * languages: persian/farsi (fa) and latvian (la) mappings.
93 * change default base url for :rfc: to http://tools.ietf.org/html/
95 * tables accept widths, a list and align
97 * latex2e: Fix admonition width, remove deprecated options,
98 better tablewidth auto, ...
100 * rst.el: The problem with ``electric-indent-mode`` has been fixed.
103 Release 0.12 (2014-07-06)
104 =========================
106 Small changes only, release current state
109 Release 0.11 (2013-07-22)
110 =========================
114 - Apply [ 2714873 ] Fix for the overwritting of document attributes.
115 - Support embedded aliases within hyperlink references.
116 - Fix [ 228 ] try local import of docutils components (reader, writer, parser,
117 language module) before global search.
119 * docutils/parsers/rst/directives/tables.py
121 - Fix [ 210 ] Python 3.3 checks CVS syntax only if "strict" is True.
123 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
124 - Fix [ 3600051 ] for tables in a list, table cells are not compacted.
125 - New setting `stylesheet_dirs` (see above).
127 Now, it is easy to add a custom stylesheet to Docutils' default
128 stylesheet with, e.g., ``--stylesheet_path='html4css1.css, mystyle.css'``
130 Changed behaviour of the default settings:
131 if there is a file ``html4css1.css`` in the working directory of the
132 process at launch, it is used instead of the one provided by Docutils
133 in the writer source directory.
135 - New default for math-output_: ``HTML math.css``.
136 - Avoid repeated class declarations in html4css1 writer
137 (modified version of patch [ 104 ]).
139 .. _math-output: docs/user/config.html#math-output
141 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
143 - Drop the simple algorithm replacing straight double quotes with
144 English typographic ones.
145 Activate the SmartQuotes_ transform if you want this feature.
146 - New setting `stylesheet_dirs`: Comma-separated list of directories
147 where stylesheets are found. Used by `stylesheet_path` when expanding
148 relative path arguments.
150 .. _SmartQuotes: docs/user/config.html#smart-quotes
152 * docutils/writers/manpage.py
154 - Fix [3607063] handle lines starting with a period.
155 - Fix option separating comma was bold (thanks to Bill Morris).
157 Release 0.10 (2012-12-16)
158 =========================
162 Docutils 0.9.x is the last version supporting Python 2.3.
164 Docutils 0.10 is compatible with Python versions from 2.4 to 3.2
165 (cf. `Python 3 compatibility`_).
169 - SmartQuotes transform for typographic quotes and dashes.
171 - ``docutils/math``, ``docutils/error_reporting.py``, and
172 ``docutils/urischemes.py`` moved to the utils package.
173 Code importing these modules needs to adapt, e.g.::
176 import docutils.math as math
178 import docutils.utils.math as math
180 - enhanced math and error handling.
184 - FileInput/FileOutput: no system-exit on IOError.
185 The `handle_io_errors` option is ignored.
187 .. _Python 3 compatibility: README.html#python-3-compatibility
189 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
191 - Use ``<code>`` tag for inline "code",
192 do not drop nested inline nodes (syntax highlight tokens).
193 - Customizable MathJax URL (based on patch by Dmitry Shachnev).
194 - No line break after opening inline math tag.
196 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py, docutils/writers/xetex/__init__.py
198 - Fix section numbering by LaTeX.
200 * docutils/writers/s5_html/__init__.py
202 - Fix [ 3556388 ] Mathjax does not work with rst2s5.
205 Release 0.9.1 (2012-06-17)
206 ==========================
210 Several fixes for Python 3 usage.
214 - Fix [ 3527842 ]. Under Python 3, converted tests and tools were
215 installed in the PYTHONPATH. Converted tests are now
216 stored in ``docutils/test3/``, tools no longer need conversion.
218 If you installed one of Docutils versions 0.7 ... 0.9 with
219 ``setup.py install`` under Python 3, remove the spurious
220 ``test/`` and ``tools/`` directories in the site library root.
223 Release 0.9 (2012-05-02)
224 =========================
228 - reStructuredText "code" role and directive with syntax highlighting
230 - "code" option of the "include" directive.
232 .. _Pygments: http://pygments.org/
234 - Fix [ 3402314 ] allow non-ASCII whitespace, punctuation
235 characters and "international" quotes around inline markup.
237 - Fix handling of missing stylesheets.
241 - Fix [ 2971827 ] and [ 3442827 ]
242 extras/roman.py moved to docutils/utils/roman.py
244 * docutils/utils.py -> docutils/utils/__init__.py
246 - docutils.utils is now a package (providing a place for sub-modules)
248 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
250 - change default for `math-output` setting to MathJax
252 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
254 - Support the `abbreviation` and `acronym` standard roles.
255 - Record only files required to generate the LaTeX source as dependencies.
256 - Use ``\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}`` instead of ``*``-versions
257 when suppressing LaTeX section numbering.
260 Release 0.8.1 (2011-08-30)
261 ==========================
265 - Fix [ 3364658 ] (Change last file with Apache license to BSD-2-Clause)
266 and [ 3395920 ] (correct copyright info for rst.el).
268 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
270 - Clean up Babel language setting. Restores Sphinx compatibility.
273 Release 0.8 (2011-07-07)
274 ========================
278 - Some additions to the Docutils core are released under the 2-Clause BSD
283 - Handle language codes according to `BCP 47`_.
284 - If the specified langauage is not supported by Docutils,
285 warn and fall back to English.
286 - Math support: reStructuredText "math" role and directive,
287 ``math`` and ``math_block`` doctree elements.
288 - Orphaned "python" reader and "newlatex2e" writer moved to the sandbox.
290 .. _BCP 47: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt
294 - most directives now support a "name" option that attaches a
295 reference name. So you can write ::
297 .. figure:: image.png
300 as a short form of ::
304 .. figure:: image.png
306 Internationalization:
308 * Added lithuanian mappings.
314 - New setting "math-output" with support for HTML, MathML, and LaTeX.
318 - Convert image URI to a local file path.
319 - Apply [ 3148141 ] fix multicolumn support when a colspanning cell
320 has more than one paragraph (Wolfgang Scherer).
324 - New writer generating LaTeX code for compiling with ``xelatex``.
326 XeTeX uses unicode and modern font technologies.
328 * and fixes and enhancements here and there.
331 Release 0.7 (2010-07-07)
332 ========================
338 - Support SVG and SWF images (thanks to Stefan Rank).
339 - Generate valid XHTML for centered images with targets.
340 Use CSS classes instead of "align" tags for image alignment.
344 - Use the ``\url`` command for URLs (breaks long URLs instead of writing
346 - Preserve runs of spaces in 'inline literals'.
347 - Deprecate ``figure_footnotes`` setting.
348 - Rename ``use_latex_footnotes`` setting to `docutils_footnotes`__.
349 - New ``latex_preamble`` setting.
350 - Use PDF standard fonts (Times/Helvetica/Courier) as default.
351 - `hyperref` package called with ``unicode`` option (see the
352 `hyperref config tips`__ for how to override).
353 - Drop the special `output_encoding`__ default ("latin-1").
354 The Docutils wide default (usually "UTF-8") is used instead.
356 __ docs/user/config.html#docutils-footnotes
357 __ docs/user/latex.html#hyperlinks
358 __ docs/user/latex.html#output-encoding
362 - Titles level 1, that is ``.SH``, always uppercase.
363 - Apply patch from mg: literal text should be bold in man-pages.
367 * io.FileInput opens files as text files with universal newline support
368 (mode "rU", configurable with the new optional argument "mode").
372 - Python 3 support: copy test/ and tools/ to the build-dir
373 and convert Python sources with 2to3.
376 Release 0.6 (2009-10-11)
377 ========================
381 Docutils 0.5 is the last version supporting Python 2.2.
383 Docutils 0.6 is compatible with Python versions from 2.3 up to 2.6
384 and convertible to 3.1 code.
388 The "newlatex" writer is orphaned.
390 The recommended way to generate PDF output is to use either the
391 LaTeX2e writer or one of the alternatives listed at
392 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/links.html#pdf.
396 - Allow length units for all length specifications.
397 - Allow percent sign in "scale" argument of "figure" and "image" directives.
398 - Bugfix: The "figalign" argument of a figure now works as intended
399 (aligning the figure not its contents).
400 - Align images with class "align-[right|center|left]"
401 (allows setting the alignment of an image in a figure).
402 - Hard tabs in literal inclusions are replaced by spaces. This is
403 configurable via the new "tab-width" option of the "include" directive
404 (a negative tab-width prevents tab expansion).
408 - ``--stylesheet`` and ``--stylesheet-path`` options now support a comma
409 separated list of stylesheets.
414 - font-encoding: "T1" (formerly implicitely set by 'ae').
415 - use-latex-toc: true (ToC with page numbers).
416 - use-latex-footnotes: true (no mixup with figures).
417 - Float placement defaults to "here definitely" (configurable).
418 - Align of image in a figure defaults to 'center'.
419 - Use class defaults for page margins ('typearea' now optional).
420 - Support LaTeX packages as ``--stylesheet`` arguments.
421 - Use ``bp`` for lengths without unit or unit ``pt``,
422 do not convert ``px`` to ``pt``.
423 - Do not use 'ae' and 'aeguill' packages if font-encoding is set to ''.
424 - Set sub- and superscript role argument as text not math.
425 - Support custom roles based on standard roles.
426 - Load packages and define macros only if required in the document.
427 - All Docutils specific LaTeX macros are prefixed with ``DU``.
428 - Better conformance to Docutils specifications with "use_latex_toc".
429 - If 'sectnum_xform' is False, the 'sectnum' directive triggers
430 section numbering by LaTeX.
431 - Use default font in admonitions and sidebar.
432 - Typeset generic topic as "quote with title".
433 - Use template (file and configuration option).
434 - Render doctest blocks as literal blocks (indented).
438 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
442 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
445 Release 0.5 (2008-06-25)
446 ========================
452 - Dropped all ``name`` attributes of ``a`` elements (``id`` is
453 universally supported now).
457 - Better bibTeX citation support.
458 - Add ``--literal-block-env``
462 - Changed to support new python.org website structure and
467 * Changed the directive API to a new object-oriented system.
468 (Compatibility for the old, functional-style directive interface is
469 retained.) See the updated `Creating reStructuredText Directives`__
472 __ docs/howto/rst-directives.html
474 * Allow ``+`` and ``:`` in reference names requested for citations.
478 * Added `Deploying Docutils Securely`__
480 __ docs/howto/security.txt
482 Internationalization:
484 * Added hebrew mappings.
488 * Configuration files are now assumed and required to be
491 * Added docutils/writers/html4css1/template.txt.
493 * Enhance emacs support.
496 Release 0.4 (2006-01-09)
497 ========================
501 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will support Python 2.1.
502 Docutils 0.5 will *not* be compatible with Python 2.1; Python 2.2
503 or later will be required.
505 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will make compromises in
506 its HTML output for Netscape Navigator 4. Docutils 0.5 will
507 require more up-to-date browsers (the exact definition is to be
512 * Added an `S5/HTML writer`__ and the rst2s5.py__ front end:
513 multi-platform, multi-browser HTML slide shows.
515 __ docs/user/slide-shows.html
516 __ docs/user/tools.html#rst2s5-py
518 * The newlatex2e writer is nearing completion.
520 * Added a DocTree reader, ``publish_doctree`` and
521 ``publish_from_doctree`` convenience functions, for document tree
522 extraction and reprocessing.
526 * Added directives: "container__" (generic block-level container),
527 "default-role__" (role used for \`backtick\` syntax), "title__"
528 (document title metadata), and "date__" (generate the current local
529 date, for substitution definitions).
531 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#container
532 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#default-role
533 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#title
534 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#date
536 * Length units are now supported for image__ sizes.
538 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#image
540 * Added `standard definition files`__ for special characters etc.
542 __ docs/ref/rst/definitions.html
544 Internationalization:
546 * Added Japanese and Simplified Chinese language mappings, and support
547 for double-width CJK-characters in tables and section titles.
551 * Added a `guide for distributors`__ (package maintainers) and a
552 `guide for developers`__.
554 __ docs/dev/distributing.html
555 __ docs/dev/hacking.html
559 * Added significant `Emacs support for reST`__.
561 __ docs/user/emacs.html
563 * Added a `--strip-comments`__ option.
565 __ docs/user/config.html#strip-comments
567 * `--embed-stylesheet`__ is now the default for the HTML writer
568 (rather than --link-stylesheet).
570 __ docs/user/config.html#embed-stylesheet
573 Release 0.3.9 (2005-05-26)
574 ==========================
576 * Added "file_insertion_enabled__" and "raw_enabled__" settings.
578 __ docs/user/config.html#file-insertion-enabled
579 __ docs/user/config.html#raw-enabled
581 * Added `auto-enumerated lists`__.
583 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#enumerated-lists
585 * Added `"header" and "footer"`__ directives.
587 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#document-header-footer
589 * Added "list-table__" directive.
591 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#list-table
593 * Added support for `section subtitles`__.
595 __ docs/user/config.html#sectsubtitle-xform
597 * Added "field_name_limit__" and "option_limit__" settings to HTML writer.
599 __ docs/user/config.html#field-name-limit
600 __ docs/user/config.html#option-limit
602 * Added "cloak_email_addresses__" setting to HTML writer.
604 __ docs/user/config.html#cloak-email-addresses
606 * UTF-8 BOMs are now removed from the input stream.
609 Release 0.3.7 (2004-12-24)
610 ==========================
612 * A special "`line block`__" syntax has been added. (Also see the
613 `quick reference`__.)
615 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#line-blocks
616 __ docs/user/rst/quickref.html#line-blocks
618 * Empty sections are now allowed.
620 * A "raw__" role has been added.
622 __ docs/ref/rst/roles.html#raw
624 * The LaTeX writer now escapes consecutive dashes (like "--" or "---")
625 so that they are no longer transformed by LaTeX to en or em dashes.
626 (Please see the FAQ__ for how to represent such dashes.)
628 __ FAQ.html#how-can-i-represent-esoteric-characters-e-g-character-entities-in-a-document
630 * A `dependency recorder`__ has been added.
632 __ docs/user/config.html#record-dependencies
634 * A directive has been added for `compound paragraphs`__.
636 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#compound-paragraph
639 Release 0.3.5 (2004-07-29)
640 ==========================
642 * Improved, extended and reorganized the documentation__.
646 * Added "csv-table__" directive.
648 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#csv-table