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6 :Contact: LeWiemann@gmail.com
9 :Web site: http://docutils.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
26 Docutils 0.5 is the last version supporting Python 2.2,
27 Docutils 0.6 requires Python 2.3 or newer (including Python 3).
31 - Allow length units for all length specifications.
32 - Allow percent sign in "scale" argument of "figure" and "image" directives.
33 - Bugfix: The "figalign" argument of a figure now works as intended
34 (aligning the figure not its contents).
35 - Align images with class "align-[right|center|left]"
36 (allows setting the alignment of an image in a figure).
40 - ``--stylesheet`` and ``--stylesheet-path`` options now support a comma
41 separated list of stylesheets.
45 - Support LaTeX packages as ``--stylesheet`` arguments.
46 - Use ``bp`` for lengths without unit or unit ``pt``,
47 do not convert ``px`` to ``pt``.
48 - Do not use 'ae' and 'aeguill' packages if font-encoding is set to ''.
49 - Set sub- and superscript role argument as text not math.
50 - Support custom roles based on standard roles.
51 - Load packages and define macros only if required in the document.
52 - Docutils specific LaTeX objects are now all prefixed with ``DU``.
53 - Better conformance to Docutils specifications with "use_latex_toc".
54 - Use default font in admonitions and sidebar.
55 - Align of image in a figure defaults to 'center'.
56 - Default type area defined in the document class (not by 'typearea').
57 - Float placement made configurable and changed to "here definitely".
61 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
63 Release 0.5 (2008-06-25)
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70 - Dropped all ``name`` attributes of ``a`` elements (``id`` is
71 universally supported now).
75 - Better bibTeX citation support.
76 - Add ``--literal-block-env``
80 - Changed to support new python.org website structure and
85 * Changed the directive API to a new object-oriented system.
86 (Compatibility for the old, functional-style directive interface is
87 retained.) See the updated `Creating reStructuredText Directives`__
90 __ docs/howto/rst-directives.html
92 * Allow ``+`` and ``:`` in reference names requested for citations.
96 * Added `Deploying Docutils Securely`__
98 __ docs/howto/security.txt
100 Internationalization:
102 * Added hebrew mappings.
106 * Configuration files are now assumed and required to be
109 * Added docutils/writers/html4css1/template.txt.
111 * Enhance emacs support.
113 Release 0.4 (2006-01-09)
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118 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will support Python 2.1.
119 Docutils 0.5 will *not* be compatible with Python 2.1; Python 2.2
120 or later will be required.
122 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will make compromises in
123 its HTML output for Netscape Navigator 4. Docutils 0.5 will
124 require more up-to-date browsers (the exact definition is to be
129 * Added an `S5/HTML writer`__ and the rst2s5.py__ front end:
130 multi-platform, multi-browser HTML slide shows.
132 __ docs/user/slide-shows.html
133 __ docs/user/tools.html#rst2s5-py
135 * The newlatex2e writer is nearing completion.
137 * Added a DocTree reader, ``publish_doctree`` and
138 ``publish_from_doctree`` convenience functions, for document tree
139 extraction and reprocessing.
143 * Added directives: "container__" (generic block-level container),
144 "default-role__" (role used for \`backtick\` syntax), "title__"
145 (document title metadata), and "date__" (generate the current local
146 date, for substitution definitions).
148 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#container
149 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#default-role
150 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#title
151 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#date
153 * Length units are now supported for image__ sizes.
155 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#image
157 * Added `standard definition files`__ for special characters etc.
159 __ docs/ref/rst/definitions.html
161 Internationalization:
163 * Added Japanese and Simplified Chinese language mappings, and support
164 for double-width CJK-characters in tables and section titles.
168 * Added a `guide for distributors`__ (package maintainers) and a
169 `guide for developers`__.
171 __ docs/dev/distributing.html
172 __ docs/dev/hacking.html
176 * Added significant `Emacs support for reST`__.
178 __ docs/user/emacs.html
180 * Added a `--strip-comments`__ option.
182 __ docs/user/config.html#strip-comments
184 * `--embed-stylesheet`__ is now the default for the HTML writer
185 (rather than --link-stylesheet).
187 __ docs/user/config.html#embed-stylesheet
190 Release 0.3.9 (2005-05-26)
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193 * Added "file_insertion_enabled__" and "raw_enabled__" settings.
195 __ docs/user/config.html#file-insertion-enabled
196 __ docs/user/config.html#raw-enabled
198 * Added `auto-enumerated lists`__.
200 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#enumerated-lists
202 * Added `"header" and "footer"`__ directives.
204 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#document-header-footer
206 * Added "list-table__" directive.
208 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#list-table
210 * Added support for `section subtitles`__.
212 __ docs/user/config.html#sectsubtitle-xform
214 * Added "field_name_limit__" and "option_limit__" settings to HTML writer.
216 __ docs/user/config.html#field-name-limit
217 __ docs/user/config.html#option-limit
219 * Added "cloak_email_addresses__" setting to HTML writer.
221 __ docs/user/config.html#cloak-email-addresses
223 * UTF-8 BOMs are now removed from the input stream.
226 Release 0.3.7 (2004-12-24)
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229 * A special "`line block`__" syntax has been added. (Also see the
230 `quick reference`__.)
232 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#line-blocks
233 __ docs/user/rst/quickref.html#line-blocks
235 * Empty sections are now allowed.
237 * A "raw__" role has been added.
239 __ docs/ref/rst/roles.html#raw
241 * The LaTeX writer now escapes consecutive dashes (like "--" or "---")
242 so that they are no longer transformed by LaTeX to en or em dashes.
243 (Please see the FAQ__ for how to represent such dashes.)
245 __ FAQ.html#how-can-i-represent-esoteric-characters-e-g-character-entities-in-a-document
247 * A `dependency recorder`__ has been added.
249 __ docs/user/config.html#record-dependencies
251 * A directive has been added for `compound paragraphs`__.
253 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#compound-paragraph
256 Release 0.3.5 (2004-07-29)
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259 * Improved, extended and reorganized the documentation__.
263 * Added "csv-table__" directive.
265 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#csv-table