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6 :Contact: LeWiemann@gmail.com
9 :Web site: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
10 :Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain.
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
25 Release 0.6 (2009-10-11)
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30 Docutils 0.5 is the last version supporting Python 2.2.
32 Docutils 0.6 is compatible with Python versions from 2.3 up to 2.6
33 and convertible to 3.1 code.
37 The "newlatex" writer is orphaned.
39 The recommended way to generate PDF output is to use either the
40 LaTeX2e writer or one of the alternatives listed at
41 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/links.html#pdf.
45 - Allow length units for all length specifications.
46 - Allow percent sign in "scale" argument of "figure" and "image" directives.
47 - Bugfix: The "figalign" argument of a figure now works as intended
48 (aligning the figure not its contents).
49 - Align images with class "align-[right|center|left]"
50 (allows setting the alignment of an image in a figure).
51 - Hard tabs in literal inclusions are replaced by spaces. This is
52 configurable via the new "tab-width" option of the "include" directive
53 (a negative tab-width prevents tab expansion).
57 - ``--stylesheet`` and ``--stylesheet-path`` options now support a comma
58 separated list of stylesheets.
63 - font-encoding: "T1" (formerly implicitely set by 'ae').
64 - use-latex-toc: true (ToC with page numbers).
65 - use-latex-footnotes: true (no mixup with figures).
66 - Float placement defaults to "here definitely" (configurable).
67 - Align of image in a figure defaults to 'center'.
68 - Use class defaults for page margins ('typearea' now optional).
69 - Support LaTeX packages as ``--stylesheet`` arguments.
70 - Use ``bp`` for lengths without unit or unit ``pt``,
71 do not convert ``px`` to ``pt``.
72 - Do not use 'ae' and 'aeguill' packages if font-encoding is set to ''.
73 - Set sub- and superscript role argument as text not math.
74 - Support custom roles based on standard roles.
75 - Load packages and define macros only if required in the document.
76 - All Docutils specific LaTeX macros are prefixed with ``DU``.
77 - Better conformance to Docutils specifications with "use_latex_toc".
78 - If 'sectnum_xform' is False, the 'sectnum' directive triggers
79 section numbering by LaTeX.
80 - Use default font in admonitions and sidebar.
81 - Typeset generic topic as "quote with title".
82 - Use template (file and configuration option).
83 - Render doctest blocks as literal blocks (indented).
87 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
91 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
94 Release 0.5 (2008-06-25)
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101 - Dropped all ``name`` attributes of ``a`` elements (``id`` is
102 universally supported now).
106 - Better bibTeX citation support.
107 - Add ``--literal-block-env``
111 - Changed to support new python.org website structure and
116 * Changed the directive API to a new object-oriented system.
117 (Compatibility for the old, functional-style directive interface is
118 retained.) See the updated `Creating reStructuredText Directives`__
121 __ docs/howto/rst-directives.html
123 * Allow ``+`` and ``:`` in reference names requested for citations.
127 * Added `Deploying Docutils Securely`__
129 __ docs/howto/security.txt
131 Internationalization:
133 * Added hebrew mappings.
137 * Configuration files are now assumed and required to be
140 * Added docutils/writers/html4css1/template.txt.
142 * Enhance emacs support.
144 Release 0.4 (2006-01-09)
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149 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will support Python 2.1.
150 Docutils 0.5 will *not* be compatible with Python 2.1; Python 2.2
151 or later will be required.
153 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will make compromises in
154 its HTML output for Netscape Navigator 4. Docutils 0.5 will
155 require more up-to-date browsers (the exact definition is to be
160 * Added an `S5/HTML writer`__ and the rst2s5.py__ front end:
161 multi-platform, multi-browser HTML slide shows.
163 __ docs/user/slide-shows.html
164 __ docs/user/tools.html#rst2s5-py
166 * The newlatex2e writer is nearing completion.
168 * Added a DocTree reader, ``publish_doctree`` and
169 ``publish_from_doctree`` convenience functions, for document tree
170 extraction and reprocessing.
174 * Added directives: "container__" (generic block-level container),
175 "default-role__" (role used for \`backtick\` syntax), "title__"
176 (document title metadata), and "date__" (generate the current local
177 date, for substitution definitions).
179 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#container
180 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#default-role
181 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#title
182 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#date
184 * Length units are now supported for image__ sizes.
186 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#image
188 * Added `standard definition files`__ for special characters etc.
190 __ docs/ref/rst/definitions.html
192 Internationalization:
194 * Added Japanese and Simplified Chinese language mappings, and support
195 for double-width CJK-characters in tables and section titles.
199 * Added a `guide for distributors`__ (package maintainers) and a
200 `guide for developers`__.
202 __ docs/dev/distributing.html
203 __ docs/dev/hacking.html
207 * Added significant `Emacs support for reST`__.
209 __ docs/user/emacs.html
211 * Added a `--strip-comments`__ option.
213 __ docs/user/config.html#strip-comments
215 * `--embed-stylesheet`__ is now the default for the HTML writer
216 (rather than --link-stylesheet).
218 __ docs/user/config.html#embed-stylesheet
221 Release 0.3.9 (2005-05-26)
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224 * Added "file_insertion_enabled__" and "raw_enabled__" settings.
226 __ docs/user/config.html#file-insertion-enabled
227 __ docs/user/config.html#raw-enabled
229 * Added `auto-enumerated lists`__.
231 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#enumerated-lists
233 * Added `"header" and "footer"`__ directives.
235 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#document-header-footer
237 * Added "list-table__" directive.
239 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#list-table
241 * Added support for `section subtitles`__.
243 __ docs/user/config.html#sectsubtitle-xform
245 * Added "field_name_limit__" and "option_limit__" settings to HTML writer.
247 __ docs/user/config.html#field-name-limit
248 __ docs/user/config.html#option-limit
250 * Added "cloak_email_addresses__" setting to HTML writer.
252 __ docs/user/config.html#cloak-email-addresses
254 * UTF-8 BOMs are now removed from the input stream.
257 Release 0.3.7 (2004-12-24)
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260 * A special "`line block`__" syntax has been added. (Also see the
261 `quick reference`__.)
263 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#line-blocks
264 __ docs/user/rst/quickref.html#line-blocks
266 * Empty sections are now allowed.
268 * A "raw__" role has been added.
270 __ docs/ref/rst/roles.html#raw
272 * The LaTeX writer now escapes consecutive dashes (like "--" or "---")
273 so that they are no longer transformed by LaTeX to en or em dashes.
274 (Please see the FAQ__ for how to represent such dashes.)
276 __ FAQ.html#how-can-i-represent-esoteric-characters-e-g-character-entities-in-a-document
278 * A `dependency recorder`__ has been added.
280 __ docs/user/config.html#record-dependencies
282 * A directive has been added for `compound paragraphs`__.
284 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#compound-paragraph
287 Release 0.3.5 (2004-07-29)
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290 * Improved, extended and reorganized the documentation__.
294 * Added "csv-table__" directive.
296 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#csv-table