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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.
36 Release 0.11 (2013-07-22)
37 =========================
41 - Apply [ 2714873 ] Fix for the overwritting of document attributes.
42 - Support embedded aliases within hyperlink references.
43 - Fix [ 228 ] try local import of docutils components (reader, writer, parser,
44 language module) before global search.
46 * docutils/parsers/rst/directives/tables.py
48 - Fix [ 210 ] Python 3.3 checks CVS syntax only if "strict" is True.
50 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
51 - Fix [ 3600051 ] for tables in a list, table cells are not compacted.
52 - New setting `stylesheet_dirs` (see above).
54 Now, it is easy to add a custom stylesheet to Docutils' default
55 stylesheet with, e.g., ``--stylesheet_path='html4css1.css, mystyle.css'``
57 Changed behaviour of the default settings:
58 if there is a file ``html4css1.css`` in the working directory of the
59 process at launch, it is used instead of the one provided by Docutils
60 in the writer source directory.
62 - New default for math-output_: ``HTML math.css``.
63 - Avoid repeated class declarations in html4css1 writer
64 (modified version of patch [ 104 ]).
66 .. _math-output: docs/user/config.html#math-output
68 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
70 - Drop the simple algorithm replacing straight double quotes with
71 English typographic ones.
72 Activate the SmartQuotes_ transform if you want this feature.
73 - New setting `stylesheet_dirs`: Comma-separated list of directories
74 where stylesheets are found. Used by `stylesheet_path` when expanding
75 relative path arguments.
77 .. _SmartQuotes: docs/user/config.html#smart-quotes
79 * docutils/writers/manpage.py
81 - Fix [3607063] handle lines starting with a period.
82 - Fix option separating comma was bold (thanks to Bill Morris).
84 Release 0.10 (2012-12-16)
85 =========================
89 Docutils 0.9.x is the last version supporting Python 2.3.
91 Docutils 0.10 is compatible with Python versions from 2.4 to 3.2
92 (cf. `Python 3 compatibility`_).
96 - SmartQuotes transform for typographic quotes and dashes.
98 - ``docutils/math``, ``docutils/error_reporting.py``, and
99 ``docutils/urischemes.py`` moved to the utils package.
100 Code importing these modules needs to adapt, e.g.::
103 import docutils.math as math
105 import docutils.utils.math as math
107 - enhanced math and error handling.
111 - FileInput/FileOutput: no system-exit on IOError.
112 The `handle_io_errors` option is ignored.
114 .. _Python 3 compatibility: README.html#python-3-compatibility
116 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
118 - Use ``<code>`` tag for inline "code",
119 do not drop nested inline nodes (syntax highlight tokens).
120 - Customizable MathJax URL (based on patch by Dmitry Shachnev).
121 - No line break after opening inline math tag.
123 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py, docutils/writers/xetex/__init__.py
125 - Fix section numbering by LaTeX.
127 * docutils/writers/s5_html/__init__.py
129 - Fix [ 3556388 ] Mathjax does not work with rst2s5.
132 Release 0.9.1 (2012-06-17)
133 ==========================
137 Several fixes for Python 3 usage.
141 - Fix [ 3527842 ]. Under Python 3, converted tests and tools were
142 installed in the PYTHONPATH. Converted tests are now
143 stored in ``docutils/test3/``, tools no longer need conversion.
145 If you installed one of Docutils versions 0.7 ... 0.9 with
146 ``setup.py install`` under Python 3, remove the spurious
147 ``test/`` and ``tools/`` directories in the site library root.
150 Release 0.9 (2012-05-02)
151 =========================
155 - reStructuredText "code" role and directive with syntax highlighting
157 - "code" option of the "include" directive.
159 .. _Pygments: http://pygments.org/
161 - Fix [ 3402314 ] allow non-ASCII whitespace, punctuation
162 characters and "international" quotes around inline markup.
164 - Fix handling of missing stylesheets.
168 - Fix [ 2971827 ] and [ 3442827 ]
169 extras/roman.py moved to docutils/utils/roman.py
171 * docutils/utils.py -> docutils/utils/__init__.py
173 - docutils.utils is now a package (providing a place for sub-modules)
175 * docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py
177 - change default for `math-output` setting to MathJax
179 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
181 - Support the `abbreviation` and `acronym` standard roles.
182 - Record only files required to generate the LaTeX source as dependencies.
183 - Use ``\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}`` instead of ``*``-versions
184 when suppressing LaTeX section numbering.
187 Release 0.8.1 (2011-08-30)
188 ==========================
192 - Fix [ 3364658 ] (Change last file with Apache license to BSD-2-Clause)
193 and [ 3395920 ] (correct copyright info for rst.el).
195 * docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py
197 - Clean up Babel language setting. Restores Sphinx compatibility.
200 Release 0.8 (2011-07-07)
201 ========================
205 - Some additions to the Docutils core are released under the 2-Clause BSD
210 - Handle language codes according to `BCP 47`_.
211 - If the specified langauage is not supported by Docutils,
212 warn and fall back to English.
213 - Math support: reStructuredText "math" role and directive,
214 ``math`` and ``math_block`` doctree elements.
215 - Orphaned "python" reader and "newlatex2e" writer moved to the sandbox.
217 .. _BCP 47: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt
221 - most directives now support a "name" option that attaches a
222 reference name. So you can write ::
224 .. figure:: image.png
227 as a short form of ::
231 .. figure:: image.png
233 Internationalization:
235 * Added lithuanian mappings.
241 - New setting "math-output" with support for HTML, MathML, and LaTeX.
245 - Convert image URI to a local file path.
246 - Apply [ 3148141 ] fix multicolumn support when a colspanning cell
247 has more than one paragraph (Wolfgang Scherer).
251 - New writer generating LaTeX code for compiling with ``xelatex``.
253 XeTeX uses unicode and modern font technologies.
255 * and fixes and enhancements here and there.
258 Release 0.7 (2010-07-07)
259 ========================
265 - Support SVG and SWF images (thanks to Stefan Rank).
266 - Generate valid XHTML for centered images with targets.
267 Use CSS classes instead of "align" tags for image alignment.
271 - Use the ``\url`` command for URLs (breaks long URLs instead of writing
273 - Preserve runs of spaces in 'inline literals'.
274 - Deprecate ``figure_footnotes`` setting.
275 - Rename ``use_latex_footnotes`` setting to `docutils_footnotes`__.
276 - New ``latex_preamble`` setting.
277 - Use PDF standard fonts (Times/Helvetica/Courier) as default.
278 - `hyperref` package called with ``unicode`` option (see the
279 `hyperref config tips`__ for how to override).
280 - Drop the special `output_encoding`__ default ("latin-1").
281 The Docutils wide default (usually "UTF-8") is used instead.
283 __ docs/user/config.html#docutils-footnotes
284 __ docs/user/latex.html#hyperlinks
285 __ docs/user/latex.html#output-encoding
289 - Titles level 1, that is ``.SH``, always uppercase.
290 - Apply patch from mg: literal text should be bold in man-pages.
294 * io.FileInput opens files as text files with universal newline support
295 (mode "rU", configurable with the new optional argument "mode").
299 - Python 3 support: copy test/ and tools/ to the build-dir
300 and convert Python sources with 2to3.
303 Release 0.6 (2009-10-11)
304 ========================
308 Docutils 0.5 is the last version supporting Python 2.2.
310 Docutils 0.6 is compatible with Python versions from 2.3 up to 2.6
311 and convertible to 3.1 code.
315 The "newlatex" writer is orphaned.
317 The recommended way to generate PDF output is to use either the
318 LaTeX2e writer or one of the alternatives listed at
319 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/links.html#pdf.
323 - Allow length units for all length specifications.
324 - Allow percent sign in "scale" argument of "figure" and "image" directives.
325 - Bugfix: The "figalign" argument of a figure now works as intended
326 (aligning the figure not its contents).
327 - Align images with class "align-[right|center|left]"
328 (allows setting the alignment of an image in a figure).
329 - Hard tabs in literal inclusions are replaced by spaces. This is
330 configurable via the new "tab-width" option of the "include" directive
331 (a negative tab-width prevents tab expansion).
335 - ``--stylesheet`` and ``--stylesheet-path`` options now support a comma
336 separated list of stylesheets.
341 - font-encoding: "T1" (formerly implicitely set by 'ae').
342 - use-latex-toc: true (ToC with page numbers).
343 - use-latex-footnotes: true (no mixup with figures).
344 - Float placement defaults to "here definitely" (configurable).
345 - Align of image in a figure defaults to 'center'.
346 - Use class defaults for page margins ('typearea' now optional).
347 - Support LaTeX packages as ``--stylesheet`` arguments.
348 - Use ``bp`` for lengths without unit or unit ``pt``,
349 do not convert ``px`` to ``pt``.
350 - Do not use 'ae' and 'aeguill' packages if font-encoding is set to ''.
351 - Set sub- and superscript role argument as text not math.
352 - Support custom roles based on standard roles.
353 - Load packages and define macros only if required in the document.
354 - All Docutils specific LaTeX macros are prefixed with ``DU``.
355 - Better conformance to Docutils specifications with "use_latex_toc".
356 - If 'sectnum_xform' is False, the 'sectnum' directive triggers
357 section numbering by LaTeX.
358 - Use default font in admonitions and sidebar.
359 - Typeset generic topic as "quote with title".
360 - Use template (file and configuration option).
361 - Render doctest blocks as literal blocks (indented).
365 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
369 - moved from sandbox to Doctutils core.
372 Release 0.5 (2008-06-25)
373 ========================
379 - Dropped all ``name`` attributes of ``a`` elements (``id`` is
380 universally supported now).
384 - Better bibTeX citation support.
385 - Add ``--literal-block-env``
389 - Changed to support new python.org website structure and
394 * Changed the directive API to a new object-oriented system.
395 (Compatibility for the old, functional-style directive interface is
396 retained.) See the updated `Creating reStructuredText Directives`__
399 __ docs/howto/rst-directives.html
401 * Allow ``+`` and ``:`` in reference names requested for citations.
405 * Added `Deploying Docutils Securely`__
407 __ docs/howto/security.txt
409 Internationalization:
411 * Added hebrew mappings.
415 * Configuration files are now assumed and required to be
418 * Added docutils/writers/html4css1/template.txt.
420 * Enhance emacs support.
423 Release 0.4 (2006-01-09)
424 ========================
428 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will support Python 2.1.
429 Docutils 0.5 will *not* be compatible with Python 2.1; Python 2.2
430 or later will be required.
432 Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will make compromises in
433 its HTML output for Netscape Navigator 4. Docutils 0.5 will
434 require more up-to-date browsers (the exact definition is to be
439 * Added an `S5/HTML writer`__ and the rst2s5.py__ front end:
440 multi-platform, multi-browser HTML slide shows.
442 __ docs/user/slide-shows.html
443 __ docs/user/tools.html#rst2s5-py
445 * The newlatex2e writer is nearing completion.
447 * Added a DocTree reader, ``publish_doctree`` and
448 ``publish_from_doctree`` convenience functions, for document tree
449 extraction and reprocessing.
453 * Added directives: "container__" (generic block-level container),
454 "default-role__" (role used for \`backtick\` syntax), "title__"
455 (document title metadata), and "date__" (generate the current local
456 date, for substitution definitions).
458 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#container
459 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#default-role
460 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#title
461 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#date
463 * Length units are now supported for image__ sizes.
465 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#image
467 * Added `standard definition files`__ for special characters etc.
469 __ docs/ref/rst/definitions.html
471 Internationalization:
473 * Added Japanese and Simplified Chinese language mappings, and support
474 for double-width CJK-characters in tables and section titles.
478 * Added a `guide for distributors`__ (package maintainers) and a
479 `guide for developers`__.
481 __ docs/dev/distributing.html
482 __ docs/dev/hacking.html
486 * Added significant `Emacs support for reST`__.
488 __ docs/user/emacs.html
490 * Added a `--strip-comments`__ option.
492 __ docs/user/config.html#strip-comments
494 * `--embed-stylesheet`__ is now the default for the HTML writer
495 (rather than --link-stylesheet).
497 __ docs/user/config.html#embed-stylesheet
500 Release 0.3.9 (2005-05-26)
501 ==========================
503 * Added "file_insertion_enabled__" and "raw_enabled__" settings.
505 __ docs/user/config.html#file-insertion-enabled
506 __ docs/user/config.html#raw-enabled
508 * Added `auto-enumerated lists`__.
510 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#enumerated-lists
512 * Added `"header" and "footer"`__ directives.
514 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#document-header-footer
516 * Added "list-table__" directive.
518 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#list-table
520 * Added support for `section subtitles`__.
522 __ docs/user/config.html#sectsubtitle-xform
524 * Added "field_name_limit__" and "option_limit__" settings to HTML writer.
526 __ docs/user/config.html#field-name-limit
527 __ docs/user/config.html#option-limit
529 * Added "cloak_email_addresses__" setting to HTML writer.
531 __ docs/user/config.html#cloak-email-addresses
533 * UTF-8 BOMs are now removed from the input stream.
536 Release 0.3.7 (2004-12-24)
537 ==========================
539 * A special "`line block`__" syntax has been added. (Also see the
540 `quick reference`__.)
542 __ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#line-blocks
543 __ docs/user/rst/quickref.html#line-blocks
545 * Empty sections are now allowed.
547 * A "raw__" role has been added.
549 __ docs/ref/rst/roles.html#raw
551 * The LaTeX writer now escapes consecutive dashes (like "--" or "---")
552 so that they are no longer transformed by LaTeX to en or em dashes.
553 (Please see the FAQ__ for how to represent such dashes.)
555 __ FAQ.html#how-can-i-represent-esoteric-characters-e-g-character-entities-in-a-document
557 * A `dependency recorder`__ has been added.
559 __ docs/user/config.html#record-dependencies
561 * A directive has been added for `compound paragraphs`__.
563 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#compound-paragraph
566 Release 0.3.5 (2004-07-29)
567 ==========================
569 * Improved, extended and reorganized the documentation__.
573 * Added "csv-table__" directive.
575 __ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#csv-table