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:Contact: Felix.Wiemann@ososo.de
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:Date: $Date: 2006-01-09 20:26:08 +0100 (Mon, 09 Jan 2006) $
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:Revision: $Revision: 4261 $
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:Web site: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
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:Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain.
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This document summarizes the major changes in recent releases. For a
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more detailed list of changes, please see the `Docutils History`_.
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.. _Docutils History: HISTORY.html
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Release 0.4 (2006-01-09)
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Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will support Python 2.1.
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Docutils 0.5 will *not* be compatible with Python 2.1; Python 2.2
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or later will be required.
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Docutils 0.4.x is the last version that will make compromises in
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its HTML output for Netscape Navigator 4. Docutils 0.5 will
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require more up-to-date browsers (the exact definition is to be
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* Added an `S5/HTML writer`__ and the rst2s5.py__ front end:
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multi-platform, multi-browser HTML slide shows.
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__ docs/user/slide-shows.html
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__ docs/user/tools.html#rst2s5-py
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* The newlatex2e writer is nearing completion.
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* Added a DocTree reader, ``publish_doctree`` and
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``publish_from_doctree`` convenience functions, for document tree
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extraction and reprocessing.
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* Added directives: "container__" (generic block-level container),
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"default-role__" (role used for \`backtick\` syntax), "title__"
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(document title metadata), and "date__" (generate the current local
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date, for substitution definitions).
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__ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#container
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__ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#default-role
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__ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#title
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__ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#date
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* Length units are now supported for image__ sizes.
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__ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#image
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* Added `standard definition files`__ for special characters etc.
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__ docs/ref/rst/definitions.html
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* Added Japanese and Simplified Chinese language mappings, and support
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for double-width CJK-characters in tables and section titles.
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* Added a `guide for distributors`__ (package maintainers) and a
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`guide for developers`__.
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__ docs/dev/distributing.html
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__ docs/dev/hacking.html
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* Added significant `Emacs support for reST`__.
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__ docs/user/emacs.html
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* Added a `--strip-comments`__ option.
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__ docs/user/config.html#strip-comments
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* `--embed-stylesheet`__ is now the default for the HTML writer
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(rather than --link-stylesheet).
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__ docs/user/config.html#embed-stylesheet
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Release 0.3.9 (2005-05-26)
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* Added "file_insertion_enabled__" and "raw_enabled__" settings.
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__ docs/user/config.html#file-insertion-enabled
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__ docs/user/config.html#raw-enabled
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* Added `auto-enumerated lists`__.
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__ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#enumerated-lists
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* Added `"header" and "footer"`__ directives.
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__ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#document-header-footer
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* Added "list-table__" directive.
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__ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#list-table
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* Added support for `section subtitles`__.
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__ docs/user/config.html#sectsubtitle-xform
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* Added "field_name_limit__" and "option_limit__" settings to HTML writer.
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__ docs/user/config.html#field-name-limit
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__ docs/user/config.html#option-limit
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* Added "cloak_email_addresses__" setting to HTML writer.
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__ docs/user/config.html#cloak-email-addresses
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* UTF-8 BOMs are now removed from the input stream.
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Release 0.3.7 (2004-12-24)
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* A special "`line block`__" syntax has been added. (Also see the
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`quick reference`__.)
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__ docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#line-blocks
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__ docs/user/rst/quickref.html#line-blocks
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* Empty sections are now allowed.
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* A "raw__" role has been added.
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__ docs/ref/rst/roles.html#raw
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* The LaTeX writer now escapes consecutive dashes (like "--" or "---")
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so that they are no longer transformed by LaTeX to en or em dashes.
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(Please see the FAQ__ for how to represent such dashes.)
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__ FAQ.html#how-can-i-represent-esoteric-characters-e-g-character-entities-in-a-document
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* A `dependency recorder`__ has been added.
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__ docs/user/config.html#record-dependencies
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* A directive has been added for `compound paragraphs`__.
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__ docs/ref/rst/directives.html#compound-paragraph
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Release 0.3.5 (2004-07-29)
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* Improved, extended and reorganized the documentation__.
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* Added "csv-table__" directive.
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