Changes Since 0.4

• docutils/languages/he.py: Added to project: Hebrew mappings by Meir Kriheli.

• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/he.py: Added to project: Hebrew mappings by Meir Kriheli.

• docutils/frontend.py:

  • Configuration files are now assumed and required to be UTF-8-encoded.
  • Paths of applied configuration files are now recorded in the runtime setting _config_files (accessible via --dump-settings).
  • Added --strip-elements-with-class and --strip-class options (strip_elements_with_classes and strip_classes settings).

• docutils/io.py:

  • Added code to determine the input encoding from data: encoding declarations or the presence of byte order marks (UTF-8 & UTF-16).
  • Added support for IronPython 1.0.

• docutils/nodes.py:

  • Added document.__getstate__ method, for pickling.

• docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:

  • Allow + and : in reference names.
  • Unquoted targets beginning with an underscore (.. __target: URI) are no longer accepted.
  • Added support for multiple attributions in a physical block quote (indented text block), dividing it into multiple logical block quotes.
  • Added support for unicode bullets in bullet lists: "•", "‣", and "⁃".
  • Added support for new object-oriented directive interface, retaining compatibility to the old functional interface.
  • Added support for throwing DirectiveError's from within directive code.

• docutils/parsers/rst/__init__.py:

  • Added Directive base class.
  • Added DirectiveError base class.
  • Fixed file_insertion_enabled & raw_enabled setting definitions.

• docutils/parsers/directives/:

  • Refactored all reStructuredText directives to use the new object-oriented directive interface. Errors are now (mostly) thrown using the new DirectiveError class.

• docutils/parsers/directives/misc.py:

  • Added start-after and end-before options to include directive; thanks to Stefan Rank.

• docutils/transforms/universal.py:

  • Added StripClassesAndElements transform to remove from the document tree all elements with classes in settings.strip_elements_with_classes and all "classes" attribute values in self.document.settings.strip_classes.

• docutils/transforms/writer_aux.py:

  • Added Admonitions transform to transform specific admonitions (like note, warning, etc.) into generic admonitions with a localized title.

• docutils/writers/html4css1/__init__.py:

  • Moved template functionality from the PEP/HTML writer here.
  • Expanded the fragments available in the parts attribute.
  • Moved id attributes from titles to surrounding div elements.
  • Dropped all name attributes of a elements (id is universally supported now).
  • template.txt is now opened in text mode instead of binary mode (to ensure Windows compatibility).
  • a elements now have an "internal" or "external" class, depending on reference type.

• docutils/writers/html4css1/template.txt: Added to project.

• docutils/writers/pep_html/:

  • Moved template functionality to the HTML writer.

• docutils/writers/s5_html/__init__.py:

  • Added view_mode & hidden_controls settings (--view-mode & --hidden-controls/--visible-controls options).

• docutils/writers/latex2e/__init__.py:

  • Add --literal-block-env
  • Fix: escaping % in href urls.
  • Move usepackage hyperref after stylesheet inclusion.
  • Fix: scrartcl does not have chapter but scrreprt.
  • Add newline after \end{verbatim}.
  • Merge smaller differences from latex2e_adaptive_preamble.
  • Add use-part-section.
  • Put leavevmode before longtable to avoid having it moved before sub/pargraph.
  • Using leavemode optoin_list no longer needs to check if parent is a definition list.
  • Append \leavemode to definition list terms.
  • No longer write visit_/depart_definition_list_item comments to output.
  • Table column width with 3 decimal places.
  • Add table stubs support (boldfont).
  • Add assemble_parts to writer.
  • Add simply support for nested tables.
  • Fix verbatim in tables if use-verbatim-when-possible.
  • Use section commands down to subparagraph.
  • Put ensuremath around some latin1 chars.
  • Set usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} for utf-8.
  • New option --use-bibtex=style,db1,db2.
  • New option --reference-label to allow usage of LaTeX ref for labels in section references.
  • Add a label after every section to support sectionnumbers as reference labels.
  • Fix: bug# 1605376 rst2latex: bad options group list
  • Remove inactive code for use_optionlist_for_option_list.
  • Remove latex comments from option_list output.
  • Fix: bug# 1612270 double qoutes in italian literal.
  • Fix: output hypertarget{ node.get(refid) }{} from visit_target.
  • Add option --use-latex-abstract.
  • Image width unit px is translated to pt.
  • Add image height support.
  • Fix: image width 70% is converted 0.700\linewidth. bug #1457388
  • Fix: Do not escape underscores in citation reference labels if use-latex-citations is set.
  • Use centering instead of center for figure contents, to avoid vertical space.
  • Recognize table class: borderless, nolines, booktabs, standard.
  • Fix: Renaming contents section does not work with latex writer; SF bug #1487405.
  • Applied patch for custom roles with classes from Edward Loper.
  • Fixed bug that caused crashes with more than 256 lists.

• docutils/writers/pep_html/__init__.py:

  • Changed to support new python.org website structure and pep2pyramid.py.

• docs/howto/security.txt: "Deploying Docutils Securely", added to project.

• tools/buildhtml.py:

  -- Added ignore setting to exclude a list of shell patterns

  (default: .svn:CVS).

• tools/editors/emacs/rst.el:

  • Changed license to "GPL".
  • Added rst-straighten-decorations function.
  • The compile module is now always loaded.
  • Added rst-toggle-line-block function.
  • Headings consisting only of non-ASCII characters are now recognized by rst-toc and rst-adjust.
  • Added font-lock support for multi-line comments where the first comment line is empty.
  • Added (require 'font-lock).

• setup.py:

  • Provide descriptive error message if distutils is missing.

Release 0.4 (2006-01-09)

• General:
  • Updated the project policies for trunk/branch development & version numbering.
• docutils/__init__.py:
  • Added __version_details__ attribute to describe code source (repository/snapshot/release).
  • Replaced default_transforms attribute of TransformSpec with get_transforms() method.
• docutils/core.py:
  • Added publish_doctree and publish_from_doctree convenience functions, for document tree extraction and reprocessing.
• docutils/io.py:
  • Added DocTreeInput class, for reprocessing existing documents.
  • Added support for non-Unicode (e.g. binary) writer output.
• docutils/nodes.py:
  • Re-introduced Targetable.indirect_reference_name, for MoinMoin/reST compatibility (removed in r3124/r3129).
  • Added serial_escape function; escapes string values that are elements of a list, for serialization. Modified Docutils-XML writing (Element._dom_node) and pseudo-XML writing (Element.starttag) to use serial_escape.
  • Added Node.deepcopy() method.
  • Removed the internal lists document.substitution_refs, document.anonymous_refs, and document.anonymous_targets.
  • Added a "container" element.
  • Fixed bug where values of list-valued attributes of elements originating from custom interpreted text roles (i.e., with custom classes) were being shared between element instances. Reported by Shmuel Zeigerman.
• docutils/statemachine.py:
  • Added trailing whitespace stripping to string2lines().
  • Added StringList.pad_double_width() & .replace() for East Asian double-width character support.
• docutils/utils.py:
  • Added east_asian_column_width() for double-width character support.
• docutils/languages/ja.py: Added to project: Japanese mappings by Hisashi Morita.
• docutils/languages/zh_cn.py: Added to project: Simplified Chinese mappings by Panjunyong.
• docutils/parsers/null.py: Added to project; a do-nothing parser.
• docutils/parsers/rst/__init__.py:
  • Added validator to tab_width setting, with test. Closes SF bug #1212515, report from Wu Wei.
• docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:
  • Fixed bug with escaped colons indicating a literal block.
  • Fixed bug with enumerated lists (SF#1254145).
  • Backslash-escaped colons inside of field names are now allowed.
  • Targets (implicit and explicit), anonymous hyperlink references and auto-numbered footnote references inside of substitution definitions are now disallowed.
  • Fixed bug: list items with blank first lines.
  • Fixed bug: block quote attributions with indented second lines.
  • Added East Asian double-width character support (Python 2.4 only).
• docutils/parsers/rst/tableparser.py:
  • Added East Asian double-width character support (Python 2.4 only).
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/body.py:
  • Added the "container" directive.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py:
  • Added the "default-role", "title", and "date" directives.
  • Added standard data file syntax to the "include" directive.
  • Added support for "class" directive content.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/images.py:
  • Added indirect_reference_name support for images with a target option.
  • Added support for image width and height units.
  • Fixed bug with image "target" options.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/references.py:
  • Added "class" attribute to "target-notes" directive, for footnote_reference classes.
• docutils/parsers/rst/include/: Directory added to project; contains standard data files for the "include" directive. Initial contents: character entity substitution definition sets, and a set of definitions for S5/HTML presentations.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/ja.py: Added to project: Japanese mappings by David Goodger.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/zh_cn.py: Added to project: Simplified Chinese mappings by Panjunyong.
• docutils/readers/__init__.py:
  • Added universal.Decorations and universal.ExposeInternals transforms as default transforms for all readers.
  • Added ReReader base class for readers that reread an existing document tree.
• docutils/readers/doctree.py: Added to project; a reader for existing document trees.
• docutils/transforms/frontmatter.py:
  • Fixed the DocInfo transform to handle SVN-style expansion of the "Date" keyword.
  • In DocInfo.extract_authors, treat the contents of "authors" fields uniformly.
• docutils/transforms/misc.py:
  • Added misc.Transitions transform, extracted from universal.FinalChecks.
• docutils/transforms/references.py:
  • Added references.DanglingReferences transform, extracted from universal.FinalChecks.
  • Fixed bug with doubly-indirect substitutions.
  • Added footnote_reference classes attribute to "TargetNotes".
  • Fixed bug with circular substitution definitions that put Docutils into an infinite loop.
• docutils/transforms/universal.py:
  • Added universal.ExposeInternals transform, extracted from universal.FinalChecks.
  • Removed universal.FinalChecks transform (logic has been moved to several new transforms).
  • Fixed bug with the "expose_internals" setting and Text nodes (exposed by the "rawsource" internal attribute).
  • Added the universal.StripComments transform, implementation of the "strip_comments" setting.
• docutils/transforms/writer_aux.py: Added to project; auxiliary transforms for writers.
  • Added Compound transform, which flattens compound paragraphs.
• docutils/writers/: Several writer modules (html4css1.py) were converted into packages. Support modules and data files have been moved into the packages. The stylesheets for the HTML writers are now installed along with the code, the code knows where to find them, and the default is to use them (actually, to embed them). Some adjustments to configuration files may be necessary. The easiest way to obtain the new default behavior is to remove all settings whose name includes "stylesheet".
• docutils/writers/__init__.py:
  • Added universal.Messages and universal.FilterMessages transforms as default transforms for all writers.
  • Added UnfilteredWriter base class for writers that pass the document tree on unchanged.
• docutils/writers/docutils_xml.py:
  • Made xmlcharrefreplace the default output encoding error handler.
• docutils/writers/html4css1/:
  • Added support for image width and height units.
  • Made xmlcharrefreplace the default output encoding error handler.
  • Made --embed-stylesheet the default rather than --link-stylesheet.
  • Moved "id" attribute from container (section etc.) to title's <a> tag, to be on the same tag as "name". (!!! To be reverted in Docutils 0.5.)
  • Added vertical space between fields of field lists.
  • Added --compact-field-lists option to remove vertical space in simple field lists.
  • Made cloaking of email addresses with --cloak-email-addresses less obtrusive.
  • Fixed support for centered images.
  • Added support for class="compact" & class="open" lists.
• docutils/writers/latex2e/:
  • Underscores in citekeys are no longer escaped.
• docutils/writers/newlatex2e/unicode_map.py: Added to project; mapping of Unicode characters to LaTeX equivalents.
• docutils/writers/s5_html/: Package added to project; writer for S5/HTML slide shows.
• docs/dev/distributing.txt: Added to project; guide for distributors (package maintainers).
• docs/dev/hacking.txt: Added to project; guide for developers.
• docs/ref/doctree.txt:
  • Updated for plural attributes "classes", "ids", "names", "dupnames".
  • Added the "container" element.
• docs/ref/docutils.dtd:
  • Updated for plural attributes "classes", "ids", "names", "dupnames".
• docs/user/emacs.txt: Added to project; a document about Emacs support for reStructuredText and Docutils.
• docs/user/links.txt: Added to project; lists of Docutils-related links.
• docs/user/mailing-lists.txt: Added to project; information about Docutils-related mailing lists and how to access them.
• docs/user/slide-shows.txt: Added to project; example of and docs for the S5/HTML writer (rst2s5.py front end).
• docs/ref/rst/definitions.txt: "reStructuredText Standard Definition Files", added to project.
• test/coverage.sh: Added to project; test coverage script.
• test/DocutilsTestSupport.py:
  • Added support for specifying runtime settings at the suite level.
• test/test_functional.py:
  • Added the clear_output_directory function.
  • Added support for _test_more functions in functional test config files.
• tools/rst2s5.py: Added to project; front end for the S5/HTML writer.
• tools/rstpep2html.py: Renamed from pep.py.
• tools/dev/create_unimap.py: Added to project; script to create the docutils/writers/unimap_latex.py mapping file.
• tools/dev/profile_docutils.py: Added to project; profiler script.
• tools/dev/unicode2rstsubs.py: Moved from tools/unicode2rstsubs.py.
• tools/editors/emacs/restructuredtext.el, tools/editors/emacs/rst-html.el, tools/editors/emacs/rst-mode.el: Removed from project; the functionality is now contained in rst.el.
• tools/editors/emacs/rst.el: Added to project. Added many features and fixed many bugs. See docs/user/emacs.txt for details.
• tools/stylesheets: Removed from project. Stylesheets have been renamed and moved into writer packages.

Release 0.3.9 (2005-05-26)

• General:
  • Eliminated and replaced all uses of the old string attributes id, name, dupname and class with references to the new list attributes ids, names, dupnames and classes throughout the whole source tree.
• docutils/core.py:
  • Enabled --dump-* options when --traceback specified, allowing for easier debugging.
  • In Publisher.publish(), expanded the generic top-level exception catching.
• docutils/examples.py:
  • Added internals function for exploration.
• docutils/io.py:
  • Fixed Input.decode method to apply heuristics only if no encoding is explicitly given, and to provide better reporting of decoding errors.
  • The Input.decode method now removes byte order marks (BOMs) from input streams.
• docutils/nodes.py:
  • image element class changed to subclass of Element, not TextElement (it's an empty element, and cannot contain text).
  • Added attr_defaults dictionary for default attribute values.
  • Added empty list as default value for the following attributes: ids, names, dupnames, classes, and backrefs.
  • Added document.decoration attribute, document.get_decoration method, and decoration.get_header & .get_footer methods.
  • Added Element.update_basic_atts() and Element.substitute() methods.
• docutils/utils.py:
  • Removed docutils.utils.Reporter.categories, docutils.utils.ConditionSet, and all references to them, to simplify error reporting.
• docutils/languages/nl.py: Added to project; Dutch mappings by Martijn Pieters.
• docutils/parsers/rst/__init__.py:
  • Added settings: file_insertion_enabled & raw_enabled.
• docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:
  • Added check for escaped at-mark to prevent email address recognition.
  • Fixed option lists to allow spaces inside <angle-bracketed option arguments>.
  • Allowed whitespace in paths and URLs.
  • Added auto-enumerated list items.
  • Fixed bug that assumed .. _ and .. | were invariably followed by text.
  • Added support for table stub columns.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/__init__.py:
  • Allowed whitespace in paths (path function).
  • Added uri directive option conversion function.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/body.py:
  • Fixed illegal context bug with "topic" directive (allowed within sidebars; not within body elements).
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/images.py:
  • Allowed whitespace (stripped) in "image" & "figure" directive URLs.
  • Added support for the file_insertion_enabled setting in the "figure" directive (disables "figwidth" option).
  • "image" directive: added checks for valid values of "align" option, depending on context. "figure" directive: added specialized "align" option and attribute on "figure" element.
  • Made ":figwidth: image" option of "figure" directive work again.
  • Fixed bug with reference names containing uppercase letters (e.g. Name_) in "target" option of "image" directive.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py:
  • Fixed "include" and "raw" directives to catch text decoding errors.
  • Allowed whitespace in "include" & "raw" directive paths.
  • Added support for file_insertion_enabled & raw_enabled settings in "include" & "raw" directives.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/parts.py:
  • Added "header" & "footer" directives.
  • Fixed illegal context bug with "contents" directive (topics allowed within sidebars; not within body elements).
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/tables.py:
  • Added "list-table" directive.
  • Caught empty CSV table bug.
  • Added support for the file_insertion_enabled setting in the "csv-table" directive.
  • Added stub-columns option to "csv-table" and "list-table" directives.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/nl.py: Added to project; Dutch mappings by Martijn Pieters.
• docutils/readers/standalone.py:
  • Added --section-subtitles and --no-section-subtitles options to activate or deactivate the SectSubTitle transform.
• docutils/transforms/frontmatter.py:
  • Added SectSubTitle transform to promote titles of lone subsections to subtitles.
• docutils/transforms/references.py:
  • Fixed mislocated internal targets bug, by propagating internal targets to the next node, making use of the newly added support for multiple names and IDs.
  • Fixed duplicate footnote label bug.
  • Replaced ChainedTargets with more generic PropagateTargets transform.
• docutils/writers/html4css1.py:
  • Fixed unencoded stylesheet reference bug (characters like "&" in stylesheet references).
  • target nodes now appear as span tags (instead of a tags).
  • Added support for multiple IDs per node by creating empty span tags.
  • Added the field_name_limit & option_limit settings & support.
  • Added support for table stub columns.
  • Added support for the align attribute on figure elements.
  • Added the cloak_email_addresses setting & support.
  • Added html_prolog, html_head, html_body, html_title, & html_subtitle to parts dictionary exposed by docutils.core.publish_parts.
  • Added support for section subtitles.
• docutils/writers/latex2e.py:
  • Fixed tables starting with more than one multirow cell.
  • Improved --use-latex-docinfo so that organization/contact/address fields are lumped with the last author field and appear on the titlepage.
  • Made sure the titlepage is always shown with --use-latex-docinfo, even if the document has no title.
  • Made sure that latex doesn't fill in today's date if no date field was given.
  • Added support for section subtitles.
• docutils/writers/newlatex2e.py: Added to project; a new LaTeX writer (under development).
• docutils/writers/null.py: Added to project; a do-nothing Writer.
• docs/api/publisher.txt:
  • Added "publish_parts Details" section.
• docutils/dev/repository.txt: Added to project; information about the Docutils Subversion repository.
• docs/ref/docutils.dtd:
  • Added a stub attribute to the colspec element via the tbl.colspec.att parameter entity.
  • Allowed topic elements within sidebars
  • Added an align attribute to the figure element.
• tools/rst2newlatex.py: Added to project; front end for the new LaTeX writer.

Release 0.3.7 (2004-12-24)

• docutils/frontend.py:
  • Added options: --input-encoding-error-handler, --record-dependencies, --leave-footnote-reference-space, --strict-visitor.
  • Added command-line and config file support for "overrides" setting parameter.
• docutils/io.py:
  • Added support for input encoding error handler.
• docutils/nodes.py:
  • Added dispatch_visit and dispatch_departure methods to NodeVisitor; useful as a hook for Visitors.
  • Changed structure of line_block; added line.
  • Added compound node class.
  • Added a mechanism for Visitors to transitionally ignore new node classes.
• docutils/utils.py:
  • Moved escape2null and unescape functions from docutils/parsers/rst/states.py.
• docutils/parsers/rst/roles.py:
  • Added "raw" role.
  • Changed role function API: the "text" parameter now takes null-escaped interpreted text content.
• docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:
  • Fixed bug where a "role" directive in a nested parse would crash the parser; the state machine's "language" attribute was not being copied over.
  • Added support for line block syntax.
  • Fixed directive parsing bug: argument-less directives didn't notice that arguments were present.
  • Removed error checking for transitions.
  • Added support for multiple classifiers in definition list items.
  • Moved escape2null and unescape functions to docutils/utils.py.
  • Changed role function API: the "text" parameter now takes null-escaped interpreted text content.
  • Empty sections and documents are allowed now.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/__init__.py:
  • Added encoding directive option conversion function.
  • Allow multiple class names in class_option conversion function.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/body.py:
  • Converted the line-block directive to use the new structure.
  • Extracted the old line-block functionality to the block function (still used).
  • Added compound directive (thanks to Lea Wiemann).
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py:
  • Added "encoding" option to "include" and "raw" directives.
  • Added "trim", "ltrim", and "rtrim" options to "unicode" directive.
  • Allow multiple class names in the "class" directive.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/parts.py:
  • Directive "sectnum" now accepts "prefix", "suffix", and "start" options. Thanks to Lele Gaifax.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/tables.py:
  • Added "encoding" directive to "csv-table" directive.
  • Added workaround for lack of Unicode support in csv.py, for non-ASCII CSV input.
• docutils/transforms/misc.py:
  • Fixed bug when multiple "class" directives are applied to a single element.
  • Enabled multiple format names for "raw" directive.
• docutils/transforms/references.py:
  • Added support for trimming whitespace from beside substitution references.
• docutils/transforms/universal.py:
  • FinalChecks now checks for illegal transitions and moves transitions between sections.
• docutils/writers/html4css1.py:
  • HTMLTranslator.encode now converts U+00A0 to "&nbsp;".
  • "stylesheet" and "stylesheet_path" settings are now mutually exclusive.
  • Added support for the new line_block/line structure.
  • --footnote-references now overrides --trim-footnote-reference-space, if applicable.
  • Added support for compound elements.
  • Enabled multiple format names for "raw" directive.
  • <p> tags of a paragraph which is the only visible child of the document node are no longer stripped.
  • Moved paragraph-compacting logic (for stripping <p> tags) to new method should_be_compact_paragraph().
  • Added class="docutils" to dl, hr, table and tt elements.
  • "raw" elements are now surrounded by span or div tags in the output if they have their class attribute set.
  • The whole document is now surrounded by a <div class="document"> element.
  • Body-level images are now wrapped by their own <div> elements, with image classes copied to the wrapper, and for images which have the :align: option set, the surrounding <div> now receives a class attribute (like class="align-left").
• docutils/writers/latex2e.py:
  • no newline after depart_term.
  • Added translations for some Unicode quotes.
  • Added option "font-encoding", made package AE the default.
  • "stylesheet" and "stylesheet_path" settings are now mutually exclusive.
  • --footnote-references now overrides --trim-footnote-reference-space, if applicable.
  • The footnote label style now matches the footnote reference style ("brackets" or "superscript").
  • Added support for compound elements.
  • Enabled multiple format names for "raw" directive.
• docs/ref/docutils.dtd:
  • Changed structure of the line_block element; added line.
  • Added compound element.
  • Added "ltrim" and "rtrim" attributes to substitution_definition element.
  • Enabled multiple format names for raw element.
  • Enabled multiple classifiers in definition_list_item elements.
• docs/ref/rst/directives.txt
  • Marked "line-block" as deprecated.
  • "Class" directive now allows multiple class names.
  • Added "Rationale for Class Attribute Value Conversion".
  • Added warning about "raw" overuse/abuse.
• docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.txt:
  • Added syntax for line blocks.
  • Definition list items may have multiple classifiers.
• docs/ref/rst/roles.txt:
  • Added "raw" role.
• tools/stylesheets/default.css:
  • Added support for the new line_block structure.
  • Added "docutils" class to dl, hr, table and tt.

Release 0.3.5 (2004-07-29)

General:

• Documentation cleanup/reorganization.

  • Created new subdirectories of docs/:
    • docs/user/: introductory/tutorial material for end-users
    • docs/dev/: for core-developers (development notes, plans, etc.)
    • docs/api/: API reference material for client-developers
    • docs/ref/: reference material for all groups
    • docs/howto/: for component-developers and core-developers
    • docs/peps/: Python Enhancement Proposals
  • Moved docs/* to docs/user/.
  • Moved pysource.dtd, pysource.txt, semantics.txt from spec/ to docs/dev.
  • Moved doctree.txt, docutils.dtd, soextblx.dtd, transforms.txt from spec/ to docs/ref/.
  • Moved alternatives.txt, and problems.txt from spec/rst/ to docs/dev/rst/.
  • Moved reStructuredText.txt, directives.txt, interpreted.txt, and introduction.txt from spec/rst/ to docs/ref/rst/. Renamed interpreted.txt to roles.txt, reStructuredText.txt to restructuredtext.txt.
  • Moved spec/howto/ to docs/howto.

  In order to keep the CVS history of moved files, we supplied SourceForge with a script for modifying the Docutils CVS repository.

  After running the cleanup script:

  • Added docs/index.txt.
  • Added a .htaccess file to the web module, containing redirects for all old paths to new paths. They'll preserve fragments (the "#name" part of a URL), and won't clutter up the file system, and will correct the URL in the user's browser.
  • Added BUGS.txt, docs/dev/policies.txt, docs/dev/website.txt, docs/dev/release.txt from all but the "To Do" list itself in docs/dev/todo.txt.
  • Moved "Future Plans" from HISTORY.txt to new "Priorities" section of docs/dev/todo.txt.
  • Added THANKS.txt from "Acknowledgements" in HISTORY.txt.
  • Added "How To Report Bugs" to BUGS.txt.
  • Went through all the sources and docs (including under web/) and updated links. Mostly done by Lea Wiemann; thanks Lea! (Still need to update links in the sandboxes.)

Specific:

• BUGS.txt: Added to project.
• THANKS.txt: Added to project.
• docutils/__init__.py:
  • 0.3.4: Post-release.
• docutils/core.py:
  • Added special error handling & advice for UnicodeEncodeError.
  • Refactored Publisher.publish (simplified exception handling & extracted debug dumps).
  • Renamed "enable_exit" parameter of convenience functions to "enable_exit_status".
  • Enabled traceback (exception propagation) by default in programmatic convenience functions.
  • Now publish_file and publish_cmdline convenience functions return the encoded string results in addition to their regular I/O.
  • Extracted common code from publish_file, publish_string, and publish_parts, into new publish_programmatically. Extracted settings code to Publisher.process_programmatic_settings.
  • In Publisher.publish, disabled settings_overrides when settings is supplied; redundant.
• docutils/frontend.py:
  • Added help text for "--output-encoding-error-handler" and "--error-encoding-error-handler".
  • Renamed "--exit" to "--exit-status".
  • Simplified default-setting code.
• docutils/parsers/rst/__init__.py:
  • Added "--pep-base-url" and "--rfc-base-url" options.
• docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:
  • Made URI recognition more aggressive and intelligent.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/__init__.py:
  • Added several directive option conversion functions.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/body.py:
  • Moved "table" directive to tables.py.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/tables.py: Table-related directives, added to project.
• docutils/writers/latex2e.py:
  • Added "--table-style=(standard|booktabs|nolines)"
  • figures get "here" option (LaTeX per default puts them at bottom), and figure content is centered.
  • Rowspan support for tables.
  • Fix: admonition titles before first section.
  • Replace -- in literal by -{}- because fontencoding T1 has endash.
  • Replave _ in literal by an underlined blank, because it has the correct width.
  • Fix: encode pdfbookmark titles, # broke pdflatex.
  • A few unicode replacements, if output_encoding != utf
  • Add "--graphicx-option".
  • Indent literal-blocks.
  • Fix: omit \maketitle when there is no document title.
• docs/index.txt: "Docutils Project Documentation Overview", added to project.
• docs/api/cmdline-tool.txt: "Inside A Docutils Command-Line Front-End Tool", added to project.
• docs/api/publisher.txt: "The Docutils Publisher", added to project.
• docs/api/runtime-settings.txt: "Docutils Runtime Settings", added to project.
• docs/dev/policies.txt: Added to project (extracted from docs/dev/todo.txt, formerly spec/notes.txt).
• docs/dev/release.txt: Added to project (extracted from docs/dev/todo.txt, formerly spec/notes.txt).
• docs/dev/testing.txt: Added to project.
• docs/dev/website.txt: Added to project (extracted from docs/dev/todo.txt, formerly spec/notes.txt).
• docs/ref/rst/directives.txt:
  • Added directives: "table", "csv-table".
• docs/user/rst/cheatsheet.txt: "The reStructuredText Cheat Sheet" added to project. 1 page for syntax, and a 1 page reference for directives and roles. Source text to be used as-is; not meant to be converted to HTML.
• docs/user/rst/demo.txt: Added to project; moved from tools/test.txt with a change of title.
• test/functional/, contents, and test/test_functional.py: Added to project.
• tools/buildhtml.py: Fixed bug with config file handling.
• tools/html.py: Removed from project (duplicate of rst2html.py).
• tools/pep2html.py: Removed from project (duplicate of Python's nondist/peps/pep2html.py; Docutils' tools/pep.py can be used for Docutils-related PEPs in docs/peps/).
• tools/rst2pseudoxml.py: Renamed from publish.py.
• tools/rst2xml.py: Renamed from docutils-xml.py.
• tools/test.txt: Removed from project; moved to docs/user/rst/demo.txt.
• setup.py: Now also installs rst2latex.py.

Release 0.3.3 (2004-05-09)

• docutils/__init__.py:
  • 0.3.1: Reorganized config file format (multiple sections); see docs/config.txt.
  • Added unknown_reference_resolvers attribute to TransformSpec.
  • 0.3.2: Interpreted text reorganization.
  • 0.3.3: Released.
• docutils/core.py:
  • Catch system messages to stop tracebacks from parsing errors.
  • Catch exceptions during processing report & exit without tracebacks, except when "--traceback" used.
  • Reordered components for OptionParser; application comes last.
  • Added "config_section" parameter to several methods and functions, allowing front ends to easily specify their config file sections.
  • Added publish_parts convenience function to allow access to individual parts of a document.
• docutils/examples.py: Added to project; practical examples of Docutils client code, to be used as-is or as models for variations.
• docutils/frontend.py:
  • Added "--traceback" & "--no-traceback" options ("traceback" setting).
  • Implemented support for config file reorganization: standard_config_files moved from ConfigParser to OptionParser; added OptionParser.get_config_file_settings() and .get_standard_config_settings(); support for old "[options]" section (with deprecation warning) and mapping from old to new settings.
  • Reimplemented setting validation.
  • Enabled flexible boolean values: yes/no, true/false, on/off.
  • Added Values, a subclass of optparse.Values, with support for list setting attributes.
  • Added support for new DOCUTILSCONFIG environment variable; thanks to Beni Cherniavsky.
  • Added "--no-section-numbering" option.
• docutils/io.py:
  • Catch IOErrors when opening source & destination files, report & exit without tracebacks. Added handle_io_errors parameter to FileInput & FileOutput to enable caller error handling.
• docutils/nodes.py:
  • Changed SparseNodeVisitor and GenericNodeVisitor dynamic method definitions (via exec) to dynamic assignments (via setattr); thanks to Roman Suzi.
  • Encapsulated visitor dynamic assignments in a function; thanks to Ian Bicking.
  • Added indirect_reference_name attribute to the Targetable class. This attribute holds the whitespace_normalized_name (contains mixed case) of a target.
• docutils/statemachine.py:
  • Renamed StringList.strip_indent to .trim_left.
  • Added StringList.get_2D_block.
• docutils/utils.py:
  • Added "level" attribute to SystemMessage exceptions.
• docutils/languages/af.py: Added to project; Afrikaans mappings by Jannie Hofmeyr.
• docutils/languages/cs.py: Added to project; Czech mappings by Marek Blaha.
• docutils/languages/eo.py: Added to project; Esperanto mappings by Marcelo Huerta San Martin.
• docutils/languages/pt_br.py: Added to project; Brazilian Portuguese mappings by Lalo Martins.
• docutils/languages/ru.py: Added to project; Russian mappings by Roman Suzi.
• docutils/parsers/rst/roles.py: Added to project. Contains interpreted text role functions, a registry for interpreted text roles, and an API for adding to and retrieving from the registry. Contributed by Edward Loper.
• docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:
  • Updated RSTState.nested_parse for "include" in table cells.
  • Allowed true em-dash character and "---" as block quote attribution marker.
  • Added support for <angle-bracketed> complex option arguments (option lists).
  • Fixed handling of backslashes in substitution definitions.
  • Fixed off-by-1 error with extra whitespace after substitution definition directive.
  • Added inline markup parsing to field lists' field names.
  • Added support for quoted (and unindented) literal blocks. Driven in part by a bribe from Frank Siebenlist (thanks!).
  • Parser now handles escapes in URIs correctly.
  • Made embedded-URIs' reference text omittable. Idea from Beni Cherniavsky.
  • Refactored explicit target processing code.
  • Added name attribute to references containing the reference name only through whitespace_normalize_name (no case changes).
  • parse_target no longer returns the refname after going through normalize_name. This is now handled in make_target.
  • Fixed bug relating to role-less interpreted text in non-English contexts.
  • Reorganized interpreted text processing; moved code into the new roles.py module. Contributed by Edward Loper.
  • Refactored Body.parse_directive into run_directive and parse_directive_block.
• docutils/parsers/rst/tableparser.py:
  • Reworked for StringList, to support "include" directives in table cells.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/__init__.py:
  • Renamed unchanged() directive option conversion function to unchanged_required, and added a new unchanged.
  • Catch unicode value too high error; fixes bug 781766.
  • Beefed up directive error reporting.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/body.py:
  • Added basic "table" directive.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/images.py:
  • Added "target" option to "image" directive.
  • Added name attribute to references containing the reference name only through whitespace_normalize_name (no case changes).
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py:
  • Isolated the import of the urllib2 module; was causing problems on SourceForge (libssl.so.2 unavailable?).
  • Added the "role" directive for declaring custom interpreted text roles.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/parts.py:
  • The "contents" directive does more work up-front, creating the "topic" and "title", and leaving the "pending" node for the transform. Allows earlier reference resolution; fixes subtle bug.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/af.py: Added to project; Afrikaans mappings by Jannie Hofmeyr.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/cs.py: Added to project; Czech mappings by Marek Blaha.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/eo.py: Added to project; Esperanto mappings by Marcelo Huerta San Martin.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/pt_br.py: Added to project; Brazilian Portuguese mappings by Lalo Martins.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/ru.py: Added to project; Russian mappings by Roman Suzi.
• docutils/transforms/parts.py:
  • The "contents" directive does more work up-front, creating the "topic" and "title", and leaving the "pending" node for the transform. Allows earlier reference resolution; fixes subtle bug.
  • Added support for disabling of section numbering.
• docutils/transforms/references.py:
  • Verifying that external targets are truly targets and not indirect references. This is because we are now adding a "name" attribute to references in addition to targets. Note sure if this is correct!
  • Added code to hook into the unknown_reference_resolvers list for a transformer in resolve_indirect_target. This allows the unknown_reference_resolvers to keep around indirect targets which docutils doesn't know about.
  • Added specific error message for duplicate targets.
• docutils/transforms/universal.py:
  • Added FilterMessages transform (removes system messages below the verbosity threshold).
  • Added hook (via docutils.TransformSpec.unknown_reference_resolvers) to FinalCheckVisitor for application-specific handling of unresolvable references.
  • Added specific error message for duplicate targets.
• docutils/writers/__init__.py:
  • Added assemble_parts method to the Writer class to allow for access to a documents individual parts.
  • Documented & set default for Writer.output attribute.
• docutils/writers/html4css1.py:
  • Fixed unicode handling of attribute values (bug 760673).
  • Prevent duplication of "class" attribute values (bug report from Kirill Lapshin).
  • Improved table grid/border handling (prompted by report from Bob Marshall).
  • Added support for table titles.
  • Added "<title />" for untitled docs, for XHTML conformance; thanks to Darek Suchojad.
  • Added functionality to keep track of individual parts of a document and store them in a dictionary as the "parts" attribute of the writer. Contributed by Reggie Dugard at the Docutils sprint at PyCon DC 2004.
  • Added proper support for the "scale" attribute of the "image" element. Contributed by Brent Cook.
  • Added --initial-header-level option.
  • Fixed bug: the body_pre_docinfo segment depended on there being a docinfo; if no docinfo, the document title was incorporated into the body segment. Adversely affected the publish_parts interface.
• docutils/writers/latex2e.py:
  • Changed default stylesheet to "no stylesheet" to avoid latex complaining about a missing file.
  • Added options and support: --compound-enumerators, --section-prefix-for-enumerators, and --section-enumerator-separator. By John F Meinel Jr (SF patch 934322).
  • Added option --use-verbatim-when-possible, to avoid problematic characters (eg, '~' in italian) in literal blocks.
  • It's now possible to use four section levels in the book and report LaTeX classes. The default article class still has three levels limit.
• docs/config.txt: "Docutils Configuration Files", added to project. Moved config file entry descriptions from tools.txt.
• docs/tools.txt:
  • Moved config file entry descriptions to config.txt.
• spec/notes.txt: Continual updates. Added "Setting Up For Docutils Development".
• spec/howto/rst-roles.txt: "Creating reStructuredText Interpreted Text Roles", added to project.
• spec/rst/reStructuredText.txt:
  • Added description of support for <angle-bracketed> complex option arguments to option lists.
  • Added subsections for indented and quoted literal blocks.
• test: Continually adding & updating tests.
  • Added test/test_settings.py & test/data/config_*.txt support files.
  • Added test/test_writers/test_htmlfragment.py.
• test/DocutilsTestSupport.py:
  • Refactored LaTeX publisher test suite/case class names to make testing other writers easier.
  • Added HtmlWriterPublishTestCase and HtmlFragmentTestSuite classes to test the processing of HTML fragments which use the new publish_parts convenience function.
• tools/buildhtml.py:
  • Added support for the "--prune" option.
  • Removed dependency on pep2html.py; plaintext PEPs no longer supported.
• tools/docutils.conf:
  • Updated for configuration file reorganization.
• tools/rst2html.py:
  • copied from tools/html.py
• setup.py:
  • added a 'scripts' section to configuration
  • added 'tools/rst2html.py' to the scripts section

Release 0.3 (2003-06-24)

General:

• Renamed "attribute" to "option" for directives/extensions.
• Renamed transform method "transform" to "apply".
• Renamed "options" to "settings" for runtime settings (as set by command-line options). Sometimes "option" (singular) became "settings" (plural). Some variations below:
  • document.options -> document.settings (stored in other objects as well)
  • option_spec -> settings_spec (not directives though)
  • OptionSpec -> SettingsSpec
  • cmdline_options -> settings_spec
  • relative_path_options -> relative_path_settings
  • option_default_overrides -> settings_default_overrides
  • Publisher.set_options -> Publisher.get_settings

Specific:

• COPYING.txt: Added "Public Domain Dedication".
• FAQ.txt: Frequently asked questions, added to project.
• setup.py:
  • Updated with PyPI Trove classifiers.
  • Conditional installation of third-party modules.
• docutils/__init__.py:
  • Bumped version to 0.2.1 to reflect changes to I/O classes.
  • Bumped version to 0.2.2 to reflect changes to stylesheet options.
  • Factored SettingsSpec out of Component; separately useful.
  • Bumped version to 0.2.3 because of the new "--embed-stylesheet" option and its effect on the PEP template & writer.
  • Bumped version to 0.2.4 due to changes to the PEP template & stylesheet.
  • Bumped version to 0.2.5 to reflect changes to Reporter output.
  • Added TransformSpec class for new transform system.
  • Bumped version to 0.2.6 for API changes (renaming).
  • Bumped version to 0.2.7 for new docutils.core.publish_* convenience functions.
  • Added Component.component_type attribute.
  • Bumped version to 0.2.8 because of the internal parser switch from plain lists to the docutils.statemachine.StringList objects.
  • Bumped version to 0.2.9 because of the frontend.py API changes.
  • Bumped version to 0.2.10 due to changes to the project layout (third-party modules removed from the "docutils" package), and signature changes in io.Input/io.Output.
  • Changed version to 0.3.0 for release.
• docutils/core.py:
  • Made publish() a bit more convenient.
  • Generalized Publisher.set_io.
  • Renamed publish() to publish_cmdline(); rearranged its parameters; improved its docstring.
  • Added publish_file() and publish_string().
  • Factored Publisher.set_source() and .set_destination() out of .set_io.
  • Added support for "--dump-pseudo-xml", "--dump-settings", and "--dump-transforms" hidden options.
  • Added Publisher.apply_transforms() method.
  • Added Publisher.set_components() method; support for publish_*() conveninece functions.
  • Moved config file processing to docutils/frontend.py.
  • Added support for exit status ("exit_level" setting & enable_exit parameter for Publisher.publish() and convenience functions).
• docutils/frontend.py:
  • Check for & exit on identical source & destination paths.
  • Fixed bug with absolute paths & "--config".
  • Set non-command-line defaults in OptionParser.__init__(): _source & _destination.
  • Distributed relative_path_settings to components; updated OptionParser.populate_from_components() to combine it all.
  • Require list of keys in make_paths_absolute (was implicit in global relative_path_settings).
  • Added "--expose-internal-attribute", "--dump-pseudo-xml", "--dump-settings", and "--dump-transforms" hidden options.
  • Removed nasty internals-fiddling ConfigParser.get_section code, replaced with correct code.
  • Added validation functionality for config files.
  • Added "--error-encoding" option/setting, "_disable_config" internal setting.
  • Added encoding validation; updated "--input-encoding" and "--output-encoding"; added "--error-encoding-error-handler" and "--output-encoding-error-handler".
  • Moved config file processing from docutils/core.py.
  • Updated OptionParser.populate_from_components to handle new SettingsSpec.settings_defaults dict.
  • Added support for "-" => stdin/stdout.
  • Added "exit_level" setting ("--exit" option).
• docutils/io.py:
  • Split IO classes into subclasses of Input and Output.
  • Added automatic closing to FileInput and FileOutput.
  • Delayed opening of FileOutput file until write() called.
  • FileOutput.write() now returns the encoded output string.
  • Try to get path/stream name automatically in FileInput & FileOutput.
  • Added defaults for source & destination paths.
  • Allow for Unicode I/O with an explicit "unicode" encoding.
  • Added Output.encode().
  • Removed dependency on runtime settings; pass encoding directly.
  • Recognize Unicode strings in Input.decode().
  • Added support for output encoding error handlers.
• docutils/nodes.py:
  • Added "Invisible" element category class.
  • Changed Node.walk() & .walkabout() to permit more tree modification during a traversal.
  • Added element classes: line_block, generated, address, sidebar, rubric, attribution, admonition, superscript, subscript, inline
  • Added support for lists of nodes to Element.insert().
  • Fixed parent linking in Element.replace().
  • Added new abstract superclass FixedTextElement; adds "xml:space" attribute.
  • Added support for "line" attribute of system_message nodes.
  • Added support for the observer pattern from utils.Reporter. Added parse_messages and transform_messages attributes to document, removed messages. Added note_parse_message and note_transform_message methods.
  • Added support for improved diagnostics:
    • Added "document", "source", and "line" internal attributes to Node, set by Node.setup_child().
    • Converted variations on node.parent = self to self.setup_child(node).
    • Added document.current_source & .current_line attributes, and .note_source observer method.
    • Changed "system_message" output to GNU-Tools format.
  • Added a "rawsource" attribute to the Text class, for text before backslash-escape resolution.
  • Support for new transform system.
  • Reworked pending element.
  • Fixed XML DOM bug (SF #660611).
  • Removed the interpeted element class and added title_reference, abbreviation, acronym.
  • Made substitutions case-sensitive-but-forgiving; moved some code from the parser.
  • Fixed Unicode bug on element attributes (report: William Dode).
• docutils/optik.py: Removed from project; replaced with extras/optparse.py and extras/textwrap.py. These will be installed only if they're not already present in the Python installation.
• docutils/roman.py: Moved to extras/roman.py; this will be installed only if it's not already present in the Python installation.
• docutils/statemachine.py:
  • Factored out State.add_initial_transitions() so it can be extended.
  • Converted whitespace-specific "blank" and "indent" transitions from special-case code to ordinary transitions: removed StateMachineWS.check_line() & .check_whitespace(), added StateWS.add_initial_transitions() method, ws_patterns & ws_initial_transitions attributes.
  • Removed State.match_transition() after merging it into .check_line().
  • Added StateCorrection exception.
  • Added support for StateCorrection in StateMachine.run() (moved TransitionCorrection support there too.)
  • Changed StateMachine.next_line() and .goto_line() to raise EOFError instead of IndexError.
  • Added State.no_match method.
  • Added support for the Observer pattern, triggered by input line changes.
  • Added strip_top parameter to StateMachineWS.get_first_known_indented.
  • Made context a parameter to StateMachine.run().
  • Added ViewList & StringList classes; extract_indented() becomes StringList.get_indented().
  • Added StateMachine.insert_input().
  • Fixed ViewList slice handling for Python 2.3. Patch from (and thanks to) Fred Drake.
• docutils/utils.py:
  • Added a source attribute to Reporter instances and system_message elements.
  • Added an observer pattern to utils.Reporter to keep track of system messages.
  • Fixed bugs in relative_path().
  • Added support for improved diagnostics.
  • Moved normalize_name() to nodes.py (fully_normalize_name).
  • Added support for encoding Reporter stderr output, and encoding error handlers.
  • Reporter keeps track of the highest level system message yet generated.
• docutils/languages: Fixed bibliographic field language lookups.
• docutils/languages/es.py: Added to project; Spanish mappings by Marcelo Huerta San Martin.
• docutils/languages/fr.py: Added to project; French mappings by Stefane Fermigier.
• docutils/languages/it.py: Added to project; Italian mappings by Nicola Larosa.
• docutils/languages/sk.py: Added to project; Slovak mappings by Miroslav Vasko.
• docutils/parser/__init__.py:
  • Added Parser.finish_parse() method.
• docutils/parser/rst/__init__.py:
  • Added options: "--pep-references", "--rfc-references", "--tab-width", "--trim-footnote-reference-space".
• docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:
  • Changed "title under/overline too short" system messages from INFO to WARNING, and fixed its insertion location.
  • Fixed enumerated list item parsing to allow paragraphs & section titles to begin with enumerators.
  • Converted system messages to use the new "line" attribute.
  • Fixed a substitution reference edge case.
  • Added support for "--pep-references" and "--rfc-references" options; reworked Inliner code to make customization easier.
  • Removed field argument parsing.
  • Added support for short section title over/underlines.
  • Fixed "simple reference name" regexp to ignore text like "object.__method__"; not an anonymous reference.
  • Added support for improved diagnostics.
  • Reworked directive API, based on Dethe Elza's contribution. Added Body.parse_directive(), .parse_directive_options(), .parse_directive_arguments() methods.
  • Added ExtensionOptions class, to parse directive options without parsing field bodies. Factored Body.parse_field_body() out of Body.field(), overridden in ExtensionOptions.
  • Improved definition list term/classifier parsing.
  • Added warnings for unknown directives.
  • Renamed Stuff to Struct.
  • Now flagged as errors: transitions at the beginning or end of sections, empty sections (except title), and empty documents.
  • Updated for statemachine.StringList.
  • Enabled recognition of schemeless email addresses in targets.
  • Added support for embedded URIs in hyperlink references.
  • Added backslash-escapes to inline markup end-string suffix.
  • Added support for correct interpreted text processing.
  • Fixed nested title parsing (topic, sidebar directives).
  • Added special processing of backslash-escaped whitespace (idea from David Abrahams).
  • Made substitutions case-sensitive-but-forgiving; moved some code to docutils.nodes.
  • Added support for block quote attributions.
  • Added a kludge to work-around a conflict between the bubble-up parser strategy and short titles (<= 3 char-long over- & underlines). Fixes SF bug #738803 "infinite loop with multiple titles" submitted by Jason Diamond.
  • Added explicit interpreted text roles for standard inline markup: "emphasis", "strong", "literal".
  • Implemented "superscript" and "subscript" interpreted text roles.
  • Added initial support for "abbreviation" and "acronym" roles; incomplete.
  • Added support for "--trim-footnote-reference-space" option.
  • Optional space before colons in directives & hyperlink targets.
• docutils/parsers/rst/tableparser.py:
  • Fixed a bug that was producing unwanted empty rows in "simple" tables.
  • Detect bad column spans in "simple" tables.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives: Updated all directive functions to new API.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/__init__.py:
  • Added flag(), unchanged(), path(), nonnegative_int(), choice(), and class_option() directive option helper functions.
  • Added warnings for unknown directives.
  • Return None for missing directives.
  • Added register_directive(), thanks to William Dode and Paul Moore.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/admonitions.py:
  • Added "admonition" directive.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/body.py: Added to project. Contains the "topic", "sidebar" (from Patrick O'Brien), "line-block", "parsed-literal", "rubric", "epigraph", "highlights" and "pull-quote" directives.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/images.py:
  • Added an "align" attribute to the "image" & "figure" directives (by Adam Chodorowski).
  • Added "class" option to "image", and "figclass" to "figure".
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py:
  • Added "include", "raw", and "replace" directives, courtesy of Dethe Elza.
  • Added "unicode" and "class" directives.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/parts.py:
  • Added the "sectnum" directive; by Dmitry Jemerov.
  • Added "class" option to "contents" directive.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/references.py: Added to project. Contains the "target-notes" directive.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/__init__.py:
  • Return None from get_language() for missing language modules.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/de.py: Added to project; German mappings by Engelbert Gruber.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/en.py:
  • Added interpreted text roles mapping.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/es.py: Added to project; Spanish mappings by Marcelo Huerta San Martin.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/fr.py: Added to project; French mappings by William Dode.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/it.py: Added to project; Italian mappings by Nicola Larosa.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/sk.py: Added to project; Slovak mappings by Miroslav Vasko.
• docutils/readers/__init__.py:
  • Added support for the observer pattern from utils.Reporter, in Reader.parse and Reader.transform.
  • Removed Reader.transform() method.
  • Added default parameter values to Reader.__init__() to make instantiation easier.
  • Removed bogus aliases: "restructuredtext" is not a Reader.
• docutils/readers/pep.py:
  • Added the peps.TargetNotes transform to the Reader.
  • Removed PEP & RFC reference detection code; moved to parsers/rst/states.py as options (enabled here by default).
  • Added support for pre-acceptance PEPs (no PEP number yet).
  • Moved Inliner & made it a class attribute of Reader for easy subclassing.
• docutils/readers/python: Python Source Reader subpackage added to project, including preliminary versions of:
  • __init__.py
  • moduleparser.py: Parser for Python modules.
• docutils/transforms/__init__.py:
  • Added Transformer class and completed transform reform.
  • Added unknown_reference_resolvers list for each transformer. This list holds the list of functions provided by each component of the transformer that help resolve references.
• docutils/transforms/frontmatter.py:
  • Improved support for generic fields.
  • Fixed bibliographic field language lookups.
• docutils/transforms/misc.py: Added to project. Miscellaneous transforms.
• docutils/transforms/parts.py:
  • Moved the "id" attribute from TOC list items to the references (Contents.build_contents()).
  • Added the SectNum transform; by Dmitry Jemerov.
  • Added "class" attribute support to Contents.
• docutils/transforms/peps.py:
  • Added mask_email() function, updating to pep2html.py's functionality.
  • Linked "Content-Type: text/x-rst" to PEP 12.
  • Added the TargetNotes PEP-specific transform.
  • Added TargetNotes.cleanup_callback.
  • Added title check to Headers.
• docutils/transforms/references.py:
  • Added the TargetNotes generic transform.
  • Split Hyperlinks into multiple transforms.
  • Fixed bug with multiply-indirect references (report: Bruce Smith).
  • Added check for circular indirect references.
  • Made substitutions case-sensitive-but-forgiving.
• docutils/transforms/universal.py:
  • Added support for the "--expose-internal-attributes" option.
  • Removed Pending transform classes & data.
• docutils/writers/__init__.py:
  • Removed Writer.transform() method.
• docutils/writers/docutils-xml.py:
  • Added XML and doctype declarations.
  • Added "--no-doctype" and "--no-xml-declaration" options.
• docutils/writers/html4css1.py:
  • "name" attributes only on these tags: a, applet, form, frame, iframe, img, map.
  • Added "name" attribute to <a> in section titles for Netscape 4 support (bug report: Pearu Peterson).
  • Fixed targets (names) on footnote, citation, topic title, problematic, and system_message nodes (for Netscape 4).
  • Changed field names from "<td>" to "<th>".
  • Added "@" to "&#64;" encoding to thwart address harvesters.
  • Improved the vertical whitespace optimization; ignore "invisible" nodes (targets, comments, etc.).
  • Improved inline literals with <span class="pre"> around chunks of text and &nbsp; for runs of spaces.
  • Improved modularity of output; added self.body_pre_docinfo and self.docinfo segments.
  • Added support for "line_block", "address" elements.
  • Improved backlinks (footnotes & system_messages).
  • Improved system_message output.
  • Redefined "--stylesheet" as containing an invariant URL, used verbatim. Added "--stylesheet-path", interpreted w.r.t. the working directory.
  • Added "--footnote-references" option (superscript or brackets).
  • Added "--compact-lists" and "--no-compact-lists" options.
  • Added "--embed-stylesheet" and "--link-stylesheet" options; factored out HTMLTranslator.get_stylesheet_reference().
  • Improved field list rendering.
  • Added Docutils version to "generator" meta tag.
  • Fixed a bug with images; they must be inline, so wrapped in <p>.
  • Improved layout of <pre> HTML source.
  • Fixed attribute typo on <colspec>.
  • Refined XML prologue.
  • Support for no stylesheet.
  • Removed "interpreted" element support.
  • Added support for "title_reference", "sidebar", "attribution", "rubric", and generic "admonition" elements.
  • Added "--attribution" option.
  • Added support for "inline", "subscript", "superscript" elements.
  • Added initial support for "abbreviation" and "acronym"; incomplete.
• docutils/writers/latex2e.py: LaTeX Writer, added by Engelbert Gruber (from the sandbox).
  • Added french.
  • Double quotes in literal blocks (special treatment for de/ngerman).
  • Added '--hyperlink-color' option ('0' turns off coloring of links).
  • Added "--attribution" option.
  • Right align attributions.
• docutils/writers/pep_html.py:
  • Parameterized output encoding in PEP template.
  • Reworked substitutions from locals() into subs dict.
  • Redefined "--pep-stylesheet" as containing an invariant URL, used verbatim. Added "--pep-stylesheet-path", interpreted w.r.t. the working directory.
  • Added an override on the "--footnote-references" option.
  • Factored out HTMLTranslator.get_stylesheet_reference().
  • Added Docutils version to "generator" meta tag.
  • Added a "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" comment to generated HTML.
• docs/tools.txt:
  • Added a "silent" setting for buildhtml.py.
  • Added a "Getting Help" section.
  • Rearranged the structure.
  • Kept up to date, with new settings, command-line options etc.
  • Added section for rst2latex.py (Engelbert Gruber).
  • Converted settings table into a definition list.
• docs/rst/quickstart.txt:
  • Added a table of contents.
  • Added feedback information.
  • Added mention of minimum section title underline lengths.
  • Removed the 4-character minimum for section title underlines.
• docs/rst/quickref.html:
  • Added a "Getting Help" section.
  • Added a style to make section title backlinks more subtle.
  • Added mention of minimum section title underline lengths.
  • Removed the 4-character minimum for section title underlines.
• extras: Directory added to project; contains third-party modules that Docutils depends on (optparse, textwrap, roman). These are only installed if they're not already present.
• licenses: Directory added to project; contains copies of license files for non-public-domain files.
• spec/doctree.txt:
  • Changed the focus. It's about DTD elements: structural relationships, semantics, and external (public) attributes. Not about the element class library.
  • Moved some implementation-specific stuff into docutils.nodes docstrings.
  • Wrote descriptions of all common attributes and parameter entities. Filled in introductory material.
  • Working through the element descriptions: 55 down, 37 to go.
  • Removed "Representation of Horizontal Rules" to spec/rst/alternatives.txt.
• spec/docutils.dtd:
  • Added "generated" inline element.
  • Added "line_block" body element.
  • Added "auto" attribute to "title".
  • Changed content models of "literal_block" and "doctest_block" to %text.model.
  • Added %number; attribute type parameter entity.
  • Changed %structural.elements; to %section.elements.
  • Updated attribute types; made more specific.
  • Added "address" bibliographic element.
  • Added "line" attribute to system_message element.
  • Removed "field_argument" element; "field_name" may contain multiple words and whitespace.
  • Changed public identifier to docutils.sf.net.
  • Removed "interpreted" element; added "title_reference", "abbreviation", "acronym".
  • Removed "refuri" attribute from "footnote_reference" and "citation_reference".
  • Added "sidebar", "rubric", "attribution", "admonition", "superscript", "subscript", and "inline" elements.
• spec/pep-0256.txt: Converted to reStructuredText & updated.
• spec/pep-0257.txt: Converted to reStructuredText & updated.
• spec/pep-0258.txt: Converted to reStructuredText & updated.
• spec/semantics.txt: Updated with text from a Doc-SIG response to Dallas Mahrt.
• spec/transforms.txt: Added to project.
• spec/howto: Added subdirectory, for developer how-to docs.
• spec/howto/rst-directives.txt: Added to project. Original by Dethe Elza, edited & extended by David Goodger.
• spec/howto/i18n.txt: Docutils Internationalization. Added to project.
• spec/rst/alternatives.txt:
  • Added "Doctree Representation of Transitions" from spec/doctree.txt.
  • Updated "Inline External Targets" & closed the debate.
  • Added ideas for interpreted text syntax extensions.
  • Added "Nested Inline Markup" section.
• spec/rst/directives.txt:
  • Added directives: "topic", "sectnum", "target-notes", "line-block", "parsed-literal", "include", "replace", "sidebar", "admonition", "rubric", "epigraph", "highlights", "unicode" and "class".
  • Formalized descriptions of directive details.
  • Added an "align" attribute to the "image" & "figure" directives (by Adam Chodorowski).
  • Added "class" options to "topic", "sidebar", "line-block", "parsed-literal", "contents", and "image"; and "figclass" to "figure".
• spec/rst/interpreted.txt: Added to project. Descriptions of interpreted text roles.
• spec/rst/introduction.txt:
  • Added pointers to material for new users.
• spec/rst/reStructuredText.txt:
  • Disambiguated comments (just add a newline after the "::").
  • Updated enumerated list description; added a discussion of the second-line validity checking.
  • Updated directive description.
  • Added a note redirecting newbies to the user docs.
  • Expanded description of inline markup start-strings in non-markup contexts.
  • Removed field arguments and made field lists a generic construct.
  • Removed the 4-character minimum for section title underlines.
  • Clarified term/classifier delimiter & inline markup ambiguity (definition lists).
  • Added "Embedded URIs".
  • Updated "Interpreted Text" section.
  • Added "Character-Level Inline Markup" section.
• test: Continually adding & updating tests.
  • Moved test/test_rst/ to test/test_parsers/test_rst/.
  • Moved test/test_pep/ to test/test_readers/test_pep/.
  • Added test/test_readers/test_python/.
  • Added test/test_writers/ (Engelbert Gruber).
• tools:
  • Made the locale.setlocale() calls in front ends fault-tolerant.
• tools/buildhtml.py:
  • Added "--silent" option.
  • Fixed bug with absolute paths & "--config".
  • Updated for new I/O classes.
  • Added some exception handling.
  • Separated publishers' setting defaults; prevents interference.
  • Updated for new publish_file() convenience function.
• tools/pep-html-template:
  • Allow for "--embed-stylesheet".
  • Added Docutils version to "generator" meta tag.
  • Added a "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" comment to generated HTML.
  • Conform to XHTML spec.
• tools/pep2html.py:
  • Made argv a parameter to main().
  • Added support for "Content-Type:" header & arbitrary PEP formats.
  • Linked "Content-Type: text/plain" to PEP 9.
  • Files skipped (due to an error) are not pushed onto the server.
  • Updated for new I/O classes.
  • Added check_requirements() & pep_type_error().
  • Added some exception handling.
  • Updated for new publish_string() convenience function.
  • Added a "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" comment to generated HTML.
• tools/quicktest.py:
  • Added "-V"/"--version" option.
• tools/rst2latex.py: LaTeX front end, added by Engelbert Gruber.
• tools/unicode2rstsubs.py: Added to project. Produces character entity files (reSructuredText substitutions) from the MathML master unicode.xml file.
• tools/editors: Support code for editors, added to project. Contains emacs/restructuredtext.el.
• tools/stylesheets/default.css: Moved into the stylesheets directory.
  • Added style for chunks of inline literals.
  • Removed margin for first child of table cells.
  • Right-aligned field list names.
  • Support for auto-numbered section titles in TOCs.
  • Increased the size of inline literals (<tt>) in titles.
  • Restored the light gray background for inline literals.
  • Added support for "line_block" elements.
  • Added style for "address" elements.
  • Removed "a.footnote-reference" style; doing it with <sup> now.
  • Improved field list rendering.
  • Vertical whitespace improvements.
  • Removed "a.target" style.
• tools/stylesheets/pep.css:
  • Fixed nested section margins.
  • Other changes parallel those of ../default.css.

Release 0.2 (2002-07-31)

General:

• The word "component" was being used ambiguously. From now on, "component" will be used to mean "Docutils component", as in Reader, Writer, Parser, or Transform. Portions of documents (Table of Contents, sections, etc.) will be called "document parts".
• Did a grand renaming: a lot of verylongnames became very_long_names.
• Cleaned up imports: no more relative package imports or comma-separated lists of top-level modules.
• Added support for an option values object which carries default settings and overrides (from command-line options and library use).
• Added internal Unicode support, and support for both input and output encodings.
• Added support for the docutils.io.IO class & subclasses.

Specific:

• docutils/__init__.py:
  • Added ApplicationError and DataError, for use throughout the package.
  • Added Component base class for Docutils components; implements the supports method.
  • Added __version__ (thus, docutils.__version__).
• docutils/core.py:
  • Removed many keyword parameters to Publisher.__init__() and publish(); bundled into an option values object. Added "argv", "usage", "description", and "option_spec" parameters for command-line support.
  • Added Publisher.process_command_line() and .set_options() methods.
  • Reworked I/O model for docutils.io wrappers.
  • Updated Publisher.set_options(); now returns option values object.
  • Added support for configuration files (/etc/docutils.conf, ./docutils.conf, ~/.docutils).
  • Added Publisher.setup_option_parser().
  • Added default usage message and description.
• docutils/frontend.py: Added to project; support for front-end (command-line) scripts. Option specifications may be augmented by components. Requires Optik (http://optik.sf.net/) for option processing (installed locally as docutils/optik.py).
• docutils/io.py: Added to project; uniform API for a variety of input output mechanisms.
• docutils/nodes.py:
  • Added TreeCopyVisitor class.
  • Added a copy method to Node and subclasses.
  • Added a SkipDeparture exception for visitors.
  • Renamed TreePruningException from VisitorException.
  • Added docstrings to TreePruningException, subclasses, and Nodes.walk().
  • Improved docstrings.
  • Added SparseNodeVisitor, refined NodeVisitor.
  • Moved utils.id() to nodes.make_id() to avoid circular imports.
  • Added decoration, header, and footer node classes, and PreDecorative mixin.
  • Reworked the name/id bookkeeping; to document, removed explicit_targets and implicit_targets attributes, added nametypes attribute and set_name_id_map method.
  • Added NodeFound exception, for use with NodeVisitor traversals.
  • Added document.has_name() method.
  • Fixed DOM generation for list-attributes.
  • Added category class Labeled (used by footnotes & citations).
  • Added Element.set_class() method (sets "class" attribute).
• docutils/optik.py: Added to project. Combined from the Optik package, with added option groups and other modifications. The use of this module is probably only temporary.
• docutils/statemachine.py:
  • Added runtime_init method to StateMachine and State.
  • Added underscores to improve many awkward names.
  • In string2lines(), changed whitespace normalizing translation table to regexp; restores Python 2.0 compatibility with Unicode.
• docutils/urischemes.py:
  • Filled in some descriptions.
  • Added "shttp" scheme.
• docutils/utils.py:
  • Added clean_rcs_keywords function (moved from docutils/transforms/frontmatter.py DocInfo.filter_rcs_keywords).
  • Added underscores to improve many awkward names.
  • Changed names of Reporter's thresholds: warning_level -> report_level; error_level -> halt_level.
  • Moved utils.id() to nodes.make_id().
  • Added relative_path(source, target).
• docutils/languages/de.py: German mappings; added to project. Thanks to Gunnar Schwant for the translations.
• docutils/languages/en.py: Added "Dedication" bibliographic field mappings.
• docutils/languages/sv.py: Swedish mappings; added to project by Adam Chodorowski.
• docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:
  • Added underscores to improve many awkward names.
  • Added RFC-2822 header support.
  • Extracted the inline parsing code from RSTState to a separate class, Inliner, which will allow easy subclassing.
  • Made local bindings for memo container & often-used contents (reduces code complexity a lot). See RSTState.runtime_init().
  • RSTState.parent replaces RSTState.statemachine.node.
  • Added MarkupMismatch exception; for late corrections.
  • Added -/: characters to inline markup's start string prefix, / to end string suffix.
  • Fixed a footnote bug.
  • Fixed a bug with literal blocks.
  • Applied patch from Simon Budig: simplified regexps with symbolic names, removed Inliner.groups and Body.explicit.groups.
  • Converted regexps from '%s' % var to '%(var)s' % locals().
  • Fixed a bug in Inliner.interpreted_or_phrase_ref().
  • Allowed non-ASCII in "simple names" (directive names, field names, references, etc.).
  • Converted Inliner.patterns.initial to be dynamically built from parts with build_regexp() function.
  • Changed Inliner.inline_target to .inline_internal_target.
  • Updated docstrings.
  • Changed "table" to "grid_table"; added "simple_table" support.
• docutils/parsers/rst/tableparser.py:
  • Changed TableParser to GridTableParser.
  • Added SimpleTableParser.
  • Refactored naming.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/__init__.py: Added "en" (English) as a fallback language for directive names.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/html.py: Changed the meta directive to use a pending element, used only by HTML writers.
• docutils/parsers/rst/directives/parts.py: Renamed from components.py.
  • Added "backlinks" attribute to "contents" directive.
• docutils/parsers/rst/languages/sv.py: Swedish mappings; added to project by Adam Chodorowski.
• docutils/readers/__init__.py: Gave Readers more control over choosing and instantiating Parsers.
• docutils/readers/pep.py: Added to project; for PEP processing.
• docutils/transforms/__init__.py: Transform.__init__() now requires a component parameter.
• docutils/transforms/components.py: Added to project; transforms related to Docutils components.
• docutils/transforms/frontmatter.py:
  • In DocInfo.extract_authors, check for a single "author" in an "authors" group, and convert it to a single "author" element.
  • Added support for "Dedication" and generic bibliographic fields.
• docutils/transforms/peps.py: Added to project; PEP-specific.
• docutils/transforms/parts.py: Renamed from old components.py.
  • Added filter for Contents, to use alt-text for inline images, and to remove inline markup that doesn't make sense in the ToC.
  • Added "name" attribute to TOC topic depending on its title.
  • Added support for optional TOC backlinks.
• docutils/transforms/references.py: Fixed indirect target resolution in Hyperlinks transform.
• docutils/transforms/universal.py:
  • Changed Messages transform to properly filter out system messages below the warning threshold.
  • Added Decorations transform (support for --generator, --date, --time, --source-link options).
• docutils/writers/__init__.py: Added "pdf" alias in anticipation of Engelbert Gruber's PDF writer.
• docutils/writers/html4css1.py:
  • Made XHTML-compatible (switched to lowercase element & attribute names; empty tag format).
  • Escape double-dashes in comment text.
  • Improved boilerplate & modularity of output.
  • Exposed modular output in Writer class.
  • Added a "generator" meta tag to <head>.
  • Added support for the --stylesheet option.
  • Added support for decoration, header, and footer elements.
  • In HTMLTranslator.attval(), changed whitespace normalizing translation table to regexp; restores Python 2.0 compatibility with Unicode.
  • Added the translator class as instance variable to the Writer, to make it easily subclassable.
  • Improved option list spacing (thanks to Richard Jones).
  • Modified field list output.
  • Added backlinks to footnotes & citations.
  • Added percentage widths to "<col>" tags (from colspec).
  • Option lists: "<code>" changed to "<kbd>", option_argument "<span>" changed to "<var>".
  • Inline literals: "<code>" changed to "<tt>".
  • Many changes to optimize vertical space: compact simple lists etc.
  • Add a command-line options & directive attributes to control TOC and footnote/citation backlinks.
  • Added support for optional footnote/citation backlinks.
  • Added support for generic bibliographic fields.
  • Identify backrefs.
  • Relative URLs for stylesheet links.
• docutils/writers/pep_html.py: Added to project; HTML Writer for PEPs (subclass of html4css1.Writer).
• docutils/writers/pseudoxml.py: Renamed from pprint.py.
• docutils/writers/docutils_xml.py: Added to project; trivial writer of the Docutils internal doctree in XML.
• docs/tools.txt: "Docutils Front-End Tools", added to project.
• spec/doctree.txt:
  • Changed the title to "The Docutils Document Tree".
  • Added "Hyperlink Bookkeeping" section.
• spec/docutils.dtd:
  • Added decoration, header, and footer elements.
  • Brought interpreted element in line with the parser: changed attribute "type" to "role", added "position".
  • Added support for generic bibliographic fields.
• spec/notes.txt: Continual updates. Added "Project Policies".
• spec/pep-0256.txt: Updated. Added "Roadmap to the Doctring PEPs" section.
• spec/pep-0257.txt: Clarified prohibition of signature repetition.
• spec/pep-0258.txt: Updated. Added text from pysource.txt and mailing list discussions.
• spec/pep-0287.txt:
  • Renamed to "reStructuredText Docstring Format".
  • Minor edits.
  • Reworked Q&A as an enumerated list.
  • Converted to reStructuredText format.
• spec/pysource.dtd:
  • Reworked structural elements, incorporating ideas from Tony Ibbs.
• spec/pysource.txt: Removed from project. Moved much of its contents to pep-0258.txt.
• spec/rst/alternatives.txt:
  • Expanded auto-enumerated list idea; thanks to Fred Bremmer.
  • Added "Inline External Targets" section.
• spec/rst/directives.txt:
  • Added "backlinks" attribute to "contents" directive.
• spec/rst/problems.txt:
  • Updated the Enumerated List Markup discussion.
  • Added new alternative table markup syntaxes.