==================
 Docutils History
==================

:Author: David Goodger; open to all Docutils developers
:Contact: goodger@python.org
:Date: $Date: 2004/12/23 23:41:32 $
:Web site: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
:Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain.

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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 Felix 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 " ".
  - "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`__.

  __ http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/docutils/sandbox/davidg/infrastructure/cvs-reorg.sh?content-type=text/plain&rev=1.5

  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 Felix Wiemann; thanks Felix!
    (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.

* spec/rst/reStructuredText.txt:

  - Clarified field list usage.
  - Updated enumerated list description.
  - Clarified purpose of directives.
  - Added ``-/:`` characters to inline markup's start string prefix,
    ``/`` to end string suffix.
  - Updated "Authors" bibliographic field behavior.
  - Changed "inline hyperlink targets" to "inline internal targets".
  - Added "simple table" syntax to supplement the existing but
    newly-renamed "grid tables".
  - Added cautions for anonymous hyperlink use.
  - Added "Dedication" and generic bibliographic fields.

* test: Made test modules standalone (subdirectories became packages).

* test/DocutilsTestSupport.py:

  - Added support for PEP extensions to reStructuredText.
  - Added support for simple tables.
  - Refactored naming.

* test/package_unittest.py: Renamed from UnitTestFolder.py.

  - Now supports true packages containing test modules
    (``__init__.py`` files required); fixes duplicate module name bug.

* test/test_pep/: Subpackage added to project; PEP testing.

* test/test_rst/test_SimpleTableParser.py: Added to project.

* tools:

  - Updated html.py and publish.py front-end tools to use the new
    command-line processing facilities of ``docutils.frontend``
    (exposed in ``docutils.core.Publisher``), reducing each to just a
    few lines of code.
  - Added ``locale.setlocale()`` calls to front-end tools.

* tools/buildhtml.py: Added to project; batch-generates .html from all
  the .txt files in directories and subdirectories.

* tools/default.css:

  - Added support for ``header`` and ``footer`` elements.
  - Added styles for "Dedication" topics (biblio fields).

* tools/docutils.conf: A configuration file; added to project.

* tools/docutils-xml.py: Added to project.

* tools/pep.py: Added to project; PEP to HTML front-end tool.

* tools/pep-html-template: Added to project.

* tools/pep2html.py: Added to project from Python (nondist/peps).
  Added support for Docutils (reStructuredText PEPs).

* tools/quicktest.py:

  - Added the ``--attributes`` option, hacked a bit.
  - Added a second command-line argument (output file); cleaned up.

* tools/stylesheets/: Subdirectory added to project.

* tools/stylesheets/pep.css: Added to project; stylesheet for PEPs.


Release 0.1 (2002-04-20)
========================

This is the first release of Docutils, merged from the now inactive
reStructuredText__ and `Docstring Processing System`__ projects.  For
the pre-Docutils history, see the `reStructuredText HISTORY`__ and the
`DPS HISTORY`__ files.

__ http://structuredtext.sourceforge.net/
__ http://docstring.sourceforge.net/
__ http://structuredtext.sourceforge.net/HISTORY.html
__ http://docstring.sourceforge.net/HISTORY.html

General changes: renamed 'dps' package to 'docutils'; renamed
'restructuredtext' subpackage to 'rst'; merged the codebases; merged
the test suites (reStructuredText's test/test_states renamed to
test/test_rst); and all modifications required to make it all work.

* docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:

  - Improved diagnostic system messages for missing blank lines.
  - Fixed substitution_reference bug.


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