@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library. It can read
77[markdown] and (subsets of) [reStructuredText], [HTML], and [LaTeX],
88and it can write [markdown], [reStructuredText], [HTML], [LaTeX], [ConTeXt],
99[PDF], [RTF], [DocBook XML], [OpenDocument XML], [ODT], [GNU Texinfo],
10−[[MediaWiki markup], groff man] pages, and [S5] HTML slide shows.
10+[MediaWiki markup], [groff man] pages, and [S5] HTML slide shows.
1111
1212Pandoc features
1313
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Pandoc features
1717 [More accurate] and [much faster] than `Markdown.pl`.
1818- Also parses (subsets of) reStructuredText, LaTeX, and HTML.
1919- Multiple output formats: HTML, Docbook XML, LaTeX, ConTeXt,
20− reStructuredText, Markdown, RTF, groff man pages, S5 slide shows.
20+ reStructuredText, Markdown, RTF, groff man pages, OpenDocument
21+ XML, ODT (Open Office document), MediaWiki, GNU Texinfo,
22+ S5 slide shows.
2123- Unicode support.
2224- Optional "smart" quotes, dashes, and ellipses.
2325- Automatically generated tables of contents.
@@ -61,11 +63,10 @@ or [try pandoc on the web](/pandoc/try).
6163# Downloads
6264
6365For installation instructions for all architectures, see
64−[INSTALL](INSTALL.html). Note that pandoc is in the [MacPorts],
65−[Debian unstable], and [FreeBSD ports] repositories.
66−Abhishek Dasgupta has also contributed an [Arch linux PKGBUILD script].
67−Starting with release 8.04 ("Hardy Heron"), pandoc will be included
68−in [Ubuntu linux].
66+[INSTALL](INSTALL.html). Pandoc is in the [MacPorts], [Debian unstable],
67+[Ubuntu], and [FreeBSD ports] repositories. Abhishek Dasgupta has also
68+contributed an [Arch linux PKGBUILD script]. Note that the version of
69+pandoc in these repositories may not be the most recent.
6970
7071- [Source tarball]
7172- [Windows binary package]
@@ -90,6 +91,25 @@ You may view existing bug reports and submit new ones at
9091
9192# News
9293
94+- Version 1.0 release (October 11, 2008).
95+
96+ + New writers for MediaWiki, GNU Texinfo (thanks to Peter Wang),
97+ OpenDocument XML (thanks to Andrea Rossato), and ODT (OpenOffice
98+ document).
99+ + New [delimited code blocks](README.html#delimited-code-blocks),
100+ with optional syntax highlighting.
101+ + Reorganized build system: pandoc can now be built using standard
102+ Cabal tools. It can be compiled on Windows without Cygwin.
103+ The tests can also be run without perl or unix tools.
104+ + LaTeXMathML replaces ASCIIMathML for rendering math in HTML.
105+ + Support for "displayed" math.
106+ + Common abbreviations are now handled more intelligently, with
107+ a non-breaking space (and not a sentence-ending space) after
108+ the period.
109+ + Code is -Wall clean.
110+ + Many bug fixes and small improvements. See [changelog] for
111+ full details.
112+
93113- Version 0.46 released (January 8, 2008).
94114
95115 + Added a `--sanitize-html` option (and a corresponding parameter
@@ -125,36 +145,9 @@ You may view existing bug reports and submit new ones at
125145 which version of the compiler to use, when multiple versions are
126146 installed.
127147
128−- Version 0.44 released (September 3, 2007).
129−
130− + Fixed bug in HTML writer: when `--toc` was used, anchors were put around
131− headers, which is invalid XHTML (block content within inline element).
132− Now the anchors are put inside the header tags. Resolves Issue #23.
133− + Changed build process to compile `Setup.hs` instead of using
134− `runhaskell`, which throws an error on platforms where GHC is
135− "not built for interactive use". Closes Debian #440668.
136−
137−- Version 0.43 released (September 2, 2007).
138−
139− + HUGE increase in performance: markdown is parsed five times
140− faster than with 0.42 on large benchmark files.
141− + Prettyprinting library used in LaTeX writer, so that LaTeX output
142− is wrapped and intelligently indented.
143− + Fixed bugs in LaTeX ordered lists and LaTeX command and environment
144− parsers.
145− + Blank lines are no longer required after code blocks.
146− + Fixed inline code parsing so that it uses the method of Markdown.pl:
147− the delimiters are blocks of N `` ` `` characters not followed by another
148− `` ` `` character. For example:
149− ```` ` h ``` i ` ```` -> `<code>h ``` i</code>`.
150− + Markdown writer escapes paragraphs that begin like list items.
151− + MacPorts Portfile now installs library as well as executable.
152− + Added pandocwiki demonstration to the website.
153−
154148# Disclaimer
155149
156−This is an early, "alpha" release. It carries no warranties of any
157−kind.
150+Pandoc carries no warranties of any kind.
158151
159152[More accurate]: http://code.google.com/p/pandoc/wiki/PandocVsMarkdownPl
160153[much faster]: http://code.google.com/p/pandoc/wiki/Benchmarks
@@ -182,7 +175,7 @@ kind.
182175[Debian unstable]: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/pandoc
183176[FreeBSD ports]: http://www.freshports.org/textproc/pandoc/
184177[Arch linux PKGBUILD script]: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=12751&O=0&L=0&C=0&K=pandoc&SB=n&SO=a&PP=25&do_MyPackages=0&do_Orphans=0&SeB=nd
185−[Ubuntu linux]: http://www.ubuntu.com
178+[Ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com
186179[MacPorts]: http://db.macports.org/port/show/4218
187180[pandoc-announce]: http://groups.google.com/group/pandoc-announce
188181[pandoc-discuss]: http://groups.google.com/group/pandoc-discuss