= Asciidoctor Changelog

http://asciidoctor.org[Asciidoctor] is an open source text processor and publishing toolchain for converting http://asciidoctor.org[AsciiDoc] markup into HTML, DocBook and custom formats.

This document provides a high-level view of the changes introduced in Asciidoctor by release.
For a detailed view of what has changed, refer to the https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/commits/master[commit history] on GitHub.

== 0.1.4 (2013-09-05) - @mojavelinux

Performance::

  * 15% increase in speed compared to 0.1.3

Enhancements::

  * updated xref inline macro to support inter-document references (#417)
  * added extension API for document processing (#79)
  * added include directive processor extension (#100)
  * added id and role shorthand for formatted (quoted) text (#517)
  * added shorthand syntax for specifying block options (#481)
  * added support for checklists in unordered list (#200)
  * added support for inline style for unordered lists (#620)
  * added DocBook 5 backend (#411)
  * added docinfo option for footer (#486)
  * added Pygments as source highlighter option (pygments) (#538)
  * added icon inline macro (#529)
  * recognize implicit table header row (#387)
  * uri can be used in inline image (#470)
  * add float attribute to inline image (#616)
  * allow role to be specified on text enclosed in backticks (#419)
  * added XML comment-style callouts for use in XML listings (#582)
  * made callout bullets non-selectable in HTML output (#478)
  * pre-wrap literal blocks, added nowrap option to listing blocks (#303)
  * skip (retain) missing attribute references by default (#523)
  * added attribute-missing attribute to control how a missing attribute is handled (#495)
  * added attribute-undefined attribute to control how an undefined attribute is handled (#495)
  * permit !name syntax for undefining attribute (#498)
  * ignore front matter used by static site generators if skip-front-matter attribute is set (#502)
  * sanitize contents of HTML title element in html5 backend (#504)
  * support toc position for toc2 (#467)
  * cli accepts multiple files as input (@lordofthejars) (#227)
  * added Markdown-style horizontal rules and pass Markdown tests (#455)
  * added float clearing classes (.clearfix, .float-group) (#602)
  * don't disable syntax highlighting when explicit subs is used on listing block
  * asciidoctor package now available in Debian Sid and Ubuntu Saucy (@avtobiff) (#216)

Compliance::

  * embed CSS by default, copy stylesheet when linkcss is set unless copycss! is set (#428)
  * refactor reader to track include stack (#572)
  * made include directive resolve relative to current file (#572)
  * track include stack to enforce maximum depth (#581)
  * fixed greedy comment blocks and paragraphs (#546)
  * enable toc and numbered by default in DocBook backend (#540)
  * ignore comment lines when matching labeled list item (#524)
  * correctly parse footnotes that contain a URL (#506)
  * parse manpage metadata, output manpage-specific HTML, set docname and outfilesuffix (#488, #489)
  * recognize preprocessor directives on first line of AsciiDoc table cell (#453)
  * include directive can retrieve data from uri if allow-uri-read attribute is set (#445)
  * support escaping attribute list that precedes formatted (quoted) text (#421)
  * made improvements to list processing (#472, #469, #364)
  * support percentage for column widths (#465)
  * substitute attributes in docinfo files (#403)
  * numbering no longer increments on unnumbered sections (#393)
  * fixed false detection of list item with hyphen marker
  * skip include directives when processing comment blocks
  * added xmlns to root element in docbook45 backend, set noxmlns attribute to disable
  * added a Compliance module to control compliance-related behavior
  * added linkattrs feature to AsciiDoc compatibility file (#441)
  * added level-5 heading to AsciiDoc compatibility file (#388)
  * added new XML-based callouts to AsciiDoc compatibility file
  * added absolute and uri image target matching to AsciiDoc compatibility file
  * added float attribute on inline image macro to AsciiDoc compatibility file
  * removed linkcss in AsciiDoc compatibility file
  * fixed fenced code entry in compatibility file

Bug Fixes::

  * lowercase attribute names passed to API (#508)
  * numbered can still be toggled even when enabled in API (#393)
  * allow JRuby Map as attributes (#396)
  * don't attempt to highlight callouts when using CodeRay and Pygments (#534)
  * correctly calculate line length in Ruby 1.8 (#167)
  * write to specified outfile even when input is stdin (#500)
  * only split quote attribution on first comma in Markdown blockquotes (#389)
  * don't attempt to print render times when doc is not rendered
  * don't recognize line with four backticks as a fenced code block (#611)

Improvements::

  * upgraded Font Awesome to 3.2.1 (#451)
  * improved the built-in CodeRay theme to match Asciidoctor styles
  * link to CodeRay stylesheet if linkcss is set (#381)
  * style the video block (title & margin) (#590)
  * added Groovy, Clojure, Python and YAML to floating language hint 
  * only process callouts for blocks in which callouts are found
  * added content_model to AbstractBlock, rename buffer to lines
  * use Untitled as document title in rendered output if document has no title
  * rename include-depth attribute to max-include-depth, set 64 as default value (#591)
  * the tag attribute can be used on the include directive to identify a single tagged region
  * output multiple authors in HTML backend (#399)
  * allow multiple template directories to be specified, document in usage and manpage (#437)
  * added option to cli to specify template engine (#406)
  * added support for external video hosting services in video block macro (@xcoulon) (#587)
  * strip leading separator(s) on section id if idprefix is blank (#551)
  * customized styling of toc placed inside body content (#507)
  * consolidate toc attribute so toc with or without toc-position can make sidebar toc (#618)
  * properly style floating images (inline & block) (#460)
  * add float attribute to inline images (#616)
  * use ul list for TOC in HTML5 backend (#431)
  * support multiple terms per labeled list item in model (#532)
  * added role?, has_role?, option? and roles methods to AbstractNode (#423, 474)
  * added captioned_title method to AbstractBlock
  * honor showtitle attribute as alternate to notitle! (#457)
  * strip leading indent from literal paragraph blocks assigned the style normal
  * only process lines in AsciiDoc files
  * emit message that tilt gem is required to use custom backends if missing (#433)
  * use attributes for version and last updated messages in footer (#596)
  * added a basic template cache (#438)
  * include line info in several of the warnings (for lists and tables)
  * print warning/error messages using warn (#556)
  * lines are not preprocessed when peeking ahead for section underline
  * introduced Cursor object to track line info
  * fixed table valign classes, no underline on image link
  * removed dependency on pending library, lock Nokogiri version to 1.5.10
  * removed require rubygems line in asciidoctor.rb, add to cli if RUBY_VERSION < 1.9
  * added tests for custom backends
  * added test that shorthand doesn't clobber explicit options (#481)
  * removed unnecessary monospace class from literal and listing blocks

Distribution Packages::

  * http://rubygems.org/gems/asciidoctor[RubyGem (asciidoctor)]
  * https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/rubygem-asciidoctor[Fedora (rubygem-asciidoctor)]
  * http://packages.debian.org/sid/asciidoctor[Debian (asciidoctor)]
  * http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/asciidoctor[Ubuntu (asciidoctor)]

https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues?milestone=7&state=closed[issues resolved]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/releases/tag/v0.1.4[git tag]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/compare/v0.1.3...v0.1.4[full diff]

== 0.1.3 (2013-05-30) - @mojavelinux

Performance::

  * 10% increase in speed compared to 0.1.2

Enhancements::

  * added support for inline rendering by setting doctype to inline (#328)
  * added support for using font-based icons (#115)
  * honor haml/slim/jade-style shorthand for id and role attributes (#313)
  * support Markdown-style headings as section titles (#373)
  * support Markdown-style quote blocks
  * added section level 5 (maps to h6 element in the html5 backend) (#334)
  * added btn inline macro (#259)
  * added menu inline menu to identify a menu selection (@bleathem) (#173)
  * added kbd inline macro to identify a key or key combination (@bleathem) (#172)
  * support alternative quote forms (#196)
  * added indent attribute to verbatim blocks (#365)
  * added prettify source-highlighter (#202)
  * link section titles (#122)
  * introduce shorthand syntax for table format (#350)
  * parse attributes in link when use-link-attrs attribute is set (#214)
  * support preamble toc-placement (#295)
  * exclude attribute div if quote has no attribution (#309)
  * support attributes passed to API as string or string array (#289)
  * allow safe mode to be set using string, symbol or int in API (#290)
  * make level 0 section titles more prominent in TOC (#369)

Compliance::

  * ~ 99.5% compliance with AsciiDoc
  * drop line if target of include directive is blank (#376)
  * resolve attribute references in target of include directive (#367)
  * added irc scheme to link detection (#314)
  * toc should honor numbered attribute (#341)
  * added toc2 layout to default stylesheet (#285)
  * consecutive terms in labeled list share same entry (#315)
  * support set:name:value attribute syntax (#228)
  * block title not allowed above document title (#175)
  * assign caption even if no title (#321)
  * horizontal dlist layout in docbook backend (#298)
  * set doctitle attribute (#337)
  * allow any backend to be specified in cli (@lightguard) (#320)
  * support for abstract and partintro (#297)

Bug Fixes::

  * fixed file path resolution on Windows (#330)
  * fixed bad variable name that was causing crash, add test for it (#335)
  * set proper encoding on input data (#308)
  * don't leak doctitle into nested document (#382)
  * handle author(s) defined using attributes (#301)

Improvements::

  * added tests for all special sections (#80)
  * added test for attributes defined as string or string array (@lightguard) (#291)

Distribution Packages::

  * http://rubygems.org/gems/asciidoctor[RubyGem (asciidoctor)]
  * https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/rubygem-asciidoctor[Fedora (rubygem-asciidoctor)]

http://asciidoctor.org/news/2013/05/31/asciidoctor-0-1-3-released[release notes]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues?milestone=4&state=closed[issues resolved]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/releases/tag/v0.1.3[git tag]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/compare/v0.1.2...v0.1.3[full diff]

== 0.1.2 (2013-04-25) - @mojavelinux

Performance::

  * 28% increase in speed compared to 0.1.1, 32% increase compared to 0.1.0

Enhancements::

  * new website at http://asciidoctor.org
  * added a default stylesheet (#76)
  * added viewport meta tag for mobile browsers (#238)
  * set attributes based on safe mode (#244)
  * added admonition name as style class (#265)
  * removed hardcoded CSS, no one likes hardcoded CSS (#165)
  * support multiple authors in document header (#223)
  * include footnotes block in embedded document (#206)
  * allow comma delimiter in include attribute values (#226)
  * support including tagged lines (#226)
  * added line selection to include directive (#226)
  * Asciidoctor#render APIs return Document when document is written to file

Compliance::

  * added AsciiDoc compatibility file to make AsciiDoc behave like Asciidoctor (#257)
  * restore alpha-based xml entities (#211)
  * implement video and audio block macros (#155)
  * implement toc block macro (#269)
  * correctly handle multi-part books (#222)
  * complete masquerade functionality for blocks & paragraphs (#187)
  * support explicit subs on blocks (#220)
  * use code element instead of tt (#260)
  * honor toc2 attribute (#221)
  * implement leveloffset feature (#212)
  * include docinfo files in header when safe mode < SERVER (#116)
  * support email links and mailto inline macros (#213)
  * question must be wrapped in simpara (#231)
  * allow round bracket in link (#218)

Bug Fixes::

  * trailing comma shouldn't be included in link (#280)
  * warn if file in include directive doesn't exist (#262)
  * negative case for inline ifndef should only affect current line (#241)
  * don't compact nested documents (#217)
  * nest revision info inside revision element (#236)

Distribution Packages::

  * http://rubygems.org/gems/asciidoctor[RubyGem (asciidoctor)]

http://asciidoctor.org/news/2013/04/25/asciidoctor-0-1-2-released[release notes]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues?milestone=3&state=closed[issues resolved]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/releases/tag/v0.1.2[git tag]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/compare/v0.1.1...v0.1.2[full diff]

== 0.1.1 (2013-02-26) - @erebor

Performance::

  * 15% increase in speed compared to 0.1.0

Enhancements::

  * migrated repository to asciidoctor organization on GitHub (#77)
  * include document title when header/footer disabled and notitle attribute is unset (#103)
  * honor GitHub-flavored Markdown fenced code blocks (#118)
  * added :doctype and :backend keys to options hash in API (#163)
  * added :to_dir option to the Asciidoctor#render API
  * added option :header_only to stop parsing after reading the header
  * preliminary line number tracking
  * auto-select backend sub-folder containing custom templates
  * rubygem-asciidoctor package now available in Fedora (#92)

Compliance::

  * refactor reader, process attribute entries and conditional blocks while parsing (#143)
  * support limited value comparison functionality of ifeval (#83)
  * added support for multiple attributes in ifdef and ifndef directives
  * don't attempt to embed image with uri reference when data-uri is set (#157)
  * accomodate trailing dot in author name (#156)
  * don't hardcode language attribute in html backend (#185)
  * removed language from DocBook root node (#188)
  * fixed revinfo line swallowing attribute entry
  * auto-generate caption for listing blocks if listing-caption attribute is set
  * support nested includes
  * support literal and listing paragraphs
  * support em dash shorthand at the end of a line
  * added ftp support to link inline macro
  * added support for the page break block macro

Bug Fixes::

  * pass through image with uri reference when data-uri is set (#157)
  * print message for failed arg (#152)
  * normalize whitespace at the end of lines (improved)
  * properly load custom templates and required libraries

Improvements::

  * parse document header in distinct parsing step
  * moved hardcoded english captions to attributes

Distribution Packages::

  * http://rubygems.org/gems/asciidoctor[RubyGem (asciidoctor)]

https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues?milestone=1&state=closed[issues resolved]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/releases/tag/v0.1.1[git tag]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/compare/v0.1.0...v0.1.1[full diff]

== 0.1.0 (2013-02-04) - @erebor

Enhancements::

  * introduced Asciidoctor API (Asciidoctor#load and Asciidoctor#render methods) (#34)
  * added SERVER safe mode level (minimum recommended security for serverside usage) (#93)
  * added the asciidoctor commandline interface (cli)
  * added asciidoctor-safe command, enables safe mode by default
  * added man page for the asciidoctor command
  * use blockquote tag for quote block content (#124)
  * added hardbreaks option to preserve line breaks in paragraph text (#119)
  * :header_footer option defaults to false when using the API, unless rendering to file
  * added idseparator attribute to customized separator used in generated section ids
  * do not number special sections (differs from AsciiDoc)

Compliance::

  * use callout icons if icons are enabled, unless safe mode is SECURE
  * added support for name=value@ attribute syntax passed via cli (#97)
  * attr refs no longer case sensitive (#109)
  * fixed several cases of incorrect list handling
  * don't allow links to consume endlines or surrounding angled brackets
  * recognize single quote in author name
  * support horizontal labeled list style
  * added support for the d cell style
  * added support for bibliography anchors
  * added support for special sections (e.g., appendix)
  * added support for index term inline macros
  * added support for footnote and footnoteref inline macros
  * added auto-generated numbered captions for figures, tables and examples
  * added counter inline macros
  * added support for floating (discrete) section titles

Bug Fixes::

  * fixed UTF-8 encoding issue by adding magic encoding line to ERB templates (#144)
  * resolved Windows compatibility issues
  * clean CRLF from end of lines (#125)
  * enabled warnings when running tests, fixed warnings (#69)

Improvements::

  * renamed iconstype attribute to icontype

Distribution Packages::

  * http://rubygems.org/gems/asciidoctor[RubyGem (asciidoctor)]

https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues?milestone=12&state=closed[issues resolved]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/releases/tag/v0.1.0[git tag]
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/compare/v0.0.9...v0.1.0[full diff]

== Older releases (pre-0.0.1)

For information about older releases, refer to the https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/tags[commit history] on GitHub.