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@@ -263,10 +263,20 @@ Options
: Make list items in Slidy, DZSlides or S5 display incrementally (one by one).
The default is for lists to be displayed all at once.
+`--self-contained`
+: Produce a standalone HTML file, using `data:` URIs to incorporate
+ the contents of external scripts, images, and stylesheets that it links
+ to. The resulting file should be "self-contained," in the sense that it
+ needs no external files and no net access to be displayed properly by a
+ browser. This option works only with HTML output formats, including
+ `html`, `html+lhs`, `s5`, `slidy`, and `dzslides`. Scripts, images,
+ and stylesheets at absolute URLs will be downloaded; those at relative
+ URLs will be sought first relative to the working directory, then
+ relative to the user data directory (see `--data-dir`), and finally
+ relative to pandoc's default data directory.
+
`--offline`
-: Include all the CSS and javascript needed for a Slidy or S5 slide
- show in the output, so that the slide show will work even when no
- internet connection is available.
+: Deprecated synonym for `--self-contained`.
`--chapters`
: Treat top-level headers as chapters in LaTeX, ConTeXt, and DocBook
@@ -1936,13 +1946,10 @@ block. Each level-one header and horizontal rule begins a new slide.
For Slidy and S5, the file produced by pandoc with the `-s/--standalone`
option embeds a link to javascripts and CSS files, which are assumed to
-be available at the relative path `ui/default` (for S5) or at the Slidy
+be available at the relative path `s5/default` (for S5) or at the Slidy
website at `w3.org` (for Slidy). (These paths can be changed by setting
-the `slidy-url` or `s5-url` variables; see `--variable`, above.) If the
-`--offline` option is specified, the scripts and CSS will be included directly
-in the generated file, so that it may be used offline. For DZSlides,
-the (relatively short) javascript and css are included in the file
-by default.
+the `slidy-url` or `s5-url` variables; see `--variable`, above.) For DZSlides,
+the (relatively short) javascript and css are included in the file by default.
You can change the style of the slides by putting customized CSS files
in `$DATADIR/s5/default` (for S5) or `$DATADIR/slidy` (for Slidy),
@@ -1951,6 +1958,10 @@ The originals may be found in pandoc's system data directory (generally
`$CABALDIR/pandoc-VERSION/s5/default`). Pandoc will look there for any
files it does not find in the user data directory.
+The `--self-contained` option can be used to produce a single file that
+contains all of the data necessary to display the slide show, including
+linked scripts, stylesheets, and images.
+
Incremental lists
-----------------