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diff --git a/web/index.txt b/web/index.txt index e11de189e..9a12a347d 100644 --- a/web/index.txt +++ b/web/index.txt @@ -8,23 +8,26 @@ to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library. It can read and it can write [markdown], [reStructuredText], [HTML], [LaTeX], [ConTeXt], [RTF], [DocBook XML], [groff man], and [S5] HTML slide shows. -- A real markdown parser, not based on regex substitutions. +Pandoc features + - Modular design, using separate writers and readers for each - supported format, for easy extensibility. -- [More accurate] and [faster], in many cases, than `Markdown.pl`. + supported format. +- A real markdown parser, not based on regex substitutions. + [More accurate] and [faster], in many cases, than `Markdown.pl`. - Multiple output formats--HTML, Docbook XML, LaTeX, ConTeXt, - reStructuredText, RTF, groff man pages, S5 slide shows--generated natively, - with no XSLT postprocessing. -- Converts *to* markdown from HTML, LaTeX, and reStructuredText. + reStructuredText, RTF, groff man pages, S5 slide shows--all + generated natively, with no XSLT postprocessing. - Unicode support. - Optional "smart" quotes, dashes, and ellipses. -- Document metadata (title, author, date). -- Inline LaTeX math and LaTeX commands. -- [ASCIIMathML] support for equations in HTML. -- Footnotes, tables, and definition lists in all output formats. - Automatically generated tables of contents. -- Compatibility mode to turn off syntax entensions and emulate - `Markdown.pl`. +- [ASCIIMathML] support for equations in HTML. +- Extensions to markdown syntax: + + Document metadata (title, author, date). + + Footnotes, tables, and definition lists. + + Inline LaTeX math and LaTeX commands. + + Superscripts, subscripts, and strikeout. + + Compatibility mode to turn off syntax entensions and emulate + `Markdown.pl`. - Convenient wrapper scripts: + `html2markdown` makes it easy to produce a markdown version of any web page. @@ -97,10 +100,32 @@ You may view existing bug reports and submit new ones at # News -- Version 0.4 released (?? July 2007). Features: - - list - - of - - features +- Version 0.4 released (?? July 2007). + + For users: + + + New output formats: ConTeXt and groff man. + + Support for definition lists and tables. + + Support for superscript, subscript, and strikeout. + + Support for automatically generated tables of contents. + + Automatically generated unique identifiers in HTML headers. + + Markdown links now printed as inline links by default, + unless `--reference-links` option is specified. + + Many bugs fixed. + + For programmers: + + + Added a Text.Pandoc module that exports the main functions + and data structures. Library documentation includes a sample + program using the library. + + Under the hood: + + + Refactored to avoid reliance on GHC's `Text.Regex`, which + is slow and does not support unicode. + + Removed Key and Note block elements and simplified parsers. + + Improved handling of character entities. + + HTML output is now generated using `Text.XHtml`. # Disclaimer |