Vít Starý Novotný submitted an update to the

markdown

package.

Version number: 3.9.0-0-g4f1abe21 2024-11-21
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Converting and rendering markdown documents inside TeX

Announcement text:
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Development:

- Convert built-in LaTeX themes `witiko/dot` and `witiko/graphicx/http` into
plain TeX themes. (#514, #522, #529)

This allows these themes to be used in formats such as plain TeX and ConTeXt
as well.

Refactoring:

- Remove dependencies on `ifthen`, `gobble`, and `catchfile`. (#514, #522, #529)

- Store small built-in LaTeX themes `witiko/dot`, `witiko/graphicx/http`, and
`witiko/tilde` in expl3 props in files `markdown.tex` and `markdown.sty`.
(#514, #522, #529)

This simplifies the distribution and installation of these themes, which were
previously located in individual `.tex` and `.sty` files.

The built-in plain TeX, LaTeX, and ConTeXt themes `witiko/markdown/defaults`
are still distributed in individual files. This is because inlining these
themes in files `markdown.tex`, `markdown.sty`, and `t-markdown.tex` would
make it more difficult for users to copy and modify these themes without
delaying updates to the Markdown package itself. Furthermore, these themes
are large and storing/executing them from an expl3 prop would make it more
difficult to determine the line numbers when errors occur.

Fixes:

- Protect renderers and renderer prototypes. (#465, #506)

After this change, default renderers and renderer prototypes as well
as renderers and renderers and prototypes defined using the keys
`renderers` and `rendererPrototypes` of the command `\markdownSetup`
are protected, which is usually preferable for typesetting.

New keys `unprotectedRenderers` and `unprotectedRendererPrototypes`
were also added to the command `\markdownSetup`. These keys define
unprotected renderers and renderer prototypes, respectively, which are easier
to expand and may be preferable for programming.

Defaults:

- Define default LaTeX renderer prototypes for table identifiers.
(#525, suggested by @machitgarha, #528)

This establishes a reliable method for authors to reference tables within
Markdown:

``` tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
pipe_tables,
table_attributes,
table_captions,
relative_references,
]{markdown}
\begin{document}
\begin{markdown}

| Right | *Left* | Default | Center |
|------:|:-------|-------------|:------:|
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 123 | 123 | **123** | 123 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

: Demonstration of *pipe table* syntax with the caption spreading over
multiple lines. {#identifier .class-name key=value}

Demonstration of a *relative reference*: See Table <#identifier>.

\end{markdown}
\end{document}
```

- Define default LaTeX renderer prototypes for bracketed spans.
(discussed with @MacLotsen at TUG 2024 and with @TeXhackse at matrix.org, #528)

This establishes a reliable method for authors to reference the last LaTeX
counter that has been incremented in e.g. ordered lists.

``` tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
bracketed_spans,
relative_references,
start_number = false,
]{markdown}
\begin{document}
\begin{markdown}

Demonstration of *bracketed spans* syntax:

1. First item
2. [Second item]{#second-item}
3. Third item

Demonstration of a *relative reference*: See item <#second-item>.

\end{markdown}
\end{document}
```

- Use package LuaXML in default LaTeX renderer prototypes for content blocks,
raw blocks, and inline raw spans. (#469, #532, co-authored by @michal-h21)

This allows authors to render HTML fragments in their LaTeX documents:

`````` tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[content_blocks, raw_attribute]{markdown}
\begin{filecontents}[overwrite, nosearch, noheader]{example_input.html}
<b>foo</b> <i>bar</i>
\end{filecontents}
\begin{document}
\begin{markdown}

Raw text span: `<b>foo</b> <i>bar</i>`{=html}

Raw code block:

``` {=html}
<b>foo</b> <i>bar</i>
```

Content block:

/example_input.html

\end{markdown}
\end{document}
``````

Deprecation:

- Remove support for TeX Live 2022. (da85e015, 8f2d25c7)

This change also removes the Lua module `markdown-tinyyaml`, which has been
scheduled for removal ever since the Lua module `tinyyaml` was uploaded to
CTAN in TeX Live 2023.

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More information is at
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/markdown

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Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team
Erik Braun

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