CTAN update: markdown - ctan-ann

22 Nov 2024


      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}
  egin{document}
  egin{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}
  egin{document}
  egin{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}
  egin{filecontents}[overwrite, nosearch, noheader]{example_input.html}
  <b>foo</b> <i>bar</i>
  end{filecontents}
  egin{document}
  egin{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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This package is located at 
   https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/generic/markdown
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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