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title: kramdown 1.15.0 released
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created_at: 2017-09-08 21:28:00 +02:00
modified_at: 2017-09-08 21:28:00 +02:00
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## kramdown 1.15.0 released

The most important change is that this release drops compatibility with Ruby versions < 2.0! Aside
from that it includes some bug fixes, so updating is recommended.

## Changes

* 2 minor changes:

  - Drop compatibility with Ruby versions < 2.0
  - Make footnote output XML compatible (requested by Kriss Andsten)

* 4 bug fixes:

  - Apply abbreviation substitution to footnotes (fixes [#440], reported by Thomas Leese)
  - Fix TOC entries by removing nested links (fixes [#434], reported by Nate Wernimont)
  - Fix problems with brackets in certain situations when using the LaTeX converter (fixes [#414],
    reported by Ryan Koppenhaver)
  - Fix escaping of URLs in the LaTeX converter (reported by Moshe Kamensky in pull request [#67])

[#440]: https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/issues/440
[#434]: https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/issues/434
[#414]: https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/issues/414
[#67]: https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/pull/67
