# Kramdown 0.2.0 - definition list syntax and better HTML parser

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**Created:** [December 3, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kramdown-0-2-0-definition-list-syntax-and-better-html-parser/179792 "2009-12-03T20:55:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kramdown-0-2-0-definition-list-syntax-and-better-html-parser/179792/1 "2009-12-03T20:55:37Z")

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## About kramdown

kramdown is a _free_ GPL-licensed [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org)  
library for parsing a superset of Markdown. It is completely  
written in Ruby, supports standard Markdown (with some minor  
modifications) and various extensions that have been made popular by  
the PHP Markdown Extra package and Maruku.

Homepage for installation instructions and documentation:  
[http://kramdown.rubyforge.org](http://kramdown.rubyforge.org)

## kramdown 0.2.0 released

The most important changes in this release are the inclusion of a  
definition list syntax and the much improved HTML parser. For example,  
the HTML parser now recognizes the `markdown` attribute for enabling  
and disabling syntax processing in an HTML element and it works in many  
more scenarios.

The kramdown syntax is still a bit in in a state of flux but all of the  
major syntax elements (except a syntax for tables) are now available.  
The following releases will focus on stability and fixing bugs.

kramdown now also passes 16 from the 23 original Markdown test cases  
and if one looks at the ones that fail one can easily see that this is  
because of the small changes in the syntax (e.g. converting `---` to  
`&mdash`). This means that almost all Markdown documents show be  
correctly parsed by kramdown!

Last but not least I want to thank Eric Sunshine for his many helpful  
comments, suggestions and bug reports!

## Changes

- Major changes:

- Bug fixes:

- Deprecation notes: