[Discount] has been pushed up to version [2.0.4beta1] with the addition of a yucky new compatability feature;  [PHP markdown extra]-style [definition list] support, so
(after you've configured the thing properly) text like

    definition lists
    : are pretty horrible no matter how you do them

will translate to

definition lists
: are pretty horrible no matter how you do them

just like the traditional

    =definition lists=
        are pretty horrible no matter how you do them

does.

The new definition list style is defined when you run `configure.sh` with the following settings:

`--with-dl=both`
: enable both traditional and markdown extra-style definition lists
`--with-dl=discount`
: enable traditional definition lists only
`--with-dl=extra`
: enable markdown extra-style definition lists only.

(no, you can't disable definition lists through the `--with-dl` flag, sorry.)


What this release doesn't have is

 * documentation
 * test cases
 * any sort of exhaustive check for edge cases (but they may be covered because I use the same blocking engine for markdown extra syntax and my traditional syntax, and `make test` hasn't fallen over dead in any of the existing edge cases.)


But it's been [tested](http://weblog.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/2010/12/09/000/message.txt) by a [couple](http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/index.text) of applications and it doesn't create obviously wrong output in either of them, so it's the [New Code!][2.0.4beta1] of your dreams (if your dreams involve defusing small [nuclear devices](abbr: not bombs!  They are simply devices which are exploding)) and you should grab it and test it out now, then report the crashes and bizarre edge cases to me either as a [comment](http://weblog.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/comment/?comment=Comment%3F&url=2010%2F12%2F09%2F000%2Findex.html) or by [mail](mailto:orc@pell.portland.or.us?subject=discount 2.0.4beta1 blows up).



[Discount]: http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount
[2.0.4beta1]: http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/#2.0.4beta1
[PHP markdown extra]: http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/
[definition list]: http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/#def-list