Create unique IDs for definition terms

[gvwilson]

It's common to use a definition list for a glossary, in which case it is helpful to be able to link directly from a term's use to its definition:

<p>
  The <a href="#fnord">fnordification</a> of blazwhup is...
</p>
...
<dl>
  <dt id="fnord">fnord</dt>
  <dd>...definition...</dd>
</dl>

Creating the link is easy in Kramdown-flavored Markdown:

The [fnordification](#fnord) of blazwhup is...

but there's no easy way to create the id for the dt. It would be very helpful if Kramdown auto-generated IDs, and better yet if it was possible to provide a prefix for the whole dl so that if there are several dl's in a single page, the IDs for the dts in that dl will have prefixed (unique) IDs.

[gettalong]

@gvwilson This feature will be in the next release.

Actually, there are two changes to definition lists:

1. It will now be possible to assign attributes using an IAL to definition terms like it is possible already for definitions themselves.
2. Additionally, one can assign the reference name auto_ids to a definition (similar to how footnotes and the TOC work). Definition lists having such a reference name will automatically generate an ID using the same algorithm as for header IDs (but without the additional stuff for headers and without double ID checking). And using a name like auto_ids-prefix one can assign a prefix to be used for the auto IDs.

[gvwilson]

Excellent - thanks very much. Do you have a target date for the release?

[gettalong]

Yes, next release will be end of next week.

[gvwilson]

Thanks Thomas - any idea how quickly GitHub will deploy?

[gettalong]

@gvwilson This is a question for @benbalter but I think it will not be long after the kramdown release. For reference, Github pages was updated to kramdown 1.11.1 about a month after the kramdown release.

[gvwilson]

Thanks, Greg