Downgrade markdown version (TexLive)

[nopria]

I need to downgrade markdown version in TexLive because bug #447 prevents me totally from working. TexLive allows me to downgrade a package with

tlmgr restore markdown

which shows available backups of the package, and

tlmgr restore markdown <version number>

which actually restores the specified version, but my backups are not old enough. The markdown versions I'm looking for is about of mid 2023, those versions when you had to use option inlineFootnotes=true instead of inlineNotes=true as required by current version.

In my directory C:\texlive\2023\tlpkg\backups\ I have a file markdown.r71137.tar.lz4 which is a previous version but, as I said before, is not old enough. Is anybody able to provide from her/his system a similar backup file with an older version of markdown?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Witiko]

I am sorry about your trouble. You can download historical versions of the Markdown package from Releases. I suggest that you download the archive markdown.zip with version 2.23.0 from April 2023. This version should predate the introduction of CommonMark in version 3.0.0-alpha, which is the likely cause behind #447. You can install the older version as outlined in section "Installation" in the file markdown.html that is included in the archive.

[nopria]

Thanks, I use TexLive in Windows, as far as you know is there an alternative to command make base needed for manual installation?

[Witiko]

There is not. However, the step make base should be unnecessary, since it produces files that you can download from Releases, see the links in my answer.

[Witiko]

@nopria: In #450, I extended the user manual to document that the Markdown package can be installed from GitHub releases:

[nopria]

Thanks, just copying the specified files (taken directly from zipped release) to the document directory, as described in Portable Installation, works. Very easy and it does not affect current installation, allowing to restore updated release of package when bug #447 will be solved.