- documentation updated,

- Job Snijders BIRD patch corrected (style, minor errors)
- .spec updated to match upcoming version

configure

@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=''
 
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+MARKDOWN
 INSTALL_DATA
 INSTALL_SCRIPT
 INSTALL_PROGRAM
@@ -2756,6 +2757,50 @@ test -z "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" && INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
 test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
 
 
+for ac_prog in markdown_py markdown2 markdown
+do
+  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_MARKDOWN+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$MARKDOWN"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_MARKDOWN="$MARKDOWN" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_MARKDOWN="$ac_prog"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+MARKDOWN=$ac_cv_prog_MARKDOWN
+if test -n "$MARKDOWN"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MARKDOWN" >&5
+$as_echo "$MARKDOWN" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+  test -n "$MARKDOWN" && break
+done
+test -n "$MARKDOWN" || MARKDOWN="echo"
+
+
 
 for ac_func in strlcpy
 do :