rmarkdown 1.16

• The pandoc-citeproc binary can now be found correctly on Windows. This fixes an issue with pandoc_citeproc_convert() (thanks @cderv, #1651).

• Added self_contained argument to html_vignette to keep intermediate directory if self_contained = FALSE (thanks, @cderv, #1641).

• It is now possible to add pagebreak in HTML, Word, LaTeX, and ODT documents using the \newpage or \pagebreak command in an Rmd file. This is possible thanks to the Pandoc's pagebreak lua filter. See vignette("lua-filters", package = "rmarkdown") (thanks, @cderv, #1626).

• The Pandoc extension ascii_identifiers is no longer enabled by default. If you still need it, you may use the argument md_extensions = "+ascii_identifiers" in the output format function. However, please note that this will trigger an error in a future version of Pandoc.

• Output formats can be configured by arbitrary YAML files, which used to be restricted to _output.yml or _output.yaml. They can be specified via the output_yaml argument of render() or the output_yaml top-level parameter of YAML front matter, and the first existing one will be used. If output_yaml is specified both for render() and YAML front matter, then render() has the priority. If none are found, then _output.yml or _output.yaml will be used if they exist (thanks, @atusy, #1634).

• Added a Pandoc lua filter to convert fenced Divs to LaTeX environments when the output format is latex or beamer. Basically a fenced Div ::: {.NAME data-latex="[OPTIONS]"} is converted to \begin{NAME}[OPTIONS] \end{NAME} in LaTeX. The attribute data-latex must be provided, even if it is an empty string (meaning that the LaTeX environment does not have any optional arguments). For example, ::: {.verbatim data-latex=""} generates a verbatim environment, and ::: {.minipage data-latex="{.5\textwidth}"} generates \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}. This lua filter was originally written by @RLesur at yihui/bookdown-crc#1. It will allow users to create custom blocks that work for both HTML and LaTeX output (e.g., info boxes or warning boxes).

• Added keep_html argument to github_document so to save a preview HTML file in a working directory (thanks, @atusy, #1650).