[GNU ELPA] Ellama version 1.18.0

Version 1.18.0 of package Ellama has just been released in GNU ELPA.
You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.

Ellama describes itself as:

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  Tool for interacting with LLMs
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More at https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ellama.html

## Summary:

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  Ellama is a tool for interacting with large language models from
  Emacs. It allows you to ask questions and receive responses from the
  LLMs. Ellama can perform various tasks such as translation, code review,
  summarization, enhancing grammar/spelling or wording and more through
  the Emacs interface. Ellama natively supports streaming output, making
  it effortless to use with your preferred text editor.

## Recent NEWS:

1 Version 1.18.0
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  • Add optional Pandoc-backed Markdown to Org conversion.  Users can
    configure `ellama-markdown-to-org-converter' to use the builtin
    converter, Pandoc, or automatic Pandoc detection while Ellama keeps
    the builtin converter as the default fallback when Pandoc is
    unavailable or conversion fails.


2 Version 1.17.2
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  • Fix JSON request sanitization for dotted pairs in provider
    non-standard parameters.  OpenAI-compatible providers can now pass
    options such as `:search_options ((search_strategy . "agent"))'
    without triggering a `wrong-type-argument listp' error.


3 Version 1.17.1
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  • Hide provider values in transient provider selection.  Provider
    completion candidates now show safe labels based on provider
    variable names instead of printed provider values, so secret-bearing
    provider structs are not exposed.
  • Keep transient provider updates compatible with callable provider
    keys from `llm'.  Regression tests now cover hidden provider values,
    callable keys and selected-provider updates.
  • Keep saved sessions loadable without persisting plaintext provider
    keys.  Session persistence now strips provider keys and unreadable
    tool functions before writing session files, restores keys from
    configured providers by default and can restore keys from
    `auth-source' when `ellama-session-persist-provider-keys' is set to
    `auth-source'.


4 Version 1.17.0
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  • Add maximum output token support.  Ellama now exposes
    `ellama-max-tokens' and passes per-request `:max-tokens' values
    through `llm-make-chat-prompt', so providers can cap generated
    responses using their standard token limit support.  The model
    transient menu can set or reset the max-token override, and
    documentation and tests cover the new behavior.


5 Version 1.16.3
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  • Sort saved session candidates newest first in `ellama-load-session'.
    Ellama now orders session files by modification time and exposes
    standard completion metadata so completion UIs can preserve that
    order.


6 Version 1.16.2
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  • Fix GNU ELPA tarball manual generation from `README.org'. Add Org
    export metadata so ELPA writes `ellama.texi' with a valid title, and
    keep the local manual exporter from inheriting those README-only
    export keywords.


7 Version 1.16.1
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  • Remove false statement from documentation.


8 Version 1.16.0
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  • Add image input support for prompts and context.  Ellama can now
    attach image files to chat requests, queue image context
    ephemerally, and build multipart prompts for providers that support
    image media.
  • Add image-aware tool handling.  The `read_file' tool can run in
    auto, text, or image mode, and image files read by tools are bridged
    into the next model request without persisting binary media in saved
    sessions or compaction summaries.
  • Add transient commands and documentation for image workflows,
    including direct image chat, image context, supported formats,
    read-file modes, tool-call image bridging, and persistence behavior.
  • Fix chat buffer rendering for ephemeral context, including image
    context added before sending a manually typed chat message.
  • Change image ask commands to use ephemeral image context, matching
    `ellama-ask-about' and keeping the chat transcript aligned with
    request context.


9 Version 1.15.0
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  • Add task prompt templates for subagents.  The task tool can now
    render relative template paths with object-based argument
    substitution, strict path checks, validation hints, and
    callback-based error reporting.
  • Improve task subagent sessions.  Ellama can display session buffers
    when session-backed generation starts, insert delegated task prompts
    into worker session buffers, preserve worker session metadata, and
    keep subagent continuations bound to the correct worker session
    after tool calls.
  • Document task subagent templates, template path resolution, argument
    validation hints, continuation behavior, and session buffer display.
    The Info manual has been regenerated from `README.org'.
  • Improve OpenAI-compatible tool-call history handling by normalizing
    stored
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