docs: Document quoted path support in option strings

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Documents the new ability to use quoted paths (paths containing spaces) in Pandoc option strings and Docker options. Adds an example showing a template path with spaces and includes a release note for the April 8th, 2026 fix.

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ChrisChinchilla/vscode-pandoc PR #71: Fix quoted paths in options strings

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I've reviewed PR #71 and created a documentation suggestion.

Summary of Changes:

PR #71 fixes how option strings are parsed by introducing a parseShellArgs function that properly handles quoted arguments. Previously, options like --template="/path/with spaces/file.latex" would break because the extension split arguments by whitespace, ignoring quotes.

Documentation Updates:

I created a suggestion with the following changes to the README:

1. Additional Pandoc command line options section - Added a note that users can use quoted paths for arguments containing spaces
2. New example - Added an example showing a template path with spaces: --template="/Users/me/My Documents/custom-template.latex"
3. Docker Options section - Added a similar note about quoted path support
4. Release notes - Added an April 8th, 2026 release entry for this fix

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Citation: Based on changes in src/extension.ts that add parseShellArgs function to properly handle quoted arguments. Previously, options were split by simple whitespace, which broke quoted paths.
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Citation: PR #71 introduced parseShellArgs to replace simple whitespace splitting in both pandocOptions and dockerOptions parsing.
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