NAME

Markdown - basic Markdown processor

EXAMPLE

Script:

package require Markdown

set markdown "
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit,
 
* sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt
    * ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
* Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud
    * exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
    * aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
 
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit
esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur...
"

puts [::Markdown::convert $markdown]

Result:

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit,</p>

<ul>
    <li>sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt
        <ul>
            <li>ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud
        <ul>
            <li>exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut</li>
            <li>aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

<p>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit
esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur...</p>

DESCRIPTION

This package provides a markdown processor that supports the original syntax as defined by John Gruber on his homepage at

http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax 

In addition, PHP Markdown Extra's syntax for fenced code blocks and for setting simple tables is supported. Other extensions are currently not available.

Fenced Code Blocks

Fenced code blocks allow you to list source code without having to indent it by four spaces as required by standard Markdown. Instead, fenced code blocks are delimited by three or more backticks ` ``` ` or tildes ~~~ on a single line.

Example:

~~~tcl
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    printf("Hello world!\n");
    return 0;
}
~~~

You may additionally specify the programming language displayed in the block as shown above. Currently this has no effect, but future versions of this module may use this information to run the code block through a syntax highlighter.

Tables

The table syntax is simple and intuitive. Columns are delimited by the pipe | character and the header row is separated from the table body as shown in this example:

| Name | Gender | Age |
|------|--------|-----|
| John | male   | 40  |
| Mary | female | 35  |

The leading and trailing pipe characters in a row are optional. But a table row must contain at least one pipe character in order to be recognized as such. That means, if you want to set a table with just one column, you either need a leading or a trailing pipe in every row.

Alignment can be controlled per column and is indicated by colons before or after the dashes separating table header and table body in each column.

 Left Aligned | Centered | Right Aligned
 :------------|:--------:|-------------:
 John         |   male   |            40
 Mary         |  female  |            35

A leading colon indicates left-alignment, a colon at the beginning and the end indicates that cell contents shall be centered, and a trailing colon causes content to be right-aligned. Also note how we omitted the pipe characters at the beginning and end of each row in this example.

Table elements are rendered with attribute class="table" to allow for easier styling via CSS.

API

Markdown::convert markdown

Transform markdown to HTML. The result of the conversion is an XHTML 1.0 fragment.

SEE ALSO

markdown(1)