Guard::Redcarpet

Guard extension for Markdown using the Redcarpet gem. There is an existing guard-markdown gem, but it uses Kramdown.

This gem is an extension of Guard.

Installation (command-line):

gem install guard-redcarpet

Or via your Gemfile:

gem 'guard-redcarpet'

Add the template to your Guardfile:

guard init redcarpet

You should familiarize yourself with the Redcarpet documentation before exploring some of the advanced features of this gem.

The default Guard template watches for .html.md and .html.markdown files:

guard 'redcarpet' do
  watch(/^.+(\.html\.markdown)$/)
  watch(/^.+(\.html\.md)$/)
end

You can override the output directory with the output option:

guard 'redcarpet', :output => 'compiled' do
  watch(/^.+(\.html\.markdown)$/)
  watch(/^.+(\.html\.md)$/)
end

Options for the Redcarpet::Markdown and Redcarpet::Render::HTML objects can be provided via the markdown_options and render_options options respectively.

guard 'redcarpet', :markdown_options => { :strikethrough => true } do
  watch(/^.+(\.html\.markdown)$/)
  watch(/^.+(\.html\.md)$/)
end


guard 'redcarpet', :render_options => { :no_links => true } do
  watch(/^.+(\.html\.markdown)$/)
  watch(/^.+(\.html\.md)$/)
end

Consult the Redcarpet 2.0 documentation for details.

Much of the code for this gem was a direct port of the guard-haml gem by Immanuel Häussermann

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Copyright (c) 2011 Michael-Keith Bernard

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