= Markup Parser

Creating my own rails wiki application forced me to do some research on markup parsers. I ended up using a ton of Github solutions (and code) but in the end found their 'markup' gem to be a little cumbersome and behind some of the new advances (specifically Redcarpet 2)

So I created my own little library.

• Make the library simple (class oriented, easy to read, small)
• Standardize the parser usage
• Allow leveraging the features and hooks of parsers

List the available markup parsers:

MarkupParser.format_parsers #=> { 'markdown' => MarkupParser::Markdown, 'rdoc' => MarkupParser::Rdoc }

Parse some text to Html:

MarkupParser::Markdown.new("body").to_html #=> "<p>body<p>"

Note that the MarkupParser::Markdown is the parser for Markdown, and can be reused by just creating a new instance.

Another goal was to simplify code block styling. MarkupParser doesn't stylize the code, but instead lets you easily accomplish it with your own code styler:

markup = MarkupParser::Html.new("<pre lang='ruby'>Class</pre>")
markup.stylize_code_blocks { |code, lang|
  Albino.colorize(code, lang)
}
markup.to_html #=> "<pre class='highlight'><span class='class'>Class</span></pre>"

Or:

MarkupParser::Html.new("<pre lang='ruby'>Class</pre>").stylize_code_blocks { |code, lang|
  Albino.colorize(code, lang)
}.to_html #=> "<pre class='highlight'><span class='class'>Class</span></pre>"

For each code block recognized by the markup language, stylize_code_blocks accepts a block with parameters: code, lang for you to use.

Ask me (Todo)