Name

Text::Markdown, a Markdown parsing module for Perl6.

Synopsis

use Text::Markdown;
# Using raw Markdown directly
my $md = Text::Markdown.new($raw-md);
say $md.render;

# Or alternatively
my $md = parse-markdown($raw-md);
say $md.to_html;

# Using file
use Text::Markdown;
my $md = parse-markdown-from-file($filename);

Description

This module parses Markdown (MD) and generates HTML from it. It can be used to extract certain elements from a MD document or to generate other kind of things.

Installation

Using zef

zef update && zef install Text::Markdown

Dependencies

This modules depends on HTML::Escape. Install it locally with

zef install HTML::Escape

Routines

Methods

The following methods can be invoked on a Text::Markdown instance object:

• render - Render the Markdown text provided to the instance object during its construction.

• to_html - An alias for the render method.

• to-html - Same as the to_html method.

Subroutines

• parse-markdown($text) - Render the Markdown $text.

• parse-markdown-from-file(Str $filename) - Render the Markdown text in file $filename.

Who

Initial version by Andrew Egeler, with extensive additions by JMERELO and [Altai-man] (https://github.com/Altai-man). Some help from Luis Uceta

Want to lend a hand?

Check out the contributing guidelines. All contributions are welcome, and will be addressed.

License

You can redistribute this module and/or modify it under the terms of the MIT License.