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https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown

kramdown is a fast, pure Ruby Markdown superset converter, using a strict syntax definition and supporting several common extensions.
https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown

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kramdown is a fast, pure Ruby Markdown superset converter, using a strict syntax definition and supporting several common extensions.

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# kramdown



## Readme first!



kramdown was originally licensed under the GPL until the 1.0.0 release. However, due to the many

requests it is now released under the MIT license and therefore can easily be used in commercial

projects, too.



However, if you use kramdown in a commercial setting, please consider **contributing back any

changes** for the benefit of the community and/or [**becoming a

sponsor**](https://github.com/sponsors/gettalong/) or [**a

patron**](https://www.patreon.com/gettalong) - thanks!



Sponsors:



* **GROSSWEBER** provides software

  development consulting and training services.



## Introduction



kramdown is a fast, pure Ruby Markdown superset converter, using a strict syntax definition and

supporting several common extensions.



The syntax definition for the kramdown syntax can be found in **doc/syntax.page** (or online at

) and a quick reference is available in

**doc/quickref.page** or online at .



The kramdown library is mainly written to support the kramdown-to-HTML conversion chain. However,

due to its flexibility (by creating an internal AST) it supports other input and output formats as

well. Here is a list of the supported formats:



* input formats: kramdown (a Markdown superset), Markdown, GFM, HTML

* output formats: HTML, kramdown, LaTeX (and therefore PDF), PDF via Prawn



All the documentation on the available input and output formats is available in the **doc/**

directory and online at .



Starting from version 1.0.0 kramdown is using a versioning scheme with major, minor and patch parts

in the version number where the major number changes on backwards-incompatible changes, the minor

number on the introduction of new features and the patch number on everything else.



For information about changes between versions, have a look at

 or the commit history!



## Usage



kramdown has a very simple API, so using kramdown is as easy as



```ruby

require 'kramdown'



Kramdown::Document.new(text).to_html

```



For detailed information have a look at the API documentation of the `Kramdown::Document` class.



The full API documentation is available at , other sites with an

API documentation for kramdown probably don't provide the complete documentation!



There are also some third-party libraries that extend the functionality of kramdown -- see the

kramdown Wiki at .



## Development



Just clone the git repository as described in **doc/installation.page** and you are good to go. You

probably want to install `rake` so that you can use the provided rake tasks.



If you want to run the tests, the development dependencies are needed as well as some additional

programs like `tidy` and `latex`. See the `.travis.yml` file for more information.



## License



MIT - see the **COPYING** file.