Thomas Leitner
2009-Nov-21 08:05 UTC
[webgen-users] [ANN] kramdown 0.1.0 - first relase of fast, pure Ruby Markdown parser
## kramdown 0.1.0 released This is the first release of kramdown, yet-another-Markdown parser/converter for Ruby, with the following features: * Written in pure Ruby, no need to compile an extension (like BlueCloth or rdiscount) * Fast (current impl ~5x faster than Maruku, ~10x faster than BlueFeather, although ~30x slower than native code like rdiscount) * Strict syntax definition (special cases for which the original Markdown page does not account for are explicitly listed and it is shown how kramdown parses them - see the [Syntax] page) * Supports common Markdown extension (similar to Maruku) [Syntax]: http://kramdown.rubyforge.org/syntax.html ## About kramdown kramdown is a *free* GPL-licensed [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org) library for parsing Markdown-like syntax. It is completely written in Ruby, supports standard Markdown (with some minor modifications) and various extensions that have been made popular by the PHP Markdown Extra package and Maruku. Homepage for installation instructions and documentation: http://kramdown.rubyforge.org