[ANN] Showdown -- A javascript port of Markdown

[Waylan Limberg]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:31:45 -0500, Ivan Sagalaev  
<Maniac at SoftwareManiacs.Org> wrote:


> Jacob Rus wrote:

>> If this markdown parsing can be done in real time in javascript, we

>> should also be able to extend this to do real-time syntax highlighting

>> on the markdown entry box, or am I wrong?  Because that would be

>> extremely cool!

>

> Indeed! I've made a very quick mash-up of Showdown with my highlight.js

> and here's the result: http://softwaremaniacs.org/showdown-highlight/

> (down to the end of a text fragment).


Ivan, That is a great addition to this very handy tool. It's always good  
for a comment preview (etc) to show exactly what it will like like upon  
submission. However, I did notice that when the preview is switched to  
'HTML Output' or 'Syntax Guide', upon returning to 'Preview' the  
highlighting is lost. Just a FYI.



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Waylan Limberg
waylan at gmail.com