This release moves some of the most popular extensions (such as table-extension and github-extension) to core.
Also introduces a simple cli tool that you can use to quickly convert markdown files into html.
Bug Fixes
- headerLevelStart: fix for NaN error when specifying a non number as headerLevelStart param (be72b487)
Features
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CLI: simple cli tool (ALPHA) (f6a33e40)
More info on CLI wiki page
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flavours: add markdown presets/flavors (7e55bceb, closes #164)
You can set showdown to use a specific flavor by calling the method
setFlavor(flavor)either on showdown namespace or the converter object itself.showdown.setFlavor('github'); // or var conv = new showdown.Converter().setFlavor('github');
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ghCodeBlocks: add option to disable GH codeblocks (c33f9888)
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literalMidWordUnderscores: add support for GFM literal midword underscores (0c0cd7db)
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simplifiedAutoLink: add support for GFM autolinks (cff02372)
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strikethrough: add support for GFM strikethrough (43e9448d)
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tables: add support for GFM tables (3a924e3c)
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tasklists: add support for GFM tasklists (dc72403a)
Breaking changes
This release deprecates both table-extension and github-extension as those are bundled in core now.
To update you just need to activate the appropriate options:
- table-extension:
var conv = new showdown.Converter({tables: true}); - github-extension:
`var conv = new showdown.Converter().setFlavor('github');