This dotCMS osgi plugin provides a github flavored markdown (gfm) compatible markdown parser (for the most part). It is built off of the txtmark project https://github.com/rjeschke/txtmark by René Jeschke. It provides a viewtool that can be used in dotCMS to parse text/content for gfm.
###Usage
$markdown.parse("**Parse** *this* ~~string~~") will result in
Parse this string
$markdown.parseFile("/application/my-file.md")
or
$markdown.parseFile("/application/my-file.md", false)
Will parse /application/my-file.md
$markdown.parseFile("/application/my-file.md", true)
Will render the file /application/my-file.md as velocity then parse the output of it as markdown
You can also call a file on a different site (hosted in the same dotCMS instance)
$markdown.parseFile("//global.host.com/application/my-file.md")
will parse the /application/my-file.md on global.host.com
There are no dependices to install, all you need to do is upload the ./build/libs/plugin-viewtool-markdown-0.1.jar into your dynamic plugins screen and the viewtool should become active.