A generic interface (API) for handle text files filtered by Markdown or Textile syntax.
Postage is a generic interface (API) which load your text files and handle the contents in Markdown or Textile. It help you handle easily plain text files for parse to HTML.
Example:
require 'postage' text = Postage::Entry.file("path/to/text_file.mkd") # => #<Postage::Entry:0x7f4fbd9ad418 # @file=#<Pathname:path/to/text_file.mkd>> text.extract_attributes! # => #<Postage::Entry:0x7f4fbd9ad418 # => @filter=:markdown, # => @title="Entry *test*\n============\n", # => @content=["\n", # => "Entry *test*. This content uses [Markdown][] syntax.\n", # => "\n", "[markdown]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/\n", # => "\n"], # => @file=#<Pathname:path/to/text_file.mkd>> page = text.to_html # => "<h1 id='entry_test'>Entry <em>test</em></h1>\n # => \n<p>Entry <em>test</em>. This content uses # => <a href='http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/'>Markdown</a> # => syntax.</p>"
For use files as posts in a blog, use Post class.
post = Postage::Post.file("path/to/2009-11-20.post-file-for-a-blog.tagged.tag.mkd")
Postage work with following Gems:
That is, you choose your favorite filter for both formats.
Install via RubyGems.
gem install postage
For more information about the project, please visit the following Web sites:
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Repositories:
About the lightweight markup languages, please, visit the following Web sites:
Copyright © 2009 Hallison Batista
Distributed under the MIT license. See the COPYING file for more info.