this is a parser for a markup 'language' I created called markzilla. I did it mainly as a learning exercise -- I learned everything I'll ever need to know about regex, for example. but if you need a simple markup syntax(?) parser that outputs a JSON object full of HTML elements (and who doesn't?) then this project may be useful to you.
no dependencies.
clone the repo, open the folder. open index.html. open your console and run mkz.createPost(filePath). the html page will display the results. try messing around with the contents of test/test.mkz if you're interested in playing with the markup.
markzilla has a syntax designed specifically around writing articles/posts/documents that will need to be rendered as HTML. therefore all the markzilla markup indicators are based on HTML elements.
the line indicators as of right now are #p, #h1-#h6, #img, and #code. these are the only ones I needed originally which is why there are so few. however I'll add more if there seems to be a reason. they can't be combined as of right now, but I don't think they need to be.
the style indicators, which do things like make text italic and stuff, are s(trikethrough), i(talic), b(old), u(nderline), c(ode), o(verline), and d(rop-cap). these can be combined, of course. be careful to only place one character in a drop-cap indicator, otherwise it becomes more of a...drop-word.
the methods of using these indicators are demonstrated in test.mkz.
every method you need for parsing markzilla and recieving the output is in the markzilla / mkz object. for example, get the path to your .mkz file, and call mkz like this: mkz.parse('path/to/file')
and it will give you an array of numbered JSON objects containing the parsed .mkz lines. running mkz.parse() using my test file as input converts a line that looks like this:
#h1 [i This] is a [b markzilla] test file. This is the [sui first ever] [ib markzilla] file.
to a line that looks like this.
<h1><span class='i'>This</span> is a <span class='b'>markzilla</span> test file. This is the <span class='s u i'>first ever</span> <span class='i b'>markzilla</span> file.
</h1>it's a pretty straightforward .mkz to .html conversion. if for some reason you actually want to use this, like to make blog posts on a static site or something, please feel free. I've developed a desktop application that uses this script to parse markup and output ready-to-use html, as well. that's here, but it's very incomplete and not documented yet.