Markdown parser

A home made artisanal markdown parser.

This parses a very small subset of markdown. It can generate formatted text in a console, using ANSI escape sequences.

Usage

ruby markdown_parser.rb < example.md

How it works

The project is split into 4 components:

• tokenizer.rb - splits text into a sequence of tokens
• parser.rb - builds an abstract syntax tree (AST) from the tokens
• generator.rb - generates formatted text from the AST (using the visitor pattern)
• markdown_parser.rb - a simple command line interface

References

• Writing a Markdown Compiler

Licence

MIT