Markdown Extra is a lightweight markup language based on Markdown.
Markdown is two things: a plain text markup syntax, and a software tool that converts the plain text markup to HTML for publishing on the web.
It was initially a port to PHP, but it’s also available in Python and Ruby.
Markdown Extra adds the following features to Markdown:
- Markdown markup inside HTML blocks.
- Elements with id/class attribute.
- “Fenced code blocks” that span multiple lines of code.
- Tables.
- Definition lists.
- Footnotes.
- Abbreviations.
Website: michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown
Support:
Developer: Michel Fortin (PHP Markdown)
License: BSD-style open source license
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