Snekdown

More than just Markdown



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- - - ## Description This projects goal is to implement a fast markdown parser with an extended syntax fitted for my needs. ## Core Features - Imports - Bibliography & Glossary - AsciiMath - Placeholders - Advanced Images ## Prerequisites - Google Chrome/Chromium (for PDF rendering) ## Installation ### Binaries You can download prebuilt binaries on the [Releases](https://github.com/Trivernis/snekdown/releases) Page. ### Arch Linux Snekdown is available in [the AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snekdown). ### Cargo You need a working rust installation, for example by using [rustup](http://rustup.rs). ```sh cargo install snekdown ``` With pdf rendering ```sh cargo install snekdown --features pdf ``` ## Usage Use `snekdown help` and `snekdown --help` for more information. ### Rendering `snekdown render ` ### Watching `snekdown watch ` ## Editors I've created a [VisualStudio Code extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=trivernis.snekdown) for Snekdown. This extension provides a preview of snekdown files, exports and other commands similar to the cli. The source code can be found [here](https://github.com/Trivernis/snekdown-vscode-extension). ## Roadmap The end goal is to have a markup language with features similar to LaTeX. ### Short Term - [x] Checkboxes - [x] Emojis (\:emoji:) - [x] Colors - [x] Watching and rendering on change - [x] Metadata files - [x] Bibliography - [x] Math - [x] Glossary - [x] Chromium based pdf rendering - [x] Custom Stylesheets - [x] Smart arrows - [ ] Cross References - [ ] Figures - [ ] EPUB Rendering - [ ] Text sizes - [ ] Title pages ### Long Term - Rewrite of the whole parsing process - Custom Elements via templates ## License This project is licensed under GPL 3.0. See LICENSE for more information.