diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9d1f780..e00b641 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,6 @@ +# NOTE -- Showdown on GitHub -[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/pdeschen/showdown.png)](https://travis-ci.org/pdeschen/showdown]) - -NOTE -- Showdown on GitHub -========================== - -Please note that I, Corey, am not the author of Showdown. Rather, I found it +**Please note** that I, Corey, am not the author of Showdown. Rather, I found it some time back at (website removed, see: ) and wanted to see it available on GitHub. @@ -23,8 +19,7 @@ Cheers,
Corey -Showdown -- A JavaScript port of Markdown -========================================= +# Showdown -- A JavaScript port of Markdown Showdown Copyright (c) 2007 John Fraser. @@ -36,32 +31,29 @@ Redistributable under a BSD-style open source license. See license.txt for more information. -Quick Example -------------- +## Quick Example -``` js +```js var Showdown = require('showdown'); var converter = new Showdown.converter(); converter.makeHtml('#hello markdown!'); //

hello, markdown

- ``` -What's it for? --------------- +## What's it for? Developers can use Showdown to: - * Add in-browser preview to existing Markdown apps + * Add in-browser preview to existing Markdown apps Showdown's output is (almost always) identical to markdown.pl's, so the server can reproduce exactly the output that the user saw. (See below for exceptions.) - * Add Markdown input to programs that don't support it + * Add Markdown input to programs that don't support it Any app that accepts HTML input can now be made to speak Markdown by modifying the input pages's HTML. If your @@ -71,7 +63,7 @@ Developers can use Showdown to: uses -- and you can do it with just a two-line `onsubmit` function! - * Add Markdown input to closed-source web apps + * Add Markdown input to closed-source web apps You can write bookmarklets or userscripts to extend any standard textarea on the web so that it accepts @@ -79,7 +71,7 @@ Developers can use Showdown to: the same can probably be done with many rich edit controls. - * Build new web apps from scratch + * Build new web apps from scratch A Showdown front-end can send back text in Markdown, HTML or both, so you can trade bandwidth for server @@ -92,23 +84,21 @@ Developers can use Showdown to: Markdown.) -Browser Compatibility ---------------------- +## Browser Compatibility Showdown has been tested successfully with: - - Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 - - Internet Explorer 6 and 7 - - Safari 2.0.4 - - Opera 8.54 and 9.10 - - Netscape 8.1.2 - - Konqueror 3.5.4 + * Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 + * Internet Explorer 6 and 7 + * Safari 2.0.4 + * Opera 8.54 and 9.10 + * Netscape 8.1.2 + * Konqueror 3.5.4 In theory, Showdown will work in any browser that supports ECMA 262 3rd Edition (JavaScript 1.5). The converter itself might even work in things that aren't web browsers, like Acrobat. No promises. -Extensions ----------- +## Extensions Showdown allows additional functionality to be loaded via extensions. @@ -118,7 +108,7 @@ Showdown allows additional functionality to be loaded via extensions.