MultiMarkdown 6 v. 0.1.0a Released

03/06/2017 18:28:00

Intro

MultiMarkdown version 6.0 is fast approaching completion. The latest release available is 0.4.2-beta, but I expect to finalize 6.0 in the next week or two.

The project is hosted on github:

https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6

There is also a wiki on github:

https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/wiki

There’s a page dedicated to specific changes from v5:

https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/wiki/Changes-from-MMD-5

There’s a Quick Start guide (in text, html, pdf, and ODF) in the develop branch that will soon be in the master branch as well:

https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/tree/develop

Key changes from v5

Abbreviations

Abbreviations can be specified using inline or reference syntax. The inline variant requires that the abbreviation be wrapped in parentheses and immediately follows the >.

[>MMD] is an abbreviation.  So is [>(MD) Markdown].

[>MMD]: MultiMarkdown

This becomes:

MultiMarkdown (MMD) is an abbreviation.  So is Markdown (MD).

Subsequent uses of the same abbreviations would look like:

MMD is an abbreviation.  So is MD.

For now, each use of an abbreviation must be specified manually (MMD v5 and earlier would automatically locate uses of the abbreviation for you). I’m looking into the best way to re-implement this functionality, but want something better than I had before.

CriticMarkup

MMD v6 has improved support for CriticMarkup, both in terms of parsing, and in terms of support for each output format. You can {++insert text++}, {--delete text--}, substitute {~~one thing~>for another~~}, {==highlight text==}, and {>>leave comments<<} in the text.

Glossary Terms

If there are terms in your document you wish to define in a glossary at the end of your document, you can define them using the glossary syntax.

Glossary terms can be specified using inline or reference syntax. The inline variant requires that the abbreviation be wrapped in parentheses and immediately follows the ?.

[?(glossary) The glossary collects information about important
terms used in your document] is a glossary term.

[?glossary] is also a glossary term.

[?glossary]: The glossary collects information about important
terms used in your document

Internationalization

MMD v6 includes support for substituting certain text phrases in other languages. This only affects the HTML format.

I need help translating additional languages – the i18n.h file has the necessary information.

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone for the support MMD has seen over the years, and I welcome feedback and suggestions!! In particular, check out the Github site, the issues pages, the project roadmap, and the wiki!