[ANN] Showdown -- A javascript port of Markdown

[Jacob Rus]

John Fraser wrote:

> I've just posted the first public version of Showdown, a full

> javascript port of Markdown.  It's 10KB and works in all major

> browsers.  Try out the sample app:

> 

>   <http://www.attacklab.net/showdown-gui.html>

[...]

> Developers can use Showdown to:

> 

>  * Add in-browser preview to existing Markdown applications

> 

>     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.)


If this markdown parsing can be done in real time in javascript, we 
should also be able to extend this to do real-time syntax highlighting 
on the markdown entry box, or am I wrong?  Because that would be 
extremely cool!

-Jacob