The history is a bit convoluted. Let me see if I can help untangle it: - In 2006, Niklas Frykholm created `markdown.lua` [1], a regex-based Markdown parser written in Lua.
- In 2009, John MacFarlane, the founder of Pandoc, created Lunamark [2], an LPEG-based Markdown parser that was ca three orders of magnitude faster than `markdown.lua`. Around 2011, there is a bunch of commits with speed optimizations by Hans. - In 2016, I created the Markdown Package for TeX [3] as a fork of Lunamark [3]. Initially, I would contribute fixes upstream and take them downstream. In 2023, there was a significant rewrite to support the CommonMark standard [4], which makes our code base largely incompatible with Lunamark. We are actively developed with monthly releases. Confusingly, the Markdown Package for TeX contains a file titled `markdown.lua` even though there is no relation to Niklas Frykholm's code. [1]: http://www.frykholm.se/files/markdown.lua [2]: https://github.com/jgm/lunamark [3]: https://github.com/witiko/markdown [4]: https://spec.commonmark.org/ I hope this clears things up. Best, Vitek On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 01:27:18PM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 11/11/2024 12:56 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > Am 11.11.24 um 12:17 schrieb Vítek Starý Novotný: > > > For OPTeX, we recommend using `markdown.lua` directly. I wonder if that > > > approach might also be the most appropriate option for ConTeXt. > > > > I though ConTeXt had a markdown module, but that refers to your https:// > > ctan.org/pkg/markdown, oops. > > at some point there was a third party markdown lua module and that was dead > slow so i redid that in lpeg and fed it back; it probably is arround > somehwere but i have no clue how markdown evolved (can't keep track of > everything), if there was need i could look into it > > Hans > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > dev-context mailing list -- dev-context@ntg.nl > To unsubscribe send an email to dev-context-le...@ntg.nl
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