1 ;;; ox-md.el --- Markdown Back-End for Org Export Engine
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
6 ;; Keywords: org, wp, markdown
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25 ;; This library implements a Markdown back-end (vanilla flavor) for
26 ;; Org exporter, based on `html' back-end. See Org manual for more
31 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl
))
36 ;;; User-Configurable Variables
38 (defgroup org-export-md nil
39 "Options specific to Markdown export back-end."
43 :package-version
'(Org .
"8.0"))
45 (defcustom org-md-headline-style
'atx
46 "Style used to format headlines.
47 This variable can be set to either `atx' or `setext'."
50 (const :tag
"Use \"atx\" style" atx
)
51 (const :tag
"Use \"Setext\" style" setext
)))
57 (org-export-define-derived-backend 'md
'html
58 :export-block
'("MD" "MARKDOWN")
59 :filters-alist
'((:filter-parse-tree . org-md-separate-elements
))
61 '(?m
"Export to Markdown"
62 ((?M
"To temporary buffer"
63 (lambda (a s v b
) (org-md-export-as-markdown a s v
)))
64 (?m
"To file" (lambda (a s v b
) (org-md-export-to-markdown a s v
)))
65 (?o
"To file and open"
67 (if a
(org-md-export-to-markdown t s v
)
68 (org-open-file (org-md-export-to-markdown nil s v
)))))))
69 :translate-alist
'((bold . org-md-bold
)
70 (code . org-md-verbatim
)
71 (comment .
(lambda (&rest args
) ""))
72 (comment-block .
(lambda (&rest args
) ""))
73 (example-block . org-md-example-block
)
74 (fixed-width . org-md-example-block
)
75 (footnote-definition . ignore
)
76 (footnote-reference . ignore
)
77 (headline . org-md-headline
)
78 (horizontal-rule . org-md-horizontal-rule
)
79 (inline-src-block . org-md-verbatim
)
80 (inner-template . org-md-inner-template
)
81 (italic . org-md-italic
)
83 (keyword . org-md-keyword
)
84 (line-break . org-md-line-break
)
86 (node-property . org-md-node-property
)
87 (paragraph . org-md-paragraph
)
88 (plain-list . org-md-plain-list
)
89 (plain-text . org-md-plain-text
)
90 (property-drawer . org-md-property-drawer
)
91 (quote-block . org-md-quote-block
)
92 (section . org-md-section
)
93 (src-block . org-md-example-block
)
94 (template . org-md-template
)
95 (verbatim . org-md-verbatim
))
96 :options-alist
'((:md-headline-style nil nil org-md-headline-style
)))
101 (defun org-md-separate-elements (tree backend info
)
102 "Fix blank lines between elements.
104 TREE is the parse tree being exported. BACKEND is the export
105 back-end used. INFO is a plist used as a communication channel.
107 Enforce a blank line between elements. There are three
108 exceptions to this rule:
110 1. Preserve blank lines between sibling items in a plain list,
112 2. Outside of plain lists, preserve blank lines between
113 a paragraph and a plain list,
115 3. In an item, remove any blank line before the very first
116 paragraph and the next sub-list.
118 Assume BACKEND is `md'."
119 (org-element-map tree
(remq 'item org-element-all-elements
)
122 ((not (and (eq (org-element-type e
) 'paragraph
)
123 (eq (org-element-type (org-export-get-next-element e info
))
125 (org-element-put-property e
:post-blank
1))
126 ((not (eq (org-element-type (org-element-property :parent e
)) 'item
)))
127 (t (org-element-put-property
128 e
:post-blank
(if (org-export-get-previous-element e info
) 1 0))))))
129 ;; Return updated tree.
134 ;;; Transcode Functions
138 (defun org-md-bold (bold contents info
)
139 "Transcode BOLD object into Markdown format.
140 CONTENTS is the text within bold markup. INFO is a plist used as
141 a communication channel."
142 (format "**%s**" contents
))
145 ;;;; Code and Verbatim
147 (defun org-md-verbatim (verbatim contents info
)
148 "Transcode VERBATIM object into Markdown format.
149 CONTENTS is nil. INFO is a plist used as a communication
151 (let ((value (org-element-property :value verbatim
)))
152 (format (cond ((not (string-match "`" value
)) "`%s`")
153 ((or (string-match "\\``" value
)
154 (string-match "`\\'" value
))
160 ;;;; Example Block and Src Block
162 (defun org-md-example-block (example-block contents info
)
163 "Transcode EXAMPLE-BLOCK element into Markdown format.
164 CONTENTS is nil. INFO is a plist used as a communication
166 (replace-regexp-in-string
168 (org-remove-indentation
169 (org-export-format-code-default example-block info
))))
174 (defun org-md-headline (headline contents info
)
175 "Transcode HEADLINE element into Markdown format.
176 CONTENTS is the headline contents. INFO is a plist used as
177 a communication channel."
178 (unless (org-element-property :footnote-section-p headline
)
179 (let* ((level (org-export-get-relative-level headline info
))
180 (title (org-export-data (org-element-property :title headline
) info
))
181 (todo (and (plist-get info
:with-todo-keywords
)
182 (let ((todo (org-element-property :todo-keyword
184 (and todo
(concat (org-export-data todo info
) " ")))))
185 (tags (and (plist-get info
:with-tags
)
186 (let ((tag-list (org-export-get-tags headline info
)))
189 (mapconcat 'identity tag-list
":"))))))
191 (and (plist-get info
:with-priority
)
192 (let ((char (org-element-property :priority headline
)))
193 (and char
(format "[#%c] " char
)))))
195 (when (plist-get info
:with-toc
)
197 (or (org-element-property :CUSTOM_ID headline
)
199 (mapconcat 'number-to-string
200 (org-export-get-headline-number
201 headline info
) "-")))
203 ;; Headline text without tags.
204 (heading (concat todo priority title
))
205 (style (plist-get info
:md-headline-style
)))
207 ;; Cannot create a headline. Fall-back to a list.
208 ((or (org-export-low-level-p headline info
)
209 (not (memq style
'(atx setext
)))
210 (and (eq style
'atx
) (> level
6))
211 (and (eq style
'setext
) (> level
2)))
213 (if (not (org-export-numbered-headline-p headline info
)) "-"
214 (concat (number-to-string
215 (car (last (org-export-get-headline-number
218 (concat bullet
(make-string (- 4 (length bullet
)) ?
) heading tags
221 (replace-regexp-in-string "^" " " contents
)))))
222 ;; Use "Setext" style.
224 (concat heading tags anchor
"\n"
225 (make-string (length heading
) (if (= level
1) ?
= ?-
))
229 (t (concat (make-string level ?
#) " " heading tags anchor
"\n\n" contents
))))))
234 (defun org-md-horizontal-rule (horizontal-rule contents info
)
235 "Transcode HORIZONTAL-RULE element into Markdown format.
236 CONTENTS is the horizontal rule contents. INFO is a plist used
237 as a communication channel."
243 (defun org-md-italic (italic contents info
)
244 "Transcode ITALIC object into Markdown format.
245 CONTENTS is the text within italic markup. INFO is a plist used
246 as a communication channel."
247 (format "*%s*" contents
))
252 (defun org-md-item (item contents info
)
253 "Transcode ITEM element into Markdown format.
254 CONTENTS is the item contents. INFO is a plist used as
255 a communication channel."
256 (let* ((type (org-element-property :type
(org-export-get-parent item
)))
257 (struct (org-element-property :structure item
))
258 (bullet (if (not (eq type
'ordered
)) "-"
259 (concat (number-to-string
260 (car (last (org-list-get-item-number
261 (org-element-property :begin item
)
263 (org-list-prevs-alist struct
)
264 (org-list-parents-alist struct
)))))
267 (make-string (- 4 (length bullet
)) ?
)
268 (case (org-element-property :checkbox item
)
272 (let ((tag (org-element-property :tag item
)))
273 (and tag
(format "**%s:** "(org-export-data tag info
))))
275 (org-trim (replace-regexp-in-string "^" " " contents
))))))
281 (defun org-md-keyword (keyword contents info
)
282 "Transcode a KEYWORD element into Markdown format.
283 CONTENTS is nil. INFO is a plist used as a communication
285 (if (member (org-element-property :key keyword
) '("MARKDOWN" "MD"))
286 (org-element-property :value keyword
)
287 (org-export-with-backend 'html keyword contents info
)))
292 (defun org-md-line-break (line-break contents info
)
293 "Transcode LINE-BREAK object into Markdown format.
294 CONTENTS is nil. INFO is a plist used as a communication
301 (defun org-md-link (link contents info
)
302 "Transcode LINE-BREAK object into Markdown format.
303 CONTENTS is the link's description. INFO is a plist used as
304 a communication channel."
305 (let ((link-org-files-as-md
308 ;; Treat links to `file.org' as links to `file.md'.
309 (if (string= ".org" (downcase (file-name-extension raw-path
".")))
310 (concat (file-name-sans-extension raw-path
) ".md")
312 (type (org-element-property :type link
)))
314 ((member type
'("custom-id" "id"))
315 (let ((destination (org-export-resolve-id-link link info
)))
316 (if (stringp destination
) ; External file.
317 (let ((path (funcall link-org-files-as-md destination
)))
318 (if (not contents
) (format "<%s>" path
)
319 (format "[%s](%s)" contents path
)))
321 (and contents
(concat contents
" "))
323 (format (org-export-translate "See section %s" :html info
)
324 (mapconcat 'number-to-string
325 (org-export-get-headline-number
328 ((org-export-inline-image-p link org-html-inline-image-rules
)
329 (let ((path (let ((raw-path (org-element-property :path link
)))
330 (if (not (file-name-absolute-p raw-path
)) raw-path
331 (expand-file-name raw-path
))))
332 (caption (org-export-data
333 (org-export-get-caption
334 (org-export-get-parent-element link
)) info
)))
336 (if (not (org-string-nw-p caption
)) path
337 (format "%s \"%s\"" path caption
)))))
338 ((string= type
"coderef")
339 (let ((ref (org-element-property :path link
)))
340 (format (org-export-get-coderef-format ref contents
)
341 (org-export-resolve-coderef ref info
))))
342 ((equal type
"radio") contents
)
343 ((equal type
"fuzzy")
344 (let ((destination (org-export-resolve-fuzzy-link link info
)))
345 (if (org-string-nw-p contents
) contents
347 (let ((number (org-export-get-ordinal destination info
)))
349 (if (atom number
) (number-to-string number
)
350 (mapconcat 'number-to-string number
"."))))))))
351 ;; Link type is handled by a special function.
352 ((let ((protocol (nth 2 (assoc type org-link-protocols
))))
353 (and (functionp protocol
)
355 (org-link-unescape (org-element-property :path link
))
358 (t (let* ((raw-path (org-element-property :path link
))
361 ((member type
'("http" "https" "ftp"))
362 (concat type
":" raw-path
))
363 ((string= type
"file")
364 (let ((path (funcall link-org-files-as-md raw-path
)))
365 (if (not (file-name-absolute-p path
)) path
366 ;; If file path is absolute, prepend it
367 ;; with "file:" component.
368 (concat "file:" path
))))
370 (if (not contents
) (format "<%s>" path
)
371 (format "[%s](%s)" contents path
)))))))
376 (defun org-md-node-property (node-property contents info
)
377 "Transcode a NODE-PROPERTY element into Markdown syntax.
378 CONTENTS is nil. INFO is a plist holding contextual
381 (org-element-property :key node-property
)
382 (let ((value (org-element-property :value node-property
)))
383 (if value
(concat " " value
) ""))))
388 (defun org-md-paragraph (paragraph contents info
)
389 "Transcode PARAGRAPH element into Markdown format.
390 CONTENTS is the paragraph contents. INFO is a plist used as
391 a communication channel."
392 (let ((first-object (car (org-element-contents paragraph
))))
393 ;; If paragraph starts with a #, protect it.
394 (if (and (stringp first-object
) (string-match "\\`#" first-object
))
395 (replace-regexp-in-string "\\`#" "\\#" contents nil t
)
401 (defun org-md-plain-list (plain-list contents info
)
402 "Transcode PLAIN-LIST element into Markdown format.
403 CONTENTS is the plain-list contents. INFO is a plist used as
404 a communication channel."
410 (defun org-md-plain-text (text info
)
411 "Transcode a TEXT string into Markdown format.
412 TEXT is the string to transcode. INFO is a plist holding
413 contextual information."
414 (when (plist-get info
:with-smart-quotes
)
415 (setq text
(org-export-activate-smart-quotes text
:html info
)))
416 ;; Protect ambiguous #. This will protect # at the beginning of
417 ;; a line, but not at the beginning of a paragraph. See
418 ;; `org-md-paragraph'.
419 (setq text
(replace-regexp-in-string "\n#" "\n\\\\#" text
))
420 ;; Protect ambiguous !
421 (setq text
(replace-regexp-in-string "\\(!\\)\\[" "\\\\!" text nil nil
1))
422 ;; Protect `, *, _ and \
423 (setq text
(replace-regexp-in-string "[`*_\\]" "\\\\\\&" text
))
424 ;; Handle special strings, if required.
425 (when (plist-get info
:with-special-strings
)
426 (setq text
(org-html-convert-special-strings text
)))
427 ;; Handle break preservation, if required.
428 (when (plist-get info
:preserve-breaks
)
429 (setq text
(replace-regexp-in-string "[ \t]*\n" " \n" text
)))
436 (defun org-md-property-drawer (property-drawer contents info
)
437 "Transcode a PROPERTY-DRAWER element into Markdown format.
438 CONTENTS holds the contents of the drawer. INFO is a plist
439 holding contextual information."
440 (and (org-string-nw-p contents
)
441 (replace-regexp-in-string "^" " " contents
)))
446 (defun org-md-quote-block (quote-block contents info
)
447 "Transcode QUOTE-BLOCK element into Markdown format.
448 CONTENTS is the quote-block contents. INFO is a plist used as
449 a communication channel."
450 (replace-regexp-in-string
452 (replace-regexp-in-string "\n\\'" "" contents
)))
457 (defun org-md-section (section contents info
)
458 "Transcode SECTION element into Markdown format.
459 CONTENTS is the section contents. INFO is a plist used as
460 a communication channel."
466 (defun org-md-inner-template (contents info
)
467 "Return body of document after converting it to Markdown syntax.
468 CONTENTS is the transcoded contents string. INFO is a plist
469 holding export options."
470 ;; Make sure CONTENTS is separated from table of contents and
471 ;; footnotes with at least a blank line.
472 (org-trim (org-html-inner-template (concat "\n" contents
"\n") info
)))
474 (defun org-md-template (contents info
)
475 "Return complete document string after Markdown conversion.
476 CONTENTS is the transcoded contents string. INFO is a plist used
477 as a communication channel."
482 ;;; Interactive function
485 (defun org-md-export-as-markdown (&optional async subtreep visible-only
)
486 "Export current buffer to a Markdown buffer.
488 If narrowing is active in the current buffer, only export its
491 If a region is active, export that region.
493 A non-nil optional argument ASYNC means the process should happen
494 asynchronously. The resulting buffer should be accessible
495 through the `org-export-stack' interface.
497 When optional argument SUBTREEP is non-nil, export the sub-tree
498 at point, extracting information from the headline properties
501 When optional argument VISIBLE-ONLY is non-nil, don't export
502 contents of hidden elements.
504 Export is done in a buffer named \"*Org MD Export*\", which will
505 be displayed when `org-export-show-temporary-export-buffer' is
508 (org-export-to-buffer 'md
"*Org MD Export*"
509 async subtreep visible-only nil nil
(lambda () (text-mode))))
512 (defun org-md-convert-region-to-md ()
513 "Assume the current region has org-mode syntax, and convert it to Markdown.
514 This can be used in any buffer. For example, you can write an
515 itemized list in org-mode syntax in a Markdown buffer and use
516 this command to convert it."
518 (org-export-replace-region-by 'md
))
522 (defun org-md-export-to-markdown (&optional async subtreep visible-only
)
523 "Export current buffer to a Markdown file.
525 If narrowing is active in the current buffer, only export its
528 If a region is active, export that region.
530 A non-nil optional argument ASYNC means the process should happen
531 asynchronously. The resulting file should be accessible through
532 the `org-export-stack' interface.
534 When optional argument SUBTREEP is non-nil, export the sub-tree
535 at point, extracting information from the headline properties
538 When optional argument VISIBLE-ONLY is non-nil, don't export
539 contents of hidden elements.
541 Return output file's name."
543 (let ((outfile (org-export-output-file-name ".md" subtreep
)))
544 (org-export-to-file 'md outfile async subtreep visible-only
)))
547 (defun org-md-publish-to-md (plist filename pub-dir
)
548 "Publish an org file to Markdown.
550 FILENAME is the filename of the Org file to be published. PLIST
551 is the property list for the given project. PUB-DIR is the
552 publishing directory.
554 Return output file name."
555 (org-publish-org-to 'md filename
".md" plist pub-dir
))
560 ;; generated-autoload-file: "org-loaddefs.el"
563 ;;; ox-md.el ends here