markdown

Converts markdown to html.

📝 Syntax

• html_txt = markdown(md_txt)

• html_txt = markdown(md_txt, options)

• status = markdown(md_filename, html_filename)

• status = markdown(md_filename, html_filename, options)

📥 Input argument

• md_txt - a string: markdown text to convert.

• md_filename - a string: markdown filename to convert (source).

• html_filename - a string: html filename (destination).

• options - a string: options for the conversion. 'secure' (default), or 'advanced'.

📤 Output argument

• status - a logical: html file generated or not.

📄 Description

markdown converts Markdown text-to-HTML.

options:

• secure (default): only a subset of markdown is supported (no raw HTML, no tables, no images, no links).

• advanced: full markdown supported (including raw HTML, tables, images, links).

💡 Examples

txt = {'## Example of Markdown text';
'>Nelson supports markdown ...'};
html = markdown(txt);
filewrite([tempdir(), 'markdown_example.html'], html)

if ispc()
  winopen([tempdir(), 'markdown_example.html']);
end

txt = 'Hello <script>alert("XSS")</script> World';
advanced_html = markdown(txt, 'advanced')
secure_html = markdown(txt, 'secure')

🔗 See also

htmltopdf.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version
1.15.0	'secure', 'advanced' modes added