Summary

Transform existing html into markdown in a simple way, for example if you want to import existings tags into your markdown based application.

Installation

Install the gem:

[sudo] gem install reverse_markdown

If you want to use it in Rails context, add it to your Gemfile:

gem 'reverse_markdown'

Synopsis

Given you have html content as string or Nokogiri document or element just pass it over to the module like this:

ReverseMarkdown.parse content

However, the old syntax is still supported:

ReverseMarkdown.parse_element content
ReverseMarkdown.parse_string content

You can also convert html files to markdown from the command line:

$ reverse_markdown file.html > file.markdown
$ cat file.html | reverse_markdown > file.markdown

Additionally there is a support for github-like multiline code which is indented with "`":

ReverseMarkdown.parse_string(input, github_style_code_blocks: true)

Tag support

Only basic html tags are supported right now. However, it should not be to difficult to add some. Feel free to contribute or notify me about missing stuff.

supported tags: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, em, strong, i, b, blockquote, code, img, a, hr, li, ol, ul
nested lists
inline and block code

See as well

wmd-editor - Markdown flavored text editor
markdown syntax - The markdown syntax specification
html_massage - A gem by Harlan T. Wood to convert regular sites into markdown

Thanks

..to Ben Woosley for his improvements to the first version.

..to Harlan T. Wood for his help with the newer versions.