metadata blocks

[cgilite] / markdown.awk

diff --git a/markdown.awk b/markdown.awk
index d28c7cfc760a2ed6c9fde6e040a2bf981c008b38..b0647922efdcbf5859dac4d3cda72145035403ed 100755 (executable)
--- a/markdown.awk
+++ b/markdown.awk
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 # - [ ] Definition lists (php md, pandoc)
 # - [-] Numbered example lists (pandoc)
 # - [-] Metadata blocks (pandoc)
+# - [x] Metadata blocks (custom)
 # - [x] Fenced Divs (pandoc)
 #
 # Extensions - Inline elements:
@@ -279,6 +280,12 @@ function _block( block, LOCAL, st, len, hlvl, htxt, guard, code, indent, attrib
   } else if ( AllowHTML && match( block, /^ ? ? ?(<\/[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*[[:space:]]*>|<[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*([[:space:]]+[A-Za-z_:][A-Za-z0-9_\.:-]*([[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*([[:space:]"'=<>`]+|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'))?)*[[:space:]]*\/?>)([[:space:]]*\n)([^\n]|\n[ \t]*[^\n])*(\n[[:space:]]*\n|$)/) ) {
     len = RLENGTH; st = RSTART;
     return substr(block, st, len) _block(substr(block, st + len));
+
+  # Metadata (custom, block starting with %something)
+  # Metadata is ignored but can be interpreted externally
+  } else if ( match(block, /^%[a-zA-Z]+([[:space:]][^\n]*)?(\n|$)(%[a-zA-Z]+([[:space:]][^\n]*)?(\n|$)|%([[:space:]][^\n]*)?(\n|$)|[ \t]+[^\n[:space:]][^\n]*(\n|$))*/) ) {
+    len = RLENGTH; st = RSTART;
+    return  _block( substr( block, len + 1) );
  
   # Blockquote (leading >)
   } else if ( match( block, /^> /) ) {