On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 07:20:43AM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > On 2 February 2016 at 13:43, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote: > | Package: wnpp > | Severity: wishlist > | > | * Package name : r-cran-markdown > | Version : 0.7.7 > | Upstream Author : Yihui Xie <xie /a/ yihui . name> > | * URL : https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/markdown/ > | * License : GPL e.a. > | Programming Lang: R, C > | Description : GNU R package providing R bindings to the Sundown Markdown rendering library > | > | Provides R bindings to the Sundown Markdown rendering library by Vicent Marti e.a., > | based upon work by Natacha Porté. Markdown is a plain-text formatting syntax that can > | be converted to XHTML or other formats. > | . > | The R function `markdownToHTML` renders a markdown file to HTML. Options > | controlling HTML output and supported markdown extensions can be optionally > | specified. > | . > | The package also exports the underlying Sundown C extension API which > | enables creating and calling custom renderers using the `renderMarkdown` > | function. > > It's also outdated (but still a depends). All never processed call the newer > package rmarkdown (leading r, uses pandoc), also by RStudio, which in turns > call knitr for some parts. Thanks, added a note to r-cran-markdown's description (in git @ alioth). > But markdown should be easy enough to package, > hopefully. It just entered https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html . > Thanks for doing this. Thanks for your interest! Joost
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