for (var i = 0; i < blockTags.length; ++i) {
rgx1 = new RegExp('^ {0,3}(<' + blockTags[i] + '\\b[^>]*>)', 'im'),
patLeft = '<' + blockTags[i] + '\\b[^>]*>',
patRight = '</' + blockTags[i] + '>';
// 1. Look for the first position of the first opening HTML tag in the text
while ((opTagPos = showdown.helper.regexIndexOf(text, rgx1)) !== -1) {
// if the HTML tag is \ escaped, we need to escape it and break
//2. Split the text in that position
var subTexts = showdown.helper.splitAtIndex(text, opTagPos),
newSubText1 = showdown.helper.replaceRecursiveRegExp(subTexts[1], repFunc, patLeft, patRight, 'im');
// prevent an infinite loop
if (newSubText1 === subTexts[1]) {
text = subTexts[0].concat(newSubText1);
text = text.replace(/(\n {0,3}(<(hr)\b([^<>])*?\/?>)[ \t]*(?=\n{2,}))/g,
showdown.subParser('hashElement')(text, options, globals));
// Special case for standalone HTML comments
text = showdown.helper.replaceRecursiveRegExp(text, function (txt) {
return '\n\n¨K' + (globals.gHtmlBlocks.push(txt) - 1) + 'K\n\n';
}, '^ {0,3}<!--', '-->', 'gm');
// PHP and ASP-style processor instructions (<?...?> and <%...%>)
text = text.replace(/(?:\n\n)( {0,3}(?:<([?%])[^\r]*?\2>)[ \t]*(?=\n{2,}))/g,
showdown.subParser('hashElement')(text, options, globals));
text = globals.converter._dispatch('hashHTMLBlocks.after', text, options, globals);
* Hash span elements that should not be parsed as markdown
showdown.subParser('hashHTMLSpans', function (text, options, globals) {
text = globals.converter._dispatch('hashHTMLSpans.before', text, options, globals);
function hashHTMLSpan (html) {
return '¨C' + (globals.gHtmlSpans.push(html) - 1) + 'C';
// Hash Self Closing tags
text = text.replace(/<[^>]+?\/>/gi, function (wm) {
// Hash tags without properties
text = text.replace(/<([^>]+?)>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/g, function (wm) {
// Hash tags with properties
text = text.replace(/<([^>]+?)\s[^>]+?>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>/g, function (wm) {
// Hash self closing tags without />
text = text.replace(/<[^>]+?>/gi, function (wm) {
/*showdown.helper.matchRecursiveRegExp(text, '<code\\b[^>]*>', '</code>', 'gi');*/
text = globals.converter._dispatch('hashHTMLSpans.after', text, options, globals);
showdown.subParser('unhashHTMLSpans', function (text, options, globals) {
text = globals.converter._dispatch('unhashHTMLSpans.before', text, options, globals);
for (var i = 0; i < globals.gHtmlSpans.length; ++i) {
var repText = globals.gHtmlSpans[i],
// limiter to prevent infinite loop (assume 10 as limit for recurse)
while (/¨C(\d+)C/.test(repText)) {
repText = repText.replace('¨C' + num + 'C', globals.gHtmlSpans[num]);
console.error('maximum nesting of 10 spans reached!!!');
text = text.replace('¨C' + i + 'C', repText);
text = globals.converter._dispatch('unhashHTMLSpans.after', text, options, globals);
* Hash and escape <pre><code> elements that should not be parsed as markdown
showdown.subParser('hashPreCodeTags', function (text, options, globals) {
text = globals.converter._dispatch('hashPreCodeTags.before', text, options, globals);
var repFunc = function (wholeMatch, match, left, right) {
var codeblock = left + showdown.subParser('encodeCode')(match, options, globals) + right;
return '\n\n¨G' + (globals.ghCodeBlocks.push({text: wholeMatch, codeblock: codeblock}) - 1) + 'G\n\n';
text = showdown.helper.replaceRecursiveRegExp(text, repFunc, '^ {0,3}<pre\\b[^>]*>\\s*<code\\b[^>]*>', '^ {0,3}</code>\\s*</pre>', 'gim');
text = globals.converter._dispatch('hashPreCodeTags.after', text, options, globals);
showdown.subParser('headers', function (text, options, globals) {
text = globals.converter._dispatch('headers.before', text, options, globals);
var headerLevelStart = (isNaN(parseInt(options.headerLevelStart))) ? 1 : parseInt(options.headerLevelStart),
// Set text-style headers:
setextRegexH1 = (options.smoothLivePreview) ? /^(.+)[ \t]*\n={2,}[ \t]*\n+/gm : /^(.+)[ \t]*\n=+[ \t]*\n+/gm,
setextRegexH2 = (options.smoothLivePreview) ? /^(.+)[ \t]*\n-{2,}[ \t]*\n+/gm : /^(.+)[ \t]*\n-+[ \t]*\n+/gm;
text = text.replace(setextRegexH1, function (wholeMatch, m1) {
var spanGamut = showdown.subParser('spanGamut')(m1, options, globals),
hID = (options.noHeaderId) ? '' : ' id="' + headerId(m1) + '"',
hLevel = headerLevelStart,
hashBlock = '<h' + hLevel + hID + '>' + spanGamut + '</h' + hLevel + '>';
return showdown.subParser('hashBlock')(hashBlock, options, globals);
text = text.replace(setextRegexH2, function (matchFound, m1) {
var spanGamut = showdown.subParser('spanGamut')(m1, options, globals),
hID = (options.noHeaderId) ? '' : ' id="' + headerId(m1) + '"',
hLevel = headerLevelStart + 1,
hashBlock = '<h' + hLevel + hID + '>' + spanGamut + '</h' + hLevel + '>';
return showdown.subParser('hashBlock')(hashBlock, options, globals);
// ## Header 2 with closing hashes ##
var atxStyle = (options.requireSpaceBeforeHeadingText) ? /^(#{1,6})[ \t]+(.+?)[ \t]*#*\n+/gm : /^(#{1,6})[ \t]*(.+?)[ \t]*#*\n+/gm;
text = text.replace(atxStyle, function (wholeMatch, m1, m2) {
if (options.customizedHeaderId) {
hText = m2.replace(/\s?\{([^{]+?)}\s*$/, '');
var span = showdown.subParser('spanGamut')(hText, options, globals),
hID = (options.noHeaderId) ? '' : ' id="' + headerId(m2) + '"',
hLevel = headerLevelStart - 1 + m1.length,
header = '<h' + hLevel + hID + '>' + span + '</h' + hLevel + '>';
return showdown.subParser('hashBlock')(header, options, globals);
// It is separate from other options to allow combining prefix and customized
if (options.customizedHeaderId) {
var match = m.match(/\{([^{]+?)}\s*$/);
// Prefix id to prevent causing inadvertent pre-existing style matches.
if (showdown.helper.isString(options.prefixHeaderId)) {
prefix = options.prefixHeaderId;
} else if (options.prefixHeaderId === true) {
if (!options.rawPrefixHeaderId) {
if (options.ghCompatibleHeaderId) {
// replace previously escaped chars (&, ¨ and $)
// replace rest of the chars (&~$ are repeated as they might have been escaped)
// borrowed from github's redcarpet (some they should produce similar results)
.replace(/[&+$,\/:;=?@"#{}|^¨~\[\]`\\*)(%.!'<>]/g, '')
} else if (options.rawHeaderId) {
// replace previously escaped chars (&, ¨ and $)
if (options.rawPrefixHeaderId) {
if (globals.hashLinkCounts[title]) {
title = title + '-' + (globals.hashLinkCounts[title]++);
globals.hashLinkCounts[title] = 1;
text = globals.converter._dispatch('headers.after', text, options, globals);
* Turn Markdown link shortcuts into XHTML <a> tags.
showdown.subParser('horizontalRule', function (text, options, globals) {
text = globals.converter._dispatch('horizontalRule.before', text, options, globals);
var key = showdown.subParser('hashBlock')('<hr />', options, globals);
text = text.replace(/^ {0,2}( ?-){3,}[ \t]*$/gm, key);
text = text.replace(/^ {0,2}( ?\*){3,}[ \t]*$/gm, key);
text = text.replace(/^ {0,2}( ?_){3,}[ \t]*$/gm, key);
text = globals.converter._dispatch('horizontalRule.after', text, options, globals);
* Turn Markdown image shortcuts into <img> tags.
showdown.subParser('images', function (text, options, globals) {
text = globals.converter._dispatch('images.before', text, options, globals);
var inlineRegExp = /!\[([^\]]*?)][ \t]*()\([ \t]?<?([\S]+?(?:\([\S]*?\)[\S]*?)?)>?(?: =([*\d]+[A-Za-z%]{0,4})x([*\d]+[A-Za-z%]{0,4}))?[ \t]*(?:(["'])([^"]*?)\6)?[ \t]?\)/g,
crazyRegExp = /!\[([^\]]*?)][ \t]*()\([ \t]?<([^>]*)>(?: =([*\d]+[A-Za-z%]{0,4})x([*\d]+[A-Za-z%]{0,4}))?[ \t]*(?:(?:(["'])([^"]*?)\6))?[ \t]?\)/g,
base64RegExp = /!\[([^\]]*?)][ \t]*()\([ \t]?<?(data:.+?\/.+?;base64,[A-Za-z0-9+/=\n]+?)>?(?: =([*\d]+[A-Za-z%]{0,4})x([*\d]+[A-Za-z%]{0,4}))?[ \t]*(?:(["'])([^"]*?)\6)?[ \t]?\)/g,
referenceRegExp = /!\[([^\]]*?)] ?(?:\n *)?\[([\s\S]*?)]()()()()()/g,
refShortcutRegExp = /!\[([^\[\]]+)]()()()()()/g;
function writeImageTagBase64 (wholeMatch, altText, linkId, url, width, height, m5, title) {
url = url.replace(/\s/g, '');
return writeImageTag (wholeMatch, altText, linkId, url, width, height, m5, title);
function writeImageTag (wholeMatch, altText, linkId, url, width, height, m5, title) {
var gUrls = globals.gUrls,
gTitles = globals.gTitles,
gDims = globals.gDimensions;
linkId = linkId.toLowerCase();
// Special case for explicit empty url
if (wholeMatch.search(/\(<?\s*>? ?(['"].*['"])?\)$/m) > -1) {
} else if (url === '' || url === null) {
if (linkId === '' || linkId === null) {
// lower-case and turn embedded newlines into spaces
linkId = altText.toLowerCase().replace(/ ?\n/g, ' ');
if (!showdown.helper.isUndefined(gUrls[linkId])) {
if (!showdown.helper.isUndefined(gTitles[linkId])) {
if (!showdown.helper.isUndefined(gDims[linkId])) {
width = gDims[linkId].width;
height = gDims[linkId].height;
//altText = showdown.helper.escapeCharacters(altText, '*_', false);
.replace(showdown.helper.regexes.asteriskDashAndColon, showdown.helper.escapeCharactersCallback);
//url = showdown.helper.escapeCharacters(url, '*_', false);
url = url.replace(showdown.helper.regexes.asteriskDashAndColon, showdown.helper.escapeCharactersCallback);
var result = '<img src="' + url + '" alt="' + altText + '"';
if (title && showdown.helper.isString(title)) {
//title = showdown.helper.escapeCharacters(title, '*_', false);
.replace(showdown.helper.regexes.asteriskDashAndColon, showdown.helper.escapeCharactersCallback);
result += ' title="' + title + '"';
width = (width === '*') ? 'auto' : width;
height = (height === '*') ? 'auto' : height;
result += ' width="' + width + '"';
result += ' height="' + height + '"';
// First, handle reference-style labeled images: ![alt text][id]
text = text.replace(referenceRegExp, writeImageTag);
// Next, handle inline images: ![alt text](url =<width>x<height> "optional title")
text = text.replace(base64RegExp, writeImageTagBase64);
// cases with crazy urls like ./image/cat1).png
text = text.replace(crazyRegExp, writeImageTag);
text = text.replace(inlineRegExp, writeImageTag);
// handle reference-style shortcuts: ![img text]
text = text.replace(refShortcutRegExp, writeImageTag);
text = globals.converter._dispatch('images.after', text, options, globals);
showdown.subParser('italicsAndBold', function (text, options, globals) {
text = globals.converter._dispatch('italicsAndBold.before', text, options, globals);
// it's faster to have 3 separate regexes for each case than have just one
// because of backtracing, in some cases, it could lead to an exponential effect
// called "catastrophic backtrace". Ominous!
function parseInside (txt, left, right) {
if (options.simplifiedAutoLink) {
txt = showdown.subParser('simplifiedAutoLinks')(txt, options, globals);
return left + txt + right;
if (options.literalMidWordUnderscores) {
text = text.replace(/\b___(\S[\s\S]*?)___\b/g, function (wm, txt) {
return parseInside (txt, '<strong><em>', '</em></strong>');
text = text.replace(/\b__(\S[\s\S]*?)__\b/g, function (wm, txt) {
return parseInside (txt, '<strong>', '</strong>');
text = text.replace(/\b_(\S[\s\S]*?)_\b/g, function (wm, txt) {
return parseInside (txt, '<em>', '</em>');
text = text.replace(/___(\S[\s\S]*?)___/g, function (wm, m) {
return (/\S$/.test(m)) ? parseInside (m, '<strong><em>', '</em></strong>') : wm;
text = text.replace(/__(\S[\s\S]*?)__/g, function (wm, m) {
return (/\S$/.test(m)) ? parseInside (m, '<strong>', '</strong>') : wm;
text = text.replace(/_([^\s_][\s\S]*?)_/g, function (wm, m) {
// !/^_[^_]/.test(m) - test if it doesn't start with __ (since it seems redundant, we removed it)
return (/\S$/.test(m)) ? parseInside (m, '<em>', '</em>') : wm;
if (options.literalMidWordAsterisks) {
text = text.replace(/([^*]|^)\B\*\*\*(\S[\s\S]*?)\*\*\*\B(?!\*)/g, function (wm, lead, txt) {
return parseInside (txt, lead + '<strong><em>', '</em></strong>');
text = text.replace(/([^*]|^)\B\*\*(\S[\s\S]*?)\*\*\B(?!\*)/g, function (wm, lead, txt) {
return parseInside (txt, lead + '<strong>', '</strong>');
text = text.replace(/([^*]|^)\B\*(\S[\s\S]*?)\*\B(?!\*)/g, function (wm, lead, txt) {
return parseInside (txt, lead + '<em>', '</em>');
text = text.replace(/\*\*\*(\S[\s\S]*?)\*\*\*/g, function (wm, m) {
return (/\S$/.test(m)) ? parseInside (m, '<strong><em>', '</em></strong>') : wm;
text = text.replace(/\*\*(\S[\s\S]*?)\*\*/g, function (wm, m) {
return (/\S$/.test(m)) ? parseInside (m, '<strong>', '</strong>') : wm;
text = text.replace(/\*([^\s*][\s\S]*?)\*/g, function (wm, m) {
// !/^\*[^*]/.test(m) - test if it doesn't start with ** (since it seems redundant, we removed it)
return (/\S$/.test(m)) ? parseInside (m, '<em>', '</em>') : wm;
text = globals.converter._dispatch('italicsAndBold.after', text, options, globals);
* Form HTML ordered (numbered) and unordered (bulleted) lists.
showdown.subParser('lists', function (text, options, globals) {
* Process the contents of a single ordered or unordered list, splitting it
* into individual list items.
* @param {string} listStr
* @param {boolean} trimTrailing
function processListItems (listStr, trimTrailing) {
// The $g_list_level global keeps track of when we're inside a list.
// Each time we enter a list, we increment it; when we leave a list,
// we decrement. If it's zero, we're not in a list anymore.
// We do this because when we're not inside a list, we want to treat
// I recommend upgrading to version
// 8. Oops, now this line is treated
// As a single paragraph, despite the fact that the second line starts
// with a digit-period-space sequence.
// Whereas when we're inside a list (or sub-list), that line will be
// treated as the start of a sub-list. What a kludge, huh? This is
// an aspect of Markdown's syntax that's hard to parse perfectly
// without resorting to mind-reading. Perhaps the solution is to
// change the syntax rules such that sub-lists must start with a
// starting cardinal number; e.g. "1." or "a.".
// trim trailing blank lines:
listStr = listStr.replace(/\n{2,}$/, '\n');
// attacklab: add sentinel to emulate \z
var rgx = /(\n)?(^ {0,3})([*+-]|\d+[.])[ \t]+((\[(x|X| )?])?[ \t]*[^\r]+?(\n{1,2}))(?=\n*(¨0| {0,3}([*+-]|\d+[.])[ \t]+))/gm,
isParagraphed = (/\n[ \t]*\n(?!¨0)/.test(listStr));
// Since version 1.5, nesting sublists requires 4 spaces (or 1 tab) indentation,
// which is a syntax breaking change
// activating this option reverts to old behavior
if (options.disableForced4SpacesIndentedSublists) {
rgx = /(\n)?(^ {0,3})([*+-]|\d+[.])[ \t]+((\[(x|X| )?])?[ \t]*[^\r]+?(\n{1,2}))(?=\n*(¨0|\2([*+-]|\d+[.])[ \t]+))/gm;