Markdown api (wip)

markdown-api.lua

-- parse markdown, its portable (can be used in any framework)
local markdown_data = markdown.parse("Hello **bold world!** I use *italic text*.")
-- returns:
{
	{
		body = "Hello ",
		type = "raw"
	},
	{
		body = "bold world!",
		type = "bold"
	},
	{
		body = " I use ",
		type = "raw"
	},
	{
		body = "italic text",
		type = "italic"
	},
	{
		body = ".",
		type = "raw"
	},
}

-- prepare markdown text to render in gmod
local markdown_renderdata = markdown.prepare("Hello **bold world!** I use *italic text*.", font, x, y, maxW)
-- returns:
{
	font = "Roboto",
	text = "Hello **bold world!** I use *italic text*.",
	w = 256,
	x = 32,
	y = 32,
	data = {
		{
			color = Color( 225, 225, 225 ),
			font = "markdown-Roboto-basic",
			text = "Hello ",
			type = "raw",
			w = 33,
			h = 16,
			x = 32,
			y = 32
		},
		{
			color = Color( 225, 225, 225 ),
			font = "markdown-Roboto-bold",
			text = "bold world!",
			type = "bold",
			w = 79,
			h = 16,
			x = 65,
			y = 32
		},
		{
			color = Color( 225, 225, 225 ),
			font = "markdown-Roboto-basic",
			text = " I use ",
			type = "raw",
			w = 35,
			h = 16,
			x = 144,
			y = 32
		},
		{
			color = Color( 225, 225, 225 ),
			font = "markdown-Roboto-italic",
			text = "italic text",
			type = "italic",
			w = 52,
			h = 16,
			x = 179,
			y = 32
		},
		{
			color = Color( 225, 225, 225 ),
			font = "markdown-Roboto-basic",
			text = ".",
			type = "raw",
			w = 4,
			h = 16,
			x = 231,
			y = 32
		}
	}
}

-- render prepared markdown in gmod
markdown.draw(markdown_renderdata)