Jekyll Markdown Tag

markdown-tag.rb

=begin
  Jekyll tag to include Markdown text from _includes directory preprocessing with Liquid.
  Usage:
    {% markdown <filename> %}
  Dependency:
    - kramdown
=end
module Jekyll
  class MarkdownTag < Liquid::Tag
    def initialize(tag_name, text, tokens)
      super
      @text = text.strip
    end
    require "kramdown"
    def render(context)
      tmpl = File.read File.join Dir.pwd, "_includes", @text
      site = context.registers[:site]
      tmpl = (Liquid::Template.parse tmpl).render site.site_payload
      html = Kramdown::Document.new(tmpl).to_html
    end
  end
end
Liquid::Template.register_tag('markdown', Jekyll::MarkdownTag)

neither this nor render_partial work for me

Hi thanks for the gist :) I fork it and make some small change to work with markdown engine that your Jekyll installation works :) ... i mean without other dependencies. This is the link of my gist: https://gist.github.com/mignev/7759676

Thanks once again :)

I've mentioned this on @mignev's fork, but it also applies to this version:

Something weird seems to happen to the markdown with this plugin. For example, when using fenced code blocks, the newlines seem to disappear. I've also added support for MathJax to my installation, and the backslashes get removed. Explicit inclusion along the lines of

{% capture my-include %}{% include test.md %}{% endcapture %}
{{ my-include | markdownify }}

Doesn't have these problems. Any ideas how to work around these while still using the plugin?

Hi,

This is my current code:

{% if member.brief %}
{% include /briefs/{{ member.brief }} %}
{% endif %}

I need to change this so it uses the markdown command instead of include, but

{% if member.brief %}
{% markdown /briefs/{{ member.brief }} %}
{% endif %}

Gives me a "file not found" error. How can I make it work?

Best,
Kristian

Even after inserting this code in _plugins directory, I am getting page build error:

The tag markdown in _posts/2015-08-26-compiling-html-templates-to-html-pages.md is not a recognized Liquid tag.

I am using kramdown markdown.

Please help.

@kamlekar I've just had the same problem. I forgot to restart my site with jekyll serve.

How would variables be passed into the included markdown ?

{% markdown query_parameters.md param="value" %}

Liquid Exception: No such file or directory - _includes/query_parameters.md param="value" in _posts/2016-01-22-user.markdown