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markdown-to-xhtml task

The markdown-to-xhtml task Converts markdown input to an xhtml according to the HTMLBook specification.

Task attributes

None.

Task elements

Element name Multiplicity Description
input [1..n] The file name to include.
output [0..1] The name of the output file. Optional.

Each input element can have the following attributes:

Attribute name Default value Description
encoding utf-8 The encoding of the input file.

Each output element can have the following attributes:

Attribute name Default value Description
encoding utf-8 The encoding of the output file.

Task behaviour

The input s will be read, parsed, and converted to xhtml.

Example

pipeline:

    markdown-to-xhtml:
        input: "markdown.md"

# A document

## Introduction

This is a **markdown** document.

will result in the following XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

    <head>
        <title>A document</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="htmlbook.css" />
    </head>

    <body data-type="book">
        <section data-type="titlepage">
            <h1>A document</h1>
        </section>
        <section data-type="chapter">
            <h1>Introduction</h1>
            <p>This is a <strong>markdown</strong> document.</p>
        </section>
    </body>

</html>