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Created March 8, 2011 08:39
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convert markdown text to html using clojure
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markdown-to-html.clj
(import (javax.script ScriptEngineManager ScriptEngine))
(defn markdown-to-html [txt]
(let [e (.getEngineByName (ScriptEngineManager.) "JavaScript")]
(.eval e (str
(slurp "showdown.js")
(System/getProperty "line.separator")
"var toHtml = function(mdtext){ return new Showdown.converter().makeHtml(mdtext); }"))
(.invokeFunction e "toHtml" (let [arr (make-array String 1)] (aset arr 0 txt ) arr))))
(print (markdown-to-html "*Hello World!*"))
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