Remarkable JS Markdown parser plugin tutorial

RemarkablePlugin.js

/**
 * Created by Barrett Sonntag barretts@github on 3/2/2015.
 * http://www.sosuke.com/writing-custom-extensions-for-the-remarkable-javascript-markdown-parser
 * 
 * A plugin tutorial for Remarkable https://github.com/jonschlinkert/remarkable
 */

var markdownParser = new Remarkable();

// open links in new windows
markdownParser.renderer.rules.link_open = (function() { 
  var original = markdownParser.renderer.rules.link_open;
  return function() {
    var link = original.apply(this, arguments);
    return link.substring(0, link.length - 1) + ' target="_blank">';
  };
})();

// add images to lightbox
markdownParser.renderer.rules.image = (function() {
  var original = markdownParser.renderer.rules.image;
  return function(tokens, idx) {
    var href = Remarkable.utils.escapeHtml(tokens[idx].src);
    var imgOutput = original.apply(this, arguments);
    var anchorStart = '<a href="'+href+'" data-lightbox="markdown">';
    return anchorStart + imgOutput + "</a>";
  };
})();

// create a custom plugin matching :!:
var parse = function(state) {
  // I get my character hex codes from the console using
  // "0x"+"[".charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase()
 
  var pos = state.pos;
  var marker = state.src.charCodeAt(state.pos);
 
  // Our pos starts at 0, so we are looking for :!:
  // marker starts with the character at 0
  // Given state.src :!:
  // We are here:    ^
 
  if (marker !== 0x3A/* : */) {
    return false;
  }
 
  pos++;
  marker = state.src.charCodeAt(pos);
 
  // Given state.src :!:
  // We are here:     ^
 
  if (marker !== 0x21/* ! */) {
    return false;
  }
 
  pos++;
  marker = state.src.charCodeAt(pos);
 
  // Given state.src :!:
  // We are here:      ^
 
  if (marker !== 0x3A/* : */) {
    return false;
  }
  
  state.pos = pos+1;
 
  if (state.pos > state.posMax) {
    state.pos = state.posMax;
  }
 
  // Having matched all three characters we add a token to the state list
  var token = {
    type: "bangSmiley",
    level: state.level,
    content: marker
  };
 
  state.push(token);
 
  return true;
};

var render = function(tokens, idx, options) {
  var smileyString = '<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Binette-typo.png/200px-Binette-typo.png" alt="" width="20" height="20"';
  smileyString += options.xhtmlOut ? '/>' : '>';
 
  return smileyString;
};
 
var bangSmiley = function(md) {
  md.inline.ruler.push('bangSmiley', parse);
  md.renderer.rules.bangSmiley = render;
};

markdownParser.use(bangSmiley);

/*
Markdown:
----------
[new window](http://github.com)

![lightbox](https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44d.png)

:!:

Renderered:
----------
<p><a href="http://github.com" target="_blank">new window</a>
</p>
<p>
  <a href="https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44d.png" data-lightbox="markdown"><img src="https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44d.png" alt="lightbox">
  </a>
</p>
<p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Binette-typo.png/200px-Binette-typo.png" alt="" width="20" height="20">
</p>
*/

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