path: root/man/man3/cmark.3

.TH cmark 3 "January 11, 2016" "LOCAL" "Library Functions Manual"
.SH
NAME
.PP
\f[B]cmark\f[] \- CommonMark parsing, manipulating, and rendering

.SH
DESCRIPTION
.SS
Simple Interface

.PP
\fIchar *\f[] \fBcmark_markdown_to_html\f[](\fIconst char *text\f[], \fIsize_t len\f[], \fIint options\f[])

.PP
Convert \f[I]text\f[] (assumed to be a UTF\-8 encoded string with
length \f[I]len\f[] from CommonMark Markdown to HTML, returning a
null\-terminated, UTF\-8\-encoded string.

.SS
Node Structure

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
typedef enum {
  /* Error status */
  CMARK_NODE_NONE,

  /* Block */
  CMARK_NODE_DOCUMENT,
  CMARK_NODE_BLOCK_QUOTE,
  CMARK_NODE_LIST,
  CMARK_NODE_ITEM,
  CMARK_NODE_CODE_BLOCK,
  CMARK_NODE_HTML_BLOCK,
  CMARK_NODE_CUSTOM_BLOCK,
  CMARK_NODE_PARAGRAPH,
  CMARK_NODE_HEADING,
  CMARK_NODE_THEMATIC_BREAK,

  CMARK_NODE_FIRST_BLOCK = CMARK_NODE_DOCUMENT,
  CMARK_NODE_LAST_BLOCK = CMARK_NODE_THEMATIC_BREAK,

  /* Inline */
  CMARK_NODE_TEXT,
  CMARK_NODE_SOFTBREAK,
  CMARK_NODE_LINEBREAK,
  CMARK_NODE_CODE,
  CMARK_NODE_HTML_INLINE,
  CMARK_NODE_CUSTOM_INLINE,
  CMARK_NODE_EMPH,
  CMARK_NODE_STRONG,
  CMARK_NODE_LINK,
  CMARK_NODE_IMAGE,

  CMARK_NODE_FIRST_INLINE = CMARK_NODE_TEXT,
  CMARK_NODE_LAST_INLINE = CMARK_NODE_IMAGE,
} cmark_node_type;
.RE
\f[]
.fi



.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
typedef enum {
  CMARK_NO_LIST,
  CMARK_BULLET_LIST,
  CMARK_ORDERED_LIST
} cmark_list_type;
.RE
\f[]
.fi



.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
typedef enum {
  CMARK_NO_DELIM,
  CMARK_PERIOD_DELIM,
  CMARK_PAREN_DELIM
} cmark_delim_type;
.RE
\f[]
.fi



.SS
Creating and Destroying Nodes

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_node_new\f[](\fIcmark_node_type type\f[])

.PP
Creates a new node of type \f[I]type\f[]. Note that the node may
have other required properties, which it is the caller\[cq]s
responsibility to assign.

.PP
\fIvoid\f[] \fBcmark_node_free\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Frees the memory allocated for a node.

.SS
Tree Traversal

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_node_next\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the next node in the sequence after \f[I]node\f[], or
NULL if there is none.

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_node_previous\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the previous node in the sequence after \f[I]node\f[], or
NULL if there is none.

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_node_parent\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the parent of \f[I]node\f[], or NULL if there is none.

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_node_first_child\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the first child of \f[I]node\f[], or NULL if
\f[I]node\f[] has no children.

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_node_last_child\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the last child of \f[I]node\f[], or NULL if \f[I]node\f[]
has no children.

.SS
Iterator
.PP
An iterator will walk through a tree of nodes, starting from a
root node, returning one node at a time, together with
information about whether the node is being entered or exited.
The iterator will first descend to a child node, if there is one.
When there is no child, the iterator will go to the next sibling.
When there is no next sibling, the iterator will return to the
parent (but with a \f[I]cmark_event_type\f[] of
\f[C]CMARK_EVENT_EXIT\f[]). The iterator will return
\f[C]CMARK_EVENT_DONE\f[] when it reaches the root node again.
One natural application is an HTML renderer, where an
\f[C]ENTER\f[] event outputs an open tag and an \f[C]EXIT\f[]
event outputs a close tag. An iterator might also be used to
transform an AST in some systematic way, for example, turning all
level\-3 headings into regular paragraphs.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
void
usage_example(cmark_node *root) {
    cmark_event_type ev_type;
    cmark_iter *iter = cmark_iter_new(root);

    while ((ev_type = cmark_iter_next(iter)) != CMARK_EVENT_DONE) {
        cmark_node *cur = cmark_iter_get_node(iter);
        // Do something with `cur` and `ev_type`
    }

    cmark_iter_free(iter);
}
\f[]
.fi
.PP
Iterators will never return \f[C]EXIT\f[] events for leaf nodes,
which are nodes of type:
.IP \[bu] 2
CMARK_NODE_HTML_BLOCK
.IP \[bu] 2
CMARK_NODE_THEMATIC_BREAK
.IP \[bu] 2
CMARK_NODE_CODE_BLOCK
.IP \[bu] 2
CMARK_NODE_TEXT
.IP \[bu] 2
CMARK_NODE_SOFTBREAK
.IP \[bu] 2
CMARK_NODE_LINEBREAK
.IP \[bu] 2
CMARK_NODE_CODE
.IP \[bu] 2
CMARK_NODE_HTML_INLINE
.PP
Nodes must only be modified after an \f[C]EXIT\f[] event, or an
\f[C]ENTER\f[] event for leaf nodes.

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
typedef enum {
  CMARK_EVENT_NONE,
  CMARK_EVENT_DONE,
  CMARK_EVENT_ENTER,
  CMARK_EVENT_EXIT
} cmark_event_type;
.RE
\f[]
.fi



.PP
\fIcmark_iter *\f[] \fBcmark_iter_new\f[](\fIcmark_node *root\f[])

.PP
Creates a new iterator starting at \f[I]root\f[]. The current
node and event type are undefined until \f[C]cmark_iter_next\f[]
is called for the first time.

.PP
\fIvoid\f[] \fBcmark_iter_free\f[](\fIcmark_iter *iter\f[])

.PP
Frees the memory allocated for an iterator.

.PP
\fIcmark_event_type\f[] \fBcmark_iter_next\f[](\fIcmark_iter *iter\f[])

.PP
Advances to the next node and returns the event type
(\f[C]CMARK_EVENT_ENTER\f[], \f[C]CMARK_EVENT_EXIT\f[] or
\f[C]CMARK_EVENT_DONE\f[]).

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_iter_get_node\f[](\fIcmark_iter *iter\f[])

.PP
Returns the current node.

.PP
\fIcmark_event_type\f[] \fBcmark_iter_get_event_type\f[](\fIcmark_iter *iter\f[])

.PP
Returns the current event type.

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_iter_get_root\f[](\fIcmark_iter *iter\f[])

.PP
Returns the root node.

.PP
\fIvoid\f[] \fBcmark_iter_reset\f[](\fIcmark_iter *iter\f[], \fIcmark_node *current\f[], \fIcmark_event_type event_type\f[])

.PP
Resets the iterator so that the current node is \f[I]current\f[]
and the event type is \f[I]event_type\f[]. The new current node
must be a descendant of the root node or the root node itself.

.SS
Accessors

.PP
\fIvoid *\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_user_data\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the user data of \f[I]node\f[].

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_user_data\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIvoid *user_data\f[])

.PP
Sets arbitrary user data for \f[I]node\f[]. Returns 1 on success,
0 on failure.

.PP
\fIcmark_node_type\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_type\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the type of \f[I]node\f[], or \f[C]CMARK_NODE_NONE\f[] on
error.

.PP
\fIconst char *\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_type_string\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Like \f[I]cmark_node_get_type\f[], but returns a string
representation of the type, or \f[C]"<unknown>"\f[].

.PP
\fIconst char *\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_literal\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the string contents of \f[I]node\f[], or an empty string
if none is set.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_literal\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIconst char *content\f[])

.PP
Sets the string contents of \f[I]node\f[]. Returns 1 on success,
0 on failure.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_heading_level\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the heading level of \f[I]node\f[], or 0 if \f[I]node\f[]
is not a heading.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_heading_level\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIint level\f[])

.PP
Sets the heading level of \f[I]node\f[], returning 1 on success
and 0 on error.

.PP
\fIcmark_list_type\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_list_type\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the list type of \f[I]node\f[], or \f[C]CMARK_NO_LIST\f[]
if \f[I]node\f[] is not a list.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_list_type\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIcmark_list_type type\f[])

.PP
Sets the list type of \f[I]node\f[], returning 1 on success and 0
on error.

.PP
\fIcmark_delim_type\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_list_delim\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the list delimiter type of \f[I]node\f[], or
\f[C]CMARK_NO_DELIM\f[] if \f[I]node\f[] is not a list.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_list_delim\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIcmark_delim_type delim\f[])

.PP
Sets the list delimiter type of \f[I]node\f[], returning 1 on
success and 0 on error.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_list_start\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns starting number of \f[I]node\f[], if it is an ordered
list, otherwise 0.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_list_start\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIint start\f[])

.PP
Sets starting number of \f[I]node\f[], if it is an ordered list.
Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_list_tight\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns 1 if \f[I]node\f[] is a tight list, 0 otherwise.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_list_tight\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIint tight\f[])

.PP
Sets the \[lq]tightness\[rq] of a list. Returns 1 on success, 0
on failure.

.PP
\fIconst char *\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_fence_info\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the info string from a fenced code block.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_fence_info\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIconst char *info\f[])

.PP
Sets the info string in a fenced code block, returning 1 on
success and 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIconst char *\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_url\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the URL of a link or image \f[I]node\f[], or an empty
string if no URL is set.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_url\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIconst char *url\f[])

.PP
Sets the URL of a link or image \f[I]node\f[]. Returns 1 on
success, 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIconst char *\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_title\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the title of a link or image \f[I]node\f[], or an empty
string if no title is set.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_title\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIconst char *title\f[])

.PP
Sets the title of a link or image \f[I]node\f[]. Returns 1 on
success, 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIconst char *\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_on_enter\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the literal \[lq]on enter\[rq] text for a custom
\f[I]node\f[], or an empty string if no on_enter is set.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_on_enter\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIconst char *on_enter\f[])

.PP
Sets the literal text to render \[lq]on enter\[rq] for a custom
\f[I]node\f[]. Any children of the node will be rendered after
this text. Returns 1 on success 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIconst char *\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_on_exit\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the literal \[lq]on exit\[rq] text for a custom
\f[I]node\f[], or an empty string if no on_exit is set.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_set_on_exit\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIconst char *on_exit\f[])

.PP
Sets the literal text to render \[lq]on exit\[rq] for a custom
\f[I]node\f[]. Any children of the node will be rendered before
this text. Returns 1 on success 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_start_line\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the line on which \f[I]node\f[] begins.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_start_column\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the column at which \f[I]node\f[] begins.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_end_line\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the line on which \f[I]node\f[] ends.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_get_end_column\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Returns the column at which \f[I]node\f[] ends.

.SS
Tree Manipulation

.PP
\fIvoid\f[] \fBcmark_node_unlink\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[])

.PP
Unlinks a \f[I]node\f[], removing it from the tree, but not
freeing its memory. (Use \f[I]cmark_node_free\f[] for that.)

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_insert_before\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIcmark_node *sibling\f[])

.PP
Inserts \f[I]sibling\f[] before \f[I]node\f[]. Returns 1 on
success, 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_insert_after\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIcmark_node *sibling\f[])

.PP
Inserts \f[I]sibling\f[] after \f[I]node\f[]. Returns 1 on
success, 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_replace\f[](\fIcmark_node *oldnode\f[], \fIcmark_node *newnode\f[])

.PP
Replaces \f[I]oldnode\f[] with \f[I]newnode\f[] and frees the
memory used by \f[I]oldnode\f[]. Returns 1 on success, 0 on
failure.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_prepend_child\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIcmark_node *child\f[])

.PP
Adds \f[I]child\f[] to the beginning of the children of
\f[I]node\f[]. Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_node_append_child\f[](\fIcmark_node *node\f[], \fIcmark_node *child\f[])

.PP
Adds \f[I]child\f[] to the end of the children of \f[I]node\f[].
Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.

.PP
\fIvoid\f[] \fBcmark_consolidate_text_nodes\f[](\fIcmark_node *root\f[])

.PP
Consolidates adjacent text nodes.

.SS
Parsing
.PP
Simple interface:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
cmark_node *document = cmark_parse_document("Hello *world*", 13,
                                            CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT);
\f[]
.fi
.PP
Streaming interface:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
cmark_parser *parser = cmark_parser_new(CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT);
FILE *fp = fopen("myfile.md", "r");
while ((bytes = fread(buffer, 1, sizeof(buffer), fp)) > 0) {
	   cmark_parser_feed(parser, buffer, bytes);
	   if (bytes < sizeof(buffer)) {
	       break;
	   }
}
document = cmark_parser_finish(parser);
cmark_parser_free(parser);
\f[]
.fi

.PP
\fIcmark_parser *\f[] \fBcmark_parser_new\f[](\fIint options\f[])

.PP
Creates a new parser object.

.PP
\fIvoid\f[] \fBcmark_parser_free\f[](\fIcmark_parser *parser\f[])

.PP
Frees memory allocated for a parser object.

.PP
\fIvoid\f[] \fBcmark_parser_feed\f[](\fIcmark_parser *parser\f[], \fIconst char *buffer\f[], \fIsize_t len\f[])

.PP
Feeds a string of length \f[I]len\f[] to \f[I]parser\f[].

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_parser_finish\f[](\fIcmark_parser *parser\f[])

.PP
Finish parsing and return a pointer to a tree of nodes.

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_parse_document\f[](\fIconst char *buffer\f[], \fIsize_t len\f[], \fIint options\f[])

.PP
Parse a CommonMark document in \f[I]buffer\f[] of length
\f[I]len\f[]. Returns a pointer to a tree of nodes.

.PP
\fIcmark_node *\f[] \fBcmark_parse_file\f[](\fIFILE *f\f[], \fIint options\f[])

.PP
Parse a CommonMark document in file \f[I]f\f[], returning a
pointer to a tree of nodes.

.SS
Rendering

.PP
\fIchar *\f[] \fBcmark_render_xml\f[](\fIcmark_node *root\f[], \fIint options\f[])

.PP
Render a \f[I]node\f[] tree as XML.

.PP
\fIchar *\f[] \fBcmark_render_html\f[](\fIcmark_node *root\f[], \fIint options\f[])

.PP
Render a \f[I]node\f[] tree as an HTML fragment. It is up to the
user to add an appropriate header and footer.

.PP
\fIchar *\f[] \fBcmark_render_man\f[](\fIcmark_node *root\f[], \fIint options\f[], \fIint width\f[])

.PP
Render a \f[I]node\f[] tree as a groff man page, without the
header.

.PP
\fIchar *\f[] \fBcmark_render_commonmark\f[](\fIcmark_node *root\f[], \fIint options\f[], \fIint width\f[])

.PP
Render a \f[I]node\f[] tree as a commonmark document.

.PP
\fIchar *\f[] \fBcmark_render_latex\f[](\fIcmark_node *root\f[], \fIint options\f[], \fIint width\f[])

.PP
Render a \f[I]node\f[] tree as a LaTeX document.

.SS
Options

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
#define CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT 0
.RE
\f[]
.fi

.PP
Default options.

.SS
Options affecting rendering

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
#define CMARK_OPT_SOURCEPOS (1 << 1)
.RE
\f[]
.fi

.PP
Include a \f[C]data\-sourcepos\f[] attribute on all block
elements.

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
#define CMARK_OPT_HARDBREAKS (1 << 2)
.RE
\f[]
.fi

.PP
Render \f[C]softbreak\f[] elements as hard line breaks.

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
#define CMARK_OPT_SAFE (1 << 3)
.RE
\f[]
.fi

.PP
Suppress raw HTML and unsafe links (\f[C]javascript:\f[],
\f[C]vbscript:\f[], \f[C]file:\f[], and \f[C]data:\f[], except
for \f[C]image/png\f[], \f[C]image/gif\f[], \f[C]image/jpeg\f[],
or \f[C]image/webp\f[] mime types). Raw HTML is replaced by a
placeholder HTML comment. Unsafe links are replaced by empty
strings.

.SS
Options affecting parsing

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
#define CMARK_OPT_NORMALIZE (1 << 8)
.RE
\f[]
.fi

.PP
Normalize tree by consolidating adjacent text nodes.

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
#define CMARK_OPT_VALIDATE_UTF8 (1 << 9)
.RE
\f[]
.fi

.PP
Validate UTF\-8 in the input before parsing, replacing illegal
sequences with the replacement character U+FFFD.

.PP
.nf
\fC
.RS 0n
#define CMARK_OPT_SMART (1 << 10)
.RE
\f[]
.fi

.PP
Convert straight quotes to curly, \[em] to em dashes, \[en] to en
dashes.

.SS
Version information

.PP
\fIint\f[] \fBcmark_version\f[](\fI\f[])

.PP
The library version as integer for runtime checks. Also available
as macro CMARK_VERSION for compile time checks.
.IP \[bu] 2
Bits 16\-23 contain the major version.
.IP \[bu] 2
Bits 8\-15 contain the minor version.
.IP \[bu] 2
Bits 0\-7 contain the patchlevel.
.PP
In hexadecimal format, the number 0x010203 represents version
1.2.3.

.PP
\fIconst char *\f[] \fBcmark_version_string\f[](\fI\f[])

.PP
The library version string for runtime checks. Also available as
macro CMARK_VERSION_STRING for compile time checks.

.SH
AUTHORS
.PP
John MacFarlane, Vicent Marti, Kārlis Gaņģis, Nick Wellnhofer.