text into well formatted documents, including HTML, PDF (by way of
LaTeX), OPML, or OpenDocument (specifically, Flat OpenDocument or
'.fodt', which can in turn be converted into RTF, Microsoft Word, or
virtually any other word-processing format).
MMD is a superset of the Markdown syntax, originally created by John
Gruber. It adds multiple syntax features (tables, footnotes, and
citations, to name a few), in addition to the various output formats
listed above (Markdown only creates HTML). Additionally, it builds in
'smart' typography for various languages (proper left- and right-sided
quotes, for example).
MultiMarkdown was originally a fork of the Markdown Perl code, but as of
version 3.0 has been rewritten as a fork of peg-markdown by John
MacFarlane, written in C. It can be compiled for any major operating
system, and as a native binary runs much faster than the Perl version it
replaces.
NOTE: To use the mmd2pdf script, you must install print/latexmk.
WWW: http://www.fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/
